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Show tty Deicret Telegraph Lino. iiO lE KLKCTIUX EWS. Tmo Jtn Shot. Pio;hc' 5. At the election to-day d ore interest and excitement were man Tested than at any previous one. la cuis county the office of sheriff was th : main feature of the contest, Kane, Democrat, and Travis, Republican, were the candidates, with bets of two to cno ou Kane, and much money fhartc.es hands as soon as the result is knowD. The contest is very close. votes were pollad, out of l,il40 regUtered. Travis' majority at Highlands High-lands is J j ; at Dry Yalloy, a7. Reports Re-ports from RuJlionvillc say Travis has L'j majority there acd a small majority at l!a nacca. Kaglc and Clover vallcj-B are claimed by both parties. About j. 13 p.m. a shooting affray bewail out.-idc the polls, some three or tutu hundred men around, in almost I a M.'ikt b;idy. acd l'rnm nine to Ml.pn l.uts were tired. Heing dark it was impossible to accrtain the parties ciiMi!. It Ritrnr that two men n;i;:ifil Frank Dowd and Jnho Strain wfrti .-),..!. Strain rt-crived two shots, O! o hi )). h-mi and the other ball co 'oi. .1:1.- hn.iy iui.Ut the left shoulder. ir ;ir-n,L-h the body alwro tin' .' sui others arc reported V.'i:r.t?i d J t.;- crt-nii g ;i bet of $1.1)00 to $oOU c'kmi and taken on Kaoc ln-p.rjtio ln-p.rjtio c ndidatc lor sheriff, and three 10 i-rt t-iVred on llauly, Republican, icam Curtjj, Democrat-, candidates t. r aftwir and collector. Kendall, candidate for congress, is said to have a Mitall majority. |
