Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-11
OFFICIAL RETURNS.
Ballots Thrown Out and Several Con-
tests Threatened In Harris County.
Returns from the Panhandle.
Several Bcv"- Thrown out In Bowie ooun'
", Del 'siing Candidates who Pre-.
uousiy had Majorities.

Fisher County.
Correspondence OF tho Gazette.
RoBy, TEX, Nov. 9.--All the election
returns are In and counted, and show
that 100 ballots were cast ia the county,
which Is gain Of about 30 per cent. over
the vote OF last spring when the county
was organized. OF the state ticket,
Wheeler leads the race with l59 Ross
$50, Hogg LAG, Gaines I4s, Hall 100,
Mccall 100, Lubbock ISL, Cooper l50i
Lanham for congress got $50, Browning
for legislature 100, Cockrell for district
Judge 100, and w. d. Houston for district
attorney 16l.
The following county officers We're
elected w. j. Thomas, county Judge;
Il. G. Crane, county attorneys William
Tuggle, county and district clerk; O. h..
Roy, sheriff and collector; j. Collett,
assessor; w. l.. Harrell, treasureri j. p,
Picket, animal and hide inspector. In
the race for surveyor there was tie
vote between j. z. Bagley and w. c..
Bradlovo, each receiving seyenty.1ye
ballots, and reelection has been order.
ed for the 30th inst.
Rustling to make bonds is now all the
] rage. The election excitement having
passed over, and the defeated candidates
having betaken themselves to the shin
neries TO make other arrangements.
Menard County.
Correspondence OF the Gazette
MEANWHILE, TEX, Nov. s.--Menard
county polled 27S votes, as follows Ross,
26li Wheeler, $50; Hogg, 259; Gaines,
260; Mccall, 259; Hall, 259; Lubbock, 1853 !
J Cooper, 25S; j. ID. Sayers, for congress,
| 1885, II. Burney, for state senator, 26l !
W. M. Yandell, for representative, 1874
q. W. Baylor, for representative, ll6; A.
W. Moursand, for district Judge, 1855; A.
ID. McGinnis, for district Judge, 67; W.
| w. Marin, for district attorney, III; G..
W. Walters, for district attorney, l0S.
The following were elected county off,
GERS: A b. Wyatt, county judge 7. A.
Gay, district and county clerk; II. r. Rus
sell, sheriff; James Callan, assessor; w,
w. Lewis, treasurer +. VI. Kitchens,
surveyor; M ID. Chastain, animal and
hide Inspector; Il. v. D. Stricken, G. G.
Burbank, o. Streigler and j. A. Chastain,
commissioners; Is. f. McCarroll, T. M,
Chastaln and John Fiutsch, justices OF the
peace Josh Rose and Rufus Wlnn, con-
stables; John Alex Smith, county at.
torney.
Young County.
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
GRAHAM, Tx, Nov. s.-The official
vote Of Young county Is: Ross go, Coch-
ran 80, Dohoney 8, Wheeler 627, McDan-
lei AZ, Hogg COB, Johnson 81, Gaines 629,
Burkhart 43, Hall 500, Zadek AZ, Mccall
500, M Brown ", Lubbock 6Sl, Frank
Cleayes 40, Cooper $50, Kline AZ. For
ngress-Lanham, 500; Barnett, I4s.
For representative, Forty-nrst district
I. A. Fuller, 40; j. b Dabrey, LAG; scat
tering. 8. For district judge-P. M.
Stine, so; o, e. Finlay,36 B. F. Will
Hams, 1882; w. B. Pemons, 2; James II.
Robinson, Al. For district attorney
George Il. Miller, $3.50; LII. Witch, IA;
Walter Somervell, ll9. II. d. Williams
is elected county judge. w. M, Matthews,
assessor. A. t. Gay, district and county
clerk. M, d. Wallace, sheriff. j. w.
Wadley, treasurer. A. j. Gibson, sur
yeyor. r. A. Martin, county attorney
j. ID. Short, Inspector of hides and
animals.
Reeves County.
Correspondence OF the Gazette
PEcos CITY, TEX, Nov. S.-The cleo
tion returns are all in and the official
count given. Baylor, for legislature over
Yandall, 10 maiorltyi Dean, for dis.
trict attorney, majority over Clark,
66i j. NJ Browns majority for county
Judge over G, NJ. Frazier is SO. The
other county officers elected are Kynette,
county ami district clerk; Kirk Turnbo,
sheriff; Thomas Beauchamp, treasurer
h. s. Hale, surveyors w ID. Casey, hide
and animal inspectors county commits
soners, Geo. A. Knight, j. e. Woodyar,
Jepp Clayton and jacob Morrow; Antrim,
OF the Pecos Valley Star, Ijustice of the
peace Of this precinct.
Jones County.
Correspondence of the Gazette
ANsoN, Tx, Nov. 9.--The official
count.shows the vote of Jones county to
be; Ross 8sl, DShoRy IL, Mullins 4,
Hogg. SS7, Gaines 3S7; commissioner of
the general land office, Hall $50, Hogan
81 comptroller, Mccall 1856, Hail G, Lub-
book 3Si, Atens 6 congress, Lanham SS7;
representative, j. N Browning 8s3; for
district Judge, j. V. Coekrel 1858, A. j.
Nichols So; district attorney, w. B..
Houston 8S9.
somervel County.
Correspond nco OF the Gazette.
GLRNRosE, TEX, Nov. s.--The follow
ing is the official vote of Somerveil coun.
tvs Ross, 5l7; Dahoney, SO; wheeler
52l; Mullins, 24i Hogg, 5S5; Gaines,
527; Mccall, 62ti Hall, 20; Lubbock,
$685. Jackson, %; Yoakum, /; Hall, 525;
Hogan, 2l; Cooper, 525; Aten, 20; for
ongross-Lanham, 1853; Barnett, l4l;
for state senator-Frauks, 1928; Davis,
las; for epresentatiye-wm. M. Smith,
2S9; W. l.. McGaughy, 2s7; j. B. Barry,
SS7; L, N, MCGEE, 49, for district attor-
ney-Geo. z Miller, $685. j. P, Estes,
III.
Limestone County.
Special 10 tho Gazette.
GRoEsBEEcK, TEX, Nov. .I0.-The cleo
ton returns have just been counted, CIV
ing majority Tor the Democratic nomI-
nees, The vote was several hundred less
than last election Ross only got 1916.
Mills, for congress, has majority over
Rankin OF l99 The Prohibitionists
scratched the gtraiohf tfcka&