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Show THIRD DISTBICT COCBT. At the opening of the rvwirt Wednesday Wed-nesday morning, the discu-ioa in regard re-gard to the introduction of documents as evidence, was continued ; and after its conclusion, Mr. Enoch L. Mason was sworn, on the part of plaintiff. Witness is a surveyor, a civil engineer engi-neer ; with Capt. T. H. Bates had surveyed the Emma mine and made a map of the Burvey. Had examined the mine on the 10th, 1 1th and 12-h of October of the pre-ent year. In answer to the question was there a break in the vein from the ground floor to the seventh floor, witness stated there was not. The next witnesses were Capt. T. H. I Bates and Henry Sewell, but our reporter re-porter Luled to furnish a report of their evidence. Court adjourned until 10 o'olock this morning. ' An Electios Bet. The excitement excite-ment of election time in our fair boro' was many-sided of course all's qniet now especially among the flush fellows fel-lows ready to stake their five, ten, twenty, or hundred dollars on anything that touched on the election that some one else would bet against. One exceedingly ex-ceedingly sharp and shrewd gentleman of means is reported to have made many succsaful ventures during yesterday yester-day and the night before, a sample of which was hi3 betting another gent, to sport inclined, $5 that he, the gent, would make a bet with him, the gentleman, gen-tleman, during the evening. The bet was at one; duly made and the point becoming evident at the instant tho $5 bill was paid without a murmur. But the ahrewdest aod sharpest bet of this exceedingly shrewd ana snarp gentleman was the ono in which ho overreached himself- After sundry and half a dozen different attacks on a "World" almanac a dead euro was figured out in tho following wise: In 18G4, Lincoln received 2,223,035 votes and McClellan 811,754. That is, Lincoln had a majority on the popular vote of 1,411,281. Perfectly clear. On these figures our friend, for he is a friend of ours, went among the "sports" and fished out a gent, who would bet 8200 that Lincoln didn't reoeive a majority over McClellan of a million on tho popular vote. Gent, hadn't seen tbo "World" almanac, hadn't figured on the affair and didn't know that his opponent was full primed and oocked to take him in to the full two hundred dollar tuna The bet was clinched, and to settle the question the "World" almanao, unquestioned and unquestionable authority, was called upon. Then, alas! poor Yorickl "He was a fellow of most infinite jest!" Aod, so was our friend, but his eyes were dim, and it became apparent that his "specs" had fooled him. As he had figured, Lincoln in 1864 received 2,223,035 votes, but a dim figure in McClellan's vote escaped the old gentleman's eagle eye. Tbat figure fig-ure was almost notbiog. It was a one; slight, insignificant figure, to be sure, ! but it happened to stand just before : the 811,754 votes of McClellan, and ; counted for him just a million more than the Bago one. The $200 waa paid j over manfully, but the tender-hearted winner refunded enough to buy a new j pair of "specs" for the loser. P. S. -Conscientious scruples in- I duco us to draw the story miid even at the loss of some of the spice. Personal. We were favored with a call yesterday from Frederic Sabel, Esq., of 3 Sherborne Lane, London, and Major Heotor Voughaa, Army and Navy Club, London, accompanied by Mr. Valentine, of the same metropolis, but engaged in mining business in this region. The two gentlemen first named loft London in September, and since Boon after their arrival on this continent, conti-nent, havo been looking at matters and things in tho west. They are largely interested in mining properties in this region. |