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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 44, 22 February 1870, Page 2

A case of Bigamy was heard before the London magistrates recently, remarkable for a most impudent and iniquitous defence. The prisoner, who was a widower, coolly admitted a third marriage, but said that as his second wife was his niece the marriage was unlawful; it was wicked to live with her, and he therefore left her and married a third wife. He was committed for trial. " It seems to me that I have seen your physiognomy somewhere before, " said. .a swell to a stranger whom he met on the cbrs. "Very likely," replied the other, "I have been keeper of a. prison for the last 20 years. A Nobleman entering upon Mer*.. cantile Pursuits. — Following the ex-* ample of an elder brother, a. son of the Duke of Argyll is about to enter commercial life. The young nobleman in question is joining a Liverpool firm of cotton brokers. _'- Why are wheat and potatoes like the idols of old?— Because the former, have ears and hear not, and the latter eyes but see not.