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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. The harbor of Antwerp L reopened. Canada wants free trade and a Canadian Can-adian Pacific railroad. The testimony is strong again.-t l il-kins, il-kins, charged with the Albany express robbery. The income tax consideration is made a special order of the Senate for Tuesday. There is a bill before Congress to provide a Territorial government for the District of Columbia. The House of Representatives has refused female suffrage to the District of Columbia by 115 to 5S. Six thousand dollars were realized by the Holland testimonial matinee on Thursday, in New York. Cattle are beginning to die in some parts of California from want of gra.-s, owing to the backwardness of the season. Henry Williams was hanged on Friday, Fri-day, at Montpclier, Vermont, for the murder of Perry Russell in ISO!'; and died confessing his guilt. Major Bowen is to relieve Major II. M. Roberts of his duties, as engineer officer on the staff of the commander of the military division of the Pacific. Sumner is urging the passage of another bill by Congress, to remedy alleged al-leged proscriptivo indignities to which the colored race are yet subjected. Peter Hessburg shot and killed May Ann Anderson, on Friday morning, in Baltimore, and then blew his own brains out, because she wouldn't marry him. The French say Bourbaki attacked the Germans vigorously, and alter a warm fight returned to his former position. po-sition. The Germans say he is in lull retreat. The Senate committee on public lands have agreed to report favorably to the nomination of Drummond, to succeed Wilson as Commissioner of the general land office. Congress has rejected a motion to limit tho expenditures of the secret service fund, and to provido that none of it be used in connection with the annexation an-nexation of San Domingo. Tho Hanover sailed from Havana on Wednesday night, but turned back quickly having seen two French men-of-war in the offing. She sailed again on Thursday convoyed by a Prussian man-of-war. |