Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-12

MISS 1da Lee, one OF the inmates, was bad.
ly burned. The house of John MATHS on,
at Cambridge, was struck, Sarah Allen
killed, and a daughter of Madison fatally
injured.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THE New Jersey Democratic State Con-
vention met at Trenton ON the Goth and
selected an electoral ticket.
ARCHBISHOP RYAN was installed as head
of the Roman Catholic See of Philadelphia
on the Goth.
The Texas Democratic State Convention
was held at Houston on the Goth, and Gov.
ernor John Ireland was renominated by
reclamation.
JUDGE HOFFMAN, of the United States
Court at San Francisco, decided recently
that a Chinese laberer who left the United
States prior to the passage Of tho Anti
Chinese law, and who attempted to come
back subsequently,, was properly refused
readmission.
THE Connecticut Republicans met in
State Convention at New Haven on the
Goth and nominated Henry b. Harrison,
of that city, for Governor.
MIR. HENDRICKS on the Goth made pub
lie his letter accepting the Democratic
nomination for Vice-President.
CLEMENT r. MARKHAM, Secretary Of the
Royal Geographical Society, who served
in the Arctic expedition in search of Sir
John Franklin, has published q letter
strongly denouncing the conduct of the
American journals which have accused
the survivors of the Greedy expedition of
murder and cannibalism. He says that
similar charges were made against Sir
John Franklin's expedition, and those who
made them were severely rebuked by Ad-
miral Sherard Osborn, who commanded
the Franklin search expedition.
The Democrats of Michigan met in State
Convention at Grand Rapids on the Doth
and made the following nominations: For
Governor, j. w. Begole; Lieutenant
Governor, Matthew Maynard, of Mar
quette; Secretary of State, William H.
Shakespeare, of Kalamazoo; Treasurer,
James Blair, of Grand Rapids; Auditor
General, Colonel George p. Sanford, of
Lansing; State Board of Education, Rev.
Christian Fanderveen, of Ottawa.
TEE following Congressional nomina.
lions were made on the Goth: Democratic
Ohio, Tenth District, Frank H. Hurd
(renominated); Fourteenth, j. l.. Vance.
Missouri, Fifth District, Alexander Graves.
Pennsylvania, Fourteenth District, l. S.
Bent. New Mexico, Antonio Joseph. Re-
publican Mississippi, Seventh District,
j. B. Yellowby.
The Republicans Of Iowa met in State
Convention at Des Moines on the Goth and
nominated Frank D. Jackson, of Butler
County, for Secretary Of State; J. L.
Brown, of Lucas, for Auditor; Captain v.
w. Twombley, of Van Buren,, for Treas
urer; j. r. Rothrock, of Linn, for Supreme
Court Judge, and General Baker, Of APP
panoese, for Attorney General.
The Greenbackers Of Michigan met at
Detroit on the Doth and adopted a plan for
fusion with the Democrats on the electoral
ticket and nominated j. L. Begole for Gov
ernor; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Matthew
Maynard; Acknowledgement, Francis M.
Cook; Commissioner of the State Land
Office, John H. Dennis; Superintendent of
Public instruction, David Parsons.
The Greenbackers of Missouri met in
State Convention at Kansas City on the
Goth and nominated Nicholas Ford for
Governor. The nomination of other State
officers was left with the Central Commit
tee.
MICHIGAN nti-Monopolists convened at
Detroit on the Goth and nominated Wilde
man Mills for Governor. Mr.. Mills de.
clined. and Governor Begole was then
nominated.
TEE following Congressional nomina-
lions were made on the 21st: Republican
Nebraska, First District, j. w. Weaver;
Second, James Laird; Third, G.. w. E.
Dorsey. Michigan, Second District, E. P.
Allen. New York, Nineteenth District,
A. X. Parker (renominated). Democratic
Ohio, First District, John Follett; Sec
ond, A. a. Kramer. Indiana, Ninth Dis
trfct, I. 3. Ward. Texas, First District,
Charles Stewart (renominated). West
Virginia, First District, John Bannon.
Missouri, Second District, John B. Halo.
The Democrats of Kansas met in State
Convention at Topeka on The 2lst and re-
nominated Governor Click. The platform
adopted indorses the action Of the Nation
al Convention at Chicago; commends the
administration of Gov. Click; denounces
the policy of prohibition, and demands
that the Prohibitory amendment be resub-
mltted to a popular vote.
OFFICIAL returns on the Dist from the
Frankfort (Ny.) Judicial District election
showed that w. H. Holt, Republican, had
go majority over Riddel, Democrat, for
Appellate Judge. The district comprises
forty-one counties.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR on the 21st received
the officers of the Greedy relief expedition
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York.
Secretaries Chandler and Lincoln and
General Butler We're present.
JACOB A. Ella, Auditor Of the Treasury
1or the Post-oiice Department, died at
Washington a few days ago of erysipelas.
He was formerly a member of Congress |
from New Hampshire.
PATRICK EGAS, President of tie lrinh