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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. California is having a good rain fall. Faidherhe's army is rapidly rallying. rally-ing. Paris received the news of Chauzey's defeat stoically. Gambetta prefers a war of extermination exter-mination to a mutilated France. Cambrai was summoned to surrender by the Germans on Sunday afternoon. Civil service economy is occupying considerable attention from the Senate. Sen-ate. The impeachment trial of Governor Holden, of Xorch Carolina, has formally for-mally commenced. " The bombardment of Longwy is continued con-tinued vigorously, the garrison making a stout resistance. Prominent members of the Italian chamber of deputies warmly express sympathy with France. Hamburg and Breuieu celebrated the proclamation of William as Emperor, Empe-ror, by firing salutes and decorating houses. A postal telegraph bill, aud one granting lands for railroad purposes in Wyoming and Montana, have been introduced in-troduced into Congress. A million dollars have been voted by Quebec for a north shore railroad, and half a million more by municipalities along the proposed line. Three match games of billiards are to be played in San Francisco, between Dion and Rudolphe, for a thousand dollars a side each game. The boiler of the Stevenson saw mill, near St. Paul, Indiana, exploded on Monday, killing four men. Two of the bodies were blown a hundred yards. The Senate has passed the bill increasing in-creasing the pensions of disabled soldiers sol-diers and sailors, and of the widows and children of deceased soldiers and sailors, twenty per cent, for five years, from March 4th, 1871 . It is charged in the Senate that there are clerks kept in the New York Custom House solely for political reasons reas-ons who receive pay but do not work for it. And the same charge is made with regard to other departments of the government service. The body of 'Wirt Nostrand, a wealthy weal-thy resident of Synoset, and one of the most widely known farmers of Long Island, was found on Sunday morning, shockingly mutilated, the face hacked all to pieces as if with a hatchet. Two Irishmen are accused of the murder. |