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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. Chicago infested with thieves and burglars- Chicajro reports weather mild and delightful. Six houses, worth $18,000; burned in East St. Louis. Credit mobilier investigation waits on general Banks. Steamer "Idaho" arrived at New York from Liverpool. The poet, Hans Christian Andersen, 1 seriously ill in London. Argument to quash Tweed indiot-ment indiot-ment resumed yesterday. Eleven men reported killed by Indians Indi-ans in Oregon sinoo the fight. Drover named Lynch relieved of $1,S00 by Chicago pickpockets. Warmoth-Kellogg case adjourned until to-day, out of respect to Greeley. Hippo grippo spreading Blowly in-St. in-St. Louis. Business not yot affcotcd-"City affcotcd-"City of Bristol," from New York1 becalmed .off tho British coast. Al safe. Caucus of Republican senators to revise list of committees not yot reported. Gas works at Newport, Monmouthshire, Monmouth-shire, England, exploded. Several wounded. Pool, of North Carolina, is urged for a cabinet position by Southern Republicans. Re-publicans. Ways and means oommittec aro listening list-ening to commissioner Douglass upon his internal revenue bill. Nearly all congressmen and senators attending the Greeley funeral returned to Washington the Bame night. Warmoth proclaims the detailed results re-sults of the Louisiana eleotion. Extra session of tho legislature begins on Tuesday. Many sail vessels and propellors caught in a fearful storm on the lakes. Several frozen in. Large loss of vessels ves-sels and life. Fifteen thousand dollars' worth of watches and jewelrv stolen from a Now York agent, at the European ho tel, Chicago. No Liberal Republicans to have committee positions in congress. To the Libs, and Dems. will be left the minority crumbs. James Bair, merchant, John B&ir, clerk, and Leonard James, negro, shot by Midge and Carroll, desperadoes, at Ellisville, Florida. General Sherman leotured at Washington Wash-ington upon his travels among the Greek islands. Many eminent savants and professors present, C. Bennett of Coriianica, Texas, fatally shot by a New Orleans policeman. police-man. Murderer killed in trying to escape from the guard. Western iron association have reduced re-duced the price of iron to $12 per ton, of nails fifty cents a keg. Decline in pig iron causes reduction. President sent to senate nominations of Ward Hunt, of New York, as associate asso-ciate justice of the U. S. supreme court, J. Laramie, minister to Russia. Ben Wood subscribes $1,000 to the Greeley fund from the New York press. Several smaller sums reported, including 5100 from the Metropolitan "Record." Missouri electors cast for president, eight votes for Browo, six for Hendricks, Hen-dricks, one for Davis ; for viee president, presi-dent, six for Brown, five for Julian, three for Palmer, one for Grocsbeck, Bowles Bros.' failure proves a bad one. Business loosely managed. Chas. Bowies negotiated loans without partner's part-ner's knowledge. Twenty-five thousand thou-sand dollars deposited with the conoern hypothecated without knowledge of depositor. Many depositors treated in the same way. Washburne reception at New York, on Wednesday evening, a complete success. Letters of regret at inability to attend sent by Fish, Bout well, Colfax Col-fax and the Japanese minister. President Pres-ident Grant anxious to attend but feared his staying might be misinterpreted. misinter-preted. He bad come especially to attend Greeley's funeral Wilson said the President wanted to compliment his old friend Washburne, but felt depressed by the occurrences of the day. He deolined to see any one and left for Washington the same night. |