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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. The offico of the Carrolfon (111.) Gti-ette was burned on Wednesday. The bad condition of the New York banks favors the bears on Wall street, and the stock market is feverish. Baron Von Kauffman, the new Russian ministor to the United States, has left St. Petersburg for New York. Maine has petitioned congross to protect her codfish, and wants relief from the effects of tho Washington treaty. The emperor William attended tho lhanksgiviug service in honor of the prince of Wales, at the English church in Berlin. The right reverend Henry Benedict Caskey, vicar general and administrator administra-tor of the diocese of Baltimore, died on Tuesday night. Tho senate committco on elections have reported adversely to the elaim of Abbott to a seat as senator from North Carolina. The Maine lower house of the legislature, legis-lature, havo passed an amendment to the prohibitory liquor law that includes cider and wine among intoxicating drinks. Lynch offered a resolution in the house of representatives to investigate tho sales of orduance stores by the governmenl for the years 1870-71. Objected Ob-jected to. A bill is to be reported to congress, to pay a bounty of $0,000,000 per annum an-num for five jears to American built and registered vessels, a scheme that will hardly succeed. Townsend, of the house of representatives, repre-sentatives, offered a resolution to leave the question of consequential damages dam-ages in the Alabama cmc to the arbitration arbi-tration of John Bright. Wont over. The reverend Dr. L. D. llewston, a distinguished Methodist divine, is on trial before the church in New York for tho seduction of a number of young girls. The investigation thus far leaves little doubt of his guilt. Joachim Gcist has been convicted in Chicago of the murder of hia wife, and sentenced to sixteen years imprisonment impris-onment in the penitentiary. Tho murder mur-der was committed by pouring scalding coffee down tho victim's throat. Rcverdy Johnson made a two hours' speech at a mooting of the American peace society in Baltimore, Tuesday evening, on the Geneva arbitration muddle, in which he opposed the American claim for consequential damages. dam-ages. A bill Las been introduced in congress con-gress to amend tho charter of the Texas FaciGc railroad, by extending the time for tho completion of the west end of the road, and permitting tho issue of consolidated bonds of this, the Southern South-ern Pacific, and the Memphis and El Plaso roads, the three having been consolidated. |