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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. : Paris still suffers greatly for the want of food. The Parisians are terribly excited against England. Boston is sending a ship-load of provisions pro-visions to France. The Bridge between Nancy and Toul has been repaired. Dion has again challenged lludolphe to a game of billiards, 2000 points, for $1000. Belgium is becoming greatly xeited in favor of the temporal power of the Pope. - The naval appropriation bill appropriates appro-priates $19,333,111; It has not yet passed. . ...... , . . , The occupation of the forts around Paris, by the Germans,' was very quiety effected. The siege 'of Belfort continues, and the second parallel against it was opened on Thursday. The Ohio Legislature has approved ofPresident Grant's land policy, and has so instructed the delegation from Ohio. Mrs. Mitchell, of Egg Harbor, N. Y., in a fit of insanity, on Thursday, drowned her two children and herself in a well. A belief is expressed in Eoronean circles that the German terms of peace have been incorrectly stated and exaggerated. exag-gerated. The war still continues, it is said, in the departments of Jura and Cote D'Or, they being excluded from the armistice. - - The continuation of peace negotiations negotia-tions between Favre and Bismarck has created consternation among the I!o-napartists. I!o-napartists. Bartley & Co.'s engine factory, Montreal, Mon-treal, was burned down on Thursday night, throwing loO hands out of employment. em-ployment. The London Times says nothing to exorbitant as Bismarck's terms of peace has been heard of in the history of modern war. A movement in Chicago for the relief re-lief of the French peasantry excites great interest, and much means is expected ex-pected as a result. A number of settlers have been driven in to Fort Kearney, from the Republican river, by the Indians, who stole their stock. The schooner Yolo was wrecked at Caspar Creek on the 1st in-t. The crew were saved, but two of their rescuers res-cuers were drowned. A messenger is hurrying to Paris with instructions to Minister Wash-burne Wash-burne and money for the relief of all Americans in that city. George Jones, the"Count Johannes," is in trouble again over his charging James Ruches with being the murderer murder-er of Nathan. The grand jury has discharged Hughes. Anna Ella Carroll, of Maryland, receives re-ceives $00U from Congress for valuable valua-ble information furnished the war department, de-partment, in the shape of a successful campaign plan, during the war of rebellion. |