A STRANGE SUICIDE.

Ordering His Cremation. tojuJskTTox Tilly, calling himself a Ger an count, formerly an officer in the Pr.us- : • n armY, committed suicide in New Yci'k. L shooting himself in the right, temple. ?Tp-occupied a well-furnished room in a f hionable , boarding-house in West laSi® s -aiffivate-sdrooL ifo o'clock Sunday night, apparently in sDirits. ; The servant noticed that lie Snot risen as usual at 9 o'clock on Mon- S«v mornn". She tried his door and fnund it locked. She reported this fact ♦«w mistress, and at -the same time, Miss g£ ofthe landlady, found rte following note mi Yon lilly s hand writing in her room on the mantelpiece : M« Kelly: If you will have the kindness to the cremation bL mv body, so that you SK'Wi oath that mr body was cremated. vSykcep thcsoCSaol. If you do not hko to W thfii trouble' you can kiyc the 05 dol. to jfr-Black's-churcli. 'Tfflv "haa been in the country three xkias Ttfhen speaking of his native coun try be sometimes talked strangely saying that the Emperor of Germany and all the officials were his enemies, and had mag n6tiSeiriiuh. He was a vegetarian. From letters left behind, it appears that Tilly came to New York because of unreturned lovo for the'daughter of General Oestocq, of the Prussian .army ; nob being: satisiied with his life here, he determined on suicide. He left a will, directing the cremation of his body. He leaves sum of money to pay -ins -expenses, -and -directs that-a ring |c Bent to.his lady love.

Ice Yachting.

I Orthe origin of that strange machine now I denominated an ice-boat, we have but little I information to advance that is stamped with I certainty of correctness. It would seem I tfeftho boy u P, on skates, spreading his out j Btfetched coat" to catch the fay ring gale/ lnncHthave .given the first suggestion for I fcton'eiv departure ; but whether the idea of j!blie ice-boat was derived in the first placo || Irom 'tbis Simple source, or from the in- I stanct-ive attempts of northern savages to I expedite the progress of their, dog-sleds I over the wind-swept, snowy deserts by I nfetos .of rude sails, of skin, cannot be; accurately determined. J -The" boait " itself is simple in construe-. I tion, Jsjonsjstsj>fVtriangulav framework of ; woodfetrfengtliened by the insertion of small joists crossing the open space in various directions, all being securely "let jinto" theouter timbers. 'This structure is pirmounted by. a small, box-like body foi- Iltlieaccominodation of passengersand sailors, I J Ud the whole affair moves horizontally I 1 mxm. •■ three steel resembling ' lUMitly the blades of skates, which were I I attached to the woodwork near the apices !J I oftte triangle/" A small rudder-like con l I trivance, also of metal, constitutes the I iteenor- apparatus, its frictiorial action, '■ Ink tire "ice-being, of course, the basis of II its effectiveness. The, one mast of the ice llboatiastepped well" forward" and is sup- I portgby the usual The canvas ILried?ganeiaUy consists of. spanker and Ip,nth the occasional adUiiion ot sky and 1 Wloon.sails •. .but for obvious reasons; no I mariitain its-eqnitttorilm under I (he press of canvas which could be hus- I toed by an ordinary yacht ot even much 1 - a I There can hardly be anything more .*! merely trying than the degree of cold ex " I perienced upon a moderately fast-sailing I ice-boat even in mild weather. The heavy j I buffalo robes piled about-the voyager in I thelittle box on the breezy triangle afloni I bntslicht protdctioh a from Lhe keen, cutting I wind, that seems to pierce through every |kpand covering with knife-like sharp | I ness.;ButtheMl;absorbinir excitement of I I Wpous rush over alternate patches of 1 I Npig ice and crisp, white snow - now % I pqfcg-along-upon-one -runner, tlieother- I two in the air, now reversing the position, I but seldom moving with all three upon the \ snpj.lyTan,antidote I for any quantity of physical discomlorl. lUttaeendof your trip, be it long or sljort^ I jwlim'birk With %hiv%rihg trame, chat- aiidTace tivtrl with cold, yet you vow you have enjoyed yourself, and ' : '" ' '.' gi TKe enthusiastic " ice yachtsman is as prone to the drawing *6f "the long bow as i are, almost proverbially, the patient dis pples of worthy Izaalc Walton ; aad many WmaraeUousare the " yarns'• delivered Nlftltie'fabulous speed attained by the^e W , '' l l 3 |«&tie ! Edyisable to take many of these graiio saiis," still, _ quite !oS iFWgi'dfiioiiest merit i-eiiiuins 'to jualrfy position as 1 "Scalar" second only to the locomotive }H%. klloon. Sxivprising jndeecl have <jifwfte'results mamifested for "the benefit * I and incredulous, the writer X from "personal exj/ei'leiice vouch for the statement that, upon one rfl I an ice-boat, under-jib, spanker, fora distance ofnoarJy " c raflea, kept well up with, and even 3. 1 miM, aipassehfer'train travelling at the —' than thirty miles |».liotir. "This exploit was accomplished, Vjsiis under very favourable circum s I F^ L^^ffwina . and smooth, cVasted I fT e •■■ fll ." [ snow, corabininfc' their good Wm tp : the-_advantage of the "boat; „. Pfterecanbeno exaggeration in plac ■ aKaveragc speed of a well-built and iice-bont >at -from ; 20 t6 2o L^ers'in,profusion lurk along the E ;nf: *he■reckless ice yachtsman. A sM'aucli'of sail, the slightest error in nn of one of the runners • S^^ chip of rough surface ice, ™7P%tt a ii 3,b e productive of most srCK fc ?llScon 6equences. Accidents arc there ela- Ib&w b ? an y means -infrequent; but it of the.sport in the •3 : ignorhnbe i ■ aiine-mistakes out oi ; felling 5 as a Canaaian sport is most 3 ; near the cities and *h%eat lakes'o'f Erie; Eui-on, i to t " ntan °. where the shore ice, forming and- ' ffijlesvputwardi afords in fairly a ■ lnil!§sS n8 excellent opportunities foi 3 ' tilW lnl£h enovel amusement:—" Corn no* »": ::.-.. i 'Si ' - ■■

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ifn&uraiVce W£W 'INSa'tIANXJE GOM jJi PANY (FIRE AND MARINE). •;.. Capital...... . .. ,'.; £1,000,000. Paid-up and Reserve Funds £135,000 Protection "from FIRE'or MARINE Ld'SS Can , beEi.-kkcted in this Company. CLAIMS MET WITH PiiOMPTITUDE AND LIBERALITY. ;l. .. ; ■~ . ~ . . :JAMES BUT.TLE. Manager. ptihe 'standard insurance co. OF JSTEW ZEALAND. FIRE, MARINE, AND GUARANTEE. . Capital .. .......... -£1,000,000 /, _, With Unlimited Liability of Shareholders. HEAD .OFFICE: -PRINCES-St , DUNEDIN. FIRE and MARINE INSURANCE accepted at lowest current racks. .' ■ , FIDELITY of persons in Situations -of Trust guaranteed. Prompt Settlements made. Office: COLONIAL-MUTUAL BUILDINGS, QUEEN-STREET. FREDERICK NUTTER, Manager. Auckland Branch. Edncatitokal, X>OARI> OF EDUCATION. , FBEE NIGHT-SPHOOL. j On and after MONDAY, tlio4th July, a FjEtEE NIGHT SCffOOL will te held at the Newton East School, Upper Queen-street. , Tho School will bo often on all veok days (Saturdays oxceptedl from seven 10 Half-past eight, p.m. ; , ■ ■ Instruction jwill be given in follovying' sjibjccts: — Reading, Wrir.ing, Mathematics, Book-keeping,,Mecnanical Drawing, Physical Geography, and Rlemcti I avy "Soichce For further information apply to the llead inaster, at. the' School. FKAULEIN HE-ISEj from Hanover. Visiting lessons, Pianoforte Music, Ger man, ■ -Krunob. j'lV.rnjs low. ,-AiWrosa:, Near Ponnall's Store.'lCpaotii Jtoad. ; (a card.] MR. -J. X E L L V, 'TEAcHER OF J)ANejNG. JUVENILE AUD ADULT CLASSES. , { Addross— Ponsonby Road, nearly opposite Franklin Road 1%/r r r, b. wood ham, ixL Teacher .of the PIANOFORTE -AND .«A'ItMONIUM. Address: Caro of Mt: A. Eadx, Auckland Music vyarebousu. Queen-street. Mr g. v'o sal a'l d gives Lessons in Eloeu'tioh— • Twelve Lessons .. '■' ■'.':.., ■> t . ■•••. -j2ls 'At pupil's residence .. .. 303 Entertaininent-i given and attended. All letters —Champtaloup & CooEER,-Quecn-street. ] AH fees payable in advance. '• / t , lj ls rt c c cbopdi Anyone cuttinif-out this Coupon and "-■' "'""'*■'■? vvlw ' it to * Picture Frame and Musical P-1 Instrument Depot, 88, VICTOkIA-bTREET, AUCKLAND, > i "f_ .Will begivenior Iβ one-ofiils <. BEAU'JUFUL PACKETS -OF SCRAPS © . Worth u3. ~. . _ Post free to any part o£ Now Zealand y 'for Is 2d in stamps. I ZLU i Conveyances. ipy EL L i__ pR° s v ; - ■'• ccjnv!eyliioCEs p'N'hire. , Office: Victoria Wharf. ( ~, General Carters. Receftmg and Forwarding Waggon for Furniture Removal. , f j Pnal Coke and Firewood Dealers, General V '~.,.... :CarterSj &o. \. : v : i^/_':<:> Telephone DEvdS'Poter iß'u'l&AD. i > T- ill& iOS , T'A- iB iE 2? WikT- Telcphoue: Devonpokt Burka.u., S2O £t«T, 10.20 turn.. 2 p.m.,1 P.UJ. bundays -3 p K m 6 Sunda JS -n-.a.m, p J.3Q v p.xn.- Special' Trips can be -arranprcd at Post^flice, BREAKS ' : P - GRAIS MERCHANTS. ~ LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES. , On l nib^s Lf ß^^ Horses Special ****** •*-• Vi'ftoria-stveet to Mount Roskill—S, S.io, I X a lvfaTonoyhurst), lilo 7 W*W-u!k tw, W < via StoneyhursU. Saturday-l-.JU., lilo', 2, 8, l>, ll- n^ju _ 7 (via stoneyhurst), .7.20, 9.W, «»(»% &3<> atonOyliurw, i, v^4s, V i a stonoy-hurst), Saturday -3 (omitted •oiv-ij.aj.um'iy Qn Salu dliy , meat Otter.



\ -1, \ r ,_ t 2\. Prapery, &c. Jgfoora, Beauty, and Durability,. $ mm cj 2>ress -Fabrics, %& :•■•'■■ ■■'•!• ' ■ : ;': : " % ''■■',' £<ASH AND |**OMt>ANY. |: ";■ J. iivaile :..;■ , ' (Late of the Firm ol S. & J. It. Queen Street, Auckland, and London, England) |' ; .! Wnager,. Solicits a jreturn of the liberal Bupplaccordecl his late firm, and while reminding his many Mβ an d customers of .the Address of the New fiblishment, 108, Queen Street J Desires to d their the STERLIfG- Y.ALUI Of the Company's first direefc importoi just to hand, and which is being rapidly deed of at i CLEARIG PRICES! ' •■'■• ;, ' ; ; ; :; :• •' "... \: ;. • ■<• ] Selling Space must be ipoß Goods hourly expected. 6EST VALUE IN THE CITY ! i J BEST VALUE IN THE CCTY,! SffiE;S : ; SIIS SILKS SILKS Slits SILKS SILKS :'. ■..':-■ SILKS SILKS : ._.SIL:g SILKS THE .., ~ .... . .... ; MELBOURSEIpRAPERY OQMPjN"Y Having 'purchased a WarehousemjfStock of Coloured Silks ; Satins, Broches, aud Fancy Silks, now offering (the same at less thi UXiM THE OBIGiUI FRIGES. A lot of CoioErecl Satins and per y ar< j. 1200 yafds ©ark fancy 'Silks'ls 6d originally 3s 6d. '2OOG Ottomans, Broohes, Wlliat is vli|'d -yard, r ,' . i./t .;'-> 'original , priceirora SsM to 4s 9, • : A Superior Line of Brophes and Pani;yi2s 6d 'yard, ' , 7> - | ; ' Coloured Grogfains, Shot Silks, ■ &c., 2'd ya,r3, rorigiiiaHy 5s lid to 7s 9d. — ;■■;. , ~;;mm. '"' I ' " ' These feeds an; immense Wtment, of colours, ' inckiding a splendid variety shades % y,, Suitable ibr evening ' : '. -~ ..-. if I/-'/ ;'f'"•• :■ : '■■'' " 1 ' ' ' ■ ■'"'■ ■'■ ■'■'"''.■ " ... ; :".,; :..,; ~, ,- j> . ■' •■ 1. '. ' "■>. "., "'., '-,' -- ~- '"THE ieJfcue Drapery and joiing Gα, ('""*' STRm • i wE'.arethexhlpest



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■ :.■■• •■ ■ ■*.:'■/ '■'■ 'Business ff offices. ■ i ,., i . v; , '. ;'J"; „,,. ~,.,,. GrEEAT CLEARING SALE OF '" -'■ ■ v MR, W. RAtTRA¥'S STOCK. WILSON, WILLIAMS & M«CULLAGH Si ■ ■ * --.-., * ■«» ■ . . , - > ■ ' Beg to announce to their friends and the public] generally that they have purchased the well known Stocfebf Mr. Wan?Eiittray«, Draper, Queen Street, along with the lease of premises. Th« abovexlxoicl ?, and well stoclr, (over ,£10,000) has been bought at very heavy off cost> and will be oifered to the public at less than ENGLISH PRICES FOR CASE W,, W.<& McC, &|^>^almg^ this saie A can confidently state that bo such opportunity has" js_une"]__i____l of Goods beiore in Auckland; afid while thanking iheir custoniers for past favours, would intimate that.nothing shall be waiting on their part to secure a continuance of the isame. As they intend to vacate their fjreserit preniises, will be teld in both places simultaneously., ;;__ .: jSie commenoes, 011 Wednesday, 15th June. WLSON, WILLIAMS & M C CULLAGH COMMERCIAL NEW ZEALAND HOUSES, , . 18, 180 & 182, QUEEN STBEET. •:,; • ■ » ' t ™ {■— ■ b__w_ ;■_■__ ___xa ,7; _ _ ■ _ c. IS _ ■■'_|- : ''ill ■ &EE!^ifc_^^ ¥!ttHHO ._mOM .:SSi, trG 50 PEE CMX. imWW PRESENI? MARKET ¥ALTJE AT THE GKEAT SALE OP THE illlil liii c. iff®.® LOYAL BY : . GIVING ME MEN'S MACKINT(WHI?C! nii«, o ,' 500 , Vftl»y>rm^WM& ! , ;.«SWtf &?' •A 'LLAVOOLFLAIJiNELS/sid, English.make; Colonial ' ngS ' ■ ' :;f - " : "' ' ' "' ! ' "■-■ ■"?■ J\. ;mtflco.itoom'te: greatly the D.1.C.. Canada Buildings, T'UBTEEE MOLE TROUSiERS, 'Sovereie-n 'btiuA w: -~T~~r. QuewStgeet.; : . ; ~, ' . '■ O Ssed.ararechancetorworkingmei^attheDJt.C°^!_US-id"« ■A , NI)^HIRTIN.G, f 25 jiefr cent, bfi'regular prices, -*> OVERCOATS at 16s 9d, worth-258 •Twe^mTTTTt 1 Dd-G., Canada-Buiiaings■ Qucen-atreet. , t «O*/ worth 2s Bd; Shirts/Is lid, wth 2s IKII Weed ■ Ha t e ls^d» ' mWEBD f SOITS 'OF CLOTH for 17s 6d iworW, oT - " 7 " : ~~ir la, Canada BuUdings. 1 'Suits riot tp'be equalled; Vobe'had onl y at DJ?C J -° ar ' 2s ß Sftfe I)supply Goods at the .above frices^foriOne ,! Mpnth only, which will supply of I Clothing at very small coat, thereby bringing real jubilee joy 4o home. dIAN AD A - B-FJi ©J #GSL FE.BJST .S TRE .A JJCK L AHD r. ; : JOHN SCQTX, BWitiETou , ' ' ' mM£2&&> '■■■TTPyrqp WITH YGTL