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Show The Election. Of all quiet elections that of yesterday yester-day waa the most quiet, and the vote polled was one of lie lighteBt on record. Little interest waB faken in the matter owing to there being no opposition in the field, and as far as can be ascertained the People's nominee nomi-nee for representative, C. YV. Penrose, Esq., was the only person for whom a vote was polled in thia city. In the First Precinct, 134 votes were polled; in the Second Preoinot, 150; in the Third Precinct, 164; in the Fourth Precinct, 98, and in the Fifth Precinct, Pre-cinct, 169, making the total vote of this city, only 715. There are in the five precincts mentioned, somewhere in the neighborhood of 5,000 registered regis-tered voters, the average vote being 2,500, while it has gone as high as 3,000. The above fieurea show that not one-third of the average vota was polled, and of that amount the greatest great-est number were caBt by ladies. In the other precincti in the county a better showing may be anticipated, though, nothing like the usual total can be expected. It will be several days before a oomplete and correct statement of the vote can be obtained. However, under the cirou instances, the light vote oan readily be accounted for. . |