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Show The Wind Up j Of the County Set Gr-esUon ! .for tho Trcsent. It Ends with a Blaze of Glory in KJuitti. Ephraim as a Political Pattls Held- CHeetiuxs. POLITICS IN EPHRAIM. The past week Ephraim has been shook I10111 cemer o c reiin'lererce tiv the turmoil ol a p-,1 lial eam,j 1 gn Tn t be ng ih "k?y" to the rotiniv 111 political politi-cal matters ha made it the "battlefield" 1 s I j speak of the two principal in the I fiht Manti and Mt. Pleasant. l ive they have not met in actual court ct but they have d ne a good deal ol talking on Ihe subject, ami each have anxiously watched the r opponent and hive watched w iih e.ti.il nterest l iphrauii's actions i 1 the inauer. at. Pleasant a anxious that K.-hraim should vote the. convention ticket foi Mt. Pleasant, Manti seemed lo cate l ltle how it went so that sli- ill I -lot vole for Alt. I'leasant but would a little lather the Voters would vote "No" to ihe rem ov.il. Under thefe coiiditious it is no wonder that 1-lphiaini has bten the scene of considerable con-siderable aci v.ty on the subject, and has had tines m-jeltiifi in as many nights. Mi. F..KASANT MliMIMl. The first on the I it was the Lilic-ra' rally on Wednesd.-tv, whieii was a booming boom-ing opener t 1 the meetings that followed On Thursday 1 i.hi a delegation if g.-u-lltnieu lii ill Ail. I'leasant c mposed ol V U. C.r.iilai.d, Win Zibnskie, S.ven Ne lson, C. Y S iteiiS.nl and I'Vtdiiiaiid Ktickion. Tue lick cf space will compel! com-pel! us to 1 m l a gn at d-.'i.l of i..ter..st about tills hi! J mi.-ceti !it..i ret) ut of these meetings. Tl.e it-asoi.s of these gentlemen weie to the 1 ii'.ct tin! the removal ( the com:t se at would be r. saving 1 I m iti.y to tile coiiulv, C n-tcniet n-tcniet ce tollie gieatei number sf people, peo-ple, c:c. A:.i! no cr.c c;:n deny ihe asseiti'jti that there was a good deal el tiiith tn tlieir argument. Among other! thir gs Mr. S. O. N'ei's m m:;de the same j statement that is published on our Gist j p i;;e, and a';o (tppiaied in our exila, i with irgald to his I .lining a dead I al; ; with Judge Johtiscit 1 11 the I u.ld 1 g itj Ihe Coin t 1 1 11 ;e. MAN rl M-i! T.SG. ! Tite second mauling about ihe county 1 seal was on 1'ii.lav nigh', and w .n ad-diessed ad-diessed by the to. low u g geiilletueii of; Maun' li.ivid C.'tidlat.d, John l.ovry, I Win. L'.iko, An.!ie.v Petets.ni and J sepii I .t 1 r . I'ii-.: aigin:uls of ti;-.-se s:ei -i t le tii" n u el e pi .n,:ipal:v that ol pn j of iigdls; the i.aitu 'nt ..1 ill'' pi.aifeis in jeU.-ciu:g Man'.; 'I he w isd. 111 i i P:e-idcin 1 -iting placed it toete. Tne ! 'oi:ng mens band, el M-ttiti, lurnishe I s anc eei Il'.'t.t ttuisie; ;is il d tilso the Mt. Pleasant band al the I i mer meet-' tugs. ) riiUAI'-i'-i MEt'TINC'.. Ihethitd and I il ol the series ol meetings was the llimtaiui meeting last Satu1d.1v lit';ht. This meeting was call-td call-td piincipiiily f r liie lepott 1 I the committee com-mittee w ho eie appoint d to i: to Hie Mt. I'l-.a-aut C. invention. Peter Greaves Esq.. Cii.uiuiau ol the 0 nn. 11 t'sui was in Chill lie. A'H'Jif.i the v sitois weie lion. C. in. l.uml, Mcssu. C. V. S i"vi.m. and N.S Neilson. ol Mt. I'leas it.t; Sm en ..). Ne I-s I-s in, 1 ( iv;ew, and John Lj vvy and I l I'n line I of ?.i.ii.:i. 'i'HO Oil. Ilufi Mtt All.litfd. ttd ll.V C VV. i'eieis hi who ex:i!a:in d tiie ,n't ion . I tiie ci nun. tire in liie otiati l.ui it Ml. I'leasant, and while he himself 'as going to Vole ihe Mi. Pleasant ticket, he d'd 11 I cutKiilf r any ol his c .'i:stituents weie bliged to do so. lis itniaiks weie received with fuqi:ei,t npplau'-e. I'eter Schwalbe, Ua- inns Uawsou, Neils O. Ai.di'isi.n, J. 1'. Me,! simp and the ihaiinnin, Mr. Glean s lollowed ill about the s.oiie sliain. lau h one said they did not consider their consiituants weie bound to vote tlu Mt. f'leasant ticket but neaily all said they would vote it themselves. Facts and figiiies weie produced to show that Ephia in, and not eitliet Mt. f'leasant or Manti, was the point for the Coiiniy f.eat, and nei'her ol t!e. oilier towns. Tiieir speecnei weie received with thunders S applause and the meeting was the mosteneuiiiastic held 111 Ephtaim il not nto t enthu:iitt cof tue etitne campaign, cam-paign, i liming the nu-e'.iiig the Ephtaim brass hand teiideied the (ollouiing pieces in 1 v ry fine style: "I love to h II the stotv," a scared m iich,"Tiie NawK.inovMarcii," "the bramiful Loth la ininai.d." a waltz, and the "Inauguration march." Mr. C. VV. 1'elerson c riected a stale-input stale-input that bad been made that his lather (I'lesideut (Vieisoii) that his father had been 1, tu: iid at d ha.'ta.in put i 1 tne campaign T h se who nad made tiie statement bad I ed I'lieie was linle doubt in the m'nd of those pics. 111 what the tenth would be at lliu election, si far as Ephiaim was couierntd. We fay ain that we have a good leport of all tiie ab .ve nulled meetings and may Use s -me of tiie p anls heie-alter heie-alter for the beuelit of out teadeis. |