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With regard to the inhabitants of Hunan resisting the introduction of telegraph lines t" their province, another correspondent ites:—Over 20,000 people assembled Lungchow to prevent the line parties from carrying on their work, 'Ten thousand poles were burnt and the deputies were \foreibly driven over the boundary. A society called the Ko-te-hui Brothers' Society") has been formed, Up to the date of the letter the mob was still on the watch, Great apprehension is felt by the inhabitants of the burder districts in Hupeh, Outside the west gate of Wenchow, in front of a temple, there is a well-known hawker of eatables, As he was born dumb, he has learnt to communicate by signs. Lately, however, speech was given to him, The news of this phenomenon spread far and wide, and great crowds have come cally tw sve him and hear him talk.
On the 10th instant, when HE, Cheng, the Wuhu Customs Taotai, got on board the steamer Kianyying to go to. Nanking, an official document' was handed him from the Gaveruor of Kiangsi. On opening it, HUE. found that he was deprived th s that he was to proceed to the capital to await further orders, and that ug Luh was to sticcoed him as Another despateh enclosed from the Tsungli Viceroy stating the m of the dismissal, H.E. at once returned to the yanéu, and made preparations to vacate his office, The new ting Taotai will take over the seal on the 16th instant. The Viceroy having received "communication from the Tsungli Yamen ordering the dismissal of the Wahu Customs Tactat and the settlement. of the foreign claims with all speed, has despatched an expectant Taotai, Tsai, to Wuhu, where he will make an estimate of all the damage done during the riot and have the matter amicably arranged with the French Consul-General of Shanghai. 'The late Wuhu magistrate, Wang, who was cashiered on account of the riot, has been commissioned to assist Mr. Tsai in settling theforeignclaims, Communications pose daily between the native authorities and the' British Consul at Wuhu relative to the recent riot, Steps are being taken to apprehend and punish the members of the Koluo Hui, in Kiukiang. The city commandant has ordered two camps of soldiers to assist the magistrate's ronners in making captures. Several suspects have been taken, and {and night by the authorities. examinations of the prisoners are held day Anepidemic in the shape of a sporadic form of cholera is causing many deaths in Soochow. The people have got up street processions by day and dragon lanterns by night to drive away the death-desiing deity.
In the village of Lile, close to Sungkiang, woman, tired of her husband, resolved to poison him by putting arsenic in his food. The husband, occupied with business, did ruck ten, Peter Wong! not return in time to partake of the meal, Towards afternoon a violent thunderstorm arose and the guilty wife was struck and killed by lightning a5 she was kneeling on
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