Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-09-18
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was received this morn
ing at the headquarters of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee from
Portland. The returns from 46S
towns give Plalsted 70,0l9, Davis
70, COS, Republican majority $40.
There are IS towns and plantations
to be heard from yet which, in
In 1876, gave 342 Democratic ma
jority and will give more than one
thousand. The Republican party
pretend to claim q majority for
Davis and are trying to confuse the
returns to assist in the attempted
fraud, but there Ia no doubt of
Plaisted's election.
Blaine Usa,ms Maine n.d r~iks
aG Srasd.
MENTOR, O., Sept. 17ih.-Sena-
tor Blaine sent the following dis
patch this evening:
AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. 18th. Gen.
J. A. Garfield, Mentor Ohio: The
indications now point unmistaka-
bly, to the election of Gov. Davis.
If we could be assured of an honest
vote and honest returns of ArOos-
took county, every possibility of
doubt would be removed. The
plantations have been the hot beds
of Democratic frauds for so years
past. We have not yet received
their returns. The total vote for
Governor will reach nearly, If not
quite $4,000. ~
Mnine VIA <'aio'gU.
CHICAGO. Sept. 1.-THE Times s
Portland special says of Baruum's
accusation: There was undoubted'
ly much mouey spent on either
side; but, as to the alleged doctor
ing of the returns, the Times cor.
respondent takes no stock in it,
The country now being heard from
was heavily Greembark, not Dem.
ocratic, last yeaf, and the Republi.
cans have discussed the financial
question very fully there and with
able speakers. The Greenback
vote in large mum Der 1.-THE small
er towns, as la the more settled
portions of the State, has fallen of
considerably, and there is no rea.
son why, in the nature of things,
the backwoodsmen should not fol-
low the example set by their more
favored fellow citizens. Certain il
is that II any doctoring is going on
it will be brought to light. Had IL
been arranged that this was to
take place, Blaine and other lead.
ers of the Republican party would
not have bean Sd hasty in giving
up the State on Monday and Tues.
day.
a Gsr,s.iar saHax-Uoid BIOOded
sausd-r.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 17th Geo.
Mitchell, colored, was hanged at
Troy, Ohio, to-day, for the murder
Of q woman with whom he was
living as his wife. He claimed
that he was a Christian, and was
firm on the scaffold.
The Times's Pocahontas, Arkan-
sas special says: VIM. Means, a
lawyer, deliberately shot through
the heart, Chas Nichols, fro m
whom he had just bought pistol.
He then gave himself up, saying
be should have shot Nichols q year
ago.
Exsens,"n of the A. q =. Through
the Iadian TerritOry.~
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 17th.-A party,
including two Directors of the AT.
lantic and Pacific Railroad, left
Vinita, Indian Territory, the pres
ent terminus of the ST. Louis and
San Francisco road yesterday, to
make a reconnaissance of the line
as surveyed through the Cherokee
Nation and other parts Of the Ter
ritory, thence to Albuquerque, New
Mexico. This movement indicates
preparations for constructing a
railroad through the Indian Terri.
tory.
AuOther Hallway ExOyect.
DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 17th.-The
Anglo American Syndicate here
has divulged designs which aim at
the construction Of eight hundred
miles from the Red river, in Lamar
county, to the Rio Grande, in
Kinney county. The name Of the
corporation Is the Chicago, Texas
and Mexican Central. with capi-
tai of 100000. The charter has
been obtained and work has al.
ready commenced. Five of the d.
rectors are Texans and four Chi
cagoans. The foreign aid comes
from the Scottish American Mort
gage Company.
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