Year: 1874

|
| The canvass of the Congressman in
! the Eighth district of this state is to 1ln-
| dergo thorough investigation. Hon
| IL. S. Orton, In behalf of DIR. McDill
| the Republican candidate, has filed a
notice with the Secretary of State that
! the law requires that all returns, whether
made by the election board, the county
canvassers, or the state canvassers, shall
contain the whole number of votes cast
for each Office, and the whole number Of


votes given to each candidate, and if the
! Clerk of the Board of Supervisors III
any county fails to make such return it
shall be the duty Of the Secretary Of
| State to obtain the same from some other
source; that, as no such statement of
all the votes polled in Wood county has
been received by the Secretary of State
it is demanded that he shall procure a


statement of the whole number of votes


cast in said county before he proceeds
to canvass the vote of the district and
that when such full statement is received
by him he shall give the certificate of
election to theperson receiving the high


est number Of votes cast.


Respe ;ting the throwing out of the
vote OF the First ward of Grand Rapids
by the canvassers of Wood county, the


Grand Rapids Reporter says that the


only ground for such rejection was the


alleged failure OF the notary to affix his
signature to the oaths of the inspectors


OF election after swearing them in. The
vote of the town Of Lincoln was thrown
out because one Of the inspectors failed
to sign his name to the returns, although
hn 4, tho
subsequently offered to sign the returns,
but this offer was refused by the county
board


The throwing out of these votes de-
feat the election of several persons on


the county ticket, who will contest the


matter IN the courts. The Reporter fur
ther says that the vote of the Third ward
of Grand Rapids and the town of Rem
ington, neither of which returned their
poll list, were counted, and it asks the


reason for this discrimination on the


part of the county canvassers. There is,


evidently, very large Ethiopian in the


Wood county wood-pile and it is the


duty of somebody to smoke him out.


Republicans want nothing in this matter


but what is strictly just and lawfgl-they


do not want any repetition of the tactics


Of the last Dem Ocratic administration,


when a Governor WAS counted III on sup


elemental returns.


a REMARKABnE ADVENTURE. about
five weeks ago son of Dr.. w. H. FL
bridge, of this district, suddenly disap-
peared, and WAS not heard from until
last Saturday. The boy says that on the
evening of Oct. 10, as he was leaving the
apothecary-store on Bunker Hill street,
where he was employed, he was ap-


preached by man who informed him
that a fire was raging in the vicinity of
Chelsea bridge, and asked him to go
down and see it. Arriving at the bridge


no fire was to be seen, when just on the
point of returning he was seized around
the neck by the man, who checked him


until he became unconscious, robbed him
and threw him over the railing into the
waters of the Mystic. The chill which the
plunge into the river gave to his system
restored him SO that he was able to at
tempt to save himself The tide was
| running out, and he, being skillful


swimmer, kept from drowning and
foated down the stream until opposite


East Boston, where friendly spar which


was floating in the water came near to


him, and gaining this he tioated out to
sea. ne SilDS0Qu6uGl Decau1e uncOu-


scious, and when he rallied again he was


out OF sight Of land; still clingmg to the
log. After remaining in the water nine
teen hours. he was rescued by brig
| bound for Greenland, and as he did not


care to visit that country he was placed


on board an English steamer, the name
| of which he states as the Norman, and
carried to Liverpool. He improved the
first O,opOrtuDitv to retllrn home in the


steamer Smyrna, which arrived at this
| port last Saturday.-Boston Globe.