Morning journal and courier., 1892-11-12
THE RECENT ELECTION.

Notes Locally and Otherwise-No
eral Notes.
The tempest that was arising in demo-
cratic circles over an alleged impending
contest over the election returns by the
republicans quietea down yesterday.
The number of ballots thrown out in
Bridgeport was thirty. "They were thrown
out or laid aside" said the moderator, "by
reason of the envelopes not being sealed or
some failure of the same sort to comply
with the law. In my report to the score
tary of state gave, as far as the form pro-
vided would allow, tho reasons for the re-
jection of these discarded ballots"
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE E1GHTH-THERE WAS
NO PERFORMANCE.
Concerning the appended article, which
appeared in last evenings Register as one
of the humors of the campaign just closed,
DR.. Mcneil when interviewed last evening,
said he was not aware that he had made
any bet of the kind, in fact he had no
wager whatever of any sort over the re-
suit. A few bantering remarks of the
kind, wholly in jest, passed between him
and his friend, the chairman of the Eighth
ward republican committee, based on old
friendship and merry incident of one of
their hunting and fishing campaigns in
the Adirondack regions. The throngs of
the curious who peered anxiously from
State street last night as the procession
passed along on State street to behold the
alderman of the Eighth shouldering pet
| crow and burning innumerable sticks of
colored fire in contamination of an al
legged bet, will understand, therefore, why
| there was no performance. The Register
| said:
ALDERMAN CHAMPION TO TAKE PART.
One Of the features of to-night's democratic
celebration will be the part that Alderman
| Champion, chairman Of the Eighth ward republi-
| can committee, will take. According to an
| agreement made before election he will stand on
the steps of Dr. Rollin McNeil's on Bradley street
| and while the procession is passing hold red fire
| in his left hand and q large and elegant speci-
| men Of the crow family In his right Besides
this he will cheer with all the strength of his
mezzo soprano voice for Cleveland and Morris
After the procession has passed he will partake
| or Woodchuck roast" served a la Vermont
| MoDERAToRs NOT 1NFALL1BLE.
| A ruling in Voluntown this year shows
again the mischief moderator can make.
In twenty six envelopes were tickets for
justices of the peace on which one name
was marked. 1t is claimed this was by
design. The moderator, assuming that,
rejected the entire contents of each en-
velope. This cut off twenty six republi-
can votes, and also defeated the repub-
lican representative. He ought to be
seated by the house. There was not even
a claim that the state ticket or the repre-
sentative ticket was marked. The mark
| could only invalidate its own ticket. The
| tickets are put in the envelopes by the
voter out of sight. A wrong has been
| done in Voluntown.
ABOUT GENERAL MERwIN.
Hartford Courant: He has made brave
fight in gentlemanly way. He has the
respect of his adversaries, the good will of
the whole state. He has gone down in the
general wreck, and it is pity. But he is
| at the old stand as usual, the same genial
and honorable gentleman, as good a repub-
| lican as ever, and thought Just as much of
by his multitude of friends as he would
have been if he had to stick the cockade on
the eide of his hat that he now will see
worn by his fellow citizen, Mr.. Morris.
Personal Notes.
Mr.. Charles E. Cort of Philadelphia, for
merly of this city, is visiting friends here.
General Lloyd E. Baldwin of Windham.
| who is well known to the Masons as well
| as to the democrats of tho state, cast his
sixteenth ballot for president on Tuesday.
The Broadway Tabernacle church has &C.
| cepted the resignation of the Rev. DR..
William M. Taylor and at the same meet
| ing appointed him pastor emeritus at SAL
airy of 5000 year.
| In Winsted George Kellogg, aged ninety
years; W. 9. Phelps, eighty-fve, and P.
| q: Sheldon, eighty-five, voted for old
| "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" in 1910. and
for Benjamin Harrison in 1888 and 1899.
Eugene Madeux, little boy only nine
years of age, who lost both legs few
| months ago by an accident at Naugatuck,
Is now having artificial legs applied by
| george b. doggson, the artificial limb
manufacturer of this city.
Rev. D. Henry Miller, D. D., of Mystic,
chaplain of the old Fifteenth, G. ", whose
ago, is feeling considerably better and bis
speedy restoration to health il now consid-
| cred only question of time.
Mrs. Bushnell, wife of Serene S. Bush
nell, the manufacturer on Artizan street,
has been very i'll with q dangerous attack
of peritonitis at their home on Whitney
avenue. Their many friends will be glad
to hear that she il now improving, under
the care of Dr.. Mcneil, and is gaining
daily.
DR.. George W. Lawrence of Manchester,
Conn.,, was married at New Hope, Pa,
Wednesday noon to Miss Letitia Reeder of
that town. The Friends ceremony was
used, and the ushers were John Foley of
Southington and Dr.. O. A. futile of New
Haven, the latter olassmate of Dr.. Law
renee at the Yale medical school.