Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-03

Two cases Of small pox in the Western
Addition were reported at the Health Office
Friday.
Professor Sill is at the Palace Hotel, ex-
aiming candidates for admission to Yale
College.
The British steamer Scraps arrived from
Hongkong Saturday with SCI Chinese
but no smallpox.
OF the Chinese sailing for China on the
Toxic, but log applied TO Deputy Collector
Thomas for recognition papers enabling
them to return to the United States.
Two Internal Revenue Collectors have
seized 600 packages of unstamped matches
concealed under the roof of John Golf s
grocery store, No. I0l6 Bryant street.
John P. Russell Friday committed sui
eide by shooting himself in tho head. He
had plenty of money, and was probably in
delirium tremens when he committed the
act.
The examination into the loss of the
Lammermoor shows that there was an error
of 70 miles IN the calculation of the ships
longitude. The examination is not yet
concluded.
William McCloud, native of Scotland,
40 years OF age. has been committed to the
Asylum for the Insane. He has made
threats to kill, and attempted to set fire to
woodshed.
John Verhave, alias Darlington, has been
held by Judge Rix to answer a charge of
burglary of the first degree, for having on
last Sunday night feloniously entered the
residence of j. Spengemann.
All the members of the Republican
State Central Committee will be invited to
meet in San Francisco July llth, to con-
slider the question of holding the Republi-
can Convention three weeks earlier than
the time designated.
The State Council of the st. Patrick's
Alliance of California has incorporated to
secure a fraternal alliance of persons OF
Irish birth and descent for mutual benevo-
lence and charity. Directors-J. j. Nc
Carthy. Walter Molloy, Thomas Donnelly,
lance has no capital stock.
The yachts OF the San Francisco Club
started for the up-river cruise Saturday
afternoon. Many OF the craft will go as
far as Benicia, but the majority of the
smaller ones will not go farther than Mar
tinez or Vallejo. 1t is the intention of the
gentlemen to be at Martinez in time to
witness the regretta of the fishing boats.
A vessel bottom up in latitude IL 10
north, longitude ll6' west, was sighted by
the Cillernum on the 9th OF June, arriving
in San Francisco Saturday from Portland,
Maine. The upturned vessel had about
l60.foot keel, which was newly metaled,
and the rudder was missing. Nothing
about her tended to show her identity, and
| from her position it was evident that no
life existed upon her.
The Belgic will be allowed to dock, and
hence is now out of quarantine. The Chi
nese passengers are to be quarantined in a
hulk, to which they will be transferred.
The other passengers will be put on another
steamer in quarantine. The white pas
sengers, however, objected to the quarters
proposed for them and are still on the
Belgic A well developed case of leprosy
was found among the Chinese passengers of
the Belgic
District Attorney Teare has filed libel
against the Strathairly for so, $50, this
amount covering the charges of improper
construction to hunks, the excess of passen-
gers and the Captains fine of 81 900 for
swearing falsely as to the number of passen.
| gers aboard. A bond for the amount was
given, and the Strathairly was released.
Judge Hoffman is taking testimony as to
the animus of the act of over-stocking the
ship with passengers. The law permits
this proceeding, that the ship-owners may
apply on it for remission or reduction Of
the penalty.
The Supreme Court in bank Friday, in
the case of the Spring Valley Water
Works VS.. The Board of Supervisors of the
city and county of San Francisco, granted
the application for peremptory writ Of
mandamus to compel the Board of Super
visors to fix the rates or compensation
to be collected for the use of water
supplied by the petitioner to the city
and county of San Francisco, as well as
the inhabitants thereof, and also praying
that it might be adjudged that the petit
toner is not under obligations to furnish
water to said city and county for any mu
nicipal purpose whatever free of charge.
The verdict and Judgment for 81, $50,
rendered in November, 1850, in favor of
John n. Crowley, and against The City
Railroad Company, as damages for the
death of plaintiffs minor son, James Crow
ley, caused by being run over by one OF the
defendants cars, has been affirmed by the
Supreme Court. The accident occurred
August p, 1879, on Mission street, near
the intersection of Twenty-third street.
At the trial the defendant, inter
ala, pleaded in bar release by
plaintiff of all demand for the damage
sued for, in consideration of $50 paid him
by the company, and in the answer inserted
copy of the release, The plaintiff did
not deny the release by affidavit, as re-
quired by Section AS of the Code of Civil
Procedure, but offered evidence to show
that at the time he signed the release he
was incompetent to make contract. To
this evidence no objection was offered by
the defendant, and the cause was tried as
if the fact of execution had been denied,
issue on such point properly raised and a
verdict found for the plaintiff. The SUBJ
stance of the ruling of the Supreme Court
on this point is, that the omission of the
defendant to object to the manner in which
plaintiff gave the release pleaded in the
answer cannot be raised as point on ap-
peal