Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1884 — Page 3

THE PRESIDENCY.

* The Election Returns from the Various States of the Union. One of** Closest Political Contests of ifcdern Times. The Presidential election of 1884 passes Into history as one of the closest national political contests ever waged in this country. At this writing—five days after the closing of the polls —the outcome is one of extreme doubt, the Republicans claiming the election of Blaine and the Democrats claiming the election of Cleveland. with the chances, however, largely favoring Cleveland. The whole question hinges upon the great t mpire State of New York, with its thirtysix electoral votes. Till vote is a phenomenally close one. Both parties claim the State. The Chairmen of the Republican and Democratic State Committees issued addresses claiming the State, and Cha rman Jones, of the Republican national Committee, issued a manifesto to the country announcing that Blaine and Logan had carried every Northern State except New Jersey and Connecticut, and two or three Southern States, and proclaiming their elecction to the Presidency. On Friday morning Chairman Gorman, of the Democratic National Committee, sent forth an address announcing that "Grover Cleveland and Thomas A, Hendricks have carried 219 electoral votes, 18 more than sufficient to elect,” and declaring that “no fraud or contrivance can defeat the will of the people of the United States thus publicly and deliberately declared.” The very latest news up to the hour of going to press with this side of our paper is embraced in the following telegrams from New York: The Associated Press sends the following.“On a careful review of the figures by districts, as furnished by the agents of the Associated Press, corrected by returns received during the day so as to bring the record down to this time, the total vote of the State stands for Cleveland 659,836; Blaine 658,426; plurality for Cleveland 1,460. There are yet eighteen districts from whioh returns are still behind or questioned. These in 1880 gave Garfield a plurality of 736. The counties which contain the lacking districts Are Essex,Madison, Saratoga,Sullivan and Ulster. The Sun says the revised returns of this State give Cleveland 1.206 plurality, and the Times -claims the plurality to be 1,361. The Sun says ■clerical errors time been discovered in ten different counties which almost exactly balance •one another in the footing.” A dispatch from Albany says Gov. Cleveland has official returns from every county in the . .State, showing his plurality to be 1,'600. The Republican National Committee claim that the returns by precincts show a • plurality ■of 1.000 to 1,600 for Bljime. The Secretary of the committee sent the following telegram to Gen. Logan: “A careful revision by Col. Grosvenor, of Ohio, ■of returns from all election districts but four, whioh are yet to hear from, ‘gives us a plurality of 1,~600 in the Stste. 1 feel Confident in the result, and that any attempted frauds will be deterred and defeated." Mr. Blaine sent the following telegfam to the National Committee on the 7th: "“To Chairman B. F. Jones, of the Republican National Committee: “I am advised that there have been fjrauds ■committed in New York State. I believe'that the honest vote of the State gives a Republican plurality, apd I ask the committee to see that we have "a fair and honest count, “J. G. Blaine.” Jay Gould sent Gov. Cleveland a telegram congratulating him Upon his electionyaatl the National Democratic Committee issued- an address saying there was no, longer any question as to the result of the contest, that the •vote of New York was absolutely sure for Cleveland and Hendricks, and that they were elected' a majority of 18 in the electoral college. Illinois. ELAINE AND 03LSSB1,' CARET THE STATE. Blaine carries Illinois' by a plurality estimated • At about 20,00 b. The State oltibfrs elected are Republicans, as follows: -Governor, Richard J. Oglesby; Lieutenant Governor, John C. Smith; Secretary State, H. D. Dement; Auditor, Charles P. Swigert; Treasurer, Jacob Gross; Attorney, General, George Hupfe -A dispatch from Chicago says: The Genpiabs do not .appear to have given the DemoCratsasmholi assistance as was at first supposed, though- gains in localities populated by that nationality have been made. In Chicago the Irish scratched Cleveland, quite heavily. In sixtyn oe counties, including Cook, Blaine has a net majority of 22,243. About one-half of ; the counties, yet to hear iron* ate Democratic, . and the actual majority, in ~ the State jyyl not vary much from the figures, given above. The majority for Oglesby, Re-* publican candidate for Governor, is about 13.U00. The Republicans elect, ten and the. Democrats ten Congressmen. The Legislature is very close, with the chances, at this writing, of a small Democratic majority. Indiana. . , , DEMOCRATIC BY. 5,000- TO 8,000. An Indianapolis dianktoh- sadt the LasiS: of the latest official returtii I riffiaha has jgivdh a Democratic morality the v 'Republican f4£ate‘ CeutrarCpmenttee oeweedes this much. The Democratic OorngilWee tlainis . 7,uoq.majority. The Congressional delegation stands as follows: Democrats—First District, J. J. Kleiner; Second,‘Thomas'•‘R.- Cobb; Third, Jonttß G. Howard; Fourth,* WilliaifaS. Hohnan; Fifth, C. C. Matson; Seventh, W. D, Bynum; Ninth, T. B. Ward; Twelfth, Robert Lowry; Thirteenth, George Ford long term, B. F. Shivet abort term. Republicans—Sixth District, Thomas M. Browne: Eighth, James T, Jflhnson; Tenth, W. D. Owen; Eleventh. George W. Steele. The Legislature is Democratic on joint ballot Michigan. THE ELECTORAL VOTE FOB BLAINE —CLOSE ON STATE OFFICERS. Detroit dispatch: Blaine has probably carried the State, but it is not yet decided. The Republicans claim that he has the State vote by several thousand plurality. On the State ticket the Free Press i Democrat) claims the election of Begole (Fusion) for Governor, by not less than 700. The Post (Republican) claims the electoral ticket by 10,000, and the State ticket by 3,000. The Congressional delegation stands seven Fusionists and four Republicans. The Fusionlsts have a majority in the Legislature.. Wisconsin. BLAINE'S PLURALITY ABOUT 10,000. Secretary Payne, of the Republican comniittee, says a Milwaukee dispatch, claims the State by from 6,0C0 to 12,000 purality. Dr. Anderson, chairman of the Democratic committee, concedes the State to the Republicans by about 6,000. The indications point toward a large plurality, however. The Republicans have elected to Congress the following: Caswell in the Ist district, Lafallette in the 3d, Van Schaick in the 4th, Guenther in the 6th, Thomas In the 7th. Price in the Bth, and Stephenson in the Oth. They gain sour 1 . The Democrats Have elected Bragg in the 2d, and Rankin in the sth. The Legislature will bo Republican in both branches, it is thought. Massachusetts. « BLAINES PLURALITY OVER 24,000. Returns from all but three cities and towns give the following result: Blaine, 142,699; Cleveland, 118,623; Butler, 23,813; 'St. John, 10,174. Blaine’s plurality Is 24,076. The vote for. Governor was as follows: Robinson, 154,281; Endicott, 107,648; McCaflerty, People’s, 23,408; Heelye, Prohibition, 8,217. Robinson's plurality is 46,633. There is evidence of fraud In the Sixth Congressional District. A recount may give the election to Lodge over Lovering. Lodge, Republican candidate for Congress in the Sixth District, has petitioned for a recount of votes. The plurality of Lovering (Dem.) is 173. The Legislature is Republican by 29 on joint ballot. Nebraska. REPUBLICAN BY 20,000. Blaine carries Nebraska by a majority placed at about 20,000. All of the Representatives to Congress, three in number, and all the State officers elected, are Republicans. Following is the roster of State officers chosen: Governor, James W. Dawes: Lieutenant Governor, H. H. Shedd; Secretary of State, E. P. Roggen; Treasurer, C. H. Willard; Auditor, H. A Babcock; Attorney General, William Leese; Land and Building Commissioner, Joseph Soot*; Superintendent of Public Instruction, W. W. Jones; Regent of State University, Leavitt BumhSm. lowa. BTBONGLY BEPULICAN. The Republicans carry lowa by a plurality of 30,000 to 36,000 on the national ticket, 26,000 to 30,000 on the State, ticket, and elect Congressmen in ten of the eleven districts—Woolson in the First, Henderson in the Third, Fuller in the Fourth, Smith in the Filth, Campbell in the Sixth, Conger and Smith to fill a vacancy in the Seventh, Hepburn in the Eighth, Lyman In the Ninth, Holmes in the Tenth, and Strnble In the Eleventh. elect Murphy in the Second. This is a Republican gain of three. Weaver, Fusionist, in the Sixth, is defeated by 66. _ California. BIAINB CARRIES IT BY ABOUT 8,000. San Francisco dispatch: Partial returns from

39 counties of California, including San Frraeisco, give Blaine 22.380, Cleveland. 13,674. Although the election returns are still incomplete, ret they are sufficiently fall to show that the State has gone Republican. Most conservatives now estimate Blaine’s majority at 2,000 in this city and 6,000 in the interior, giving him a full majority of 8.000. The Republicans gain several Congressmen. The Legislature is probably Republican on joint ballot, which insures the election of a Republican Senator to succeed Mr. Farley. Kansas. BLAINE SWEEPS THE STATE BY A LARGE MAJORITY. Kansas casts her electoral vote for Blaine by a majority estimated at 40,000, sends an unbroken Republican delegation to Congress, and elects all the Rebublican candidates for State offices, as follows: Governor,'John A. Martin; Lieutenant Governor, A. P. Riddle: Secretary of State, E. B. Allen; Auditor. E. P. McCabe; Treasurer, Samuel T. Howe: Attorney General, 8. B. Bradford; Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. H. Lawhead; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Albert H. Horton; Associate Justice, W. A. Johnson. Colorado. THE CENTENNIAL STATE SOLID FOB BLAINE. Colorado casts its electoral vote for Blaine, and the entire' Republican State ticket is elected by majorities ranging from from 2,000 to 3,000. Following are the State officers elected, all Republicans : Governor, Benj. H. Eaton; Lieutenant Governor, Peter W. Breen; Secretary of State. Melvin Edwards; Treasurer, George R. Swallow; Attorney General, Theodore H. Thomas; Auditor, H. A. Spruance; Superintendent of Public Instruction. L. S. Cornell. George W. Symes, Republican, is elected to Congress, Pennsylvania. 60,000 FOB BLAINE. A Philadelphia telegram reports that a plurality of 60,000 is indicated for Blaine in Pennsylvania. Complete returns from all the legislative districts in the State, except Wayne County, show the Senate will have 31 Republicans . and 19 Democrats, the House 140 Republicans and 69 Democrats, with two doubtful districts in Wayne County. This will give the Republicans 91 nfajority on joint ballot, even, should the Democrats carry their Wayne County candidates. In the present Legislature the Democrats have a majority of 15 on joint ballot. Maryland. A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY OF OVER 11,000. Baltimore telegram: The Sun makes the following footing of the vote throughout the State: Vote of State outside of city gives net Democratic majority of 4,805. Baltimore—Cleveland’s plurality, 6,716. Total, 11,521. Of six Congressmen the Democrats elect five, a gain of one. McComas, Republican, Sixth District, is re-elected. The delegation stands: First District, Charles H. Gibson; Second, Frank T. Shaw; Third, William H. Cole; Fourth, John V. L. Findlay; Fifth, Barnes Compton; Sixth Louis E. McComas.

Louisiana. CLEVELAND ELECTORS CHOSEN. New Orleans dispatch: The official vote of this city gives Cleveland. 12,258: Blaine. 6,893: Cleveland’s majority, 6,865. Cleveland’s majority in the State will probably not exceed 15,000. The Democrats elect all the Congressmen, except iq the Second district. The friends of Boatner and Morey concede Gen. King’s election to Congress in the Fifth District by 3,000. Gov. Kellogg’s friendsndmit, his defeat tog Congress in the Third District by 300 by E. J. Gay, a protectionist Democrat and wealthy sugar planter. North Carolina. CLEVELAND ELECTORS CHOSEN. ■ North Carolina chooses Cleveland electors by a plurality of sotae 15,000, and elects the following State dfficers by about the same vote: Governor, A, M. Scales; Lieutenant Governor, C. AL Stedman?'Secretary of State, W. L. Saunders :* Auditor.jW*. P. Roberts; Treasurer, D. W. Bain; Superintendent of Public Instruction, S. M. Finger;rAttorney General, T. F. Davidson; Associate Justice Supreme Court, A. S. toerrimon. . The Democrats gain one Congressman*. New Hampshire. THE GRANITE STATE STANDS FIRM IN THE REPUBLICAN COLUMN. A Concord dispatch says that 241 v towns and wards give Blaine 39,106; Cleveland, 34,988; St John, 1,425; Butler, 607. Blaine’s -plurality is 4,118. The same ‘places give : Currier, Republican, for Governbr, 38,040; Hill, Democratic, 35,189; Mason, Prohibitionist, and scattering, 1,944. The remaining' towns in 1882 gave Hale,' Republican, 3,115; Edgfriy, Democratic, 3,l9B’And 75 scattering. Should the vote be the same this year Currier’s majority will be 749. He will be elected by the people. ■ - Texas. “ * - ! . < 100,000 MAJORITY FOR CLEVELAND. ' Cleveland’s plurality in Texas will approach, 'if it does not reach, 100,000, and the Democratic State ticket is elected by a majority nearly as .great. Following are the names of the .State officers chosen: Governor, John Ireland; Lieutenant Governor, Barrett Gibbs; Treasurer, F. R. Lubbock; Comptroller, W. J. Swam; 1 Attorney-General, John D. Temijleton; Commissioner of Land Office, W. C. Walsh; Superintendent of Public Instruction, B. M. Baker. Vermont. BLAINE’S PLURALITY ABOUT 22,000. Returns from 197 towns in Vermont give Blaine 36,315; Cleveland,il6,ol2; Butler, 669; St, John, 1,389; Belva Lockwood 1, making a plurality for Blaine of 20,363, with forty-three towns wanting. The towns heard from gave Garfield 41,407, Hanoock 16,6.73, and Weaver 1,U3, a plurality for Garfield of 34,644. The towns not heard from gave Garfield a plurality of 2,266. If the above proportion is preserved, Blaine will have in the complete canvass a plurality of 22,569. Minnesota. BLAINE SWEEPS THE STATE BY 35,000. Minnesota’s plurality for Blaine is not less than 35,000, says a Minneapolis dispatch. Returns'are slow', and the exact vote will not bo known for a day or two. The delegations to Congress 1b solidly Republican. The majority on the Congressional candidates will fall below that on Presidential electors, and ’ may be placed at 25,000. The State House of Representatives will stand 110 Republicans to 37 Democrats. No State Senators were voted for. South Carolina. HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC. The Cleveland electors are chosen in South Carolina by a heavy majority, and the following State officers, all Democrats, are elected: Governor, H. S. Thompson; Lieutenant Governor, John C. Sheppard; Secretary of State, J. N. Lipscomb; Treasurer, John P. Richardson; Controller General, William E. Stoney; Attorney General, C. R. Miles; Superintendent of Education, Asbury Coward; Adjutant General, A. M. Marrigault.

Missouri. LARGELY DEMOCRATIC. Cleveland’s majority fin Missouri is estimated at from 40,000 to 60,000. The candidates for State offices on the Democratic ticket are all elected as follows: Governor, John S. Marmaduke; Lieutenent Governor, A. P. Morehouse; Secretary of State, M. K. McGrath; Treasurer, J. M. Siebert; Auditor, John Walker; Attorney General, B. G. Boone; Judge of the Supreme Court, F. M. Black; Register of Lands, Robert McCulloch; Railroad Commissioner, William G. Downing. Connecticut. 1,212 FOR CLEVELAND. A Hartford dispatch says the returns for Connecticut are now all in, with the exception of the back country towns. Cleveland has 66,932, Blaine 65,738, St. John 2,2osfand Butler 1,637. Cleveland's plurality is 1,212. The vote for Governor and other State officers is practically the same, which throws the choice into the Legisla-ture,-both branches of which will be Republican by good majorities. New Jersey. FOR CLEVELAND. - » Trenton dispatch; The result in New Jersey may be summed up thus: The Democrats elect their electoral ticket by a plurality of from 3,000 to 6,000. The Republicans elect Congressman Hives in the First District by 613 majority. The Democrats elect Green in the Third and Pidcock in the Fourth, and re-elect McAdoo in the Seventh. The Legislature is Republican in both branches. _____ Tennessee. SOLID FOR THE DEMOCRACY. The following Republican Congressmen, says a Nashville dispatch, are elected in Tennessee: Pettibone in the Ist district, Houck in the 2d, and Taylor in the 10th. The rest'of the congressional delegation is Democratic. The Democratic majority in the Legislature is considerably reduced. Bate, Democratic candidate for Governor, is elected by a reduced majority. Virginia. DEMOCRATIC BY 9,000. A Richmond dispatch says: Returns, mostly official, from 83 oounties and all the cities of Virginia, give a majority for Cleveland of 7,460. Seventeen oounties remaining to be heard from gave a Democratic majority last year of 1,270. These counties are likely to give the same if not a greater majority now, which will make Cleveland's majority in the State nearly 9,000. Florida. CLEVELAND'S MAJORITY 4,000. A Jacksonville dispatch says that unofficial returns from all but three coantles in the

Second Congressional District Indicate the election of Dougherty, Democrat, over Bisboe, Republican, by 700 plurality. The State is Democratic by 4,900 majority. The counties of Florida west of the Apalachicola Elver will go Democratic by a majority of 1,250. Ohio. LARGELY FOB BLAINE. All the counties in Ohio have reported unofficially except Henry, Monroe, Ottawa, and Paulding. The net Republican majority is 36,165. The four counties named gave a netjiemocrattc majority of- 5,316 in October, which "will probably be reduced 200. This gives Plain* an approximate plurality in the State of 31,049. Arkansas. CLEVELAND CARRIES IT BY 30,000. In addition to the Presidential electors and Congressmen, Arkansas voted for a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Cleveland carries the State by an estimated majority of 30,000; all of the Congressmen elected are Democrats, and S. R. Cockrell, Jr., Democrat, is elected Supreme Judge. Alabama. DEMOCRATIC BY 50,000. Alabama voted for Presidential electors and Representatives in Congress. The returns indicate that Cleveland has carried the State by the nsnal Democratic majority (55.0i>0), and that a solid Democratic delegation has been returned to Congress. Mississippi. DEMOCRATIC. Cleveland carries Mississippi by the usual Democratic majority. All of the Representatives elected to Congress are Democrats. There was no election for btate officers. Kentucky. SOLID BOR THE DEMOCRACY. Cleveland carries Kentucky by the usnil heavy Democratic majority. The Democrats secure ten of the Congressmen and the Republicans one. West Virginia A CLOSE CONTEST. The Republicans make gains in West Virginia on the October vote, and Cleveland’s plurality will probably not exceed 2,000. Maine. STANDS BY HEB FAVORITE SON. The election in Maine was for President alone. Mr. Blaine carries his own State by a plurality of about 20,000, Rhode Island. REPUBLICAN. Complete returns from Rhode Island give Blaine a majority of 5,225, against 7,155 for Garfield in 1880.

Delaware. DEMOCRATIC BY 3,000. Delaware goes for Cleveland by about 3,000 plurality, and elects Charles B. Lore, Democrat, to Congress. _____ Georgia. CHOOSES CLEVELAND ELECTORS., Georgia casts her electoral vote for Cleveland, and elects a solid Democratic delegation to Congress. Nevada. ‘ FOR BLAINE. • Blaine carries Nevada by a majority of 790 or 800, and the Republicans elect the Congressman. ‘ - Oregon. VOTES FOR BLAINE. Oregon casts her electoral vote for Blaine, his plurality being about 1,500.

RECEIVING THE NEWS.

How Some of the Candidates for President Heard the Election Returns. GOV. CLEVELAND. [Albany <N. Y.) special.] *•’ ‘ Gov. Cleveland received returpg by messenger at the Executive Mansion, surrounded by a few friends. As the good news came in the gentlemen present congratulated the Governor and the ladies applauded. All present, excepting the Governor, displayed tn therr tnantier the intense gratification which the prospect of victory afforded them. The Governor, however, preserved a calm exterior, and merely smiled at the enthusiasm of those about him. MB. BLAINE [Augusta (Me.) dispatch.] ' Mr. Blaine received the election returns in his own house by private wire, which he has had in use since the beginning of the campaign. Besides members of his family, all of whom except his daughter, Mrs. Coppinser, were with him, there were present Gov. Robie, ex-Gov. Connor, and many near neighbors dropped in during the evening. Owing to the rain-storm, and other causes, returns came in slowly,, but were encouraging. Among those received early in the evening was one from Oneida, N. Y., announcing a gain of 19 on the vote for Garfield, and one from Batavia, N. Y., announcing that that city, which gave Garfield a majority of 34, had given Blaine 114. The following was received from the chairman of the Connecticut Republican State Committee: “ You have surely carried Connecticut. Irish true. Democrats despondent.” GOV. HENDRICKS. [lndianapolis dispatch.] Gov. Hendricks cast his ballot at the Second Precinot of the Twelfth Ward, near noon, today, and then, in company with Hon. James H. . Rioe, Auditor of State, made a tour of the polls of the city. Everywhere he was received with the utmost cordiality and respect. Returning home he spent the evening in his library, where in company with a few personal friends, he received the bulletins of the Associated Press. The company was small,-com-prising Judge Nlblack, of the Supreme Court, William Henderson, and Aquilla Jones. To a reporter who called on him early in the evening Mr. Hendricks expressed himself as gratified* more than anything else with tbe reflection that the struggle was at an epd. “You doubtless feel comfortable over the result?” “Well, having accomplished the object of the contest, I feel like laying it aside now like an old mitten. I entered upon a campaign, the like of which I never expect to again make, but, haying been drawn into it, of course I wanted to succeed.” GOV. ST. JOHN. [Olathe (Kan.) telegram.] Gov. St. John spent the day quietly at his home here, occasionally appearing on the streets infeompany with a small number of his friends. At half-past Ihe walked to the polls in the Tmrd Ward, where he cast his vote. In reply to an inquiry, Gov. St. John remarked that he was happy as a clam. He produced the following dispatch, which he stated he had just received: Olney, HL, Nov. 4. To J. P. St. John, Olathe, Kan.: St. John and Daniel Club sends greeting. The fraudulent reports against you strengthen you n your old home. D. F. Houser, Pres’t. Samuel J. Barkee, Sec’y.

CONGRESSMAN ELECTED.

In Pcnnsylanla. The following Congressmen have been elected in Pennsylvania: First District—H. H. Bingham, Rep. Secona—Charles O’Neil, Rep, Third—Samuel J. Randall, Pcm. Fourth—William D. Kelley, Rep. Fifth—N. C. Harmer, Rep. Sixth—. James B. Everhart, Rep. Seventh—l. N. Evans, Rep. Eighth—Daniel Ermentrout, Dcm. Ninth—J. Hiestant, Rep. Tenth—William H. Bowden, Dem. Eleventh-r John B. Storm, Dem. Twelfth—Joseph A. Scranton, Rep. Thirteenth—Charles N. Brumm, Rep. Fourteenth—Franklin Bound, Rep. t Fifteenth—F. C. Bunnell, Rep. -Sixteenth—W. W. Brown, ReD. Hevdhteenth—Jacob M. Campbell, Rep. Eighteenth—L. E. Atkins, Rep. Nliajtgkffith—W. H. Duncan, Dcm. Twentieth—A. G. Curtin, Rep. Twenty-first—C. E. Boyle, Dem. Twenty-second-J S. Negley, Rep. Twenty-third- T. M. Bayne, Rep. Twenty-fourth—l. L. Jackson, Rep. Twenty-fifth—A. C. White, Rep. Twenty-sixth—B. W. Fieeger, Rep. Twenty-seventh—W. L. Scott, Dem. At Brumm is a Republican Greenbacker. The Republicans gain four members, the present delegation standing: Republicans, 16, including Brumm; Democrats, 12. Illinois. The returns at this writing indicate the election of the following Kepresentatives to Congress in Illinois: First District—Ransom W. Dunham, Rep., reelected. Second—Frank Lawler, Dem. Third—James H. Ward. Dem. Fourth—George E. Adams, Rep., re-elected. Fifth—Reuben Ell wood, Rep„ re-elected. Sixth—Robert R. Hitt, Rep., re-elected. Seventh—Thomas J. Henderson, Rep., reelected Eighth—Ralph Plnmb. Rep. Ninth—Lewis E. Pay son. Rep., re-elected. Tenth—Julius 8. Starr. Rep Eleventh— Alexander P. Petrie, Rep. Twelfth—James M. Riggs, Dem., re-elected.

Thirteenth—William M. ‘Springer, Dem., reelected. Fourteenth—Jonathon H. Rowell, Rep,, reelected. Fifteenth—John CL Black, Dem. Sixteenth—James McCartney, Rep. Seventeenth—John R. Eden. Dem. Eighteenth—William R. Morrison, Dem., reNineteenth—Richard W. Townshend, Dem., Twentieth—John R. Thomas, Rep..re-elected. In Massachusetts. The following Congressmen are elected in Massachusetts. The Republicans gam two; First District—R. T. Davie, Rep, Second—John D. Long, Rep, Third—A. A. banner, Kep. Fourth—P. A. Collins, l)em. Fifth—G. D. Hayden, Rep. Sixth—H. B. Lovering, Dem. Seventh—B. F. Stone, Rep. ' Eighth—Charles H. Allen, Regx Ninth—Fred D. Ely, Rep. Tenth—W. W. Rioe, Rep. Eleventh—William Whiting. Rep, Twelfth—F. W. Rockwell, Sep. Indiana. Indiana has chosen the following Congressmen: First District—John J. Kleiner, Dem., reploct'Od Second—Thomas R. Cobb, Dem., re-elected. G. Howard, Dem. Fourth—William 8. Holman, Dem., re-elected. Fifth—C. C. Matson, Dem. Sixth—Thomas M. Browne, Rep., re-elected. Seventh—W. D. Bynum. Dem. Eighth—James T. Johnson, Rep, Ninth—Thomas B. Ward, Dem., re-eleoted. Tenth—W. D. Owen, Rep. Eleventh—George W, Steele, Rep., re-elected. Twelfth—Robert Lowry, Dem., re-elected. Thirteenth—George Ford, Dem. lowa. .. The lowa delegation stands as follows: First District—Benton J, Hall, Dem. Second—J. H. Murphy, Dem., re-eleotef. Third—D. B. Henderson, Rep., re-elected. Fourth—William E. Fuller, Rep. Fifth—Milo P. Smith, Rep. Sixth—Frank T. Campbell, Rep. Seventh—Edwin H. Conger, Rep. Eighth—Wm. P. Hepburn, Rep., re-elected. Ninth—Joseph Lynch, Rep. Tenth—A. J. Holmes, Ren., re-elected. Eleventh—lsaac S. Strnble. Rep., re-elected.

GOVERNORS ELECTED

In States Having Governors to Elect. In Connecticut and New Hampshire there is no choice of Governor by the people (a majority vote being required), but the Legislatures win duly elect the Republican candidates whose,names are given below: Colorado—Benjamin H. Eaton, Rep. Connecticut—Henry B. Harrison, Rep. Florida—E. A. Perry, Dem. Illinois—Richard J. Oglesby, Rep. . Z Indiana—lsaac P. Gray, Dem. Kansas—John A. Martin, Bop. Massachusetts —George D. Robinson, Rep.,reclcctotl Michigan -Russell A. Alger, Rep. Missouri—John S. Marmaduke, Dem. Nebraska—James W. Dawes, Rep,, re-elected. Nevr Hampshire—Moody Currier, Rep. North Carolina—Alfred M. Scales, Dem. South Carolina—Hugh S. Thompson, Dem., re-elected. _ Tennessee —William B. Bate, Dem. .re-elected, Texas—John Ireland, Dem.,re-elected. ’ • Wisconsin-—Jeremiah M. Rusk, Rep., reelected. '

ELECTION ECHOES.

Vermont is safe for Bldine. Arkansas is solid for Cleveland. Job Mulhattan admits hie defeat .Georgia and Rhode Island are stQl safe; ' •' , ’ • »■ , > The election was a great lung-tester for .both, aides.—-w. " IT is currently reported that Cleveland has carried Kentucky. “The enemies he had made” were on deck with a scalping-knife.’ e, Pennsylvania gives the ehampidn Republican majority this year. Texas comes to the front as the champion Democratic Statu. Cleveland’s majority is placed at 100,000, 'At a precinot in the Eleventh Ward of Baltimore Home unknown person plaeed in the box a ballot-for Belva Lockwood. The Tammany candidate for Mayor of New York City is defeated by over 10,000 plurality. Ex-Mayor Grace, the candidate of the County Democracy, is elected. BelVa Lockwood concedes hen defeat, and bears it with an appearance of cheerful resignation, but it is suspected that she is chagrined m no small degree at the’faot that her vote iB not large enough to'keep her in curl papers for a week.

The Prairies and the Mountains.

I was just thinking I would like to be sent out West just about now on some commission for an able and enterprising journal, at a large salary, railroad passes, nothing to r do, and two or three of the boys-to help me to do it. I just feel a bit prairie hungry, A Western man never loses his love for the prairie. They call them “prurries” in Indiana, “peraries” in Ulinqis, “prairs” in Nebraska, “perars” in Kentucky* and in Boston: but whatever you call them they are all the sapae. I would lilfe to hear the wind blowing across .the groat plains in Kansas,'over the beautiful treeless bluffs at Manhattan, or along the great reaches out at Larned. You know the wind never blows anywhere else as it does across the prairies. And there it blows all the time, 365 days a year. It roars in your ears now and then like the rush of many waters; it sighs and sings and whispers through the tall swaying grass; its song is never monotonous; it varies all day long; and as it sings and whistles it breathes into your soul a sense of perfect freedom, such as you can experience nowhere else. A mountain is a prison compared with the prairie. The mountain threatens you; it is not loving and tender, it frowns upon you with great gray rocks; it never smiles; it scowls' with dark ravines and treacherous precipices; it terrifies you with blinding fogs and drifting mists; it swathes its stony, gorgon bead in black clonds and speaks ,to yon in muttering syllables of thunder. Yon cannot breathe in the narrow passes; you cannot run on the steep, rough winding paths; you bend your head back until your neck aehes, to see a little strip of blue sky. But the prairie—boundless, immense, a billowy sea of emerald, dotted with the rank, bright-colored flowers that play with the singing, whispering winds; the prairie that seems bounded only by the bending sky and the -stars; the resin weed gives you the oompass and the compass gives you the path; go where you will and as you please, at a foot pace or a headlong gallop, free as the winds that make the prairie their only, home. There is no room for them anywhere else. I don’t suppose I will get the commission I am hinting'at, but I would like to go out to the prairies and cool off for about ten minutes. —Burdette, in the Brooklyn Eagle. The late Senator Anthony’s present of 6,000 volumes to Brown University is valued at $25,000. The Bev. Edward Hale is now conduct* ing the morning prayers at Harvard Uni. versity.

FEATS OF ORIENTAL JUGGLERY.

I Bow the Gentlemanly Hindoo Made the Mango Tree Grow, Smashed Watched, Burned Handkerchiefs. Etc. A tall, fine-looking Hindoo, with a 1 clear-cut, intelligent face, and eyes that looked straight at yon, with no indication of “ways that are dark and tricks that are vain,” neat appeared on the scene. He was dressed in the long white robe of his race, with a rich cashmere shawl round his waist, and his salutation and manner were respectful, without the least shade of servility. He was followed by two attendants carrying the various implements of his profession, which they spread out before him, and a dozen or two hangerson of all ages grouped themselves at a respectful distance to enjoy the free show. The ground in front of the bungalow was paved with large flat stones, and upon one of these the conjurer seated himself, curling his legs under him in Oriental fashion, and asked in Hindoostanee, “What special trick would the Sahib like to see ?” At the same time he bared his arms, long, well formed, but not muscular, and untied his shawl to open his robe, and show me that there was no concealed mechanism about his person. I told him, through Handy Andy, that I would like to have him perform the “mango trick," which I had seen, once before at Delhi without being able to penetrate its mysteries. He nodded assent, and, taking a box about ten inches Bquare, filled it with earth, and in it planted a mango nut about the size of an English nut, having first handed it to me for examination. He then made a tripod, or frame work of three sticks, six or eight feet long, and tied together at the top, placed it over the box and covered the whole with a pieoe of white muslin. The only thing thus far that looked like charlatanism was a muttered incantation, rolling up his eyes, with outstretched palms, as if appealing for aid to some'highfer power. Again seating himself an the stone flagging, not more than ten feet from the veranda, he went through the most astonishing performances of sleight-of-hand tricks, such as lb wing swords, tossing balls iti the air which never seemed to come down, drawing from his njouth colored-ribbons -of interminable length, etb. , some of which I have seen done before, bnt never in broad daylight. -He borrowed ray watch, masked;it tq flinders, and then mysteriously returned. it unharmed to my poqket., ' He' burned mv handkerchief. then*'p6ur<kl from a v/al some elixir upon the ashes, and the lineh was returned to me without the smetl d! fire on it? hem?j ' ' „ Kjt These find many other jCU.ripi\s thingshe did for .nearly an hoUf wisu the most intense gravity of mhnnCr and an air of cttfidor that- would disarm suspicion. My eyes were wide open, and I watched him so ifftentlv as scarcely to wiuk. and yoKI was unable to detect q single flaw or account for one of tliejse transformations. * "Some of the tasks he repeated at'my request; but the result was the same. At the . critical moment his motions ’were quick as lightning. In ftU eases ffhero fire was used I noticed that lie eitheV poured some liquid or threw a wliitlkh powder upon the flames, "•frhich produced for an instant a dense smoke, and left a pungent, aromatic odor in the air. . 0 In the meantime the mango tree was growing. Four times, at intervals of ten or fifteen minutes, he raised the muslin cover to report progress. The first time a sprout three or four inches long appeared, at which he expressed satisfaction, and 'Carefully sprinkled it from-a. small watering*pot, The next time it was a foot high, and the leaves seemed just forming. The third time it was fully two feet in height, and appeared to be growing most vigorously. At the close of his other performancen he tossed aside the enveloping cloth and tripod of and lo! there was a mango tree or bush, about five feet in height, with perfectly formed leaves and branches. He brought it to me, and I satisfied myself beyond question that it was a real, live treo by breaking off a branch, which I kept as a souvenir. He then pulled it up by the roots, to which was attached the nut, partly decayed and covered with fine fibrous sprouts. He then emptied the earth from the box to bliow mo that nothing was concealed within it. When it is borne in mind that all this was done in broad daylight, with no person usually near him, the performer’s arms being bare to the shoulders, and seated on a stone pavement, it is not surprising that the bystanders seemed filled with amazement, not unmixed with awe. Their faces would have been to me an interesting study, if my own attention had not been so closely riveted on the conjurer. Through Handy Andy as interpreter, I offered him 20 rupees if he would disclose to me the secret of the mango tree. I then doubled and trebled the offer, but he only shook his head, and I presume 1,000 rupees would have been no temptation. I rewarded him with a generous “tip,” and for the moment regretted that I was not a showman by profession. If I could have secured his services for an American engagement there would have been “millions in it.”

Converting the Heathen.

“A large soap factory has failed in Columbus, Ohio.” “Well, you know what is the reason of it, don’t yod?” “No.” “A revival, to raise money for the South Sea Islanders, has been going on for several mouths among the ladies, and they have no time to wash their children, the demand for soap has fallen off. There has been over-pro-duction of soap and missionary zeal.” Texas Siftings. A Washington lady says it is mock modesty that prevents women from riding the tricycle. They object to it on the ground that a woman would look undignified, but the feminine expert claims that a woman on horseback is much more uudiguitipd. A religious paper published at Topeka, Kan., haß the lurid and sounding title of Fire and Hammer.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—Henry Dott was killed at the Rose Lank coal mines, near Huntingburg. —Three thousand men have signed the Murphy temperance pledge in Indianapolis. —The turbine wheel in a flonring-m : ll at Wabash was twice stopped by eels from the canal. * - —Jacob Shoos, a tanner, is mysteriously missing from his home in New Albany. His friends fear foul play. • —Oscar Woods, of Kingston, is in jail at Greenfield for shooting Fletcher Grant. The wound is not serious. —Stamper White, a wealthy citizen of Rush County, wns robbed of S2BO, by burglars entering bis residence. —At Jeffersonville, George Davis, who murdered his step-father, Oscar Gallagher, at New Albany, last summer, was acquitted. —Thomas Smith, of Vallonia, in attempting to cross the railroad track, was struck by an engino and severely, perhaps fatally, hurt. —Jefferson Holm, Jr., an attorney, of Rushville, son of Dr. Jefferson Helm, the wealthiest man in the county, died quite suddenly of apoplexy. —The store of L. H. Riggs, at Eden, was robbed of goods and money amounting to over S3OO. The postofflee, in the same building, was also robbed of stamps and office supplies. —At Laurel, Oliver Bryant, aged 16 years, was very seriously injured about the face, aud had one ear nearly cut in two, by his driving against a wire guy-rope. He is in a critical condition.

—J. H. Cain shot and killed a fine specimen of the Bald Eagle at Four Mile Spring, near Jeffersonville. Tho bird measured five feet four inches from tip to tip of wings. Tho specimen is to bo stuffed. —Joseph Smith, a drayman, fur twentyfive years a resident of Michigan City, nvd a well-to-do citizen, died from an overdose of laud mum with suicidal intentions. Domestic infelicity was the cause. He leaves a large family. —The house of George Forrester, near Boston, Spencer County, was set on fire, it is supposedly a tramp who had been refused lodging, and burned to the ground. In trying to escape from the burning bouse Mrs. Forrester was killed by u beam falling upon her. —At Fort Wayne, Michael Slmughnessy, while going to his work, ivalkiftg on. the track of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne qqd Chicago Road, stepped to the other truck to let the limited express pass, and wgis struck by a passenger train going in an opposite direction, and killed. —Henry Mnnderbach, a young man of Winchester, while engaged in a pkfjftil scuffle in his father's grocery, was thrown agiinst a show-case, breaking the glass and completely severing the muscles of his right forearm. Tho ivouud is a fearfutone, and will cripple him for life. , j —Wijliam Cushman, a farmer just murried a-few weeks since, living in’the eastern part of Allan County, was killed by through a hole in the barn floor, strikinoon hht and He went ug Jo throw down hay for tho horses after dark, and accidentally stepped into u hole in (he floor. " ' : i , f . ' '' *fT —James Crain, living near Brookston, was attacked iti his houso by three m rstffd men, who bound bim, and at the muzzle'of a revolver demanded his money. He refused to give it to them, and after cruelly beating him they ransacked the premises and robbed him of S4OO, liut failed to find $2,000 in bonds hidden in a secret place.

—At Evansville, while some men were engaged in opening Sycamore street sewer to make a drain from Cook & Ric/s brewery, Harry Goulon, a colored workman, descended into the opening and was lujing a piece of pipe when the ground above civ. d in, bmying him beneath the mass. His fellow-workmen commenced diging for him immediately, but when found life was extinct. —While the workmen employed on tho new rink at Crawfordsvyie were working on the scaffolding, a section of it give way, throwing Lewis Long and David Wisehari to the ground, a distance of sixteen feet. •Long had a leg broken below the knee and an arm broken in three places, besides receiving serious internal injuries, which may terminate fatally. Wisehart was badly injured about the head, his oheek bone being badly mashed. —William Curtiss, one of the proprietors of tho Central Hotel, of New Albany, got out of a sick bed, and from some unaccountable freak drew his bank account and took a train for Indianapolis. Ho telegraphed from the latter city to wifethat he would return in a few days. His friends do not know how to account for his singular action, as he had no domestic or financial trouble. It is thought he is in Chicago with liis parents. —Edmund Block, an educated young Hebrew, who has been a teacher in an Adams County school, was baptized into the Lutheran faith Bunday afternoon at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, by Rev. H. G. Suser, in the presence of a large audience. A purse of S3OO was raised immediately after to enable the young convert to go to Concordia Theological School, at St. Lonis, to prepare to enter the Lutheran ministry.

—The protracted trial of Richard H. Hartford, charged with Ihe killing of Dr. B. F. Dillon in May last, at Dunkirk, has concluded. The jury returned a verdict of acquittal. The plea was self-defense. Dillon at the time being drunk and attacking Hartford on acoount of/ u old grudge. The jury was out thirty h/ ''’he verdict is received with general / the community. / —H. C. Modei wel, can/ Wayne, has assigned; liahr