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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. Stafen Island wants to bo annexed to New Jersey. The Cincinnati and Southern II. H. bill has passed the House. A stay of proceedings in the case of Ruluff, the murderer, is expected. The Philadelphia centennial exposi-;ion exposi-;ion bill has passed both branches of The House of Representatives has ordered a conference committee ou the Southern. P. R. R. . The Fenian exiles have received an address and $1,500 from; the Irish-AmericanS Irish-AmericanS of Boston. The New fork State Legislature has a joint committee investigating the New Hamburg disaster. The mayor of Brooklyn is in danger of dying from injuries received last Sunday while taking a bath. An opinion prevails in Canada that England will sacrifice some of the fi,-h-jry riahts of the Dominion rather thau ri k war. The bill allowing the issue of duplicate dupli-cate registered bonds where the originals origi-nals are believed to be lost or destroyed, destroy-ed, has passed Congress. Another bill to protect loyal citizens in their righes, lea., in the Southern states, has been introduced into the House of Representatives. . The position of the U. S. Government Govern-ment towards the Pacific railroads has been the subject of lenathy deoate in the Senate for some days past. A bill which passed tho Federal Senate Sen-ate in April, 1S70, for' eiving effect to various land grants to Nevada and allowing al-lowing the selection of school land in California, paed the House on Tuesday Tues-day last. . |