Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-28
PACIFIC COAST.
FROM THE BAY.
SMALLPOX NO LONGER EPI-
DEMIC.
CON. VIRGINIA TO RESUME DlvI.
BENDS IN MAY.
COMPLETION OF THE SOUTH
ERN PACIFIC TO THE COL
ORADO.
"OCCIDENT" TAKES A TRICK.
"OCCIDENT" TAKES A TRICK.
SAN FRANcIsco. April q,

SAN FRANCISCO, April 81.
The Board of Health met to day anC
declared the smallpox no longer cpl
demic in the city; also took measures
looking to reduction OF the expenses
of the Health Office.
The Coroner to-day held an inquest
on the body of the murdered police.
man. Coots. The jury found a verdict
charging John Runk with murder,
and JOS. Wilson as accessory.
A dispatch from Virginia City to-
day says, on the authority of John
Mackay, that the Consolidated Vir-
GINA dividend for May will be paid II
no unforeseen accident occurs. The
bullion shipments on the April ac-
count amount to $507, $50, and a heavy
shipment will be made to- morrow
night.
Peter O'Brien, head jailor at the
House of Correction, died suddenly
to-day, and a medical examination
shows a probability that the cause OF
his death vas opium poisoning.
The Board of Supervisors to-day
adopted a resolution directing the City
and County Attorney to bring suit
against the Spring Valley Water Com
pany to quiet the title to Lobos creek
and Mountain lake and the adjacent
lands. and TO take measures to bring
before Congress an application for a
grant to the city of rights from the
United States to any part OF the prop
erty ia question. Meantime the Wa
ter Company have forestalled action
by bringing a suit in equity in the
Fifteenth District Court against the
city, involving the title to said prop
erty.
An animated discussion occurred at
tue meeting of the Board of Health to-
day regarding the disposition of the
passengers by the recently arrived Pa
citic Mail steamer, Alaska, from China
and Japan, with smallpox on board.
| The quarantine officer and some other
members of the Board strongly OBJ
jected to the promptness with which
the cabin passengers were allowed to
land, and either took up their residence
in the city or pursued their journey
east. before sufficient precautions had
been taken to prevent the dissemina-
ton of the disease. An effort will be
made TO obtain from the Government
a suitable hulk for quarantine purpo-
SEES, and the establishment of a Quaran-
tine station On Angel island. The
management of the case OF the Alaska
| has occasioned much unfavorable COM
ment, both public and private.
The excursion train of the Southern
Pacific, having on board a party Of
Congressmen, officials aud Journalists,
arrived at the Colorado river this morn-
ing, being the first through train.
Regular passenger trains will begin
running on Monday.
The race between "Bodine" and
"Occident took place at Los Angeles
TODAY. 1t was a three in five race for
a $1,000 purse. "Bodine" was driven
by John Splann and "Occident " by
McGregor. The latter won the first,
second and fourth heats in 2:2513, 2:23
and 2:2612. Bodine took the third
heat in 2:23. To morrow Goldsmith
Maid and " Rarus " go for a purse of
$4,000, with an additional $1,000 If the
best time in the State is beaten.
Ann Eliza W.. Brigha,n-Their Mar
rin.e POIysanous and Illegal.
SALT LAKE, April ~.
The famous Ann Eliza case against
Brigham Young was decided to-day
by Judge Scahaefer. He holds that
defendant and plaintiff were married
in April, 1868, de fdcto but not de jure;
Nlhl ~ viz q vi Sbtt W f@1tC tAitA
riage plaintiff was competent TO enter
into a valid contract of marriage, but
defendant Ia not, because he had a
lawful wife then living; that the per-
son, Sidney Rigden, who performed
the marriage ceremony between de-
PENDANT and Mary Ann Angel in
Kirkland, Ohio, in 1884, had no license
authorizing him to perform such cere
mony, and none was needed to make
the marriage valid; that plaintiff and
detendent cohabited together as hus-
band and wife Tor several years after
their de Jdcto marriage; that defendant
deserted, i'll treated and neglected
plain itf; hat such de Jdcto marriage
was induced and effected by undue in
fiuence and coercion; and in conclu-
sion, that plaintiff is not entitled to a
decree of divorce; that the alleged
marriage VAS and is polygamous, and
therefore null and void; that during
the time plaintiff was with defendant
as a polygamous wife she was serving
him as a mental servant, and would be
entitled to a reasonable compensation
for her services, but having received
alimony in this instance in the form O
pendent elite more than such services
are shown by proof to be reasonably
worth, she should go hence without
further compensation.