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COUNTRY NEWS.
A SUICIDE'S SINGULAR MESSAGE.
MARYBOROUGH, Tcksday.
A young man named Carrick roportcd to tho
police last evening that he hnd found a man's
hat and pipe nonr Dr.ep Creek, at Eddington,
nlso a stone fixod in the fork of a tree, with tho
words "Dead body in tho creolc" soratohed
thereon. Constables Skchan and Arnol to-day
visited the spot, and af tor a search found floating
in the orcek the. body of a man about 60 yoars
of age. Tho body was muoh decomposed, and
had apparently beon in the wator 10 or 12 days.
The body haa not bocn identified, but is believed
to be tbat of a tramp. The sum of 4d. was
found in the pockets. An inquiry will bo held
at Eddiugton.
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