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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 774, 2 June 1877, Page V

Mv luENVSDy Hill's sale of livo stock, bacoUj butter, Ac, takes, place this afternoon. Constable Mbvzhis now stationed at Whata Whaba will, we understand, be reimved toTe Awauiulu. : The Grinning Match for a brace rf phwisiiitu uikos yhwo ttiia afternoon, iii front of Uwyijuo'a Hotel. JUaniiftou West. Mr I. Coatks, of Hamilton East, is, it will bo Been, -advert iaiug a variety ol articles noscssary to Bottlers, amongst them bonedust, grain,' quicks &c. I'HK Manager of the Akau Station .Raglan, is advertising fur axemen. We are to id tbat the-e is great difJiciiHy m procuring labour of any description m this J\aglan district. Mb John Knox we see will try the market 10-day with Hour and mangold wurtzels, m addition to the other named articles of clothings drapery, &o. EA.ftA.PKRB BIUDGB OAitßtttD&K. — The tenders for the repair- of the Karapere Bridge, at O.un bridge, must be sent m to the Waikato o>unty Council by noon of Vfedneaday next, the fair mat. " Mr Obsrliit Brown, of Auckland arrived on his Piano tuning trip m Waikaco on Thursday and at! er nMe'ndiu^ tobusineea m Hamilton till Monday, will tueu start for Cambridge, going rouud from thenco to Alexandra. The Proposed Gambridqk Ploughing Pila.tch. — Offers of a suitable piece of ground within five miles of Cambridge, oh which to hold the ploughing match to come off on the sth proximo, muss be sent into the Secretary of the Cambridge Farmers' Club by JFnday next, the Bta insfc. Land Sale. — Wa would draw attention to Mr X Arthurs s>ile of Waikato properties, namely 18t> acres at; tlautapu, imd a half acre lot m ftasfc (Jarabridye. Tim properties -frill bo sold m Auckland, at Arthurs' mart, on Monday next. Revision op Electoral Kolls.- — Notice appears m our advertising columns of the intention of the R -vising Officer, Mr 0 H Lawlor to bold Courtis, at the Beaidout Magistrates' Court House, Hamilton, for the revision of the Electoral Kolls of the Waipa and Waikafo Electoral Uistriots. The Court for Wnifento will be held -on the 21st inst and that for Waipa on the following day. Thb Masonic Hall at Hamilton, would have been finished before thin but that the wetness of the weather prevented certain work being done to the roof Which conid only be finished when the roof was dry. If the present weather continues this will Boon be done. It is intended to celebrale the opening of the Hall by a Masonic Ball which will be giveu m the large barrack room, Hamilton West, and invitations for which will be shortly issued. An Accident which 'might have been attended with serious eonsequeDoes, but that the party to whom it occurred escaped uninjuredjhtipprned on. Thursday last. Mr Le Quwne, of Hamilton, was riding along the msin street of the township, but, when opposite the Royal Harel, the animal became fractious, and commenced buck-jumping, and after awhile sucoeeded m throwing his rider. Mr Le Quesne, we are happy to cay, was m no way injured, and at once getting up, hurried a f ter. the horse, which Varfced off with the saddle turned under ltg belly, and, before being caught, succeeded m breaking .the girtu and tae bridle also.

Therb is a curions article m the last number of the ' Jttevue tfes Deux Mondea* by M Itichet, entitled , L;s Poisons tie l'lnf-elligeace." Saya,M liiohet : 'In England, where alcoholism ravages the higheet. etnas of society, a atrange oußtom has been adopted, which enables persous to drink oopioualy without getting drunk. At' the oommencomeat of dinner a glsssof oil is taken, and this prevents th« alcohol which is drank bcing^&bsorbed by the atomcoh.' It is strange what many new lights are thrown upon English waaners and customs, by a diligent porn&ol of i'rench periodical literature.— Exchange. * Thb Prince or Vladika o? MokteNKQBO, who, unlike the Itugso Servian General Tohemayeff, defeated the Turks wi.eneyer he encountered them, and refused to make prace with tho I'orie when Bervia did, ia the laac uf the race of tho warlike ecclesiastics who figure au {-rorainenfcly iv medieval hiatory. The dignity of Vladika is hereditary m one family, the famiJy of Fetrovitch, but it passes from uoole to nephew, couaiu to cumin, &c. Never from father to son, for the Prince Bisbop is sworn to celibacy. The territory ha rules iB ruggod, and ilia people are hardy and valiant mountaineers. If the Servians had been like them, there would have been no need for "Russia to have interfered. There are, however, only abuut 100,000 of them m all. A Pkintbb'B Ebror oocura^lu a local paragraph m our last issue, which requires notice. JJader tha heading, • Sale of Land,' we are-made, to Hay, syeakmii of the ccmiiig tale of Mr Murru'a faring at Pukete, * liid-ei, within the laafc week vr two Mr Martins property, Cambridge, improved feru laitd, has cUangW hande at £S per atre.' Now, the word 'Cambridge ' hw no buniu«i3 m the sealeuco at all, which was originally written, without; any word betw ecu ' property ' . and ' unimproved,' but. to make the matter cleft) c', that the uj ioi proved fern laud w&s cloae to Mr iScfr.ia's property, the word 'alon^si'e' was interpolated 'm the proof shee , and nude 'Cambridge' oi

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A CfUMPIOK BfITTBB.— Tho following story is going around m French iniiitwy circles :— An officer— Yrrrtier— vms cole, brated m hia garrison for winning orery bet. None of hij comrade could ever bjaat of erev having been- Tict.orio.ia, an I at. lastno one eared to ante.- a heb wi h him. One day Verdier was fcr.inforiM'd to another regiment, but tho fame of hia peculiar lack had already sprfwd b-fo-o him. After a sapper tendered him by h ; fl oomr'ades on tho evening of hia arrival, and when t!ie ehdmpag-:e mudo \U appearanoe, General £ called out, ''la it reuliy true, Verdier, that you win every bet?' 'So it is, goneral.' • B-st how the deuce do you doit?' 'Oh, very aimply. lam a physiognomist, nu~ but oniy when I *m q,,ite sure.'" ' You are a physioguoiuist. . Well than, wh'»t, for instance, Oii» joii read m my face ?' ' 1 can see,' eaid Vordior, promptly, ' that jour old wound ou the upper and back p*rt of your leg ia broken anf again.' 'Nonsense,' thundered out the general, •I never had a wound there.' 'I beg pardon, my general, but—' «No but ! after I assure you, air.' * Perhaps you cjo not lica to speak of it ; perhaps a duel ' 'Lediable! you won't believe me 1 What will you bet ?' Anything you please, general.' 'Five hundred francs.' « All right, SQC francs ' 'The gentlemen pr^ont ware witnes3o«..' With these words the general at once proceeded to divest himself, sanagene a la Suwarow of hij puutaloons, and a scrutineer's inapioUon by ail present revealed the fact that there was no trace of a wound by sword or bnll. 'You lost the bet, Verdi>r !' shouted the general, packing himself up acain. • I have loit, indeed, this once. Men may err sometimes. Here are -your 500 Irancs.' The general pufc the money with a chuckle into his pocket. After ho arrived homo he at onoe wrote to h-s o!d '.ham, the general m command of Vordi,r'u former- regiment :—« Dear frioud.— The story aleufc Verdier'a lvc t k w all humbug !. Hp has just made a bet that I had a wound on my back, for 500 franc*, and of couraa, lost it. 1 The anf>wer,cime back ; -• Your haivetie U trnly charmifli ? winning U 500 francs coßt me 2/ 00^ which Terdier bet n,e ou 'fle d»j? o' ht«^uri a<i that he would make y<m, on the firit e^ni: g of meeting, toko off yom- inoxpr.^ B ib!e« m the pr*anee of your ofß-flrs. „-,! that you ycur.ell would inform me of it.'

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DtiATK BY OOiUBtrS'I'ION. - — A. most hor-'ibie and sickening acoi'lent occurred* m Knrnan'a saloon, m omrtyard \r*ck of ih« Gifcy Hall, ban FV;moi*c >, beiri^ no lesa iiauthe spontaneous oombnetjon of a h>iin*u body. The viot'in ot uin appetites was a man named Harley or Hartley, who has not bean mire than a mouth m the city, but during that time ba* been f raj nrn tiy arrested for drunkenness. He was a short quite fat man, 'shabbily dressed, with a bkifced, florid countenance. He had no intimate companion, but wandered about ftlone, Seemingly demented, nccacyin^ his wnole time ia drinking the vilo poi3'>n of tho oity f i one and Btrbary (J >?i9t d.eh". Up has *wioe b^on fcrnnted l»y ]>r ativrs for delirium- tremens, and waa this morning ■tisub.vged afiier a longer sei^e than usual. With a sesmin^ly inganu desire for drink, ho continued* frotu hftif-p^t seven o'clock drinking ateadily at the various bars m the vidiiity. and the l&r^e size of e»ch poUt'ou proaui^ad to apes idy send him baok to the hospital. Abont the tiino rn*-utione»l, he ata^gered in«otiio roVm neatly iiißensibla, a"nd faobiy aa'-ed f"r a.diiuli. Th'B w*n vt fused him, and he staggered tovinls tho ux>i* jat to ti^hr. tho ntunip of a "egir ha e=»rr;el, wlnl-'.'the burkoei si 1 , Th^ni'S Oounors, turnf'd away to attend to hi 9 <iu'i"B. A momi-ut afterwards he heard ■» low mom and noticed n H.*ah of fi»e, and. turning r< uod he asmr H rloy fuliiiig to the' floor, hia he»d en-t-loped m blftok thiob. anii>ko, while aa-n^B ia^Ued from hte nioubh »t'd ears, a horribly ii'thy . small of biKni.-ig and {nitrified ftorih filled the xir, and its naust'atins od^ur made not on'y tho saloor 1 , but tha cuirtyard unbearable for a while." Not a raomemt viva luaf; m atban.lii>g to the Buffer r. Ho \va3 beyond re! if, howavor. His. face waa prrfcofly black; p*>"t!j charrod, and partly coveted with a moist aoot. Ilia "yos wera op ->n, ' and had a horrible »ppßAranco. unlike auyfcl>.i:ig save a iT',»'.Sod eg^, whilo a greenish liquid oozed from ihs corner*. His mouth was completely luastod -,oa the iiiside, bub wifh tho exception cf hia head and bauds, no part o f his body bore marks of his horrible death Tho coroner wraa immediately notified," and the* body waa reinovrod to the Morgue, followed by a ourioca crowd, who, 'm spite of tho horrible accessories, wero arzioin to view the peouiiar sight. 4. letter found ia his pocket, addressed to M ffarley or ilnrlcly, furniahea tho only cluo to his identity.