(Sinpao.)
from Shaou-peh-tai, Yangchow, ya called Tung-hwuy. The inhabitants are nearly all engaged in a cultural pursuits, though there are a traders who live outside; but of school iw absolutely not one. "Among isa Mr. Chu, who lived with The uncle was a dyer wasatailor, Chu's wil Wa; that of the nephew's wife was Krag; and although they belonged to Gifferent generations, there was not much fand nephew were on very feienlly terme, and Aifference between them in age. The uncle
the women were much attached to each other they bad lived together in the same house for eight o nine years without ever having had a quarrel, of the present year the nephew died; and his relict vowed perpetual widowhood, In this resolve she was supported by her aunt, the dyer's wife, whose faraily lived at Shaou-peh. Qu the 30th day of the 10th month, the mother of Mrs. Chu died, an event which necessitated the return of Mr. and. Mrs. Chu to that place. Ae, however, they did not wish to leave the young widow alone in the house, they begged an el! neighbour to go and slay with her in their absence, the neighbourhood there lived also a very bad man named Chao Teb-shen, anative of Hupeh, who had previously been a soldier. This man for along time had cast sheeps'-eyes at the girl, and, wished to get, her into his power.
fow that there were only two women alone in the house, he thought the chance a good one. So on the tenth of the present moon he armed himself with a dagger, and about midnight jumped over the wall of the house, He then rushed to the
threatened to murder her there and then if she apartments occupied by, the widow and persisted in the vow she had undertaken. The girl replied by offering her throat to the knife when suddenly the door was violently kicked open and in buret a tall fellow who wrested were sentenced: fe three months' Figorons imprisonment thirty stripes with a the way out of the ruffian's hands and fatten each, under the provisions Seo. TI. threw him on the floor. He then cried out to Ord. 6 of 1872; but six of them were declared the old neighbour to bring him some rope, by Dr. Anderson unfit to receive the atripes wherewith he bound the man securely, and allotted to them, 'Five of the prisoners were told the younger woman to. go and route the sentenced to three months' rigorous imprison-neighbours. The people all came pouring in, and reco ised that the man was Chao Tebment only. Three rioters were convicted under the provisions of Section 153 of the shen; whereupon they all set teand hammered Penal Code for orying out 'Pah Lab! Pah him," One of them then turned to the stranger Lab" and urging on others to fight, and each and asked him who he was, and where he had has been sentenced to six months' rigorous imcome from. 'I am apri-chow man," he said, prisonment, a week of such to be soli "and my name ie Ts'ao; I was passing through confinement, and at the termination to enter the town, and having no money came into this into recognizances for their future good house to commit a robbery; here I found this behaviour. Twenty-five men have been dealt fellow, who was after a worse business than I, with in this manner and fifteen others are and feeling much enraged I made him fast."
Then an old man among the neighbours said volting trial. The magistrate and police have thus proved themselves equal to the "Well you area good man, after all. Had it occasion. not been for you the girl would have been Killed, and we should all have got into serious On Saturday forty-four of the rioters were He then informed the t-pao of the tried before Captain Walehe at the Police and Chao Teli-shen was sent to Hupeh Court, and of these seventeen were sentenced for severe punishment; while the inhabitants to three months' rigorous imprisonment and all clubbed together and collected sufficient thirty stripes with a rattan each. Five of money to set the virtuous robber up in trade. these were declared by the Colonial Surgeon unfit to receive the Latter punishment, and twenty-seven of the prisoners were sentenced
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