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POLITICAL POINTERS.
Indicating Presidential Preferences mt
Various Points Where Delegates Have
Been Chosen-The Blaine Star In the As
cendant-Tilden still Talked of.

Dies MONIES, IA, April q.
Republican County Conventions held
on Saturday show the following sum.
Ioary: Appanoose instructs for Blaine,
and for an instructed Blaine delegation to
Chicago; Allamakee uninstructed with
majority of the delegates for Blaine; Os-
ceola delegation unanimous for Blaine; so
is that of Iowa County; Adams instructed
for Blaine State Delegations; Linn
delegation unanimous for Blaine;
Cedar, majority for Blaine;
Delaware unanimous for him;
Henry, eight for Blaine, three for Arthur;
Clayton, mainly for Blaine; Davis, unin.
structed and uncommitted; Crawford,
three for Blaine and four anti-Blaine; Blu
chanan and Keokuk, uninstructed aud
divided between Blaine, Arthur and Lo-
gan. Twenty-seven of ninety-nine coun-
ties in Iowa have now held their Republic
can Conventions. These twentY-seven
counties will have 259 OF the 9l7 votes
that will be in the State Convention. OF
these PIG are for Blaine, to forty for other
candidates.
NEW YORK. April2 81.
The last of the District Conventions was
held here Saturday night, and of the six
teen delegates chosen Arthur has fifteen,
General Arson G. McCook being againS
him. In Niagara County no conve ntion
was held, on account of local disagree
ments. The Congressional district dele
gates will not stand far from: Arthur,
Twenty-Five or thirty; Blaine, twenty
five, and the rest for Edmunds, or doubt
full. The four delegates at large, to be
| chosen at the State convention at Utica
next Thursday, will be against Arthur. A
majority of the New York delegation In
Chicago will, therefore, be against the
| President
CINCINNATI, o., April 81.
An election was held in Hamilton Coun.
ty Saturday to select fifty-eight dele
gates to the Cleveland Republican State
| Convention to nominate State officers
also delegates to the Chicago Convention.
At midnight reports of thirty-six dele.
gates are classified thus For Arthur,
ten; Sherman, with Blaine second choice,
eighteen; Blaine, with Sherman second
choice, four; unknown, four.
County conventions were held in the
State for similar purpose with the fol-
lowing results Scloto County, nine-tenths
Blaine; Summit County, Blaine; Picka.
way County, Sherman; Holmes County,
Blaine; Marion County, Blaine; Union
County, Sherman four, Blaine three San.
dusky and jackson Counties instructed
for Blaine.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, April 81.
The Republicans met Saturday and
sent delegates to the Republican State
Convention at Martlnsburg. Influential
delegates from the county say they are for
Blaine and Lincoln, first, last and all the
time. From what the press correspond.
ent can learn from prominent politicians.
the State delegates will be instructed for
Blaine and Lincoln.
CLEVELAND, o., April 81.
The Republicans of the Twenty -tlrs
district on Saturday elected for delegates
TO Chicago A. c. Hurd, and Edwin
Cowlcs; for alternatcs, G. T. Chapman
and ID. A. bangles, all for Blaine, bu
unmStructcd.
KEoKUK, IA, April 81.
Resolutions indorsing Tilden for Presi
dent were adopted by the Lee County
Democratic convention on Saturday.
A Murderous Assault.
QUINCY, ILL.,, April 81.
About eight O'Clock Saturda,
evening James McQuade, non
union molder who recently cam,
here from Chicago and obtained work il
the stove foundry of Shannon, Emery 8
Co., was returning to his boarding house
When near the corner of Third and Ken
} lucky streets he was bounced upon BY