The Portland daily press., 1877-06-08
News and Other Items.

Great damage was done Dy tne storm wed
nssday night in Omaha and the state of Iowa.
The New York World is not pleased with
the Sweeney settlement and denounces it as a
mockery of justice.
The Surrogate of New York has declared
void the bequests in the will Of Mrs. Mallaby of
Sandy, Fairfield county, Conn, of certain
railroad stocks to the bis hops of Washington
and Montana territory, for church building
purposes.
A Brooklyn capitalist, undertaking to provide
homes for the poor, has built block accommo-
dating forty families with suites of rooms con-
tanning everything necessary for separate main
tenance. The average rent for four rooms is
only $1.7O week, yet the gross income on the
investment is - per cent
Gov. "Bue Jeans Williams attended an old
fashioned log-rolling and brush-heap burning
at Danvlle, Ind, Saturday, and took an active
hand in the operations, proving that he had lost
none of his old-time ski.at such work. There
was a large crowd in attendance, and speeches
were made by the Governor and others.
DR.. David Rosser fred two shots at Chisolm's
daughter and little son, to force them to let go
the prison door, which they held previous to his
entrance, but was himself shot dead. Old man
Rosser came the following day to get his re-
mains. On drawing down the sheet which COW
cred the body, and seeing the upper portion of
the face shot away, the gentle parent remarked
"Humph! Must have fred both barrels into
him. That's what he gets for coming here. 1
told him to stay at heme."
The Chicago board of education at its latest
semi-monthly meeting had lively discussion
on the adoption Of certain textbooks Six OF
the thirteen members of the board present vot-
ed school geography, partly because of its
blending of religious and scientific instruction,
although the religious element in the book con-
sists simply in the acknowledgment of direct
ing Providence. A work on bookkeeping not
containing any mention of the Diety, was adopt
ed without discussion,
Gen. Crook expresses the opinion that no
more troops are needed in Utah, aod that Utah
is as peaceful as ever. 1t is said that Crook has
been Informed by delegation of Mormons
that there would be no trouble unless Brigham
Young was arrested on account of the Mountain
Meadow massacre, in which case There would
be an outbreak, and Crook replied that they
had better wait until Brigham was indicted.
The alleged assassination of a correspondent of
the New York Herald seems to be generally
discredited at Salt Lake.
The so-caled 17-year locusts abound in the
country adjacent to Richmond, Va, where they
can be gathered by the bushel as they swarm
over the ground and upon the trees. They have
prominent red eyes. and their wings are faced
with line of brilliant yellow, giving them al
together very fiery aspect. They have not yet
invaded the fields, restricting their attacks so
far to the oaks and other trees of the forest
which, however, are go affected By the rapacous
insects that their foliage is already reported
whitening andsyellowing, many trees appearing
to be killed.
Blue glass has received a practical test during
the past year in Danville, N. Y, at a we'll
known hygienic establishment, some 200 inva-
lids, representing great variety of diseases,
having been subjected to the blue light. The
results were few remarkable cures; in a ma
jority of cases benefit; in minority of cases
no obvious or noteworthy improvement; in no
case any injury. But in view of all the facts,
DIR, Jackson of the institute. concludes that the
benefit is decidedly less than from pure sun
light He rejects entirely the theories of Gen.
Pleasonton, and thinks that next to the sun.
light the imagination is the important element
in what cures have been effected.
The Greensburg (Pa.) colored boy of IA. who
who poisoned the whole family to "get even
with the old man." says he only meant to make
his father little sick in return for having pun
ished him, and didn't suppose the rest of the
family would drink any of the coffee in which
he put the arsenic, as all but his father gene
rally took tea He does not seem to realize full
ly the magnitude of his crime, but the drug
gist who sold him the arsenic cannot plead the
extenuation of youth. The boy went twice for
the poison, the second time because the first did
not make his father quite sick enough to please
him, and he seems to have had no difficulty in
procuring in all five ounces of arsenic, the most
of which was introduced into the coffee-pot.