From the towns the mob went to the y of Dongshang, which is a hsien Sennasy 11.
Allis quiet in the city, bat the sar rounding country is still perturbed by robbers and country any stirred up by the demand for heavy taxes whea the crops are so poor. News comes today that the market town of Wangtien, twelve miles away, was attacked by the mob last night and much damage done, but we have not yet heard the details. The crowd seems bent on vandalism, destroying property, burning bedding, clothes, snd in some cases throwing threatened the. town. The people were very much frightened, but no attack was made. The mails for Abzah, which have been returned to this city for several days, were taken charge of yesterday by the postal authorities and presumably distributed in the town.
The provincial as well as local authorities seem to have awakened to the seriousness of the situation and soldiers from Hangchow arrived here yesterday, and some were also sent to other places in the prefecture. The market town of Bobyoon, where a daring robbery took place some six weeks ago, is placarded again. The for another raid, bat the Hesiuswe Hosien has sent gran-boats and soldiers, so that the threat will probably not be carried out,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.