Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-03
TIE MAG1srER1AL ELECTIONS.

Four Militia Districts to Elect Justices
and Constables TO-day-Where the
Elections VIII be HeId-Candidates In
the Field.
The election for Magistrates and con-
stables in the first four militia districts OF
Chatham county will take place to-day.
The term of Office of the Magistrates is
four wears and that Of the cOnstables Is
two years. There are three candidates
for Magistrate in the First, Second and
Fourth districts and but one in the Third,
the present incumbent, Justice NJ. F..
Molina, having no opposition.
In the First district there are six
candidates for constable, three white and
three cOlored. In the Second district
there are two, in the Third two and in the
Fourth six, of which four are white and
two cOlOred. The holding of the election
for these officers has developed curious
state Of affairs, to which reference was
made in the News on Thursday. The
voting for The respective officers Of three
of the districts takes place in one
district, in the Third. In the
Fourth district, however, the election will
be held in that district at the office of
Magistrate WOOuhOuse, corner OF BrOugh-
ton street lane and Houston street. The
! law required that the election must be
held at the place of holding Justices
court for the district, and as the courts Of
! the other three districts are held in
the Third district, the reason for
holding the election in that dis
| trict is apparent. The electors
who wish to vote to-day are not
required to register, as registration is not
one of t0e qualifications of a voter in
Magistrates and cOnstable's election.
The polls will be opened at O'Clock
this morning and Will be closed at 6
O'Clock tonight at the following named
! places in the Third and Fourth districts
where the election for all the districts is
to take place.
FIRST DISTRICT.
The election for this district will be
held at Justice Elsinger's office, No. 122
| BRYAN street. The managers are Justice
| Sigmund Elsinger presiding, August II.
! Tamm, Thomas BostOck and Richard
! Kirkland.
The candidates for Magistrate are ThOs.
| A. Folliard, Doc. MOrdecai and A. 5.
! Gordon.
The candidates for Constable are John
| Burke. Frank McDermott, Dennis Kiley,
| Henry Brown, Clinton Williams, Roger
| BrOughtOn.
SECOND DISTRICT.
The election Tor TINS district VIII ne
| held at No. IA Bryan street.
The managers are Justice Warning Rus
| sell, Jr., presiding; John Rutherford,
/ Andrew GOebel and Valentine Basler.
| The candidates for Magistrate are
| Thomas j. Sheftall, John A. Staley and
/ Levi 5. Hart.
The candidates for constable are +. h..
Mendel and Henry Wetherhorn.
THIRD DISTRICT.
The election in this district will be held
at the office of Justice NJ. +. Molina, No.
s Bull street. At this polling place the
managers are Justice John ;. Tyson, pre-
siding; Levi 5. Hart and Francis Blair.
The candidate for Magistrate is NJ. b.
Molina. The candidates for cOnstables
are Julius Kaufman and Lewis b. En-
dres.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
The polling place in this district is at
the office of Justice WOOdhouse, corner
Of Broughton street lane and Houston
street. The managers are Justice Michael
Naughtin, presiding; James Ray, A. Nc
Redmond, John II. DeveauX, A. X. Des-
verny.
The candidates for Magistrate are
Augustus w. COrker, w. II. WoOdhouse,
Richard ArtsOn.
The candidates for Constables are
James Sullivan, Patrick Russell, j. q.
Neye, Daniel L. Moses, Robert IL. Bourk,
Edward Barnwell.