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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XX, Issue 140, 14 June 1886, Page 4

A death under peculiar circumstances occurred near Melbourne recently. One of a party of navvies in an hotel, whose real name is supposed to be Alec Roy, stated that he had won a large wager one? by backing himself to drink nine pints of beer in 7^ mine, and offered to repeat the feat. The wager was not takan up, and he then undertook to drink six pints in 7 mins for fun. He accomplished the task ia bh mine, and stood up alongside tbe counter for about five minutes, after which he fell down insenßible. He never recovered, and died about; eleven o'clock. At the inquest h transpired that deceased had drunk seven pints of beer in lOmins, prior to which he had had three pints in less than half an hour making a total of ten pints wichin an hour. The reverend author of " How to be Happy though Married" denies the report that he is at work upon another book, " How to be Jolly though Buried." The latter subject, he saye, is at present too deep for him. A correspondent of the Globe sends the following extraordinary story. He gives it, he sayp, os his friend told ib to him, and he has every reason to believe it to be accurate. Ho enys: — A wonwa residing ia Kennington made an application to the Local Committee of the London Mansion House Relief Fund for assistance on the ground thao her husband bad jusb died and left her penniless. A visitor promptly attended to verify the story, and saw whit he supposed tn be the corpse of the husband lying beneath a sheet on the bed. He did not raise the covering, but at once handed the woman a few shillings to meet, aB he supposed, her immediate wants. He then left, but Bhortly afterwards had occasion to return unexpectedly, as he had forgotten his umbrella. Probably his Burprise was not greater than that of the supposed deceased at his sudden reappearance. The corpse was buey at work counting 1 the proceeds of the ruse.