Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-05
WHOLE NO. 1o,75l.
THE ORIENT.
Arrival of the Steamship Oceanic from
China and Japan.

OHiit ana Japan.
The steamship Oceanic, just arrived at
San Francisco from Hongkong, via Yoko-
hama, brings the following news:
CHINA
Hongkong dates are to September Sd.
A typhoon which visited Foochow on
the 25th of August caused some damage to
the foreign settlement and native city, and
shifted the position of several of The buoys
OF the fairway, rendering the navigation of
the river difficult.
Iso Tsung Tang proposes to open a lead
mine near Fooehow
Nagasal1i has been declared in Facted with
the cholera in Hongkong.
The z. and o. steamer Rosetta. chartered
III April last for six months as a Govern
ment cruiser, has been handed back to its
owners by the Government, and il is stated
that the Glenogle and India, under the
same kind OF charter, will shortly be re-
leased
The steamers Namvian and saltee. trad
ing between Hongkong and Haiphong
which were placed under the British fIao
on the outbreak of war between France
and CHINA, have rehoisted the French flag.
The chinese are at present celebrating
the All Souls festival with extraordinary
ceremony, says the Hongkong OgerLa1H
Null o. September 3d. The proceedings
commenced yesterday, when a GORGEOUS
procession, which took two hours to pass a
gwen point, and IN which there were four
huge and costly dragons, paraded the Drin-
cipal streets. These professions viii con.
tinue for three days. Matshed temples and
side shows are freely distributed through
out the city 1t is stated that the cost of
these proceedings viii amount to about
S4O,U0U. fhis unusual display has been
causei by the large numser Of Geaths
year.
From adyiees which have been received
II appears that the outbreak of cholera in
| Haiphong is not so serious as was reported.
in fact it is doubtful il it is Asiatic cholera
at all. No deaths have taken place among
the civilian residents, but there have beeH9
numerous deaths among the troops who
are badly sheltered.
JAPAN.
Our Yokohama dates are to September
10th:
According to official statistics, the total
| area OF the rice fields and upl.nds in this
country is y 232, $50 cb0, and their value
| 5000 $50 yen.
The Torpedo Bureau has built number
| of boats for searching for torpedoes laid bv
The enemy, but Mr.. Beppu, an attacle Of
| the bureau, is said to have recently invent
cd method by which torpedoes are made
to explode by operation on the surface Of
| the water, without incurging the risk of
| searching for them.
a tidal wave rose on the coast Of Katsun-
| oura, Nobirutand several vessels at anchor
along the coast were carried away when it
receded. 1t is conjeetured that this un-
usual disturbance OF the sea was caused by
a great earthquake that occurred some
where.
a mechanics school is to be established
at Osaka at an early date
| The Japan Gazette is informed by the
| agent OF Maurice Grau's Opera Company.
who arrived in this city some time since for
| the purpose of organizing a troupe of
japanese actors, acrobats, con;urors, etc,
with the intention of mading tour around
| the world, that his efforts have been suc-
cessful, ne having, after much trouble and
| expense, succeeded in engaging the sery-
| ices of several of the most tsiented artists,
in Japan.
THE CHOLERA
The cholera continues at Nagasalii but
! appears TO have passed its most acute
| stages. Sporadic cases occur in Toxic,
| Osaka and elsewhere. Tie diseasa. seems
| to have spread to Kagoshirna. Up to Sep
| tember 1st the totsd nun 1er ofdeaths was,
| 241.
The staff of the Toxic Chemical Labora-
tSNS olaliii W HdSS ulScoHered ln1A hakke IS
| due to the acti0 of certain bacteria, and
| have purchased number of monkeys in
order to test the truth Of their theory.
The medical authorities o5 the Toxic
Dalgaku are sa id to be intending to try the
effect OF vaecir lation with choleraic virus.
Free ticket for medical prescriptions
have been iven Ey the authorities to til,
poorer class es in Toxic for preventing
| cholera.
There az pears to prevail among tn
japanese tolerably fixed opinion with re
/ gard to thf origin of the cholera epidemi
IN IN .Nagas Xxi. A journal of that port, til
ost3tzet M y ippo, says that the great majorit
OF the ca rly cases occurred among sailors @
| coolles ngaged in coaling ships, and infer
that thf disease was imported from beyon