MISCELLANEOUS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 125, 30 June 1870, Page 7

MISCELLANEOUS.

I The " Southern Cross " gives the following particulars of "an affair of honour," at Hamilton, supplied by a correspondent writing from that place on May 13th : — An affair of honour tcok place here last Wednesday, on the Rifle Range. The seconds were Captain ! and Mr. ; the principals being Mr. , of Raglan, and Mr. , of this place. Having a dispute in the Royal Hotel, satisfaction was demanded, pistols were ' loaded, and the two fire-eaters, having made their will and testament witnessed | by Mr. , proceeded to the ground. In the meantime a bottle of blood was obtained from the butcher, and 's pistol was not loaded, ' but only capped, while 's pistol was charged with powder only. The ground having been measured, and the usual formalities having been complied with, the signal was given, and fired, the result being, through fright or otherwise your correspondent sayeth not, Mr. fell. The seconds, being in the secret, urged to fly, but he resolutely stood his ground, saying that for the future he would teach gentlemen not to insult him. This truly sanguinary affair caused quite a sensation, until the true facts were disclosed, when the would-be desperate> fire-eaters were disgustingly chaffed. An instance of how an indiscriminate exercise of the imagination will lead a man to jump at hasty conclusions, was afforded on the Thames. Three mates put xi\) at a boarding-house in Shortland, en route for Ohincmuri. They occupied one sleeping apartment. For some reasons or another one left this room during the night, clad in the nice airy costume yclept robe de nuit, and did not return. Morning dawned and tlie two remaining men awoke. Where was their mate? There were his clothes, his watch, his boots, but where was he 1 Horrible surmises filled the minds of the men ; they knew he was a somnambulist ; their friend had certainly walked into a creek, and taken his dejjarture by water ; sound the gong ! and inform the police ! Poor fellow, who'd have thought it 1 During all this excitement the missing man slept the sleep of the just. Whilst water-holes were being searched, and creeks inspected he snored on, peacefully unconscious. He had simply got into another bed — probably being unable to find his room after leaving it. Our reporter was not present when the three met again, but no doubt the sight was affecting and impressive. — "Gramstown Star." The " "Wanganui Herald " tells us that as a lady was riding out of Patea, a few days ago, she came across a human skeleton leaning against a tree, in a place called the Boney G-ully, near Manawapou. A stick was placed against one of the ribs, to preserve the skeleton in its standing position. It has since been ascertained that the skeleton is that of a beautiful young Maori woman named Eruti, who is said to have been shot, and who was well known by the settlers in and around Patea- The circumstances under which Eruti came by her death we have not been able to learn. The skeleton has been removed by some of the settlers. The " Wanganui Chronicle " says : — "When the s.s. Wanganui steamed alongside the wharf pn Saturday morning at 7 o'clock, only a few people were clown and saw the ex-prisoner, Walter Tricker, land. Trickcr was soon noticed on board. He is much changed by lengthened imprisonment, being older, graver, and more careworn in apperaence. His only greeting on landing ivas that of his wife, with whom he walked away and soon afterwards proceeded to Rangitikei." A telegram from Morton in the same journal, dated Monday afternoon, says that he was well received by his friends in Rangitikei. Amalgam robberies have become somewhat frequent of late in the Buller district. A copper plate, thickly coated, was stolen from the boxes of Mees and party, Rochfort Terrace, about midnight on Saturday, and the following morning Graham and party, of Deadman's Creek, missed a copper plate from their washing site ; in the latter case the plate had not much amalgam upon it. — " G-rey River Argus." The Entire Horse Nuisance was referred to in strong terms iD the Council on Wednesday evening, and a clause inserted in the Impounding Act xlmendment Bill, authorising the destruction of worthless animals of this kind.—" Hawkes Bay Herald." JlolloioaijsPills. — As -the blood, and the blood alone, sustains and renovates every part of the living system, it is manifest that no medicine which does not reach the circulation can exterminate disease. Professor Holloway claims that his Pills operate directly,, powerfully, and beneficially upon the whole mass- of the blood, venous and arterial, nor can we question the fact when we see indigestion cured, liver complaint arrested, the oppressed lungs brought into healthy play, and every physical function renewed and strengthened by their agency. That their regulating and purifying effect tends to promote long life, as well as to expel disease, there cannot be a reasonable doubt. The family that has them not lacks a " material guarantee" of health and- life.