Afow days ago, on out town, your correspondent looked upon as heaven-sent, and I was heartily welcomed. On enquiring why I was thus greeted, the inhabitants told me of a fight with " panther (or they called it) on the previous day. The down from the hills, and attacked s man in the fields, On others coming to his aid, the panther bolted into village, and took refuge in a house, The inhabitants fastened the door from the outside, and then a siege commenced, The village was only @ short distance;|from the town of Luchiapu, so many of the young men went out to take part in the fray Some genius suggested putting lighted torches through the window. This being done, the panther made a dash, and the sparks set fire to some straw on bed. In a few minutes the house wi on fire. The panther made a dash through the low roof, and fell amongst the crowd. Six mon bore traces of tooth the beast was killed. One man had an ugly wound at the nape of his neck, three inches long and about an inch deep, The sinew of is arm seemed severed, and he could not move the left arm. There were smaller wounds on different parts of his body. Dressings were in big demand, and after attending to the wounded, i went to the scone of thefray. The house as almost wrecked, and charred wood lay all round, but the proprietor seemed quite happy. Strange to say, no one in the house had been injured, and the sale of the panther's skin, flesh and bones, would pay for house repairs. and leave the pro. prietor a profit.. the skin of the boast was nailed out on a door, and measured almost 5 feet from the head to the root of the tall.
Official Changes, Wo are just having a change of officials in this hsien, The present mandarin few woaks' time, and the Hai chuan hsien takes his place, Trouble with the Roman Catholics has brought abo change, though it 1s pushing forward the our hsien to be tran: official ume with " good reputation from Wuchanghsien, but he has not lived up it. The former blers, and night and we had " peaceful time the Inst year or so gamble:
rected in town and country, and night after night crowds ed to listen to vile theatrical has not helped the morals of the people. It is to be hoped the new official will put down these gatherings.
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