Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-05
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE EXPOSITION BUILDING.

THE EXPOSITION BUILDING.
Tie Board Of Capital Commissioners met
yesterday morning. al the members and Sec.
rotary Dam present. The committee ap-
pointed by the Board of Agriculture, consist
ing of La Rue, Coleman and President
Finigan, were present, accompanied by
Secretary Smith, of the latter Board.
A communication from the Board of Agri-
culture, citing the action which that Board
had taken in the matter of selecting an
architect, a superintendent, and the award.
ing of the contract, was read and ordered
spread on the minutes.
Certsin clauses Of the specifications for the
new Exposition building were discussed at
some myth, and some unimportant changes
made. The old question of the power con-
ferred on the two Boards by the Act of the
Legislature again arose, and received some
discussion.
A motion was then made and carried ra5i-
flying the action of the Board OF Agriculture.
The contractor is required to give bond in
the sum OF S25, 600 and the form OF this bond
was then discussed and ordered to be referred
% the Acknowledgement.
It was then ordered that lot 40 feet
square be staked eff in the southeast corner
OF Capitol Park, and set aside for the use of
the Agricultural Society.
The Board then adjourned.
Contractor McKihcsn will have his bond
prepared and signed by next Monday, VIXEN
IL will be acted upon.
The entire $4,000 required to be deposited
in the State Treasury was placed there yes
terday.
There IL no conflict between the two Boards
having charge Of the building, as has been
stated, and everything is harmonious. The
discussions Of the question of the power Of
each Board have been in friendly manner,
and with view Of arriving at the correct in
depreciation of the Act authorizing the con-
struction Of the building.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS DAM
AGEs.-Tne case of Mrs. Ida E. Andrews VS..
o. r. Runyon ct al, which has been on trial
before Judge Mcfarland and jury for the
psst nine days, was concluded yesterday af-
tsfnoon. At the conclusion of the argument
the Court charged the jury and the latter re.
tired and at the end of an hour returned and
rendered the following verdict: 1--WE, the
Jury sitting in the case where Mrs. Ida E.
Andrews is plaintiff, and D. r. Runyon and
2. J. Van Loben Sells defendants. find judg-
ment in favor of plaintiff for S25 000" The
the above was their verdict. The Court Or
dered stay Of execution for twenty days.
There were originally five defendants in the
action, but the case early in the proceedings
was dismissed as to three of them. The case
have been admirably fought inch by inch,
thers beirg no less than nine emf
nent attorneys engaged in the case
The grounds on which the action was based
has been stated several times in these col
har nf rhxr
examined as experts on paralysis. The case
has attracted considerable attention since the
beginning OF the trial, and yesterday, it be-
ing known that the end was drawing near,
the Courtroom was crowded with friends Of
tbs parties to the action and curious specta-
tors. The jury, Immediately after retiring,
took vote on the question as to whether
damages should be awarded to the plaintiff
and it resulted IN unanimous affirmative
vote Rhe remainder of the hour during
which they were absent was taken up in
agreeing on what the amount of damages
should be, and finally resulted in verdict as
above given. 1t is understood that the case
will be appealed to the Supreme Court.
MARKS ON HABEAs CORPUS Yesterday.
before Superior Judge Armstrong, the appi-
cation of E. B. Marks to be released upon
habeas corpus from confinement in the State
Prison at Folsom came up for hearing.
Marks, who IN 1879 was convicted of murder
in the second degree, in Mendocino county,
and sentenced to imprisonment for the period
of twelve years, was last January granted .
pardon by Governor Perkins upon the con-
dition that he leave this State, never 10
return" Upon being released he came to
this city from Folsom, aud on the following
day was rearrested st the instance of one OF
q. - d, s,k Nba Ia-u -
the RECORD UNION have been fully informed.
and again lodged il the State Prison, and ever
since then has been detained there serv-
ing out his original sentence for murder.
Upon the hearing Of the matter yesterday,
Attorney. General Marshall appeared for the
people snd Holl & Buckley for the prisoner.
Marks asks his release upon the grounds that
he was not allowed a reasonable time within
which 10 comply with the conditions of the
pardon, and further that he could not have
bsen legally recommitted TO the State Prison
without judicial inquiry by Court of COM
petent jurisdiction. It Is also commended by
the prisoner that the record of the pardon ia
the executive department does not contain q
condition requiring him to leave the State
By consent of parties the hearing of the writ
was continued until next Friday at 10 a. NJ,
EPIsooPAL CoNvocATIoN.- eonvoca-
tion of the missionary jurisdiction of northern
California resumed its session in st. PAuls
Church, in this city, yesterday morning,
Bishop Wing6eld presiding. The reports
from the various parishes were read and con-
sidered, after which delegates to the General
Convention to be held in Philsdelphis in
October next were elected, as follows Rev.
w. g. Powell, of Nevada City, end Thomas
Walsh, of Eureka slternstes, Rev. g. Nj.
Davis and J. l.. English, of this city. Me
mortal prayers were ordered to be placed in
the printed journal of the Convocation for
the late Rev. DR.. Chapman, Revs j. S.
Thompson aud Benz amin d. Kennedy. After
reading the minutes, and s brief time spent
in devotional exercises the Convocation adj
iourned sine die The question IS to place
Of holding the next Convocation the Bishop
will hereafter decide.
RIVER BoATs. The steamer Varuna, which
has been on the ways at Washington for some
weeks undergoing repairs, has been put on to
regular work. The San Joaquin No. has
taken the place of the Varuna on the ways,
and will undergo general repairs. San Jos-
auin No s, which has been running IN the
place of the Vsruns, has now taken the
place of No, 2 The Modoc's broken ma.
chinery has been thoroughly repaired, and
the boat is now making its regular trips.
FoR Picnic PARTIES. -Chesley's unrivsled
Club. House Punch For sale by the bottle
or case. G. ". Chesley, 81 Front street, sole
agent.