(From the Peking and Tientsin Times.)
The weather here continued mild up tothe 12th of December, when snow fell heavily, the thermometer showing 10° or 12" frost. The s. Ragnar, the tug Siberiac, and Lightship all left the bar en the Lith, On the 18th, the weather cleared, and the railway steamer Giria arrived and anchored of the Russian Settlement, hut during the night. the ice prossed so heavily ow that she cle without that are badly wanted for the 1 Tinto the cou She bat on the 20th ut Decem! ort, bound Wack to Bort Arthur, and twenty day later thin any' previous y hear that the Russians are in full charge of Kinchou, officers and their wives being seen in the streets, They are also erecting telegrarch poles and prospecting throughout the Lisotung peninsula, Our New Your ball eae off on the 2nd inst., and was a great success, both from a managerial and decorative point. of view. We hear of a Fancy Dress ball on St. Valentine's day, besides theatricals, carts, debates, ete., ete.
The Northern Star of China ing quite a strong institut to xo on n enormous cart trafic this winter, and prospects for a youd business year are excellent. 'The weather has been perfect, and the community in excellent health, 'The river fastened on the Bist of Decem-her, hut as since started again owing to the' strong S. W. wind raising the tides most of the principal inns on the Port Arthur-Newchwang line are occupied by Russians, and cly the fa.
oth January £5,000 Boxes would not be thou, large anameunt to pay for the bless hots by many wretched sufferers wh day amd night are tortured with the racking pains. y yn and rheumatism, Retief, how cured at a much cust by the sid of Holloway's tment Th mature, that a an effectual either. The Ointment 1 rubbed it vented with warm water. which opens the roes and facilitate the introduction of the Ointment to the glands, 17th Oct., 1898.
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