The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-26

To-day will decide who will control
the municipal affairs of this city for
another term. For the past month the
result of this election has attracted a
great deal of attention, and everything
indicates that it will be hard fought
and an exciting one and that large
vote will be polled.
There are two full tickets in the field,
the straight Democratic ticket, the re-
suit of the primaries, held May 10, and
Republican ticket recently nominated
besides an Independent Democra tic
ticket in the Second ward and an Inde-
pendent ticket in the Fourth ward for
councilmen.
Under tho laws of Virginia the polls
will be opened at sunrise and be closed
at shutdown. Below is given the votin q
places in the different wards, the regis
'trars and the judges of election. There
will be two clerks at each precinct who
have been already, or will be, selected
by tho judges:
First ward Voting place, Peck's
store; registrar, Oscar D. Derr; judges,
Y. Is. Green, ]. Il. Smoot and A. w. pit.
man.
Second ward-Voting place, Junior
Hose Company's headquarters, corner
Campbell and Roanoke streets; registrar.
c. E. Watson; Judges, j. E. Boone, G..
l.. Stevens and NJ. II. Earman.
Third Voting place, Friendship
Fire Company's engine house; registrar,
j. l.. Kelly; judges, S. IL. Cheatham,
James buchanan and j. III. Ward.
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Fire Company's engine house; registrar,
c. w. Beckner; Judges, c. T.. Read,
James Akers and j. w. Greenwood.
Fifth ward-Voting place, Moor
mans store, Park street northwest; reg
istrar, Capt. L. L. Barksdale; Judges,
NJ. Il. Forbes, George Duiguid and NJ.
Il. McNamee.
Hero is the regular Democratic ticket
nominated at the primaries May 10th:
For mayor, Henry S. Trout.
For commemorative attorney, w. o.
liardaway.
For city sergeant j. B. Traynham.
For constable, +. L. Crawford.
For justices of the peace: First ward,
Samuel G. Williams; Second ward, c.
a. Turner; Third ward, w. II. Lookabill;
Fourth ward, --; Fifth ward. !. w
Neal.
For City Council, First ward-W. i.
Dupuy two years; r. McClelland. two
years; q. G. Payne, one year; c. Is.
Moomaw. one year.
Second ward-J. C. johnson, two
years; R. A. Buckner, two years; r. j.
Eckloff. one year; A. J. Loughery, one
year.
Third ward-H. Hanna. two years;
d. r. Cash, Two years; j. d. Carr, one
year; George e. McCahan, one year.
o,l I'll.
years; Owen Duggan, two years; John
e. Hough, one year; w. b. Stevenson,
one year.
Fifth ward. I. Strickland, two
years; H. B. Crabill. two wears; Henry
Bonn, one year; r. T. Boswell, one
year.
The official Republican ticket is as
follows:
For mayor, George O. Houston.
For commemorative attorney, j. w.
Hartwell.
For city sergeant, d. w. Espenlaub.
For constable, Robert Hopcroft.
For justice of tho peace: First ward,
-; Second ward, q. May; Third
ward, e. w. Donnelly; Fourth ward,
-; Fifth ward, j. + Crawford.
For City Council, Second ward-Geo.
Nc II. Gish, to serve two years; D. Ii.
Matson, TO serve two years; w. H.
Strickler, to serve one year; b. l..
Greider, to serve one year.
Third ward-J. s. Pattie, to serve two
years; M. Fackenthal, to serve two
years; j. 4. Hawkins, to serve one year;
j. T.. Boehm, to serve one year.
Fourth wards. X. Dckerson, to
serve two years; G. A. Pillsbury, to
serve one year; Junius McGehee, to serve
one year.
Mess's. Dickerson, McGehee and Pills
bury were nominated by citizens
meeting irrespective of party, and were
afterward endorsed by the Republican
party.
Fifth ward-W. S. Chatham, to serve
two years; r. L. Gregory, to serve two
year; e. 3. Corbin, to serve one wear.
1t is probable that several combina
ton tickets for Council will appear in
the First ward, headed by Joseph r.
Engleby.
In the Fourth ward there are two
independent candidates for magistrate,
>. w. HowertOn and w. S. Pole. Both
of these gentlemen are Democrats.
In the Second ward there is offered an
Independent ticket for City Council, as
follows:
ID. II. Matsoh, to serve two years.
Is. l.. Greider, to serve one year.
This ticket has also been indorsed by
the Republicans.
BESIDES the two party nominees for
the mayoralty, Philip Lockett is an in
dependent candidate for that office. ].
A. Page Is an independent candidate for
CITY sergeant.
A bad Board Walk
There is much complaint among citi-
zens residing in the northwestern part
OF the city about the board walk on