The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16
THE TOWN ELECTIONS.
Further Returns from the Little
SLirmish of Monday.

MARION, May S.-Special.-Election
were held in five towns in Grant county
yesterday, Paramount. Jonesboro, Gas
City, Swayzee and VanVuren. In all Of
these. with the exception Of VanBuren.
the full republican ticket was elected.
There were three tickets at Paramount,
prohibition, citizens and republican. The
following officers were elected: Clerk
and treasurer, E. Smith; marshal. Elmer
z. Hiatt; trustees, NJ. S. Ward, j. w.
Patterson and William r. Pearson.
At Gas City the newly-elected are:
Clerk. W. J. Kyle; treasurer, w. H.
Guthrie; marshal, B. o. Morgan; trus-
tees. B. s. Jackson. E. NJ. Davis. ]. W.
Cook, p. Jenkins. At VanBuren the
democrats carried their ticket by a small
majority.
CAYUGA. May S.-Special.-The demo-
Gratis made a clean sweep at the town
election at his place yesterday. elect
ing the three trustees, Jesse z. Burnett,
John ~. Wann and Arthur Faulcon,
William Dunkirlv. clerk; Jacob c. Peters.
treasurer, and George Johnson, marshal,
by from twelve TO nineteen ma jorities.
Cayuga is about q tie politically and
the fight this year drew the party lines
as never before. The success Of the
party this spring iusures the success Of
ROCKVILLE May S.-Special.-The
election passed off quietly here. There
was only one ticket in the field. viz, the
republican The town is so over
whehningly republican that the demo-
crats never put out a ticket. Alfred
Boyd. who beat the regular republican
nominee for marshal the two last cleo
tons. was a candidate again. but was
defeated by ex-Marshal Jack Dyson, the
latters majority being seventy. In other
respects there was no republican gain.
CORYDON. May S-SpeciaI-At the
corporate election in this city yesterday
the following persons were elected on
the citizens ticket: Levi Blume. marshal:
Charles II. Reader, treasurer; a. L. Rey-
holds, clerk; +. o. Jordan, trustee Of the
First district; @. W. Shuck, trustee of
the Third district: J. J. Bullett. trustee
OF the Fourth district; ]. a. Bines, trus-
zee of the Fifth district.
ROCHESTER,. May s.-Special.-The
election here yesterday was a sort Of
quiet affair. apparently only few out
side Of the immediate friends of the
interested parties being present. In
other words the republicans elected their
full ticket, making a gain of clerk The
town is, however. hopelessly republican
and it is but rarely that a democrat gets
a show.
HARTFORD CITY, May Especial
The election for city offices today was
gOOd-natured and spirited. The follow
ing republican officers were elected: John
a. Bonham, mayor; S. Hamburger, mar
shall; Edward Winters, treasurer; Roll
Manor clerk; city council republican by
small majorities.
LOOGOOTEE. May S-Special-At the
town election today, which was demo-
craic with no opposition. the following
persons were elected: Trustee. T J.
Shercli4; clerk. J. T. Cushing: treasurer,
y. ". Gates; marshal, James Lowell.
LEWISVILLE. MAY S.-SpeciaI.-The
corporation election took place Monday
The republicans carried two wards and
elected the clerk and marshal The
democrats elected the treasurer and two
cOuncilmen.