Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-04-01
Richland Township Republicans.

A well attended Republican primary
of Richland township was held in this
place on Saturday, Joseph A Roscoe pre-
siding, and c White, secretary, and
the following excellent ticket was placed
in nomination:
Trustees, w Smith, of Stewartsville; ;
John F Young, st Clairsville; James A
McNary, East Richland.
Clerk, Harry Hoffner.
Treasurer. John F Grassland.
Assessor, Eli Piggott.
Constables, Wm n Miller, St Clairsr
vile; Joseph Harris. East Richland.
The ticket should receive the hearty
support of every Republican in the tp.
ST. CLAIRsVILLE CORPORATION.
On Saturday evening, an unusually
large number of the Republicans of the
municipality of st Clairsrille met and
nominated the following ticket to be
voted for on Monday:
Mayor, Thomas W Emerson.
Marshal, Robert Burlington.
Treasurer, John F Grassland.
Solicitor, Henry NJ Davies.
Street Commissioner. Thomas Malone
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Thos
G Fawcett.
Councilmen-For two years, Fl G We'll
day, W D Hoff, John Pollock; for one
year, Thomas Davis.
The ticket is good one, and if Repub-
licans follow the advice of Mr. Riley. a
candidate for councilman on the Demo.
cratic ticket, to his Democratic friends,
to "leave their lead pencils at home,"
there is little doubt of the result.
The Democrats.
The Democrats of this township con-
vened at the court house, on Saturday,
and as usual. quite a crowd of the "un
washed" were in attendance. B Ryan,
Esq, was appointed chairman, and A
Henderson, Sec etary.
The names of F D Bailey. John White,
Isaac Davis, John Carlile (of Glencne),
George Lentz and Taggart, we're an
neunced as candidates for Trustees.
On the first ballot, Bailey and White,
of the old board, were nominated, and
then came the struggle 10 defeat Mr.
Taggart, who for number of years has
been the fairest, most careful and eco>
nomical man in the board, and on the,
fourth ballot, by combination of the
oppositio" led by ex-Auditor W n Cof
fland and some of his office-holding sat
tellites in St Clairsville assisted by King,
the nominee for assessor, he was defeat
ell. and George LentZ was nominated. f..
For Clerk and Treasurer. the present
incumbents, r G Meyer and A Patter>
son were renominated by acclamatinn.
For Assessor, the names of VIM King.
Daniel H Mcbride and H Fl Ault. were
announced. The first ballot showed the
west side in the lead again, King having
Ga votes to McBride's 40.
For Constables, George w Doyle and
Robert Stedman were re-nomlnated by
acclamatiOn.
CORPORATION.
In the evening. David M Davies was
nominated for Mayor by acclamation.
For Marshal. Alexander Williams had
81 votes to 33 for w o Umstead, and was
declared the nominee.
For Treasurer, W W McMoDies was
nominated by acclamation, as was Chas.
Thompson for Sealer of Weights and
Measures, and Attorney Albert Law
renee for Solicitor.
For Street Commissioner, James Keys
and Robert Stedman; the first ballot re-
suited in a tie, and on the second ba lot,
Keys was nominated.
For Council, there was an unusual
number Of names announced, but the
first ballot resulted in the nomination OF
J P Hall, Samuel Campbell and l M Ri
ley for the two year term, and John Z
Norris for the one year term.