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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. Conkling and the President were at Trenton PalU yesterday. The Japincse ambassadors arrived at Boston this momimg. A Grant club of 600 was formed at L iwrcnce, Ks., in six hours. The Missouri Republican convention meets at St. Louis. September 4;h. T. B. Guoicle has been nominated for congress in the third Ohio diatricL Trie Connecticut Republican State convention meets at ilartlord Aug. 21st. L. T. Neal is the Republican candi-d candi-d ue lor congress in the seventh Ohio d strict. A London dispatch pays 17 000 emi eraots sailed from Liverpool for America duriog July. The Massachusetts State Democratic convention meets at Wuioeuter September Sep-tember 1 lih. Geo. Banks has accepted an invita-I invita-I tion to speak at New Xork on the national na-tional fiuances. The London teachers congress has decided to organize a universal teachers' teach-ers' association. The Republicans of the Sth Michigan Michi-gan di&trict have nominated A. B. Bradley fur congress. Tho Democratic ticket was elected by a greatly reduced majority at Memphis, Mem-phis, ou the 1st instant. Senator Matt Carpenter and others addressed an enthusiastic Grant meeting meet-ing at Milwaukee on the night of the rst. Minister Curtin if expeoted at Philadelphia Phila-delphia Aug. 14, and will he received by tho Democratic and Republican clubs. Sir John A. MoDonald was on Thursday elected to the Canadian parliament by 131 majoiity over John Caruthers. Washington guessers think the ex-tremH ex-tremH limit of award acainst Great Britiin by the Geneva board will be $12,UU0,OU0. Leading New York members of the labor conference deny any bolt, but say a national convention was called at Philadelphia Aug. 2l?d. The total insurance on the Dran academy, of Massachusetts, burned a few days since, was 106,000. The trustees will rebuild at once. 4 Matamoras special says president Tejeda has issued a proclamation of general amnesty and convocation to elect a president for Mexico. The Goodwood cup was won by Favonius, Albert Victor beiog second and Vrerdure third. Only five ran. The course was two and a half miles. Eleven building?, the entire business block, in Plymouth, Tnd. were burned yesterday. Loss, $40,000. Mr. Poe, a druggist, fell from the roof of his building and was severely injured. The Covington and Newport, Ohio, negroes had an excursion on the Ohio river, which was one continuous row. Clubsi lists, pistols, &c, were used, and many persons bruised, but none irjured dangerously. Postmaster-general Creswell spoke at Jackson, Michigan, '1 burr day evening, deleudiug himeit' against ex-governor blair's charges. Senator Chandler also spoke, defending Grant and criticizing Greeley's secession articles id the Tii-bune. Tii-bune. The evidence before the Texas commission com-mission implicates Coninas, of the Juarez government, in the Rio Grande rob be i its, and showing that he became rich by the robbery of well-stocked ranches; also, that Juan z had evidence criminating Mexican agents. |