Hong Kong Telegraph 1889-04-26

Hong Kong Telegraph 1889-04-26

Year: 1889

AMERICA. EVERY man who rules over his fellow men, whether by that rapidly decaying ignis faluus misnamed 'right divine' or by the ordinary current of events, should stand, like CASAR'S wife, above suspicion. THERE will be a game of Polo at Causeway Bay, at 4.45 p.m. to-morrow. IT appears that there is an aggregate of over $20,000,000 of foreign capital invested in American mines. THE Secolo, a Milan newspaper, is publishing the Bible in 210 half-penny parts of eight pages each and 900 wood-cuts. WE learn htat the boy who died of hydrophobia on Saturday, at the Hospital, stated that he had been bitten by a mad dog in Canton some three months ago. STATISTICS show that during the last year the Government of the United States purchased 28,920,398 standard ounces of silver for $24,491,340. CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS. EMPLOYMENT OF INTERMEDIARIES. THE "PREACHY MAN" OF THE ISLES.