Fire, it is reported, has destroyed a portion of the Chou offical's yamen. Tt Is said that the fire was started bya cat overturning a lamp in a house where no one was present, and from this it spread, thus destroying five or six good houses, together with much of their furnishings. "The time seems a good way off before a modern fire brigade can be established in these interior cities, and there is not the same need for such as there is where all sorts of oils and es are used in various ways; but when a re does occur, these water appliances are needed rather badly.
The Taotai Lil.
Peng Tao-t'ai has been ill for some little time. g troubled with asthma, he is worse at this season of the year and is kept from lying down by the severity of the attack.
Quiet is the condition of the surrounding country. Though what is considered one of the fountains of the Boxer uprising is not very far distant, the helpers who have been all round this section say that there is no reviling or bad treatment in Blacon that have hitherto teen unfriendly. stow that the people in general ave gaining is is a hopeful sign, and may possi in intelligence.
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