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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28
RENWoop.
Breezy News Items Gathered In the Busy
Marshall County Town.

Breezy News Items Gathered In tho Busy
Marshall Comfy Town.
A large Benwood delegation went
down to Moundsvllle yesterday to Join
in giving Company B a rousing send
or. John j. Sliptner, one Of the re-
cruits whose enlistments were revoked.
will accompany the company to Char
lesion, and expects TO be enrolled as
the substitute Of Marshal Steele, OF
Moundsville, whose duties prevent him
from going. Mr.. Sliptner last SUMMER
tried to get to Cuba on i fllbusterlng
expedition. which was headed off BY
the government at Key West. His de-
termination to get a whack at the
Spanish on Cuban soil bids fair to sue.
coed this time. He Will make an Idea!
soldier and Benwood will have cause to
be proud Of him.
A number OF the people living along
"the beach" are circulating n petition
to present to the Baltimore G. Ohio
company. asking that they be allowed
to remain In their homes. The railroad
company recently issued an edlct
against the shanty boat dwellers, but 1t
Is O better class Of people who are cir
culating the petition. which. SO far, has
received many signatures.
The Haymakers' ball at the Drover's
Home club room next Monday evening,
promises to be largely attended. 1t Is
given under the auspices of Haymak-
er's Association, No. 1O1As, a side order
Of the Red Men.
There Is nc organized ball club in
Benwood this season yet, but the for
mer members OF the NJ. & w. Deegan
Juniors are talking Of enlisting under
Lineberger G. Hunters banner.
Justice Lacey fined Joseph seibert IS
and costs for assaultlng another boy,
the son Of Charles Alderman. 1
The Central school children will hold
patriotic exercises tomorrow after
moor
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28
COMMON DISEASES.
Piles, FistuIn and Inf,ammatory Condi.
Ions OF the Rectum.

Piles. Fi.tnIa and ,,mn,utorv Condi,
,io,., I,h. $500, -
me trouble SO annoying anu dan-
gerous to health are among the COM
monest with which humanity is afflict-
cd
we are, 1here1ore' pieaseo 10 an
nounce that modern research In medic
al science has Mt last produced a GER
81, o,ra -, ,har, o,a =, ,,,,ai ,r,.,
a"h eu.e W. teni a"u as Usual WIN
all great n meritorious inventions, IS
simple and the only wonder is that such
n remedy was mo-, djscoverea and used
$50. 49,.
years peiofe
The remedy we refer to is known as
the Pyramid Pile Cure. 1t is not an
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28
MARTINS rEnRY.
IIi.p, and Mi.hap. ! I'm, r%hrlyinr city

tisrs mt mishnps In the Thriving City,
Across the River.
The alumn on Wednesday evening
elected George Helling. president; Miss
Laura swartz. vice president; Niles Ella
Nichols. secretary; Mr.. Robert Kerr,
treasurer. The committee appointed on
the coming banquet arc: P~rogramme-
Misses Jennie AfcG ren,M Mics Verne Clark,
Miss Mary Thomas, Z. e. Mccombs.
Charles w. Hoyle. Social-Mrs. Robert
Kerr. Misses Lena ulrich, Gertie Cow,
Berthe Blackford and Ella Campbell,
Annual observation-disclosures Mcclure,
Miss Maggie Pennington, Miss Maggie
Ralsson, Miss Pierre, Coleman and Miss
Ella De Vntiif eFHA.
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NJ L. YoCUM, Cameron. Pa. says. IT
was a sufferer for ten years. trying most
all kinds of pile remedies. but without
success. De Wits Witch Hazel salve
was recommended to me. I used one
box. It has effected q permanent cure"
AS a permanent cure for piles De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve has no equal.
Charles R. Goethe, Market and Twelfth
streets; Chatham Sinclair, Forty-sixth
and Jacob streets; "A. E. Scheehle, No.
GOT Main street; Exley Bros, Penn and
Zane streets; Bowie 6 Co. Bridgeport.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28
"GAYEsT

: me Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
mas The following Of the company which
~ booked for tho Opera House next
tuesday evening: "Gayest Manhattan"
nas oeen seen here before. but its friends
1Trhed out en- masse 10 welcome It back.
a"e company Is large, and has a numner
pretty women, all OF whom can sing,
T p1s many OF whom dance nttractivcly.
Mf'c'ard German furnished 4plenty OF
s,n n MS the countryman Seeing the
SSsn.s in1Nev York. In HIS fun-makIng
n was assistcd by Gus Pixlcy. who ap-
r KITE as n teacher OF elocution. and In
SNLIenlally does his whistling act. Kate
% y.aiI and Mabel Montgomery look
"ei w society girls, and sling better.
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CHILDREN like It, It saves their
lives. We mean One Minute Cough
Cure, the infallible remedy for coughs,
colds. Group. bronchitis, grippe, and ali
throat and lung troubles. Charles r.
Goetze, Market and Twelfth streets;
Chatham Sinclair. Forty sixth and ia
cob streets; A. L. Schechle. No. COZ Main
street; Exlcy Bros, Penn md Zane
streets; Bowie & Co., Bridgeport.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28
TURNER'S.

a Wheeling T%urnverein gave a
"piehdid gymnastlc exhibition at Tur-
ner hall last night, before a large and
nnSpfeclative audience. The active, ju-
Th"r Dogs and girls classes acquitted
,,ns"iselVes with honor 10 their instruc-
n sp,, Louis Bnrtens. The programme
w wo printed In the Intelligencer
~a carried out In detail. The features
Are inc boxing contests, and the
; nineriean flag drill, the latter, rousing
m nu%aicnce's patriotism In great style,
. nc turner's will celebrnte their for
ercia11sh anniversary with field duy sex-3
efelses, July 10.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28

EH.#HnH..a a- Az F. OpCh I'LL, uTQ
knew no medicine, save the simple herbs
gathered by his squaws.
Civilized man leads an unnatural and an
unhealthy life. Unlike the Indian IL he
would maintain his physical ard mental
health, he must take reasonable prccat-
tons 10 combat disease. Nearly all dis.
cases have their inception In disorders Of
the digestion, torpidity Of the liver and
impurity of the blood. Dr.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is made Of simple herbs.
1t restores the lost appetite, makes diges.
tion and assimilation perfect, invigomtes
the, liver, purifcs the blood and promotes
the natural processes of cacretion and SC.
erection. 1t seuds the rich red, life.giviug
blood bounding through the arteries and
corrects all ci.culatory disturbances. It
dispels headaches, nervousness, drowsi-
ness, lussitudc, and drives out Nil impuri.
tics and disease. germs. 1t cures oS5 per
cent. OF all cases Of consumption, bron-
,clitis, asthma and diseases of the air.pas.
sages. II gives sound and refreshing sleep,
drivca away all bodily and mental fatigue
and imparts yigor and health 10 every or.
gan OF the body. Medicine dealers sell It
and have nothing else, sjust as good.n
few OF my symptoms" writes Charles
Book, Of Climax, Kalamazoo Co., Mich, g were
heart burn, ~iullness after cutting, pain In my.
bowels, bud tRbtc IN my mouth, and occasional,
fever and hot Pushes. DR.. Plerce's Golden
Medical Discovery cured all these and / am
perfectly we'll"
DR.. picrce's Pleasant Pellets are sire,
speedy and permanent cure for constipa.
ton One little Pellet = Is n gentle laIa.
tive and two n mild catliartic. They never
gripr. Found at all medicine stores.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28

BALTIMORE. April 27.-Brooklyn out
ha.ted the Orioles to-day, played without
anerror and won. Attendance, ga. Score:
Baltimore 20 / 2oo1oZo$o 81 81
Brooklyn ....,1 90 EoEo22 81 I'LL 0
Batteries, Hughes and Clarke; Kennedy
end Ryan. Empires, Lynch and Connolly.
TINE, l:t0. We
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GIANTS HAD A

WASHINGTON, April 27.--The Giants
had 4 walkevtr. The Washington pitch
ers could nrt pitch and the fielders could
not field. called on account OF darkness.
Attendance 600. Score:
.IF RHE
Washington .....0 a2t1fo 0 3 &C s 5
New York .......t Q sos 2 1-2o Il l
Eared runs, Washington 8: New York
E. batteries. Donovan, Amole and Nc
Ez,slle and Andrews. Time, 2:l5.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28
LEGAL NOTICES.

NOTICE
To Whom It May Conccrn:
y Notice Ia hereby given that, at a special
meeting of the stockholders OF, The Ma
,tlonnl Supply Company TO DO held at Its
office, at the corner OF Wood md Water
Pennsylvania. u s, A., on Tuesday. tho
i1tll dry of May, "a. D., 1885, n resolution
Will be offered providing for Increasing
the stock OF said, Tho National Supply
Company, from Ono Million Dollars
'Gl,V0O, OOj. 6O) TO Ono Million Five Hundred
Thousand Isl, GOO, 10000 Dollars, said In
crease to hr divided Into Five Thousand
t5.CGG shares OF Ono Hundred S1e0.O 0) each.
Sail resolution IN now OF Mo with the Sec
.retary Of said company.
j.. II. BARR, Secretary.
-Anril y. ISIS. ----l-. anlt-th
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28
NICuorsAN

PHILADELPHIA. April 2.-Boston de-
feated the Philliey to-day through the in
ability OF the lattf to hit Nichols. Dunkle
pitched a steady game. but the team be-
hind. him played poorly. Attendance, 1000.
Score:
RHE
Boston =. ....2 }oI1 os1H1 1 so-6 10 o
Philadelp'a 20 j 90 90 0 0 0-l 5 4:
Earned run Boton1 /. Batteries. Mich
os and Bergen bunkle and Boyle. Um-
pIres. Curry andSpyder. Time. l:55.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28
%oPPoRTuNE BATTILt

CINCINNATI, April 9Th Reds took
to.day's game from the Coli by hitting
=. i, o RI .i%,s; MolliSSy,a, ,i1s,ains
RHE
Cincinnati 80 0 og2 1b 0 IS s 0
Chicago .......O o 0 90 al 0.e-31l 2
Earned runs, %ClncinnatIl:. Chicago 2.
Batteries, Dwyer and Peitz Thornton and
p%onohue. Ump!res. McDoald and o'Day.
Tlrie LEO H sHFa EaEig =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28

TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAT
Take Laxative Bromo Quinlnc Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II It falls
to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. O..
on each tablet,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28

DIPHTHERIA, sore throat. Group.
Instant relief, permanent cure. DR..
Thomas Eclectric OIL. AT any drug
store.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28

The Mariner passed down the river
to-day to tow to Pittsburgh the Sam
Clark, which broke q shaft near Middle
port. The Sam Clark Is a boat well
known to many people here. It had over
fifty shots fired at 1t when 1t attempts
ed to run the blockade here during the
flood.-Moundsville Echo.
The river at 6 p. m. was IS feet IL
inches and stationary. Weather, clear
and cool. The river did not quite
reach the anticipated twenty feet at
this point.
The coal fleet was passing this port
yesterday. All OF the lows were in good
shape. There were 1000, 900 bushels In
the shipment. u
River kilograms.
OIL CITY-River 4 feet 4 inches and
falling. Clear. and cool.
BROWNSVILLE-River Is feet 4
inches and falling.
PITTSBURGH = River - feet s
inches and falling at the dam. Clear and
pleasant,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28

CURE the cough and save the life"
DR.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures
coughs and colds. down to the very
verge Of consumption.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28
THE RIVER
YESTERDAYS DEPARTURES.
Charleston. .KANAWHA, $50 a, II.

YESTERDAYS DEPARTURES.
Charleston. .KANAWHA. $50 a. m.
Pittsburgh. BEN HUR, . p. m.
S~lstersville. RUTH. $3.50 p. m.
Clarington....LEROY $50 p m.
$3.50 a. m. tr
Steubenvllle..T. N. BAYNE, $50 p. m.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
Plttsburgh...H. X. BEDFORD. $40 q. m,
Cincinnati. ....QUEEN CITY, s a. N.
Parkersburg .ARGAND. II a.. m.
Matamoras.. LEXINGTON, II a. m.
Sistersville Truth. $3.50 p. m.
Clarinston....LEROY $3.50 p. n.
Pittsburgh. .LORENA, 2 a.. m.
Steubenville..T NJ. BAYNE. $50 p m.
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
Pittsburgh. VIRGINIA. ) a. m
Parkersburg. BEN HUR. Il m.
Sistersville. RUTH, $3.50 p. m.
Darlington. LEROY, $3.50 D.. m.
Steubenville. T. N. BAYNE, 2:30 p. m.
Charleston...URAN1A. $50 a. m.
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LOUISVILLE, April i.-"Red" Ehret
won his own gsmo to-dayby his good bat
ting. Hoy also did good lick work. Young
was substituted for Mcllister during the
game IN the second jning by Umpire
Woods for obJecting. I'd strongly to a de-
cls!on mado by that otc!al. Attendance,
M. Score:
RHE
Louisville 80 ogosId fo4s3to-o IS 8
Cleveland .....o 3 500 zoo Us Is 8
Earned runs. LouIville g. Cleveland G..
Alllster and o'conpr. EMPIRES, Swart-
wood and Woods. fine, 2:l0.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28

PROPOSALS.
.oTICE-CoNTRAcToRs.

NoTIcE-coNTRAcToRs.
Sealed bids will be received by the under
signed, until May &, 1S9S. at one o'clock
p. m, both separately md combined, for
street grading. curbing and paving. Plans
and specifications, terms of contract, etc.,
now open for inspection at tho office OF the
mayor OF Cameron, ". Va.
4 Endorse on envelope Proposals for
Work III Streets"
DC. HARKINS. Recorder, !
April s. 1893. ap6
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28
.woMAN.s CLUB oFFrcERs.

AZ the meeting OF the Woman'e Club
yesterday afternoon, the following ON.
GERS were elected for the coming year:
President, Mrs. A. J.. Smith; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. w. e. Hervey; second vice
president, Mrs. N. c. Mitchell: secretary
and treasurer, Mrs. BIO. Williams: as.
sistant secretary, Mrs.sR. c. swartz.
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OASToRTA,

.s y: y ;I|:''s2z1z2z7zII! II; 3
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ro-pAY's GAMES.


Bos,on at philadelphia. AY
New York atRWashington,
Brooklyn ut BaltinoYy
Chicago at Cplnnati.
ST. LOUIS, April :z.-Thc Dr9ns and
Pirates played two games toby. The
Pirates went out from the startlnd sue
cetded In landing both games.
st. ti Loul SUM mo . 90 Q ? -sH !
Pittsburgh 80 ! 10 90 l2-9 Il Q
pitchers, Daniels and sudhoff Hastings.
Two-base hit, Gray. wild pitces, Hast
ings 1. Three base hit, Grny. Stuck out,
b. Hastings 2; by Daniels !. fme. LAG.
Empires, cuShmaE and HeldieI
Ct. Louis 30 ot2 0 90 o. Of 81
Pittsburgh II 0 Oa 10 4a3f-l II ?
Pitchers, Hushey and Tanneht: Three
base hits. Cross. Schrlvcr, Tanthill. Me-
Carthy. Struck out, by Tnnnell 2. Sto.
len bases. Donovan ?. Time, t.55. Um-
plr.s, Cushman and Reydler. tendance,
s,M0.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28

UTANTED-GIRL FOR GENERAL
wv housework. Must be competent and
come well recommended. Apply at asvIr-
ginia street. ap26s
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J
NATIONAL LBAGVR

YESTERDAYS GAMES.
Cincinnati 5, Chicago j..
Louisville 0, Cleveland 5.
Pittsburgh II. St. Louis q vi
Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 2,
Boston Q, Philadelphia ].
Brooklyn I, baltimore l..
New York 2. Wnshlngn ..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WEDDING.
The marriage Of Mr.. Louis. Engle-
m%eyersthe popular grocer, Of Aetnayillq.
to Miss May Prince, q charming and ac-
compllehed young lady Of Wheeling
took place at 8 o'clock yesterday morn.
Ing. at the st. Joseph's cathedral. It
vas n ofthe prettiest weddings Of the
year, and was witnessed only by init.
mate friends OF. both families. They
will make their future home In Wheel
ing.
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WANTED.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SALES
w MAN for city trade by Wholesale
grocer. Address p. O.. Box $40, City. apps
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yNANTED-To TRADE. Az NEW
wv Singer sewing machine for a horse.
Apply to SINGER SEWING MACHINE
CO., No. 70 Twelfth street. mrlSY5s
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
THE ELECTION IN
 SAN FRANCISCO
Incidents and Peculiarities of the Contest Between the Great
 Parties.

and the police were out of employ ment.
 In many of the districts south of Market street a peculiar condition of their lives been known as stanch Dem Ocrats were out working openly in the interest of Gage or Patton, or both. Former ward bosses who have hereto fore drilled behind the Democratic band wagon, but who were not considered sufficiently high toned" for the new order of things in the Democratic camp, were out making a fight for the Supervisorial candidates on the Repub- lican ticket who had been selected from among the residents of the ward and not by the Democratic plan of coloniz- ing from among the kid glove and silk hat job chasers of other and more aris- tocratic districts of the city. What these men did was plain to the view of all men. What was done by the "si- lent vote"-the ballots of the men who express their views by their ballots will be seen by scanning the returns.
 Whatever the result, the election may be considered one of the most satisfac- tory and successful in the history of the city. AS the vote cast was an in telIigent vote, the result will be the will of an intelligent majority.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
HEAVIEST ELECTION
 BETTING ON RECORD
Thousands Of Dollars Wageped on Gage at Odds of 2 to 1
 and Better.

The betting on the election was the heaviest ever known on this coast. This, too. outside the wagers of hats and small amounts wagered among friends to back their opinions as to the strongest candi- dates.
 Harry Corbett pronounced 1t the biggest betting election within his memory He handled nearly S65 ,000. and would have filled out the hundred thousand mark had there been sufficient time to place the money before the returns commenced to be received.
 When betting commenced yesterday morning Gage had ruled favorite over Mcguire at odds of to 1. As the day wore on the odds gradually heightened. At nightfall the odds had gone to to and no Mcguire money in sight.
 In the struggle between Phelan and Pat ton the former opened favorite at to l. In the evening Phelan money went beg ging to 1 being offered,
 The only other contest upon which there was extensive betting was that between Julius Kahn and James H. Barry. Throughout the day it was even money and take your pick. Once the count be- gan. Kahn was installed favorite at 10 to 4. with few followers of the short end Later on 10 to was offered, and but lit tle money changed hands even at that price.
 William Pinkerton, the noted detective, won hundred each on Roosevelt of New York and Gage.
 There was but little money placed in the big cigar stores, which are usually stores a man wagered $20O to $40 that O'Donnell would not be elected Coroner. The man who took the short end had $500 to wager the same way.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09

know" exclaimed he, 'who appointed Marcus Wolf as a Democratic inspector in the Second Precinct of the Thirty eighth District? He's out shouting for Patton for Mayor. Now. isn't he a fine Democrat?"
 The Registrar looked over the list in his office, and, sure enough. there was the name of Marcus Wolf. inspector. with the word Democrat" next to his name, It transpired that Ed Gallagher had ap- pointed Wolf, and the Mayor made ,copi- ous notes on piece of paper and then started out on search for the City ana County Attorney, presumably to give him a piece of his mind for choosing Demo cratic officers of election who could not be depended upon to support the Demo- cratic candidates. The episode occasloned considerable amusement among the Dy- islanders in the Registrars. office, which was heightened when the discovery was noised abroad that Wolf was a pro nounced Republican, who had been mak- ing campaign speeches for Gage and Pat. ton and who had accepted the ofhce oI election inspector. supposing that he had been chosen as a Republican.
 Exactly at D. m. MT. BigSy began the work of destroying the extra ballots which were in his office, using a printing office paper-cutter to chop them in pieces This work occupied over an hour. and was conducted in the presence of a number or witnesses summoned for the purpose
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
HOW THE NEWS CAME
 TO THE HEADQUARTERS
Prominent Republicans Hold Jubilee in the Central
 Committee Rooms.

The men of the Republican State Com mittee who have been on duty at head quarters or elsewhere since the opening of the campaign never entertained mo- ment's doubt as to the result of the bat tie, yet 1t was obvious to spectators yes terday that they were awaiting the re- turns with a feeling of deep interest.
 Throughout the day telegrams were re- ceived from the interior counties stating that Republicans were active and confl- dent but these messages did not excite enthusiasm. Returns were wanted to make assurance doubly sure.
 When the first few straws were waited in last evening Major Frank McLaugn- lin, Colonel D. M. Burns, Paris Kilburn, gins, Judge Hart, Jacob Steppacher and others were clustered about table CO compare the precinct figures with the Mckinley Bryan vote of two years ago from the corresponding precincts While the vote in many precincts was not up lo the Presidential record, there were Re publican gains and remarkable losses to the fusion party.
 Interest developed into excitement when the returns began to come in from the progressive count of the ballots in the TWenty-eighth, Thirty-first, FOrty-sec- ond and Forty-third Assembly districts of San Francisco. It was then seen that Gage was running away ahead of Magu re in precincts which had gone against the Republicans in former years and uD2l which no calculations of success had been made this year.
 The figures of the Twenty eighth As sembly District could hardly be credited. The fusion managers had relied on a heavy vote for the Little Giant in the
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
SLOWNESS IN THE
 MUNICIPAL COUNT

As the night wore on it became evident to Registrar Biggy that there was no hope of obtaining any coherent returns of the count of the municipal vote. From many parts of the city he received notice that the judges and officers of cleo tion, exhausted probably by the State count were progressing very slowly. In many booths the greatest confusion ex- isted, owing to the presence of haf-in- toxicated men, and in some cases to the incredible slowness of the officers. From the Second Precinct of the Thirty-hrst District the officers appeared at the City Hall carrying the ballot-box, and evident ly in no condition to continue the count. The Registrar at once caused their arrest and made arrangements to have new off1- cers sworn in. Many warrants were asked for other incapacitated officers, and 1t was reported that several booths might have to be closed for the night in order that efficient men could be appointed Tn the place of those apparently in charge. In spite of the difficulties of the situation the Registrar showed remarkable ability to meet all exigencies, and is confident of having things running smoothly to-