Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-02
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

METRoPoLTTAS THEATER. - Smiths
Double Uncle Toms Cabin Troupe" drew
a good house last evening The large mum
Der of negro plantation singers and speciality
performers were good-indeed the best seen
here. The bloodhounds" were well
trained, and added much of melo-dramatic
effect to the scenes But when this is said
about all is said, for the reason that 81
much of extravaganza, of gagging, of recent
slang, and of boisterousness is introduced
that the lovers of this peculiarly attractive
old play cannot but feel that friend has
been wounded. The most that was
truly representative of peculiar phases
i'll slave life has by this
company been torn 10 tatters. Some few
passages are preserved in their integrity
The very idea of two Topsys is harsh and
offensive 10 the dramatic sense. Topsys
that are as loud" as those of last evening
do not deserve the Solicitous regard of as
pretty and precocious an Eva as that of
little Marchie Putnam. The Phineas Flet-
cher of Mr.. Plum was wholly miScon-
ceived, while the same actor i'll doubling
made fair Uncle Tom The impression
must have been forced upon the old
theater-goers last night that the play was
reduced to burlesque and that the pathos
and poetry, as well as the intention To de-
pict the cruelty and inhumanity of slavery.
were driven out by it. BY restoring the
original lines and excluding the slang and
gags of a time that post-dates the era of the
play thirty years, the company has the
ability to present the drama fairly As tits.
N list bn IL oil
save it from downright condemnation,
The company will present the play again
this evening at popular prices.
MARRIAGE AGREENENTs.-The San Fran
cisco Examiner of yesterday had the follow
ing reference to a case with which many
Sacramentans are familiar: On June
p, 1882, William Jarvis and Mrs. J. l.. Con-
nor then residing in Sacramento. entered
into an agreement to marry each other.
Jarvis agreed that on or before the day on
which the two were married he would give
her $4,000 worth of the bonds of the Ma
toma Water and Mining Company as her
own special and individual property. Time
passed and the marriage was not conSum-
mated On September s. 1882. Jarvis died.
action in the Superior Court of Sacramento
against one Stanley, who had been APP
pointed administrator of the Jarvis estate
to recover the promised $4,000. The Court
held that the payment of the money de
Nolycd upon the marriage, and that as no
marriage had been consummated the time
had not arrived for the delivery of the
bonds. Consequently Judgment was given
in favor of the estate. An appeal was taken
to the Supreme Court, and yesterday the
Court reversed the decision of the lower
Court In doing so the Supreme tribunal
holds that the agreement was To pay the
money on or before the date ofthe marriage.
She saws the Court, was ut all times
ready to marry him, and he had no reason
for his refusal. 1t was not for her to seek
him. but it was his duty to have sought her
in marriage within a reasonable time after
the engagement.
SERIOUS RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. - There
were several runaways of teams in this city
yesterday, but only one had serious results.
A young man in the employ of Riley Il
Judge was sent out delivering goods in the
eastern portion of the city, and was accom-
panied by hoy about IL years of age
named Mohler. residing on Tenth street
between and F. The wagon stopped on
Eighteenth street between and J, to leave
some parcels, and the horse became uneasy
and started 10 run while the driver wa,
absent and was beyonN reach when the
latter, hearing the boy calling Whoa
fastened out from the house The horse
did not run very fast, and was nearly
stopped once by a colored man. At tho
corner of Ninth and | streets. some men
called to the boy to jump out He partially
rose TO do so, when sudden jerk caused
him and the seat rs well To be thrown out
He was picked up insenSible and conveyed
to Millers stable, where a physician at
tended him. and found that he was suffer
ing from severe conclusion of the brain
Subsequently he was taken home, and late
in the afternoon his condition was still con
Sidered critical The horse ran from Nintl
and streets to his owners store, Ninth
and J, only block distant. and stopped
and il Is probable that the boy would moi
have been hurt if the men had not advised
him to jump.
PROVED TO BE AN ESCAPE. - Severa
months ago a man who gave his name a.
Charles McAsse was arrested on a charge
of grand larceny, in stealing horse Hi,
case did not come up for examination fol
some time as he seemed TO be insane, ol
was fcigning insanity Finally he was cx
amined before Judge Gilmer, and held Il
answer, physicians having previously
tested his mental condition and expressed
the belief that he was shamming. After
wards, when taken into the Superior Cour
to plead he acted in such manner tina
the case was postponed until his condition
could be further inquired into. leSterda,
VIM. Stockwcll an attache of the Stockton
Asylum, who had come over TO see HIM II
consequence of his intimationS that he hat
been an inmate of the Asylum, identified
him as Bartholomew Sheldon. who escaped
from the Asylum in March. 1883. He wa
taken back 10 that institution yesterday
afternoon.
WILL TRY AGAIN.-John, alias boo
ney, Harris, was recently before Judg'
Mcfarland on a writ of habeas corpus by
which means he sought 10 obtain RELEASE
from the State Prison at Folsom, claiming
that the Prison Directors had wrongfully
taken from him his credits for good be
haylor IN consequence of which he wa
sui retained as prisoner. whereas other
wise he would have been set at liberty
serious infraction of prison discipline
The Judge, after hearing the argument o
counsel, remanded Harris to the custod,
of the Warden Of the prison. His attor
neys propose now to bring their client be
fore Judge Armstrong ON habeas corpus
and then, If the decision is adverse. TO tax,
it before the Supreme Court
COUNTY JAIL REpoRr-G. W. Newbert
jailer, reports to Sheriff Estill that durin.
the month of April % prisoners were con
fined in the County Jail, for the followin,
otfenses Murder, 6 assault to murder.
assault with deadly weapon, ?; gran,
larceny. 6; burglary, s. bigamy, 3; EN-
bezzlement, 4 felony, / petit larceny, 0
misdemeanor, 3; disturbing the peace 81
common drunkards, 8 battery, 4 va
grancy, IA: cruelty to a child, / insane