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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. The weather ha3 been very cold throughout the north-cast for the past few days. The national board of trade met at St. Louis yesterday, about fifty delegates dele-gates being present. An unknown intoxicated woman was frozen to death in a yard houso in Fourth avenue, Chicago, Monday night. Tho Cholar mine has declared a dividend divi-dend of one dollar a Bhare and the Knickerbocker levied an assessment of fifty cents. j A defective fluo iu a room of tho state department at Washington caused nfirft. which wns PTtintnisiin1 wiflimit-. serious damage. The suit against Ingcrsoll, one of the members of tho New York "ring" has been returned by the sheriff, endorsed "defendant not found." Sheriff Erannun and mayor Hall are very intimate, and although anti-Tammany, anti-Tammany, the sheriff is said to favor the friends of the "ring." The regular republican central committee com-mittee have resolved to make no more propositions for affiliation with the Greeley wing of lli3 party. It is thought in New York that ex-judge ex-judge Picrrepont will succeed secretary Fish and George U. Williams of Oregon Ore-gon attorney general Akcrman. President Grant's message is generally gener-ally satisfactory to the English press, and the spirit with which he deals with the international questions is applauded. applaud-ed. Pv the explosion of a beer still in Chicago on Tuesday one man was killed, two others frightfully injured and one or two buildinga partly demolished. de-molished. Not a siuglo share of the Occidental insurance company has yet been credited cred-ited with the payment of the assessment assess-ment of fifty per cent, levied on it for tho Chicago losses. j K. Piopsman, of San Fmnci--eo1 attempted suicide in New York last i Saturday by shooting himself through the head and lies in Beilcvuc hospital. He is likely lo recover. t is thought that (ho only changes in tho scnato committees will bo tho making Morton chairman of tho foreign for-eign committee and transferring Cameron Cam-eron to that of elections. Tho Methodists of New York in convention at Syracuse havo resolved that the Piblc should continue to be road in tho public nohools,and urge the legislature to forbid the use of the public monies lor sectarian schools and institutions. |