The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-09-30
POLITICAL POINTS.

| The greenbackers of Maryland have
nominated Milford Shindell and Rev. Will
Graves, electors t-large.
| MAYOR kALLOCK, of San Francisco. has
been nominated for reelection to his
present office by the ''workingmen."
A REPUBLICAN convention in the first
district Of Alabama has nominated James
Gillette for congress
| JOHN HART BREWER, conspicuous in the
pottery interests, has been nominated for
congress by the republicans in the second
district of New Jersey.
TIE Missouri greenback state central
committee. under the authority given by
the state convention, held some time ago,
has selected full electoral ticket for the
state, with Andrew Royal and O. II.
Baker as electors at large.
CHARLES ROCKwooD has been appointed
by the United States circuit court as chief
supervisor of elections for Indiana.
EX-SENATOR BARNUM has declined the
nomination to congress from the fourth
district of Connecticut, because of his
duties as chairman of the national demo-
cratic national committee.
| FOLLOWING is the work of the New
Hampshire democratic convention: Hon.
Frank Jones was unanimously nominated
for governor; Col. W. H. d. Cochrane,
Joseph Goodwin, and John w. Dodge was
nominated for railroad commissioners
and 6. B. Chandler and j. G. Maullon
were chosen electors.
THE republicans of Massachusetts have
renominated all the present state officers
except the treasurer, a constitutional pro-
hibition rendering a new nomination nee
essary for that Office. The nominee for
treasurer is Daniel Gleason.
THE republican convention for the fifth
Wisconsin district met at Sheboygan. Hon.
Hiram Smith, of Sheboygan Falls was re-
nominated for congress by acclamation,
but, on account of private business, de-
clined in handsome speech Elihu Cole
man, of Fond du Lac, was then nominated
on the first formal ballot, and accepted.
| Congressional nominations: Republicans
Missouri: First district, ex-Gov. Thos.
G. Fletcher Massachusetts, district,
S. c.. Bronson democratic-New Hamp-
shire; First district John w. Sanborn;
Third district, G. H. Bingham; New Jer-
sey, Second district, Hezekiah, B. Smith.
reenback-Maryland: Second district,
E. A. Treadway; Third district, J. II. w.
Onion; Fourth district, Samuel w. Pierce;
Fifth district. Oliver Bryan Sixth district,
Nathaniel Sever.
THE following congressional nominations
were made on the 18th inst: Republican
Pennsylvania district, K Fl.
Bingham; Second district, Charles O'Niell;
Third district, Benz. L. Berry; Fourth
district, William D. Kelly; Fifth district,
A. c. Harmer. New Hampshire-First
district, Joshua G. Hall; Second district,
James F: Briggs, New York-Sixteenth
district, Walter o. Wood. Maryland
Third district, Joshua Horner, Jr.,
Fourth district En9ch Pratt,
| New Jersey fifth district-George NJ.
Robson. Maryland sixth
district, J. NJ. Schley. Arkansas. Z.
Crevers. Washington Territory-Thomas
Burke. Wisconsin eighth district, Willis
c. Silverthorn; third district. Judge NJ. NJ
Rose eight district, Robert Percival; Da-
kota Territory-M. L. Mccormick
Greenbock-New Jersey second district,
Samuel A. Dobbins The republicans Of
the seventh Missouri will not nominate
The democrats of the third Michigan have
accepted declination of candidacy by
Jacob Sheldon, but no nomination has been
made to fill the vacancy.
| MIR. Daniel Mcintyre one OF the Old
est turfmen in Kentucky, died on the
7th inst. from singular accident. On
Monday, the 9th inst. he put his hand
in hens nest to take out some eggs
and felt a slight prick on the back of
the hand, as if the hen had picked him.
He thought nothing Of it until an hour
or two afterward, when the hand began
to swell, and his arm also. His wife
applied some simple remedy, put the
swelling continued to increase, when
he sent for a physician, who, upon ex-
animation, pronounced it bite from a
snake. The hand and arm swelled to a
frightful extent, and turned perfectly
black and emitted a horrible odor, as if
modification had set in. Mr.. McIn-
tyre became unconscious and fingered
until Tuesday, when he died.