(From the Foochow Daily Belo of 9th inst.)
There has Intely been a brisk demand for Foochow manufactured paper for the North, and the export of this article during the past few weeks has in consequence been eunsiderable, when half agile of wind was blowing and the tide running strong, a house-boat got adrift ow the river and tanning on to the rocks near Limpoo became a complete wreck. Yhere were two men and a bey of twelve on board, The men managed to save themselves, but the poor lad was drowned.
A mun in the city has lately died from mistake in the medicine shop in making up the dvetor's prescription. The Chinese doctor living certified that the mistake was the cause of the man's death, the family demanded a sum from the pi of the shop as indemnity for which was promptly paid to avoid further trouble, Some wealthy philanthropic local natives have engaged the services of a staff of Chinese doctors to attend the poor who whw may need medical advice. The headquarters, where these doctors may be consulted, are at the Joss-house ut the back of the Native Hospital, Advice and medicine will be given free of charge. Tt is merely a matter of accident we presume thut this consulting room is next door, so to speak, to the Foochow Native Hospital.
In the village named Chaatsze in the close vicinity of the Pagoda, Hwa-Hui lottery ticketa have Leen largely dealt in and this having been brought to the notice of the Viceroy, a magistrate supported by body of 500 braves" has, under orders, made a raid on the shops.' Some twenty dealers in the tickets were arrested, but many escaped and the head man could be found. All the moveable property of these shops was taken possession of.
A mandarin in the office of the Provincial Treasurer to whom the duty of making payments was entrusted, has Lately been discovered to be helping himself to funds belonging te the office, Tt appears that he hind been systematically drawing money due to persons entitled to pensions on the pension list which lad never been paid them. He has been arrested, and he will be kept in prison until instructions have been reesived from Peking as to how {he is to be punished, The report of his conduct is now on the way to the capital.
The following strange pony-story, if correct as reported to us, would seem to point ho stable or to here were two ponies in the sub-magistrate's stable. One of them broke loose on Tuesday, and galt loped straight away and ran into a wall which happened to be built of lath and plaster. He only got his head through, and in his endeavour to extricate himself broke his neck. His stable companion broke away in the same manner the following morning, and in his flight rushed open-mouthed ut a native and bit him in the leg. The effects of this bite were so serious that the man died two or three hours afterwards, The owner was 40 upset by the mishap that he ordered the animal to be destroyed.
A fire broke out at about 8 o'clock Inst Saturday night ina street called How-chow which is off th thoroughfare on the right, facing the city, near the back of the fish-market on that side. It originated in a joss-paper shop. It appears that to find the particular kind of paper required by a customer which happened to be stowed away on a top shelf, the serving lad climbed a ladder with x candle in his mouth, and while taking down the paper brought it in contact with the flame of the candle and a short time the whole shop was on A strong northerly wind was blowing.
time causing the flames to spread from house to house with marcello ity and by 9 o'clock there was a tremen wide-spread coufligration. As there had rain for a long time the timber of the houses was us dry as tinder affording an ensy prey to the flames. It is estimated that upwards of 600 houses were consumed, and the loss of property was of course very great, bringing rain to the majority of those burned wut, Tu add to the disaster, twelve lives were lost through the falling of one of the high fire walls. The fire did not subside until nearly midnight.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.