Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-04-21
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

A DIVORCE UNDER PECULIAR CIRcUM-
sTANoEs.-A case which attracted much at
tention yesterday ia now on trial in the So.
perior Court before Judge Mcfarland and a
jury. It is entitled Rebecca Gee Va. Wm.
Gee and Howell Clark It is an action
brought to obtain q divorce and to recover
property. TOe complaint sets forth that in
1881 the plaintiff was in bad health and was
advised TO go East to recover, which she did,
leaving Sacramento on August 3lst of
that year, going to Indiana shortly afterwards
VIM. Gee, her husband, brought an action
for divorce, on the ground OF extreme cru
city and the divorce was granted on Decem.
Der 20, 1881. The plaintiff returned to Sac
ramento on January 2, 1882. and at oncs
made application to the Court to set aside the
decree Of divorce, and to be allowed to answer
to the complaint. This was granted by the
Court and shortly afterward VIM. Gee dis
missed the action. At the time Mrs Gee
left this city for Indiana she and her husband
owned some city real estate, on which
there was mortgage of 81, 900
in favsr of the Sacramento Bank.
Complainant further avers that said William
Gee, colluding with Howell Clark, deter
mined and agreed that said William Gee
should make default in the psymsnt of the
interest on his said debt to the Sacramento
Bank, and thereby cause the Trustees of the
bank to sell the property, and that at the sale
said Howell Clark should become the said
purchaser of said lot, and should take con-
veyance Of the same, but in trust for William
Gee. This agreement, it is alleged, was car
I'D out, the bank selling the property when
to proper time arrived, and Clark being the
purchaser, paying 81, 100, which was a sum
much less than the property was worth.
PASSOVER PEssACH. Feast Of the Pass
over, one of the three chief festivals of the
Hebrew calendar, begins this Saturday.
evening, to last during seven days, in accord
ance with Exodus xii, IS: In the first
month, on the fourteenth day of the month,
ct evening, shall ye eat unleavened bread I'M
til the one and twentieth day of the month,
at evening"" It is celebrated in commemora-
ton of Israels redemption from Egyptian
bondage, and is therefore also called the
Feast of Liberty. The foreve of the Pass
over is solemnly ushered in, in all pious He
brew houses, by a special home-service called
the Sedsr to comply with the biblical COM
msnd (Exod. xii, 42): " A night to be OBJ
served was this unto the Lord, to bring them
out from the land of Egypt this is that
night holy to the Lord, to be observed by all
the children of Israel in their generations"
This peculiar service consists Of the recita-
ton OF the history Of the Passover and the
review of the sacrifice of the Paschal-lamb,
the recitation of Psalms. and traditional
songs exulting 10 Gods special protection and
Israel's gratitude for freedom. This old
service, founded upon the Paschal-sacrihce,
begins with the invitation to all hungry and
thirsty TO enter and pArtake Of the feast, and
with the cheering TO the oppressed to hope
So h.. 81 Erftr ,.1b Of nd Gharf~y
Special services will be held Saturday even
ing st the Synagogue, on Sixth street, at
6:45. and Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, when
Rabbi Bloch will lecture on 1.-THE Three
Golden Links Of the Passover, the First
Principles of Religion"
ORGAN FUND BENEFIT.-A musical treat
is promised in the shape of concert and
operetts, to be given for the benefit of st.
Paul's Church organ fund, at the Metropol
itan Theater on Wednesday evening, April
25th. St. Paul's Church Choir will be ss-
sisted by Mrs. Carter and EIrs. DR.. Bruno,
of Sacramento, and by Miss Hattie d. Rice,
Miss Wsterhouse, Mrs. Weatherbse, Samuel
d. Mayer and Sanford Bennett. Of San Fran
Cisco The operetss, =" II Jacobi or the
Poisoned Peanut" will be presented among
other things The orchestra will be COM
posed OF society young gentlemen of Sacra.
mento, all of whom have volunteered their
services Il is stated that applications have
already been made for seats. but seats cannot
be obtained until Monday after s A M, when
the box sheet viii be opened at Houghtons'
book store.
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY. H. W. Hark-
meas, former old and well-known resident of
Sacramento, addressed the Metropolitan
Cius last evening in a conversational disser-
tation on the prehistoric foot prints near
Carson City. It was deeply interesting &C.
casiou, and brought out statement of all
the most recent inquiries by the Doctor on
the subject. snd concerning which two elab.
crate articles viii be published in the RECORD
UNION.
POLICE. CoURT.-Business was transacted
in the Police Court yesterday as follows :
George M. FAIR, felony, held to answer,
bail fixed at 81 600; James McLsughlin, va.
grsncy. pleaded guilty, sentenced to ninety
days 10 the county jail J ack Warner, drunk.
discharged james Thompson, drunk, dis
charged on payment of costs; John Broder-
lex, disturbing the peace, pleaded guilty.
Judgment deferred one day.
vokEs FAMILY.-TheiVoke family, which
appeared at the Metropolitan Theater on
last Wednesday before an appreciative audi
ence, will return Co the theater this after
noon for the matinee. "Ruth's Romance +"
and the g Wrong Man in the Right Place .
will be given. This is the last performance
which the company will give in California.
BERGER DEAD. = The Western Hotel
would-bs suicide, Charles Berger by name,
died at the County Hospital from the inju-
ries received from jumping from the porch to
the ground in the alley in the rear of the
hotel.
A continuation of the account of the acct.
dent ST G. A. 4. Hall will bs found on the
fourth page.
Down AGAIN AT PAULk's.-Best -four
dowp to 81 45 for so pound sack choicest
Petaluma dairy butter oAiy 80 cents roll
and we are selling that choice new mspla
sugar at 20 cents per pound. H h Paulk,
ssh grocer, Sl4 ( strset.