For Congress

Congressional nominations were made on Wednesday as follows: Illinois, Fifteenth district, Jesse Harper, nominated by a joint convention of farmers, miners, Prohibitionists and Knights of Labor; Texas, Seventh district, W. H. Crain (Dem. ), renominated; Missouri, Elevonth district, R. P. land (Dem.), renominated; Kansas, Third district, B. H. Clover (Farmers' Alliance); (ieorgia, Sixth district, James ii. Blount (Dem.), renominated. The following nominations for Congress were made on Thursday: Illinois, Fifteenth district, L. L. Lawrence (Labor); Sixteenth district, A. J. Reeder (Farmers' Alliance); Iowa, Seventh district, J. H. Barnett (Labor); Indiana, Ninth district, Milton Handsome (Pro.); Ohio, Thirteenth district, Irvine Sungan (Dem.). Congressman Morton, of the Seventh Missouri district was renominated to succeed himself by the Democratie convention held at St Charles on Priday. Tho Democrats of the Twelfth Missouri district in session at Butler nominated Judge D. A. Desmond for Congress on Saturday. It required 521 ballots to reach this result