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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. Striko of policomon in Dublin imminent. im-minent. John Stuart Mill is dangerously ill at Avignon, Franco. Tho government sold a million and a-half of gold to-day at 17:2a to 17:39. Since January the first, 26,895 Germans Ger-mans have arrived in Castle Garden. James K. Hays, manager of tbo New Ifork Olympio theatre, dead. Brain fever. Dispatch from Shanghai announces tbo oapture by the Imperialists of the oity of Pali lb. A special from TifTta to the London Tolegraph says war is probable between Russia and Bokhara. A grand military reviow, in honor of the Prince of Wales, took place at Vienna on Thursday. Dispatches from Vienna and Constantinople Con-stantinople .deny tho existence of oholera in Austria or Turkey. It is expected telegraphic communication communi-cation by cable between Portugal and Madeira will bo opened in July. Up to noon yesterday there was no marked change in the oondition of Oakes Amos. He is gradually failing. fail-ing. A fire at Paris, Tcnn., on Tuesday, portion of the town involving a loss of $100,000- Tho government of Holland has asked tho chamber of deputies for an appropriation of five and a half million mil-lion florins for expenses in the Atchecn war. North Easton, Mass. The oondition oondi-tion of Oakes Ames ia not improved. He is liable to pass away at any moment, mo-ment, and hardly hope is entertained that he will survive the night. Tho 48th annual meeting of the Amorioan Traot eooioty was held at Now York on Wednesday. Receipts for the year from sales, $426, 8S7; and from donations, etc., $116,873; balance in treasury, $21,931. Stokes received with indifference tho news of tho refusal of a now trial by the Supremo court, merely saying to his father who was with him, "They havo denied me a new trial, my case will now go to the court of appeals," A special from Taunton, Mass., says a tire broke out Wednesday in Albar'B Btable, spreading to tho City hotel stables and consumed them; also Jones athenaeum and the stores underneath with several frame tenements. Lobs $100,000. A quarter of a centuary having elapsed sinco Dr. E, H. Chapman assumed the pastorate of the fourth Univcrsalist society, of New York, the event was appropriately honored on Wednesday. Dr. Chapman was presented pre-sented with $10,000. President Grant, in oonscquence of the extent of his western tour, will not make his proposed visit to governor Jewell, but will limit his stay in Connecticut Con-necticut to the timo necessary to attend to the reunion of tbe army of the Poto-mao Poto-mao in New Haven next week. A dispatch from Rome to the London Lon-don Standard says tho Pope received pilgrims frum Franco on Monday, against tbe advice of his physicians, and was very much prostrated after the audience. The same dispatch says it is gcnorally believed that the Popo is dead but nothing to confirm this belief hus been received in London. The New York Tribune says negotiations negotia-tions aro in progress for the absorption of the Puoido and Allaotio telegraph company by the Western Union oom-pauy, oom-pauy, and it is understood the basis of arrangrmcnt is that tho latter company shall give a portion of its shares hold in reserve for a controlling interest in the former. The oapital stock of the Ailantio and Pacific company is $2,-000,000. $2,-000,000. The Chicago & North-Westero, and Milwaukee & St. Paul railroads havo decided to pool their earnings until April 18S0, in proportion of sixty per cent to forty por cent. The arrangement arrange-ment excludes that portion of the North-Westero road running to Mar-gucttc. Mar-gucttc. Tbe agreement only lacks the approval of the representatives of the German interests, now en route from Amsterdam. The attorney general has decided that, under theaotof 1873, all compensation compen-sation for services to tho government by tho Union Pacific company, upon us railroads, of any kind is to be retained re-tained so long as any interest due the United States by tho company upon its bonds remain unpaid, and that the railway of tho company across the bridge at Omaha is one of tho railroads to which said act applies. The Nord, a Russian journal published pub-lished in Brussels, denies that the Khan of Khiva offered unconditional submission to tho Russian demands. The Nord says its truo the Khan released re-leased tho prisoners held in captivity, out at me samo time ne aemanaea the immcdiato withdrawal of the Russian expedition against Khiva with other conditions which oould not be accepted by the Czar. |