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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 1051, 24 June 1871, Page 2

The Charleston Herald reports that on Saturday night, the 27th May, a human leg was picked up on the beach, between Fox's River and Woodpecker Bay. Ifc was clothed in the remains of cloth trousers of a dark red brown, ribbed ; grey flamel diawers; and half-Wellington boot,, nearly new. Sergeant Kiely proceeded to Brighton yesterday to institute inquiries.. It is supposed that the leg is a portion of the body of Bromley, who has been missing f.'Oin the Razorback for some time, and is supposed to have committed suicide. —Since the above was in type. Sergeant ICiely has returned from Bright on, and reports that Bromley's mate having been communicated with, is posi" tive that the leg cannot be Bromley's* Nei her the portion of garment found on it, nor the length of the leg, at all correspond with the dnss and stature of Bromley. The man must have been six feet high, and from the small foot, could not have b"-en engaged in manual labor. Mr Butler, at the ferry at Fox's river, states that on Saturday night, the 27th inst.,, he fastened up his boat, after crossing a passenger over, and the next morniug his boat was gone from its mooring-place, and he found it subsequently on the beach. It is therefore inferred that some person had attempted to cross in the boat, and had been carried out to sea. The ance presented by the leg leads to the presumption that it had not been long in the water, as there were no signs of decomposition,

In Elmira, the other day, a young lady was discovered who helped her mother at the housework. Within two weeks she had several desirable offers of niarriajre, one of which she accepted. Elinira, mothers are getting moro help from theig girls than they ever dreamed of before.

The Grey Kiver Argus of the 24th lilt, has the following:—A man named Bromley, of Bromley and M'Millan, has been missing from the Bazorback for the last ten days. M'Millan was engaged for three days repairing the Government track to the Ra.zorback, and returning on Saturday last to the house where he and Bromley lived, he found the place closed, and Bromley was missing. On the table was a writing, partly in ink and partly in pencil, as follows; —" I leave all I have in the world to my mate M'Millan; lam pursued by a lot of devils. Good-bye, Geordie, I have been a disgrace to you. Write to my mother and tell her that I am dead. Don't tell her how I did it. Tell her gently." Bromley's two dogs have been seen each day and all day long on a cliff towards the sea ; from which it is inferred that the man must have drowned himself. His body has not yet been recovered.