Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-12
sporting SastEers.

Bogardus, champion wing shot,
will settle in this city for the win.
ter and establish school for shoot
ing at the old Tivoli Theatre, on
Eighth street.
Johnny Dwyer, champion prize
fighter, was badly handled in an
uptown saloon yesterday, by a
| fighter from Troy named Ryan,
who, it will be remembered, was
stabbed and brutally kicked In
Brooklyn a couple of years ago.
During yesterdays scrimmage
there were several free fights, and
a Brooklyn Alderman was soundly
pummeled.
Railroad Building In OrrgoB.
NEW YORK, December llth.-.It
is officially announced that the Or
egon Railway and Navigation
Company have purchased steel
rails, locomotives and equipments
for two hundred miles of standard
gauge railroad, to be constructed
in Eastern Oregon and Washing
ton Territory during the year 1880.
Fifteen hundred tons OF the rails
are now on board the ship Orient,
soon to sail from Cardiff for Port
land. One hundred miles will be
built from the Dalles up the Co.
lumbia river, to connect with the
existing Walla Walla railroad; so
miles more would be an extension
of the latter to Snake river, and
the remainder will connect Texas
Ferry, on Snake river, with the
heart of the Palouse country. 1t is
stated that these extensions and
new constructions ars made for the
purpose of opening up, in conjunc-
ton with the Northern Pacific, the
great grain producing districts of
Eastern Washington Territory.
The line of the Northern Pacific in
this region extends from the mouth
of Snake river northeastwardly to
the Bitter Root mountains, a dis
tance Of 200 miles.
The Maine Eiecsion mudd,e.
AUGUSTA, December 1lth.-Pe-
titions for investigating grounds of
charges continue to be made, and
several were handed in to-day in
addition to those already received.
Herbert M. Heath, one of the at
torueys for Washington county,
was permitted to examine returns
Yesterday, and AYERS that the Re-
publican ticket in Washington
county is undoubtedly elected. To-
morrow Judge Virgin will hear tie
application for mandamus. 1t is
announced that Severing, Secreta-
nv of State, will then make answer
that the returns will henceforth be
open for the inspection of Repre-
sentatives and their attorneys. If
this answer is made, no issue Is left
before the Court, because that is
what Is sued for.
Hon. s. G. Parker, of the Coun-
ell, is editor of the North Star, pub
lished at Prequest. The last num-
Der of that paper contained letter
from Councillor Parker, in which
he makes the following statement:
"The Council say they are advised
by eminent legal authorities not to
pay any attention to the law of
1877, and that the Republicans can
contest its constitutionality before
the courts.u Governor Garcelon
says he assumed its unconstitu-
tionalty with the Council, and
bases the assumption on good legal
advice. Rumors have been cur
rent all day that a correction has
been made in the original record
of the town of Danforth, by order
of the Selectmen, who certify that
Charles A. Ralfe, not Charles
| o 70 fOr n
ative. Danforth, at the September
election, gave Sc Fusion votes to 36
Republican, and the town officers
are all Democratic.
Coz soitaated and ProJt Rat,-
roads.
| OMAHA, Dec. 11th.-J. w. Bish-
op, General Manager, and Colonel
John L. Merriam, Vice-President
of the st. Paul and Sioux City
Railroad, are in this city to-day,
looking over the prospects of the
new consolidated st. Paul. Sioux
City and Omaha line. Manager
Bishop says the st. Paul and Pa
cific and the Omaha and Northern
Nebraska lines will be formally
consolidated, as per agreement,
about February 1st.
The st. Paul line will build in
early spring from Sioux City di-
rectly to Tekamaha or Oakdale, on
the o. and N. N, thus enabling
through trains to run from Omaha
to st. Paul and Duluth. The selec-
ton of sites for depots, headquar-
ters and other buildings will be re-
ferred to officers of the o. and N.
N. in Omaha. The new line will
be in operation from Duluth to
Omaha within six months. 1t is
now considered probable that the
Union Pacific, Toledo, Wabash and
Pacific, and Sioux City, St. Paul
and Omaha lines will construct a
union depot in the south part OF the
city, between the Nail Works and
Lead Works.
The latest railway project is the
construction Of line from Atchi-
son to Omaha, calling the line the
Atchison, st. Joseph and Omaha
Railroad. The Company is already
organized, with Jay Gould backing
the same.
The PoitawOItainIo Massacre.
LAWRENCE, KS, Dec. 11th.-The
Lawrence Journal publishes an ac-
count of the Pottawottomie Massa-
Gre in May, 1856. by James Towns
ley, who was an eye witness. Mr..
Townships statement settles in the
affirmative the bitterly dispute d
question whether Old John Brown
was present and participated in the
killing. Brown led the company
and killed the first man, and re-
mained with the company until
they returned to camp.
FOREIGN.