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Show BRIEF TELEGRAMS. i A $30,000 hotel burned at Ciiford, Canada. Tho Austrian rcichstrath assembled on Thursday. The Jersey city registration is far ahead of any previous election. The republicans and independent democrats of Brooklyn have united: on a local ticket. " The specie in the bank of France.' has increased 20. 577, 003 francs dur- i ing the past week. ! London Consols 94J: United Stales bonds 10-40's 107; new 5's 105A, silver sil-ver o2id per ounce; Erio 10. New Y"ork democratic nominations for congress 6th district, S. S. Cox; 10th, Elijah Ward; 11th. Beni. A. Willis. Proportion o! tho bank of England reserve to liabilities per cent.; the bullion in tiie bank decreased 7o5,- 000 the past week. Three ships of -var are about to sail from Japan for England with crews for the iron clad s just built for the Japanese government. The English and continental bourses closed more gel tied on Thursday. Thurs-day. Prices were slightly firmer, but there was no marked recovery. The president of the New York society for the prevention of cruelty to children is looking f r some one to adopt a lillle acrobat rescued in California. Cali-fornia. The French residents of New York have appointed committees to solicit subscriptions amoug the Franco-American Franco-American population of the United States (or Ihe completion of the col-lossal col-lossal statue of liberty for Bedloe's island, New York harbor. Much indignation is expressed by the British rtsidenta at Hong Kong, 1 at the terms agreed to by Sir Thomas Wade for 11 settlement of the Margary afiair. Tho result is generally pronounced pro-nounced unsatisfactory to English feeling and a triumph for Chinese diplomacy. The terms of agreement releasing: the Pacific Mail steamship Colon are that the company should pay one-half one-half of the 19,000 charged by the city for taxes and intercut, and give a bond for the remainder, pending the decision of the supreme court of tho United States. The next meeting of the army ol Tennessee will be held at St. Paul on the 19th of September next. General f M n. , ,,., lonlDfl nrinr At the late meeting a letter was read stiting that tho grandmother of the late General McPherson who was invited in-vited to be present at tho dedication of the monument, died before the receipt re-ceipt of the letler, aged 99. The society of the army of Tennessee Tennes-see have elected officers for the ensuing ensu-ing year ns follows: President, General Gen-eral Sherman; vice-presidents, General Gen-eral Logan, Colonel Wood worth, Major Powell. General W. T.Clark, Colonel Know, Captain Gill, Captain Steel, Lieutenant Stevenson, Major W. B. Moore, Major Spear and Captain Cap-tain Laird. Recording secretary, Colonel L. M. Dayton; corresponding secretary, General Hickenlooper; treasurer, General Force. |