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The Korean Repository: Local
Edition No.
I February 9 1899 Published
Every Thursday H.
G. Appenzeller Geo.
Heber Jones Editors George
C. Core Business
Manager Our
Local Edition DEATH
OF COL. NIENSTEAD. The
many friends of Col. F. J. Nienstead, both foreigners
and Koreans, learned with regret the news of his
death. which took place in Kobe, Japan, on the 15 ult.
Col. Nienstead was one of the military instructors in
the Korean army, arriving in Korea in the fall of
1888, and was in the service of the government until a
little less than a year ago when the wholesale
dismissal of foreign Military advisers took place.
Since then he was in Japan and quite recently joined
the firm of Messrs. Vantime & Co., with
headquarters at Nagoya. He was forty-six years of age.
He was married nearly two years ago while in this city
to a Japanese lady with whom much sympathy will be
felt, there being a son only a year old. CITY
AND COUNTRY. There
were two shocks of earthquake in January. Rev.
D. L. Gifford was on the sick list a few days Iast
week. Send
in your name at once if you wish the Local Repository. The
semi-annual meeting of the Permanent Executive Bible
Committee took place one Monday of this week. The
Mai-il Sinmum
has been bought by the government and turned into a
government organ. It is rumored that there has been a
large falling off in the circulation as a result of
the change. In
consequence of Chinese New Years holidays the
Trilingual Press will he closed Friday and Saturday of
this week. A
letter received by one of our foreign residents, from
Rev. D. A. Bunker reports him doing well and in
splendid health. Rev.
Collyer of Song-do is quite seriously ill with typhoid
fever. Mrs. Campbell of the M. E. South mission has
gone down to assist in his nursing. On
Tuesday evening Mrs. H. G. Appenzeller assembled the
missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal mission at her
home to celebrate the 28th birthday of Rev. W. C.
Swearer; and the 41st birthday of Rev. Appenzeller. A
most pleasant time was enjoyed by those present. The
British and Foreign Bible society has lately moved its
offices into new quarters on Furniture street opposite
the palace gate. This will give the agent, Mr. Alex
Kenmure, room to display his assortment of Scriptures
of various kinds, and gives much more convenient
office room as well. We
learn from private sources the thermometer in
Pyeng-yang dropped down 4º below zero and that at the
mines ninety miles farther north it crawled down to
18° below. We hope the cold snap was not too much for
the live leopard cub which we hear is a pet among the
foreign miners. It
may be due to those receiving copies of this first
issue of this paper to state that no charge will be
made for this issue, but in the future the paper will
only be sent to actual subscribers. If you desire the
paper regularly send your subscription to the business
manager. This notice will not apply to those living
out of Seoul until March 1st. Our terms are cash every
month, and failure in payment of monthly bills
rendered will be considered as equivalent to notice to
discontinue sending the paper. Subscription rates and
advertising rates will be found at head of first
column of first page. Rev.
M. C. Fenwick of Wonsan has been self-quarantined at
Song-do at the residence of Dr. Hardie for the last
two weeks. He went down there to visit and was there
about the time of the death of Mrs. Ballinger of
smallpox. He came back to Seoul last week and left
this week for his home in Wonsan. Quite
a number of the missionaries from the country stations
are in the city this week. Among them we notice Rev.
Moffat from Pyeng-yang, Rev. Tate from Chun-ju. Dr.
Drew from Fusan, and Rev. Jones from Chemulpo, all in
attendance upon the regular meeting of the Permanent
Bible Committee. We
are very sorry to have to chronicle the sad news of
the death of Mrs. Ballenger at Song-do on the 18th
January. She had only been there a short time when she
was stricken with smallpox from which
she died. Mrs. Ballenger was connected with the
Methodist Episcopal Mission South and was universally
liked. We sympathize with the mission and her many
friends. Quite
a little excitement was caused around the neighborhood
of Chong Dong last week by the escape of three
Prisoners from the city jail just inside the West
Gate. The men in some way got across the road and
along the city wall, and two of them managed to get
over a private wall into the compound of Rev. Cobb,
the third was caught before he got over the wall. The
men after climbing the wall, took refuge in the office
of the Trilingual Press. Mr. Cobb
was absent and the foreman, Mr. Emberley, refused to
allow the men to be taken without the consent of the
American Minister. Consul-General Allen upon arrival
gave consent to their being taken but while the
parleying was going on the prisoners escaped through a
window, and as it was getting dark succeeded in
eluding the police and it is said they finally escaped
to Chinko Gai, and Dame Rumor further says that they
succeeded in reaching ChemuIpo and are now in Japan.
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