A correspondent of the Chinese Times at Pfang Chuang, Shantung, writes "Pon daya since the great river, bu ico und w sudden burst the new protecting embark-ast of Chishe (2) Hi th la only surpassed by the size of the stream berth-east toward—th the refugees wre the respondent, performing all the duties of the marriage covenant Uill about the 5th There were three children as issue of the marriage. The petitioner fur.
ted that ' respondent had at divers wee about three yerrs j li our Cant further alleged that the respondent for a period of about three years past had beau ry of cruelty towards her, He was, a Examiner of Castome in receipt ut uly salary of one hundred Haikwan and wus moreover owner of ame 2 besides the bonus mbatever order concerning the maintenence custody and guardianship or access to the children of the marriage the Court might deem just, and that the respondent should be ordered to assign to her a roa-souable um for been asalimony, naming the sum of $1,000 dollars, Lhe auawer of the respondent admitted the charge of adultery, but th cruelty, alleging that the petition vernuble temper which prevented him in peace with her since the year 1881 wh had an illness, upon recovering from which she showed signs of a dis tempered brain and an extreme dislike towards him, She had been in a convent for some time in Hankow in consequence of her precarious state of health. He been obliged to remove the children from her custody owing to her ill trout= tot them, nnd she was totally unfit to po qualiticstion, uor had she ever change of them, either by education or
lown avy uatueal feeling for them, He had property valued at $1,400, and was milling to pay her 2600 if she renounced all claims upon him, and gave him cusecly of the three children, BENSON appeared for ti respondent defended in p ion was given to amend th ountury ago, or with:
doings of Boss weed and the different igo" in America, it will be seen that, though BSlanchu finance nuscey improvement, it is not so very much worse than certain other finance used to be, The oat impro many dopartients withi eat.
ay: Why should we not have something for ourselves? Why soud more than is necessary to Peking? Whose is the Flowery Land?
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