votes out of 26. On
the entrance of the ladies, smoking and all disorder ceased, and
the meeting was uncommonly well-conducted.

LAWTON STATION, Oct. 15.--Of the 16 votes cast at the school
meeting here, 15 were given by women. A woman received the
highest vote for school trustee, but withdrew in favor of one of
the male candidates. The proceedings were enlivened with singing
by the pupils under the direction of the teacher. Several
improvements in the building were ordered at the instance of the
ladies.

KNOWLESVILLE, Oct. 15.--Many women meant to vote at the school
meeting, but a person went from house to house and threatened
them with legal penalties if they did. Mrs. James Kernholtz was
nominated for tax-collector at the meeting, but declined, saying
the pay was too small. Miss Adelina Lockwood, being nominated for
librarian, declined, but was elected by acclamation, amid great
applause. The meeting was very large, but unusually orderly.

FLUSHING, Oct. 15.--Forty women voted at the school meeting here,
and in the adjoining district.

SYRACUSE, Oct. 14, 1881.--At the Fayetteville, Onondaga county,
school district election yesterday, a direct issue was made on
the question of woman's rights. The candidate of the women was
chosen. This is the women's second victory in that place, giving
them control of the school-board.

A correspondent describing what the voters had to encounter, said:

Is the question asked, why have not more women voted? I answer,
hundreds of women in this State were debarred by falsehood and
intimidation. No sooner had the school suffrage law passed than
the wildest statements about it were made. It was given out that
the Governor had recalled the bill from the Secretary of State
after signing it (which he could not do), and vetoed it; that the
law was unconstitutional; that it was defective and inoperative;
that it did not apply to cities and villages; that it had been
repealed; and like untruths. Pains was taken to hide its
existence by corrupt officials, who told the women that the law
did not apply to the places where they lived, or who withheld the
fact of its passage. The State was flooded just before the
elections with an incorrect statement that only the rich women
could vote; that the children's mot