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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. California is having h"avy rains. Paris will not have gas for two weeks jot. Paris is still suffering for food and fuel. . The Boston French relief fund has reached" $79, 000. Thiers, Favre and Picard arrived in Paris on Monday. The New York French aid fund has reached 8100,000. The prefect of Nic8 has notified all Garibuldians to leave. Maria Victoria, the new Queen of Spain, is repoited dead. All the European powers will recognize recog-nize the new French government The South German States are invited invi-ted to express thex views on piace. The last rumor about the Tope is, that he is likely to remove to Belgium. The French are pressing for a prolongation pro-longation of the armistice to March 2nd. The Washington carnival was to close with a tournament aud procession of maskers. It is decided that Germany will annex an-nex port of Lorraine, iucluding Pont a Mousson. It is said Rithschild has advanced 800,000 francs to pay the St. Denis war indemnity. The German sea-captains taken prisoners pris-oners by the French and released are on their way home. Governor Ranlolph, of New Jersey, has signed the resolution ratilying the lo h amendment. Ihe District ol Columbia lomtorial government bill has been signed by President Grant. The Paris national guards have to deliver up their company material, by order of General V'uioy. The Paris national guards are to be dissolved and reorganized before the Germans enter the city. The Cuhan insurgents have d stroyed a railroad and had at.other battle of some importance with the Spaniards. An improvement of maratimc international inter-national law will be one -f the toptr-s discn-sed by the joint hi?h. commission at ashingtoo. Luxembourg pays Prus-ia two njil-lion njil-lion francs and allows tho Prussia, troops to occupy one of its fortresses, for its breach of neutrality. AM the Catholic temperance societies socie-ties of Ma-sachiisetts are moving towards to-wards a union for the bolter promulgation promul-gation of the temperance cau-e. The Pennsylvania R R Co. is. making mak-ing arrangements to leaso the Cam len and Amboy R. R., and denies having any interest in the U. P. R. R. The British Zero, from Boston for France with provisions, contributed by American citizens, his been wrecked wreck-ed on Bell Rock, near Halifax, and in a total loss. Paris has received, nineo tho .'ird in-t., 4.:5')2 oxen. b. '','! sheep, 1,776 ciws, :;,7fs p;gs. L'n.ooti.TOI kilo-L'raumie-i nt grain, 2'), '.'Si, Ml) of flour, and O.I'JO.O-'J hi-cuits. The U. S. Government has commenced com-menced suit in the U. S. court, New York, against Weld & Co., large importers, im-porters, for $4i 10,000. fur alleged fil.-c entries at the Custom House iu l.sijS. Sir John A. Mi-Donald said in the Canadian parliament, on Monday night, that the imperial government had giv-n assurances that the rights of Canada on the fi-hery question will not be surrendered. sur-rendered. Russia fears an epidemic in Europe, in consequence of, the war, and . has ordered reports by sani'ary agents. Should theso retor'H render it advisable, advis-able, Rusia will proposo a sanitary conference. |