... THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOCUST. Much interesting information is contained in the report just issued. of a Government Commis- sion appointed a short time ago to make inves- tigations with regard to the Rocky Mountain locust, an insect which has of late done an I almost incalculable amount of mischief. The re- port says:—The locust area is of immense ex- tent; it lies between the 94th and the 120th ...

... SOZODONT Vc\ i1 t the Teetw ^luanse, Beautify, and Preserve tifrice. Its use ;mmrt fPONT-The Peerless liquid Deu- tifies, cleanses m°st fragrant, breath, it beau- manner. It gives !f?-9eirr#eSii he* teeth ina surprising to the mouth, removing n i-y /sh taste ail(1 feeling Teeth, completely Tartar aud Scurf from the whitening such part3 thVro?re?3 of decaJ- and decay or neglect. ImPurp ...

... ESAD SUICIDE AT BRISTOL. An inquest was held on Tuesday, at No. 31, Hope- square, Hotwells, by the Deputy-coroner for the City (Mr. E. M. Harwood), respecting the death 01 Jane Sutton, aged 71 years, the wife oi a butler, residing at the above address. The woman was found dead in the court-yard of her house. From tbe evidence given, it appeared that the deceased bad been strange in hey manner ...

... FASHIONS FOR JUNE. :FTIO'I THE LADIES'GAZETTE Oi' FASHIOX.] FASHION IN LONDON.—At the opera the lace sleeves to open bodies are very fashionably worn; the lace mantillas, with a ldower under the lace and another on the bodice, are also very elegant and becoming. White silk with bauds of em- broidery in colours, or lace outlined in colour, makes very elegant dresses for the opera. Light satin ...

... At Oldham on Monday, an two storeys high, stnn.ng in a populous neigh- bourhood, fell down, sjivou.-dy injuring a number of children. A remarkable anct;on sale took place on h'atur- day at tne lax Oitice i^v iiove, the nrst loij being advertised as JUl-i. Us. -;d. in ancient com of the realm. There were three other lots. The whole had been ctiscramed Ui ou on the premises of the piopr.etor of ...

... The following is from the Proceedings of tie Royal Geographical Society for June: The King of the Belgians, being anxious to make the experiment, has made a present of four Indian elephants to the International African Associa- tion, in aid of their expeditions now on foot in Eastern Africa. The elephants, in charge of Mr. Carter, who has had experience of travelling in Persia, have left ...

... TERRIBLE MURDER OF A A7IDOAV IN FRANCE. The youth, named Oliivier, who recently murdered his second cousin, Madame Leclerc, a widow, aged 75, in the Rue Noilet, took his trial last week at the assizes. He replied in a firm voice to the questions of the .judge, who reminded him of his having left school on flimsy pretexts, of his petty thefts in a shop where he acted as clerk, and of his ...

... It appears (says the London correspondent of the filaitchexter (huirdicui) that attempts are being made tc form another Australian team to visit England during the summer. If those who contemplate this ste]. are well advised, they will wait a year or two until that little affair of the outrage on the team which Lord Harris took out to the antipodes is for. gotten. Just now the Australian ...

... AN INTERVIEW WITH CETEWAYO. The Cape Argus gives the following interesting account obtained from a man named Grandier a Frenchman, who was with Colonel Weatherly, and who, having been taken prisoner at the Zlobane, had managed to escape. Having fallen exhausted in his retreat, he was found by five natives. Grandier who understands a little of the Zulu language, overheard them settling that ...

... A telegram from Paris says :—An avalanche has fallon on the village of Fontana, Tessin. The church, mairie, and several houses have been destroyed, a family of six perishing in one of them. ...

... At the Marlborough street Police-court on Saturday, Mr. W. Howley Burden, of No. 3, Hamilton Villas. Balbam, appeared before Mr. tilansiield upon a sum- mons charging him with larceny as a bailee.—Mr. 8. B. Abrahams, in opening the case, said he appealed to prosecute on behalf of Captain AV. D. AVentwoith, and that the parties were formerly brother officers in her Majesty's 4th Hussars. It was ...

... A peculiar case came up at the Hyde Police Court on Monday, where a young man, named Edmund Walker, of btalybridge, was charged in custody with pitching and tossing at Mottram, on Sunday last. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. A. H. Sidebottcm, J.P. (who made his state- ment from the bench), that he was going to church on Sunday afternoon in company with his son, when he saw the prisoner ...