The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-23 00:00:00

A HUMOROUS DU7 CHALIV.

The Nord relates th following incident which
has happened at Flessingue, in Holland :—A wife,
exasperated by the continual drunkenness of her
husband, threatened him with dexth. Some days
ago she attempted to put this threat into execution.
['here was but an attic above the sitting-
room. To this she asc,ladcd, made a hole in
the floor, and pass:d a rope through it, one
end of which fell into the room below, while
the other remained fastened in the attic. She
then descended, made a slip knot in the rope, and
awaited her husband's return. lie at last arrived,
and was much surprised to receive no reproaches
on his bad conduct. " There is something
underhand here." thoug'at he, " I must see.'

We must premise that this scene took place
in complete darkness. The husband, whose
suspicions were roused, let himself fall into a
chair, and appeared to sleep profoundly. After
some snoring lie felt a rope passed round
his neck ; he then understood the little trick
that was to be played him, but be did not move.
liis wife went up to the attic, and taking advan-
tage of the moment's respite, the drunkard relieved
himself of his rope and fastened it to the foot of
the stove, which soon went up to the ceiling with
a frightful noise, caused by the fall of some crock-
ery which was standing upon it. The wife, thinking
the noise eras cause.' by the fruitless struggles of
her husband, ran to the police-olfica to declare
that she had found her husband hung. The police

arrived in hot haste, and a cantle was lighted, when
all started back at the spectacle which presented
itself. '1 he stove was swinging gracefully in space,
and the husband sat gravely smoking his pipe.
Instead of a suicide, an attempt to murder was
established against the wife, who was arrested.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCF.

CITY BETTING—YESTERDAY.
LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL.
5 to 1 agst Doctor (offered-550 to 100 taken)
6 to 1 agst Colonel (offered)
10 to 1 agst Honolulu (taken)
100 to 7 agst Surney (offered—take 15 to 1)
15 to 1 agst Tathwell (offered—take 100 to 6)
100 to 6 agst Q.C. (offered)
20 to 1 agst Thalassius (offered-500 to 20 taken)
20 to 1 agst Lymington (offered)
200 to 7 agst Gardener (offered—take 30 to 1)
1000 to 30 agst Guy of Warwick (offered)
1000 to 30 agst Cinna (offered)
400 to 10 agst Cristal (offered)
2000 to 40 agst Hallcourt (taken)
1000 to 20 agst Nun (offered)
200 to 4 agst Costa (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Little Rogue (offered)
1000 to 10:agst Nuage (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Traveller (offered)
25 to 10 agst Little Rogue starting
140 to 80 agst Colonel and Doctor coupled (taken)

CITY AND SUBURBAN.

100 to 3 agst Vandenhoff (taken)
9 to 1 agt4t Miss Payroll (offered)
9 to 1 agst Walter (offered)
100 to 6 agst Sabinus (offered):
1000 to 30 agst Myosotis (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Geant dos Batailles (taken)
40 to 1 agst Benbow (taken)
50 to 1 agst Seamstress f (offered)

RACING FIXTURES-1870.
FEBRUARY.
Derby ..
MARCH.
Nottingham... 1, 2 1 West Somerset l6, 17
Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick 22, 23, 24
Pontefract 14, 15 I Epsom 29, 30
Cambridgeshire l4, 15 I Bromley 31 and April 1
APRIL.
Northampton 5, 6 Newmarket Craven 18 to 22
I
West Drayton 7, 8 Abergavenny 21, 22
Thirsk 7, 8 I Lewes .. 26, '27
Kingsbury lB, 19 I Croydon. 28, 250
Durham lB, 19 I