Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-21

Matters OF Interest Throughout the state
Concerning It.

the election.
Republican Sheriffs were elected in
LiHcoln and Boone counties.
Sixteen colored men voted the Demo
cratic ticket at Harper's Ferry.
Col. r. H. Freer, R., was elected
Prosecuting Attorney Of Richie.
Three Republican Justices and one
Republican Constable were elected in
Calhoun.
The ballot boxes furnished to Wayne
county are said 70 have been failure,
being too fiat.
In Hampshire county the FIRST lot Of
ballots, 1000, we're all wrong and new
supply mad to Be printed.
The vote Of Hardy was 1896. an in-
crosse OF hut over 1SSs, but the Dem
ocrstic majority increased 126.
The people OF Tucker voted to make
St. George the county seat for the sec
Ond time. The vote was: For S11,
against 5S7.
The Republicans elected their Prose
cutting Attorney In Tucker. The re-
mainder of the Democratic county tick
ct was elected.
RosAe county gained 800 votes over
1SSS. 7 The entire Democratic county
ticket was elected except two Justices
and ihree CoEstables.
ADout three Of the Democratic COun-
ty Committee voted for Price for Sheriff.
ThGtwO Democratic members should
esign. Racine Boone COlmtU) sun.
Farr's majority for State Senator is
set Town as 9S5. This is not doing so
well after all in a district that was 1900
Republican in 1855. Union Rec
ora.
Sylvester Hardman, Of Roane county,
wss elected TO the State Senate in the
Fifth Senatorial District by majority
of 100, in a district which is 435 Repub-
Loan.
One Republican Justice was elected in
Mercer by one majority. With this ex-
csption the entire Democratic ticket
vas elected, except the district officers
i'd Rock.
The Democratic ticket in Clay coun-
ty was elected with the exception OF
Jtrry NJ. Downey for Sheriff and Il. c.
LwkneY for Prosecuting Attorney, by
/ d e majority.
| Adiutant Phil A. Shaffer, Of the First
| Regiment w. V. n. g., has vacated his
! iosition Of Adjutan5 by accepting a
Commission as Captain Of Company l,
First Regiment.
I Caleb Conn., of near FellOwsvllle,
Preston county, who is now in his 95th
wear. was abls 10 60 to the polls Tues
dav and vote. He voted for Gen. VIII
liam Henry Harrison in 1910, aud voted
for BENJAMIN Harrison in 1883 and
1892
The Point Pleasant machine shops
burned last Monday and the loss will
reach SIS, 900, which is covered by $4,000
insurance. A dwelling owned by Sam
ne. wheaton also caught during the
burning Of the machine shops and was
destroyed; loss, S1,50O
The battle in the Tenth Senatorial
district is ended and Cyrus II. Scott,
d.. is the victor. Here are the majori-
lies by which he won: In Barbour his
majority was 13, Lewis 81, Randolph
7O6 Webster 427; total 1888. In Up
shur county Gifin had 1,056 majority.
Scouts majority in the district is there
fore TT.
We have been informed that "Uncle
Jimmie Parker, now 10 the 95th year OF
his age. voted the first ballot at the
Council Chamber on election 0SY, aud
was for Democracy from top to boston,.
Mr.. p. is in good spirits over the result,
and If Providence permits he VIII Sc !
Grover Cleveland inaugurated March 4,
1s93.-LOGGn Tribune.
The provision in the new election law
providing that ballots should be printed
on Daper OF sufficient thickness that 1t
cannot be distinguished from the back,
is unnecessary, and has cost the State
several thousand dollars. Any ordinary
oaper would make the ballot secret,
when folded, but to render il indistinct
from the back takes the heaviest paper
made.-FnyettCJ Journal
The five oldest men in Randolph
county turned ont on the Sth and voted
the straight Democratic ticket. -Four
NJ these time-honored sireS of Democ-
rscv voted I'm one district. Their names
and ages are as follows: Henry Suffer,
AGED 81; Allison Daniels, aged Sc; Mad
ison Daniels. aged SIS, and Jacob Dan
iels. ST.. aged 96. The fifth, Thomas
Ella, of Dry Fork district, is IS years
Old.
R. W. Daley, IT., is elected Judge to
I'm the unexpired term OF Judge Arm
strong-being feur years. Hampshire
county gave Daley majority OF 1876
and Mineral gave him 7S3 majority;
total majority 1,179. Dyer carried
three counties by the following MAORI
ties. Hardy PA, Grant 400, Pendleton
36S: total, 1,Ol2 The vote on the
Judgeship in Hampshire, Hardy, Grant
and Pendleton was surprisingly small.
Indications point to the fact that al
effort will be made to throw out the
vote OF Fairfax district at the recent
election because the ballot was not
properly sealed when delivered at the
Comfy seat. The envelope sent TO re-
eeive the ballot was too small 70 con-
tain the same, and the ballots were
locked in a ballot box and sent
70 the County seat. Should the
vote OF Fairfax be thrown out, u
will result in the defeat OF Mr.. a. NJ
Cunningham, Republican, who was
elected Prosecuting Attorney. WINE
we are a Democrat and have done al
,ve could in an honorable way for the
srccess Of the Democratic party, we
should not want 70 see Mr.. Cnnnlngnam
counted out, even on q technical po'hs
He has been Justly elected by the quar-
fed voters Of Tucker county as rose
cpting Attorney, and should have the
ofsre. Let the will Of the people az al