Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-20
TIE DAY AND THE DAY ArrER.
Grange Incidents Of tho Election
and Ite Ratincation.

Grange Incidents OF tho Election
and Its Ratification.
Every election day hast ts oddities and
comicalitiss, and the mi now past has
proven no exception to Q general rule.
In fact, Nov. 8, 1895, probably furnishes
. more complete list Of queer and une1-
pected happenings, of peculiar complica-
tons and irresistibly grotesque election
wagers than any election day on record.
The unusual interest manifested during
the campaign Influenced many to q high
strain Of excitement, and reckless en-
thusiasm led large numbers to make
ridiculous bets, the ful6llment Of which
has afforded considerable entertainment
for the community at large. A peculiar
feature Of the last election day was the
list Of fatalities due entirely to excite
msnt. A colored IA of East Et. Louis,
H., cast his vote, walked to the barn
e BY where he was working, hurrahed
for his candidate and died; Harrison ba-
con, . pioneer. Of Cortland, Ohio. In 30.
ing from his home to the polls, dropped
dead; Mrs. Mary v. Martin. wife OF .
prominent business man OF spokane
Falls, met her husband at the door cleo
ton night, eagerly asked for the news,
and expired instantly. The list OF those
who went insane during the strain OF
suspense pending the announcement of
results, was quite a large n {. OF gen
eral happenings out OF the ordinary the
variety was extensive.
, Robert Porteous, q railroad auditor at
Manistee, Mich, ate a boiled crow In the
presence Of several spectators, to pay an
election bet.
In Dagsboro Hundred, Del, where the
vote was a tie last year., no election was
held, the voting booths having been de-
stroyed by a mob.
Election District Of the Second Assembly
District Of New York. They were Harry
Lee Sing, Domingo De Luce and James
White.
At the Eleventh Precinct Of the Fourth
Ward in Chicago, some delay was caused
by the stealing Of all the pens from the
booths. It vas finally decided to allow
the voters to use pencils.
Two men were arrested in Chicago for
'larceny Of one elephant" On election
night they went to the winter quarters
Of a circus and tried to get out the ele-
plant to head q ratification parade.
Two ministers blowing horns marched
Ut IN0 0G6U "a tAG uOCSNkA0A RAVSSSSaOA
which celebrated the defeat OF the con-
souri, State capital from Jefferson City.
At the polls at the Moncrief Springs
district, in Florida, the inspectors sat in
a building in which they were obliged to
hold umbrellas over the ballot boxes and
table to keep things dry. The inspectors
also wore their mackintoshes.
A Ch;ooOo opthurc;ook cofflod nm o1oN.
ton wager by rolling a peanut a mile on
kick the peanut, but was obliged to keep
1t on the ground all the time, and it took
him about four hours to pay the wager.
The story is that a pretty schoolmarm
at S%ellersburg, Ind, made an agreement
with one of the big schoolboys attending
her school that she would give him q
sound whipping II his candidate won,
and he was to whip her if it was other
wise.
Joseph Field, 1O4 years old, voted ut
Middletown, N. Y. Owing to his foot,
which was hurt last summer, and still
Is in bad condition, he had to be carried
from his carriage to the booth. He cast
his maiden vote in 1913, and has voted at
every presidential election since that
time.
One Of the saddest young men about
q certain Western town Is a youth of high
social caliber, who vas obliged to go to
a church sociable clad in a silk hat, a
dress coat and boomers. Another young
man in the same neighborhood will have
to take care Of the horses of the man he
bet with for two weeks, and the dog
which sleeps in the stable does not like
him.
Among some odd Chicago bets promptly
paid was that of a man who had to prom
enade its most fashionable thoroughfarc
with the blacklist colored girl who could
be hired at an employment agency, take
her to supper and escort her to a theater.
Another had to buy two tons of coal for
the other fellow and, after delivering it
in front Of the winners yard, had to carry
It all into the basement in a tin pail
making about 300 trips in the process.