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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1088, 7 August 1871, Page 2

The following obituary notice appears, a contemporary -—Died on the 11th ulf., at his shop in Broadway, Mr Arteinus Dodge, much respected by ail who knew and dealt with him. As a man he was amiable; as a hatter he was upright aocl moderate. His virtues were beyond all price, and his beaver hats were only §8 each. He has left a widow to deplore his loss, and a large stock to be sold cheap for the benefit of his family. He was snatched to the other world in the prime of his life, and just as he had coneluded an extensive purchase of felt, which he got so cheap that the widow can supply hats at a more moderate charge than any other house in New York. His disconsolate family will carry on the business with punctuality* A determined attempt at self-destruc-tion was made by a Chinaman, at Windeyer, on Monday, the 3rd July. The Mudgee Advertiser reports that two celestials came to the police station, and reported that a fellow-countrymau bad endeavored to commit suicide. The officer proceeded to the spot indicated, and there discovered in the vicinity of a r,uiued hut an object which could scarcely be recognised as a human being, so terrible had been ihe eifect of the agencies employed to destroy life. The entire body was a mass of charred and calcined matter, with scarcely a particle of skin adhering. A severe lacerated wound was also subsequently discovered on the neclfc sufficiently deep to prove fatal. It was ascertained that the Chinaman, whose demeanour lor weeks past has indicated indicated insanity, had first endeavored to, end his existence by means of the throat wound, and that failing, had supplemented his efforts by setting lire to his hut. This horrible project only partially succeeded, as he was rescued from the flames before life was extinct. As there was no tyo&\-

.cal man near the scene of the occurence, he was conveyed to Mudgee in a countryman's cart, where he was ordered to be placed in the gaol and receive proper care. His recovery is very doubtful. Indeed, death would be an almost desirable consummation in such a case, which has scarcel y a parallel in the annals of determined suicides.