The Portland daily press., 1874-12-30
News and Other items.

Clara E. Bancroft of Boston, was married
Monday to Count Tsyzkiewiez of Russia.
S Tx culture in California seems to be con-
sidered failure The idea prevails that the
climate is at fault. Mulberry trees thrive,
but silk worms perish before maturing the
cecoons. -.
The reports of Gen. Pope and Major Dudley
of the suffering in various counties of Kansas
and Nebraska, show that some 5000 peopl e
need assistance, owing to the destruction OF
their crops by grasshoppers.
At Lamar, Barton county, Missouri, an I'm
known man rode up to the county jail Sunday
night, and through one Of the windows shot
and killed Hy Ranimas the murderer of Col.
Norris, fatally wounded his accomplice, Dixon,
and then escaped
Mr.. Barney Williams and his wife have been
offered $4,000 for four weeks engagement
by an enterprising manager. In consideration
of their immense success in recent engage
ments there is nothing extravagant in the
proposition.
Charles Summers sister, Mrs. Hastings, has
sent from San Francisco to Wendell Phillips
one of her brothers large Hungarian glass
pitchers. 1t is of very peculiar form, bears
Dutch coat of arms, and is probably more than
a century old.
1t is rumored that the object of James Cor
don Bennett in going abroad is to marry
young lady in Paris, to whom he has been some
time engaged. She is a Roman Catholic and
of Irish paren.age, having been bat two years
out of a French convent, where she was sent to
be educated Bennett is expected to bring his
bride home, early next spring.
A perplexed Mormon gentleman, who some
wears ago married widow ard her two daush-
tiers, is vainly endeavoring to tabuate thee
plcated consanguinities of his household,
few of which are thus rehearsed by alocal
paper: "His first wife is his mother-in-law,
his step-daughters are his wives, his son by
his first wife is his haf-brother to his other
wives and a sort of uncle to his other children,
ETC., etc"
Henry A. Pierce, u S. Minister resident at
the Hawaiian Islands, now accompanying the
King, is a member of the California pioneers.
He iourney ed around Cape Horn to Honolulu
in 1925. and reached San Francisco in 1928, re-
naming some time on the Pacific coast. He
again visited San Francisco in 184l, third
time in 1849, and still later in 1867. He has
spent many years on the Pac; fc coast and
islands, and has owned some of the finest
clipper ships which have sailed in those waters
The extensive discharge of employees in the
Treasury bureau of engraving and printing
has occasioned much real distress. Those hay
ing friends in Congress- or in other positions OF
influence, are appealing frantically for inter-
position in their behalf, but unfortunately very
few of the needy ones possess such friends. 1t
is probable that strong effort will be made to
annul the contract with the New York Bank
Note Company, the law authorizing such action
after ninety days notice.
The New York crusaders think they have
made progress. One of their great points has
been to persuade the ladies who stand at the
portals of society to Danish wine and all intox-
icating drinks from their tables, and to substi
tute coffee as beverage. A large number OF
very fashionable women have come cheerfully
into the arrangement. The prospect is that
the pernicious custom, over century old, will
be banished from society and one terrible form
of temptation will be removed from our young
men.
Mrs. Bowers, the most popular lady to-lay
on the stage, and Mrs. Conway, the successful
manager of the Brooklyn Theatre-the only
manager who has ever made success in the
City of Churches-are daughters Of a popular
New England clergyman. Their father, Rev.
Dr. Crocker of Providence, was celebrated both
for his talent and his long settlement The
leading lady of New York is at the Union
Square Theatre. She is but one remove from
the study. She is the daughter of ministers
son.. Her grandfather was Rev. DIR Cone, who
for more than forty years was a Baptist clergy
man.
The report of the committee of the st. John
board of trade, on the reciprocity treaty, came
nm again for discussion Monday. The report
was favorable to the principle of reciprocity
but objected to many of the features of the
treaty, and suggested various notifications tc
make it more fair and equal AMI more accu
rate definition of the terms used in designating
the articles to be exchanged. An amendment
was moved that the report be filed, AMI that
the board, while heartily approving the treaty
declares it should be extended SO as to include
the reciprocal coastipg trade of the United
States and Canada. The amendment was lost,
and the committees report was carried by q
vote of 20 to r.