Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-25


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San Francisco News.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23d.-At the
pigeon shooting match of the Hit or
Miss Club on the Bay District track
yesterday, Lyngren was victor, kill
ing eleven single birds out of twenty.
Andrew Shubridge, while passing
Dewitt's saloon on the corner of Sac.
ramento and Dupont streets yesterday
morning at four o'clock was pulled IN
side the bar room by two men, while
a third rified his pockets of consid-
erable amount of money. The Police
arrested all three men, who were iden-
titled as Thomas Smith, Frederick j.
Hayes and Frank Dewitt. The latter
is we'll known to the Police as a keep
er of a deadfall on Third street, in
which man named Hopkins instant
ly killed man some time since over
a game of cards.
An excursion around the Bay in
honor of Frederick Smyth and f. A.
Straw, Ex-Governor of New Hamp-
shire, and P. c. Cheney, present Gov
ernor of that State, took place yester.
day in the steamer Millen Griffith.
The party was accompanied by Le-
land Stanford, Peter Donohve, A. p.
Bacon and others.
w. Mcintosh, head accountant of
the London and San Francisco Bank,
resigned his position Saturday, having
purchased seat in the San Francisco
Board of Brokers. The employees of
the Bank presented Mr.. Mcintosh
with splendid watch and chain on
| his retirement.
d. O'Leary has been challenged to
a trial of power of-endurance by a
| Chicago pedestrian, German named
HI. Schnehl. Last month in Chicago
he accomplished the feat of walking
500 miles in l42 hours and some min
utes. o. Leary's time in this city was
1879 hours 32 minutes. Schnehl is said
to be possessed of wonderful power of
endurance. The terms are for 500 miles
$4,000 side; the match to take place
in San Francisco next month. O'Lea-
ry goes into training at once and will
exercise on the ocean beach near the
Cliff House. Schnehl left Chicago for
this city.
Two boys, one nine and the other
seven years old, were arrested yester-
day for carrying revolver almost as
big as himself, and the other for steal
ing some clothing.
Captain Moreno, in command of
three fishing boats, and a number of
fishermen start on trip around the
Bay tonight to capture the Chinese
fisherman who are constantly break
ing the laws relating to nets.
A shooting match yesterday at
Bruno between teams of three men
from the first and second regiments,
resulted in victory for the first
named. The distance was 200 yards
and ten shots each-Creedmoor sys-
tenn. The first team scored 4S1 points,
and the second 472 out of possible 600.
A series of competition shooting
matches will soon be inaugurated for
places in team of five to be pitted
against the same number from the
Virginia City company.
The Sumner Guard will accept Gen.
Batterman's challenge when it is
made in formal manner.
The Emmett Guard had pic mic at
San Jose yesterday, going and return
| ing on the Southern Pacific railroad.
The scenes on the return trip were of
| the most disgraceful character. Not
withstanding the efforts of members
of the company and policemen, fights
| were going on all the time. Young
boys and girls were drunk and COM
mitted acts of an indecent character
1t was only by the free use of butts of
muskets and policemen's clubs that
the hoodlums were kept in any kind
of order
A man named Patrick Owens, 81
years old, committed suicide Sunday
morning by taking laudanum.
In an interview published to-day,
James Q. Flood, of the Bonanza firm,
charges the late continued depression
in the stock market to James r..
Keene and number of other brokeas
who have pooled to break the market.
Silver coin is scarce at two to three
per cent. discount. There is scarcely
anything doing in trade dollars, heavy
| holders refusing to sell. Their nomi-
nal price is five per cent. discount,
but large lot could be placed on bet
| ter terms.
James E. Ryan has been on trial all
day for assault to murder policeman
w. p. Brown, in 1872. The facts of
the case as Judge Derwin in his OPEN
ing argument said he expected to
prove, were that on the night of the
fourth of December, 1872, Ryan went
into house of i'll repute on Dupont
street kept by Adile de Beauville, and
after remaining while had some
trouble with the proprietress who or
dered him out of the house. Ryan re-
fused to leave and the services of a
policeman on that beat, w. z. Brown,
were called into requisition. Ryan
went mildly enough out of the house
but upon reaching the sidewalk sent
bullet through the door and upon
Brown emerging from the house fired
| three shots at him all of which took