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Show FLASHES FROM THE WIRES. The name of Dubois has been placed on the senate roll, aud he wili draw pay from March 4th. The tea crop is 27,000.000 pounds ; short this year, and the price will advance ad-vance 10 cents per pound. It is charged that two members of the Idaho legislature were paid $.'500 each for voting for Claggett. It is said that e.x-Senator Pierce of North Dakota has been tendered the new mission to Central America. The notorious Diss Debar objects to being lithographed as a SoO-pound Cupid in tights, and asks a New York judge to stop it. The Salvador congress has ratified the election of Carlos Feta and his brother as president and vice-president of the republic. Jerry Simpson says that in the convention con-vention that nominated him there were but two collars and nine whita shirts and such s convention was "close to heaven." The officials of Alturas and Logan counties, Idaho, were legislated out of office by the Alta-LineoTtt county bill and the new officials have not yet beeu appointed, which has produced a state of affairs bordering on anarchy. The presidout is considering a scor of applications for appointment to the circuit judgeships. It is said that only two names have been definitely decided upon in connection with these offices, one being Judge Woods of Indiana ami the other ex-Congressman Pay son of Illinois, both western men. 1 Secretary Proctor awarded medals of honor to the following named enlisted meu for gallantry in the action of Wounded Knee: First Sergeant Jacob) Trainman, troop I. Seventh Cavalry, , and Corporal H. W. Ainer, and pri-, vates Joshua B. Harsog, George Greet, and John Flood, all of light battery F. , i'irst artillerjf, |