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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES, j The house of representatives is still actively employed on the tariff bill. Colonel GcorijcW. McDousal.of California, Cali-fornia, took poison and died in Washington Wash-ington yesterday. One-third of the workmen employed in tho burnt district of Chicago have returned to work again. It is understood that Stokes trial will como off soon. J udge Ingraham has been asked to preside. Laborers on the new postoffice build-ine, build-ine, New York, havo commonoed to work on the eight hour system. Josiah Marcy, well known in commercial com-mercial and tiuancial circles, died at Ilyo, New Hampshire on Tuesday. Tho Democratio State executive committee of Georgia has called a convention con-vention to meet Juno liuth, to elect delegates to Baltimore. Tho Democratio delegates elected to ; tho Baltimoro convention from New York aro John T. Hoffman, Dclos , DoWolf, H. 0. Murphy and Jarvis , Ford. Tho London journals continue to dis- 1 ouss the supplemental articlo of the ; treaty of Washington and express tho hopo that tho United States senate may approve of it. Tho Trilune says Greeley will not address any public meeting during his oandidacy. H o nddrcssed tho colored people of Foughkeopsio yesterday in pursuance of a previous promise. Only thirty-one hundred persons marohod in the workingmcn'a procession proces-sion day before yesterday in Chicago. About 5,000 attended tho meeting in tho open air which was addressed by the mayor and others. The Republican State convention of Tennessee mot at Nashville day before yesterday. J. F. Kogerson was elected permanont president. It was unanimous unani-mous for Grant for Frcsidcnt and Horace Maynard for Vice-President. The New York Democratio Statu convention mot at Rochester on Tues day, and organized by the election oi Thomas Kinsella permanent presidont, and adopted a platform of principles something akin to thoso adopted by other State conventions. ThoNew York State Republican convention con-vention met at Elmira on Wednesday, Henry P. Pierson permanent president. The platform is composed of the usual planks, oivil service reform, repeal of income Us, etc. A resolution protesting protest-ing against the surrender of the Republican Re-publican party, was adopted. Tho convention declared tor Grant. |
