is anything but happy, locally. Every ike elngs news of come fresh robbery now the-loss of a few strings of cash and some clothing; now the loss of 8,000 strings and again the loss of clothing, cash, and Tike robbers generally fire' off a gun to ig of some poor countryman and 0 it goes, startle everybody, then by suddenly rushing in, terrorise their victims from making resistance and clear out with their booty. In some. cases the robbers have not contented themselves with firing a gun simply to scare, for some pitiful cases of gunshot wounds have been brought to the foreign dispensary as evidence of their intention of shooting to kill. People living 10 or 20 from the city are afraid to be on the road after the sun has gone down. The coun copie have banded together to keep wal juring the night, five men going roud together at a tire, being afraid to go in less "Jin December.
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