A Persistent Bigamist.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 348, 6 March 1889, Page 4

A Persistent Bigamist.

A Muuii-MARKYixo countryman of ours is now in prison afc Berne, awaiting his trial. In October last he advertised in the ' Anzeiger der Stadt Bern ' his wish to cor-, respond with some young Swiss lady, having; a little propeity in her own right, with a view to mariiage. The advertisement was in English, and he gave his initials as 'F. B. How many ladies replied to his offer is not known, but with two ot his correspondents, 'Rose 5 and ' Augusta,' he was so charmed as to seek an interview with both. Each lady in turn accepted him as a husband. The day for his marriage with Rose was arranged, and he had got possession of her small savings when he was suddenly called away, as he told her, to attend the marriage of a friend in Biel. The friend was no other than Augusta, the second claimant for his precious hand. He and Augusta were married, and went to Paris. After a few weeks he proposed that they should return to Switzerland, in order that Augusta might get hold of the remainder of her money, about 2,000 francs. Meanwhile, his own wife, whom he had left in England on his departure for a short holiday in Switzerland, had put detectives upon his track, and discovered that he had been living for some time in Berne. Communications were made to the Berne police, and as soon as he stepped out of the Paris train the scoundrel was seized and hurried off to gaol, where he cannot have spent a very happy Christmas.

""The latest of Burgess's yachts is the largest sailing vessel that the Boston designer has turned out. She is no less than 137 feet long over all, 106 feet on the load water-line, 24 feet 9 inches extreme beam and 12 feet 1 inch draught of water. She has a graceful clipper stem and along, fine, overhanging stern. The overhang foiward is 11 feet and aft 20 feet. Her profile is similar to the AT'olunteer's except in so far as her additional 20 feet of length makes the curves gentler. There i 3 the same rather quick turn just below the water-line forward, then a long, easy sweep of the_ keel, which rocker 3 slightly aft, the point of greatest draught being some 14 feet forward of the stern-po3t. The stern-post shows a modorato rake.