Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-03
Washington Notes, from Our Gwn GORE.
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cOuHI IeaO4utlOH WHICH passed. tIle OSudte Glls
afternoon will be promptly acquiesced in by
the House of Representatives, ; hence there is
no longer any prospect of an extra session Of
Congress, which lately seemed imminent, by
reason of the threatened indefinite consump.
ton OF time i'll wrangles and flibustering
over the question, and all parties rejoice that
the ordinary work of the session may now
proceed without undue interruption or OBJ
struction.
The River and Harbor bin has been sub.
stantially completed by the House Commit.
tee on Commerce, and will be reported to-
morrow The California items in the bill as
it now stands are as follows: For continuing
the improvement of Oakland harbor, $780, 900
for Wilmington harbor, 81, 900, Sacramento
river, $50, 900; San Joaquin river, $50, 600
The amount for the improvement of Peta.
luna creek has not yet been fixed, but will
be about $4,000. The amount for Oakland
would have been larger were it not for the
lions still remain unexpended. The commit.
tee have cut down the engineers estimate for
all river and harbor improvement throughout
the country, on an average, to half, and IL
some instances to one-fourth.
Senator Booth to-day introduced copy OF
the bill introduced in the House of Repre-
sentatives last year by Delegate Campbell,
and recently reported favorably from the
House Committee on Territories, to annul
the Act of the Arizona Legislature requiring
Maricopa and Yavapai counties to issue bonds
to the amount of $500, 600 in aid of the con.
struction of railroad from the line of the
Southern Pacific road to Prescott.
Senator Farley to-day introduced a copy
of Delegate Campbelrs bill appropriating
$50, 900 to establish an assay office in the
Territory of Arizona. This measure was re.
ported favorably from the House Committee
on Coinage last session, and it is now on the
House calendar awaiting action in its turn
The Senate Military Committee to-day re-
ported favorably on the bill which passed
the House last December to place the Mon
tana volunteers who served with United
States troops in the Nez Perces war on the
same footing as if they had been regularly
mustered into the service, and to have such
rights accrue to the heirs of those citizens
who were killed in action.
The report of Professor Rogers, OF the
Coast Survey, in favor of Trinidad as the best
site for the proposed Pacific coast harbor Of
refuge Ia full abstract Of which was tele
graphed in these dispatches Sunday night
was received by the Senate to-day, and re-
ferred to the Committee on Commerce.
A bill passed by the House to-day provides
for the establishment of the following new
post routes in California From Chico tc
Oroville, Angels Camp to Sonora, Visalia &c
Mineral King, Lodi to New Hope, Santa
Ranch. Suffer Creek (via Tarr's) to Wood
ford, Eureka (via Kneeland and Yager) tc
Bridgeville, Chico to Powellton, Kings River
to Visalia Central Point to MERGED, Bodit
TO Lundy, Bishop Creek to Mammoth,
Wheatland to Smartsville, Yosemite (vie
Bronson) to Groveland, Banters6eld to Glen
vile. Huron Via Pulvarado), Whatham an6
Picacho to Erie, Gridley to West Butte,
Rowland to Lake Valley, Alvarado (via Mount
Eden) to Haywood, Elizabeth Lake to Cor
mans Station, Belota (via Linden) to Holder
Station, Blanco to Salem, Boulder Creek &c
FELTON,, Central House TO Horncut Station,
Corralitos to jacksonville, GAINESVILLE &c
White Rock Station, Centerville (via Niles
to Niles Station, Dougherty Station to Hay
wood, Elliott to Calf, Fulton Wells to Nor
walk. Paraiso Springs to Soledad, Plainsberg
(via Union) to Plainsberg Switch, Pasedena
TO Los Angeles, Patchin to Railroad Station
Plainfeld to Woodland, San Juan to Sar
gents. San Bernardino to Railroad Station
Smiths Ranch to Railroad Station, Twenty
six.mile House to Pennington, Wyandotte tC
Railroad Station.
The Electoral Count Resolutions.
WASHINGTON, February 2d.-The Senate
passed the concurrent resolution concerning
the electoral count without. any material
amendments, and without roll-call or diyi
sion.
settlement.
Sioux CITY la February 2d.-For sew
eral weeks the smallpox has been raging
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kota, a settlement distant from this city
about twelve miles. A strict quarantine has
been enforced against the community, and
the disease has not spread beyond the settle.
ment, though it has played sad havoc there
The settlement consists mostly of Canadian.
French, and when the disease first broke out
they, in their ignorance, were unmindful OF
its contagious character, and funerals were
held public and attended by the whole popu-
lation, as the settlers are really of kin. In
this way the disease spread rapidly, and
the neighboring towns were quarantiped
The people have been isolated for nearly q
month, with no mails, trains being instructed
not to stop. The settlers are getting reck-
less, and threaten to break the quarantine
There have been over so cases, 81 fatal, and
and only 90 recovered. The scourge is now
growing less virulent. Whole families have
instances the dead have been left unburied
for days, through fear or inability to obtain
help to inter them. At present the dis
ease is confined within its present boundaries.
No cases have developed in this city, though
isolated cases are reported in several towns in
southern Dakota. The disease is said to be
the black smallpox, and is thought to have
been communicated by party of Russian
Mennonite immigrants, who passed through
this city to Yankton, Dakota, several weeks
ago.
smali.PoN in New York.
New York, February 2d.-Small.p ox in.
creases alarlningly, and the Board of Health
is looking toward checking it and treating in.
fictitious cases. The present facilities are IN.
suitable.
A yiIlainOus Conspiracy Checkmated.
CHICAGO, February 2d.-The Times Grand
Rapids, Mich, special says: Last spring
William Adds, lumber merchant, and a
man Of prominence and considerable wealth,
procured divorce from his wife, Hope
Adds, without publicity until the decree had
been granted, when the fact became public
that Mrs. Adds had admitted in Court that
she had committed adultery with her man
Blodgett and others. As she was the mother
of four daughters and son, some of them
grown up, and had always borne an excellent
character, and was not in good health, and
these men were below her upon social foot.
ing, the press and public hooted the divorce
proceeding and demanded an investigation,
from which it appeared that Adds had in
Inundated or In some way induced her TO
falsely testify to her own shame, making a
settlement of property on her. and that she
was made to believe that he had men who
would swear adultery on her, SO that he could
get divorce if she resisted and leave her
penniless. She then boldly and publicly de.
MED her guilt, and the Court annulled the
decree. To-day she began g suit for divorce
against him, alleging extreme cruelty in this
and other matters. Their four daughters
were present in Court. One is Mrs. White,
of San Francisco, and another Mrs Steven
son, from Leadville. Both sympathize with
their mother, as do the younger children.
Several ladies of the best society appear with
her as friends, and numerous and able
counsel are engaged for both sides.
Indians Surrendered-serious Accident.
ST. PAUL, February 2d.-Seven hundred OF
Sitting Bulls band have now surrendered,
and his power for mischief is broken.
A serious accident occurred to-day on the
st. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Rail
road. A train left here for Fergus Falls this
morning, consisting of an engine, baggage car
and two coaches, with few passengers.
When IL miles out the rear coach wheel broke,
and the coach turning over twice fell down