The harvest, again a very fine and full one, is now being gathered in, and all round the countryside the people-are very busy. The tall kaoliang affords covering for robbers; of whom there seem to have been more than usual. A few weeks. ago; one member of the wealthiest family in was stopped on the road between here ard Lanchou railway station, and relieved of " few. undred_ fuels of silver, Yesterday, a boatman who plies on the Lan River was brought to the Mission doctor for treatment, a revolver bullet, fired by a robber at thirly paces distance, having entered his head just alongside of left eye, and lodged itself behind the Fortunately it had not broken apy bones, and was extracted with tolerable ease when the patient was un chloroform. How it missed. hi and so did not take his one of those so-called happy lents" which cannot be explained. 'The official went out immediately to the place where the attack on the boat had taken place, but up to the time of writing the five men who were concerned in the attack' have not been captured. The only satisfaction is that the robbers, pos bly. alarmed at having shot a man, made without securing any booty.
Military Affairs fare very quiet, though we understand that preparations are being made for part of the men to participate in: the at Hochienfu next month. sion is now commanded by General Chang Huai-chih, until recent; brigade commander at Yungp'ingfu. His place as brigade commander has. been taken.by Generel Wang. Chan-yuan.who twenty ago was stationed in this city as a private soldier. I have just learned that the troops ordered to take part in the manceuvres begin to move two days hence, going first to Mach'ang, 70 li South of Tientsin, and thence to Hochienfu.
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