Fro mie "Norru-Cuixa Dany News," or Manci 4, 1878, From Newchang—There is not much to write about, as you may" imagine, during "Chinese "New Year ang. its Ys. Trade with the natives hag been pretty healthy, and we. hear only one hong having "bursts" and only, some sag, to enable all claims ing collected. "Produce keeps very igh, and yet quotations from "the South are not suchos to make one Nery" Gyier to purchase. In opium there has searcely been anything done, and those "who told in time for the inet steamer were better off than they had. walled for higher prices in Winter. Only 800. chests this "yeart One of the great drug houses. has already. closed "its agency, and. within the last few days the property has been ought. by the Meinan Catholic Bishop. We never Know what will eventually Iecome of the house. that. Jack built, To this instance, however, it fs thought 2.0. chance, bath for seer and Zor Buyer—very cheap, but not much less than. cost, somewhere about "Tls. 4.000 fas Report soy. The weather fs com= Daratively raild now, thermometer only Showing" 23—degrees of, rost—still rather colder tian your Arctic weather! Sutan improvement on 18 degrees below oro.
From nite "Nomm-Ci Dany News," or Mancit 1876, The training of our local crew for the challenge race at Kobe Regalia, 1s progressing: but we understand. the Captain would Uke to seo a little more Interest shown by the Fowing members fof the Club generally so that in ease Of either of the present crews. break= fne'down, he might have a reserve fall back on. Out of upwards of forty Towing members, it ought not to be Mult te select atleest two Toure, fas fo enable the racing crew to be Kept" up to the mari 'The' Shanghai Spring Race Meeting will-be held on Monday. Tuesday. and Wednesday. May 12 and 3. There re seven races on each day. We do of observe any, novelty among. the Prizes, which" comprise, "however Hoverat very valuable ones. The Mect-Ing scerne to"'be exciting' more, than Utal interest in" sporting" circles, though no new. feature "of super= excellence "in the shape of pony' flesh has, as_yet. been seen on the course at ihe morning "rows" Probably the Interest "felt 1s. kept. up by the hope that the sale" of grins on, Monday ext, will be the means of introducing Something more worthy of turf specula-Ton: though a second Teenkwang hhardiy' to be looked for.
Front Dan News," or Manct 6, 1876.
In a recent number of the "Annals cof the Propa ry. writing" from Yunnan mentions Une appearance of an epldern! fof #0 unusual a chara Be "regretted. that he does Hot more fully" thio. the nature of the fmalsdy, this terrible plot which Is Known among the people' the "rat's Heknest™ "visits certain rts of the province each year, Watenee th deo pie of. the. villages Infected er Yo "the mountains. which human being follow -next, hem the disease often proves ina _fewe hours. The proportion of deaths among those attacked. 1s. very cher "speaks of 8 on of 290, upwards of 109 fe the epidemic in twenty days. For= Ktinatsly the disease seems to be con fined to the plains of Teooheung, Foo! but Pere Ye Gulleher remains 20 strictly Symptoms attending malady, that it's Impossible to say whether it Is of the nature of cholera or of Wyphold fever.
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