It may be regarded as wu axiom that events are happening in this land every day, which could by no possibility occur in any other, as witness the following.
A few months ago the village of Chion-Chuang, fifteen miles from this city, was raided by brigands. Soon afterwards an official from Peking sent specially to aid the local mandarins succeeded in capturing several of the culprits, and they wore carried off to Tungch'angfu, tried, condemned, and beheaded. Inasmuch however as the crimes of these men had been committed on territory under the jurisdiction of this city, one or more.of ads were despatched to the official
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