Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-01-08

weston for Havre with cargo OF
cotton, ashore at Bermuda, has
broken up. One hundred and
eighty bales of damaged cotton
were recovered up to Christmas.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1t is reported that in the city of
Port An Prince the river has chang
cd its bed, and has crossed the
town, overlooking the principal
parts Thereof and destroying many
houses and lives. st. Louis del
Nord, situated three miles distant,
is said to be entirely destroyed by
the food.
SPORTING NEWS.
New York. Dec. 23.-OLeary
and Campana brought to close to-
night their six days walk in Gill
more's Garden. Another great
crowd was present. OLeary stopped
at 1915 and 400i miles. Campana
stopped at 10:46:45 and made 357i
miles. The former appeared quite
fresh and agile, while the other was
utterly used up. The gate money,
is said, will amount to $4,000, ST.
500 of which goes to Campana and
the remainder, after expenses, to
O'Leary. O'Leary, in conversation
with a reporter of the Brooklyn
Eagle, after regretting his poor
condition throughout the present
match, said: 81 wish to issue this
challenge: / offer $4,000 against
the same amount that l will walk
$40 miles in al hours in the City
of New York in four weeks from
now; and besides this | arm willing
to give half the profits to be divid-
ed equally among all the charitable
institutions in both cities, they APP
pointing a committee to represent
them here in taking and selling
tickets. | think they can realize
100000 on it,"
OLeary was off the track two
days, three hours, fifteen minutes
and thirty-five seconds altogether.
Campana one day, twenty-three
hours, thirty minutes and forty
seconds. Campma in an address
to the crowd charged the trainer he
had in the early part of the week
with paralyzing him, and said if
he had had his present trainer at
the beginning lie would have won
by at least fifty miles. He con-
cluded by Offering to run any man
in England or America a twelve
days match for $4,000.
New York, Dec. 27.-The bill
lard match between Sexton and
Slosson, for the championship of
America, champion gold medal,
valued at 5000, and stakes of 81 900, |
came off this evening at Tammany
Hall. The game-a three-ball ca
rom one-was commenced by Sex
ton making run of II. Slosson
followed and opened his score with
8. Play was then very poor until
the ninth inning, when Sexton
made 81 points. The game then
showed 121 points for Sexton,
against 90 for Slosson. In the
tenth inning the latter went to
work with will, and did not stop
until he increased the score to 70. |
He made only one in the eleventh
inning, but in the twelfth inning
made a brilliant run of 65, and In
thirteenth inning, after running up
to 81, the balls froze, and when
they were spotted he failed to
count. The string then showed
235 for Slosson and only 100 for
Sexton. The "boy" retained his
lead until the sixteenth inning,
when Sexton passed him by
splendid run Of 1853, the best of
the evening, which made the game
stand 295 to 268 in favor of the
champion. In the seventeenth in
ming Slosson made a run of 10
points. In the tweDty-sixth inning,
Sexton made 10s, and his opponent !
followed with a miss, leaving the
score Sexton 495, Slosson 467. In
the twepty-nipth inning Sexton
ended the game with run of 90.
Slosson had only 4es points to his
credit. The game iss1sd just three
hours.
New York, Dec. 31.-A SIX days
pedestrian contest has been arraDg-