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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. Caleb Cushing arrived in New York, W ednesday. The British Parliament reassembles December UUh. Minister Nelson reached New York, from Mexico, on Wednesday. Five buildinirs. including two stores, were burned at La Gmuge, Ky., yesterday. yes-terday. No decision was readied yesterday on tho motion to quash Tweed's indictment. in-dictment. H. A. Mnzzly declines tho Democratic Demo-cratic congressional nomination in the Sth Mass. district. Chicago Republicans had a brilliant and imposing torchlight procession Wednesday evening. The steamers "Nora" and "Portia" collided io St. George's channel yesterday, yester-day, with slight damages. Tho St. Andrews Episcopal Church, at Richmond, Stafen Island, burned yesterday. Loss $20,000. Pennsylvania Straigbtouts mot at Harrisburg on Wednesday, and decided not to nominate an electoral ticket. It is now ascertained that ten persons per-sons were lost by the sinking of the propeller Lac Li Belle on Lako Michigan. Michi-gan. Tho Rio Grando commission represent repre-sent that not half has been told in regard re-gard to the disorders on tho Texan frontier. Judge Mike Connelly, of New York, was, on Wednesday night, nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the ninth district. The residences of Dr. Reedand Wm. Daffel were destroyed by fire, at Frankfort; Frank-fort; Ky., yesterday. Loss $12,000. Fully insured. J Bids for gold, at Now York, yesterday, yester-day, were for $5,000,000 at 12.50 to 13,01. One million was sold at the outside figures. On Tuesday night a fire, at Apple-ton, Apple-ton, Wis , destroyed the Lonoke House, tho manufacturers bank and three stores. Loss $00,000; insurance 525,000. Chicago, as well as the rest of the world, Salt Lake included, lost on the time of the Sacramento races. Sporting Sport-ing circles bet heavily, and looked for much i'aster time. A Paris communist his surrendered ing himself an accomplice to the notorious noto-rious Traupmann, who murdered an entire family near Paris. A passeriger traio, on the Eastern railway of England, ran off tho track yesterday, near Chelmsford. The cars were precipitated down a high embankment embank-ment and dashed to pieces. A Wilkesbarre, Penn , dispatch reports re-ports the arrest of Hoyt, revenue collector, col-lector, Shoemaker, candidate for congress, con-gress, ex-mayor Lewis, of Scranton, and assessor Gain, of Pitssburg, on oharge of bribing voters at the recent election. Caleb Cushing expresses himself entirely en-tirely satisfied with the Geneva award. He says the counter claim will not rrach two millions. He did not go to England, but in Franco tho opinion generally expressed was that the United Statos had gained a great victory. It is reported that attorney genet i1 Williams intends to retire from the oabinet after the elections, and that general Bristow, of Ky., at present solicitor general, will succeed him. Williams is to bo mado president of a commission for the adjudication of the "Alabama" claims, which congress is expected to established. A hearing was begun at New York, on Wednesday, before the U. S. commission, com-mission, of the party charged with whiskey frauds in 1866. The U. S. attorney wished to make the hearing privato to avoid the publication of facts damaging to several respectable citizens. This was refused and the case adjourned until to-day. |
