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Show BRIEF TELEGRAMS. King Alfonso will enter Madrid on Thursday. A bill will be introduced in congress con-gress to reclaim desert lands in Lassen Las-sen county, Cal. Bon Carlos has determined upon a vigorous prosecution of the war i against the Madrid government. Bartlett & Cushing's paper mills, Dalton, Mass., burned Tuesday night. Loss, $100,000. insurance, $00,000. The colored citizens of New York met Tuesday night and paid a tribute of respect to tho late Gerritt Smith. Fred Keitz, a middio aged German, was murdered on the north Bide of Chicago. No clue to the perpetrators. The ship John JSiight, for San Francisco, struck on Rocas reef Dec. 0th, at midnight. The crew escaped in boats. The republican members of the Louisiana legislaoiro have forwarded their version of the recent troubles to Congress. The Chicago presbytery report that the difficulty in Dr. McKaig's (Ninth) church is in progress of Batisfactory settlement. Fire in Chatham street (N. Y.) glassware store of J. M.Shaw, damaged dam-aged the stock to thoamount of $100,-000; $100,-000; insured. The wool product of California of 1S74, is estimated at nearly 40,000,000 pounds, a large increase over any previous year. Bismarck has declined to recognize Spain until the decree suspending Protestant newspapers and closing a Protestant chapel in Cadiz isreDealed. The Mississippi congressional investigating in-vestigating committee are to close their sittings to-day. Additional acta of cruelty and illegality are reported. Talcott, Alexander and Guion have withdrawn their resignations as directors di-rectors of the Pacific Mail company. Sage has not yet accepted the directorship. direct-orship. A bill appropriating $70,000 for the improvement of tho San Joaquin river is before the house of representatives; represent-atives; also $10,000 for the improvement improve-ment of the Sacramento river. Gen. Thoa. T. Eckert has resigned tho general superintendence of the eastern division of the Western Union Telegraph company. Vice-president Muni ford has taken chargo temporarily. tempor-arily. The Pennsylvania house of representatives repre-sentatives have adopted resolutions condemning the recent military usurpation usur-pation of power in Louisiana; and ordered or-dered a committee to report resolutions resolu-tions in accordance with this view. Crosby, colored ex-sheriff of Vicks-burg, Vicks-burg, Miss., testified before the investigating in-vestigating committee that he resign-' ed his office through fear of his life. Ho said ho signed a call for a posso, but the call was worded in much stronger language than he designed. |