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gressional district have nominated John
Grace, of Pinckney county, for congress.

OeVenCu OeOISlA DlsII1ct.
THE Democrats of the Ninth Kentucky
District have nominated Tom Turner for
reelection to congress.
THE Democrats of the Seventh Missouri
District renominated John F. Philips for
congress by reclamation.
THE democrats of the 9th District of
ILL.,, have nominated John S Lee for con-
gress.
The democrats of the 3rd District of St.
Adams, VT, have nominated John w.
Currier for congress.
THE democrats of the Seventeenth H.
linois District have renomlnated William
K. Morrison for congress-.
THE republicans of the third congress
sional district of Wisconsin, have renomi-
mated Geo. c. Hazelton.
JOHN KELLEY, the New York Tammany
boss, will, it is reported, make three
speeches to the democrats of Illinois dur
ing the coming campaign. One Of them
wilt be delivered in Chicago.
Ex-V1cE President CoLFAx spoke at an
immense republican meeting in South
Bend on the 18th inst.
SENATOR BLAINE will reach Indiana
about September 20, and Senator Conkling
will make his first speech in the state dur
ing the first week in October.
GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER has been
nominated as democratic candidate for con-
gress in the eighth district of Alabama.
Hon. JOHN W. RYoN has been renomi-
mated for congress by the democratic con-
vention of the thirteenth Pennsylvania
district.
THE republicans of the fourteenth con-
gressional district of Ohio have nominated
Col. S. E. Fink for congress.
r. @. MILES has been nominated for
congress by the democrats of the Fourth
Texas district.
The democratic convention for the LIST
congressional district of Wisconsin, have
nominated Clinton Rabbit, of Beloit, for
congress.
The democrats of the second Michigan
district nominated VIM. II. VALIDITY, of
Adrian, for congress.
Ex-L1EUTENANT GOVERNOR A. HART
has been nominated for congress at Hills
boro, o., by the republican convention.
THE democrats of the ninth Missouri
district have nominated General James
Craig for congress.
WILLIAM HATCH has been nominated for
congress by the democrats of the twelfth
district of Missouri.
GEO. W. WEBER, of Ionia, has been
nominated for congress by the republicans
of the fifth Michigan district.
B. H. TRUEsDELL, of Amboy was nomi-
mated for congress by the democrats of the
vention, at Geneseo.
THE greenbackers of the fifth Illinois
district have agreed to run J. NJ. King, of
Rochelle, for congress.
JUDGE GEO. F. GARRISON, of Accom-
mac, was nominated for congress, by the
democratic convention of the first district
of Virginia.
TWENTY-ONE persons mostly democrats
and greenbackers, organized as prohibi-
ton district convention at Lewiston, Mo-,
and nominated Henry Lamman Bath for
congress.
THE republican convention ofthe LIST
congressional district, at Burlington, Iowa,
renominated Hon. Moses A. A1cCord. by
reclamation, for congress.
The Massachusetts Greenback Labor
party has nominated Walter Raynor for
congress from the Sixth District and L. H.
Whitney in the Seventh District.
The Hon. Isaac L. Morrison, republi-
can candidate for congress in the twelfth
district, has sent challenge to the Hon.
William M. Springer, inviting him to
joint discussion of the issues of the cam
paign.
TIE democrats and greenbackers of the
twelfth Pennsylvania district held con-
ference at Pittston on the 9th inst. An
alliance was found impossible, and two
candidates were nominated-Asa r. Brun-
dage by the democrats, and D. w. Connolly
by the greenbackers.
The democratic state convention of Del
aware nominated Colonel E. l.. Martin for
congress by reclamation, and the following
electoral ticket: Charles J. Love, DR..
Whitley and George Russell.
The Iowa republican state convention
met at Desmoines on the 26th inst, and
placed in nomination the following state
ticket: Secretary of state, J. A. Thull:
auditor, w. V. Lucas; state treasurer, E.
H. Conger.
The republican congressional conven-
ton of the Third District of Iowa, met at
McGregor, and Hon. Thomas Updenroff
was nominated for reelection to congress
by reclamation.
The Readjusters of the Third Virginia
District have nominated Captain John S.
Wise for Congress. He is the son of the
late Governor Henry A. Wise. His op-
Pohent Tor congress- is his cousin, Captain
George ID. Wise, Commonwealth Attorney
at Richmond. who was recently nominal
ed by the regular Democratic Convention,
at Ashland.
On August 9Th. the papers of Pitts
burg, Penn, published a card, signed by
John w. Goodman, making the following
offers: II will bet 5000 that Penn
sylvania will give Garfield 10000 majority;
So, 900 that New York will give Garfield
be elected" Goodman said he would be
at the Seventh avenue hotel on August