The Kalsing Hien has offered the unusually heavy reward "f one thousand dollars to any one who may bring about the capture of two important criminals who effected their escape some time ago while they were being conveyed back to that city from Hangchow.
The other afternoon while a young woman was out driving in a brougham accompanied by her maid, she became ill, and gave birth to a child, before the vehicle could be driven home.
The sale of Manila Lottery tickets in the interior has lately sv increased th: the authorities have adopted measures designed to suppress it and the Chiten Hsien Magistrate has issued a proclamation, prohibiting the sale of the tickets. In the proclamation he cites the various high authorities who are opposed to the trafic and have from time to time been trying to suppress it, The proclamation goes on to enumerate the different penalties which will visit the parties hereafter engaged in the demoralising trade, which is worse than gambling.
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