Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-09
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY

Dispatches received at Paris state that the
cholera is also raging in Cochin China
It is officially stated that the applications
for shares of the Panama Canal Company
foot up over 6O0,0OO shares.
One hundred and seventy natives died at
Manila of cholera on Thursday, and 279
deaths occurred in the neighboring villages.
Lesvenworth, Kansas, special states
that thirty soldiers have deserted from Fort
LeavenWOrth, escaping in all directions,
dressed in citizens clothing.
A Chicago special dispatch says: "a
party of capitalists in this city are arrang-
ing to ship refrigerator beef from Texas to
New York. They have capital of six mil
lion dollars"
The difficulty between Japan and Corea
has been arranged. Corea has agreed to
pay 4500,000 as compensation to Japan, aud
450,O00 to the relatives Of the murdered
Japanese subjects.
A telegram from Chicago says that 1t has
been discovered there that ''manY cattle and
hogs slaughtered for ahipment to New York
are covered with fostering sores" The
matter is to be investigated.
Mrs. Margaret Shaw and her five-year-old
granddaughter were knocked down few
days ago In Cincinnati by horse attached
to hose cart going to fire. The girl was
8illed and Mrs. Shaw seriously injured.
/ Francis D. Moulton has filed bin in
9quitY In the United States court at Provi-
4tnce against Zschariah Chaffee. trustee,
3nd William Sprague, for the possession of
Canonchet. The writ is returnable on Octo-
Der I'd.
While George Hess, aged sixty years., was
cleaning horse near jamestown, ~ Y,
cat jumped on his shoulder and thence to
the horses back. The horse kicked, infict-
ing injuries upon Hess, of which he died In
few hours.
The Berlin Tdg6tGtt reports that while a
grand cavalry mAn9uvre was being con-
Quoted by the Crown Prince Frederick VIII
liam, on Thursday, two French officers Of
high rank in civilian dress were arrested.
They had been making sketches of the
ground.
DR.. Wiltrout, physician at the County
Hospital in Pottsville, Pa, read a paper re-
Gently before the Schuylkill County Medical
Society, on scurvy among the Poles and
Hungarians in that county, or 1000 per
sons of these nationalities, at least 500 have
suffered from this disease.
The colt barn on the sprague estate in
Cranston, K. l., was destroyed few nights
ago by an incendary fire. 1t is the fifth
building so destroyed on this estate within
a short time. George W. Moves, said to be
from Boston, has been arrested on the
charge of setting fire to the barn.
The Turks propose to compromise the
Greek frontier difficulty by offering to cede
three OF the disputed places to Greece, IL the
latter will cede to Turkey the remaining
two. Greece refuses to do this, and will
mobilize an army If the negotiations fail. A
force Of four thousand men is held in readi-
ness to join the troops concentrated on the
frontier.
An extensive cave in occurred recently at
Lost Creek, on the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
about three miles from Shenandoah, Pa,
The ground continued settling during the
day, and at o'clock In the afternoon a
seam was opened along the railroad track,
about three feet in width and 1000 yards
In length. The running Of trains was
stopped for time, until the track was
raised to its usual grade. The sinking was
caused by the working Of underlying coal
Veins-