Last week an att was made upon a merchant' boat which had just left Cheng-chink'ou, " fow miles south of Kueh*eng hsien, The boat carried 7,000 tala of silver, and was in chi the owner, and another the a insurance company of Nanki sured the silver passing through Tientsin. Both men were kil silver captured. The loss the success of the robbers, especially are not caught, must he very to business through a large region.
A Heavy Rain on the 16th and 17th of this month ha: nub courage in the hearts of all tis many years since such a rain was known a'. this time of year, and the prophecies of a plentiful harvest ave many. At the same time, the whole country is full of rumours asto Yuan Shih: large part of this mistrust is due to ignorance asto the real intention of the Gourt in going to Paotingfu. The slightest departure from the red tape of the past is sure to show itself in these ways.
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