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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. Laura D. Fair's friends advise her to lcavo San Francisco at once. New York bank statement shows a decrease of $1,140,000 in speeio ro sorve. Maynard, of Tennessee, is reported a candidate for the speakership of tho next congress. New Brighton houso, Staten Island, burnod Friday night. Loss $40,000. Insuranco $11,000. James McElheny, of Boston, convicted con-victed of the murder of his wifo, is sentenced to death. Nine of the stockades across the island of Cuba aro to bo connected. The whole length will bo sixty miles. Londonderry, Ireland, held her municipal election yestorday. Troops were stationed and tronblo was expected. ex-pected. , No clue to Pevy tho missing Xauis-I Xauis-I ville insuranco agent. Supposed he : formed some low acquaintance and was I waylaid. New England had the first snow storm of tho season on Friday night. It extended over Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Biaine denies that he has written letters urging the convening of tho 43d congress immediately upon the adjournment of its predecessor. The Atlantio and Great Western railway troubles are over for the present. pres-ent. Sweetzer has been let down gently. Several others removed. Tweed appeared at the comptroller's office, on Friday to examine the vouchers vouch-ers to be used against him. This is his first call since Connolly resigned. Sir John Bowring, formerly a member of parliament, minister to China, and editor of the Westminster "Review," died at London on Friday. London, to offsot the New York Thiers hoax, yesterday invented a re port that king Amadeus was dead. Madrid despatches since received report re-port him better. The steamer "General Sedgwick," from New Orleans for New York, reports re-ports passing, a lot o. wrecked stuff with two dead bodies attached, in latitude lati-tude 36, longitude 73. Cincinnati papers announce the eus pension of W. H. CutUo, of Marietta, i Ohio, largely interested in iron manufacture manu-facture and railway building. Assets are claimed to bo ample. The celebrated stallion "Socrates," owned by Ralphs, of Philadelphia, and valued at $40,000, and the noted trotter trot-ter "Camorse," owned by L. Meyers, of Boston, valued at $20,000, died yesterday yes-terday of dropsy. |