Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-22

10 engage IN that exercise. The adnissl>
to the grove will be % cents Tonight q
grand ball will be given at the new Payi.-
ion, which will be lighted by electricity.
During the evening the awards of prizes
: will be announced. The Hussar Band and
, Artillery Band will alternate in furnishing
, concert and dancing music. Tomorrow
Will be free day at the Crocker Art Gal
lery from 8 A. NJ. IAN hour earlier than
usuaD until P. NJ. This free day is given
in honor of the Turner's by special order of
, the California Museum Directory, made
last week. Tomorrow there will be prize
{ shooting and swimming and in the evening
a social reunion of Turner's at Turner Hall
The management thus far has been adj
mirable and reflects lasting credit upon the
committees.
Mrs. HOwett's Breach of Promise Case.
The following item concerning the breach
OF promise case of Mrs. Howett, recently
of this city, against J. L. Brown, of Bed
ford Ia. is from the Southeast Democrat of
May 3oth, published at that place, and in
dictates that Mr.. Browns correspondence
has been very voluminous, and, from what
is represented to be his explanation, was at
least upon very peculiar basis. The item
was headed A Remarkable Case and
| TeduS as IOllOWS:
One OF the most remarkable law cases ever
commenced in our Courts has been placed on
lille in the District Court for this county during
this week. Mrs. Lizzie Laird Howett of Sacra-
mento city. Cal, has brought an action against
j. l.. Brown. claiming of him the sum of SO OO0
for breach of promise to marry her She
bases her action on a series of letters number
| ing III all forty-two, mostly written by Mr.
| Brown since December last, in which it is
Claimed that Brown, representing himself to
| her as widower with one child, proposed to
| enter into matrimonial relations with her, and,
| relying on his representations she accepted his
| proposals Subsequently learning through an
| attorney in Creston that Brown was q married
man, with three children, she determined to
| come here and expose him to the public
| Mrs. Howett claims to be daughter of Judge
| Laird OF Rockville, Ind. She has the appear
anee OF lady of much refinement and intel
| lectual attainment. As she comes among us an
| entire stranger, and ON such mission as but
| few ladies left alone i'll the world would have
the courage to undertake, it is just and right
| that all proper respect should be shown her and
fair opportunity given her to present her
| grievances and if she can make her case against
Mr.. Brown let the full weight of public indig-
| nation rest upon the man who has sought to de-
| celve and ruin her.
| Yesterday, by request, our reporter called on
| her, and she produced numerous letters from
| prominent citizens of Sacramento CITY, bearing
! testimony 10 her good character, and recon-
| mend1ng her TO the people of this town. We
| bespeak for her a kind reception among our
| people, and ask that no heed be given to the
stories of i'll fame attempted to be set up by the
| defense until they are proven true. Let us re-
| member she is woman, and even a bad char
acter would in no way justify Mr.. Brown in at
tempting to deceive her and trite with her
| affections.
| Perhaps, however in justice to Mr. Brown we
should state that he strenuously denies all in
| tentlons of deceiving the woman as to the fact
| OF his being married man. He atfirms that
| she well understood that fact, and that his OBJ
Ject in writing to her was to test her virtue.
| Just why man between 40 and 50 years of
| age, with wife and family, should find it nee
essary to write forty-tWO letters to a cookbook
ing widow, 1900 miles distant, merely to ascer-
tain whether she is virtuous not is question
greatly agitating the public mind of this city
| Just at present. but as Mr.. Brown will soon have
| full opportunity to explain, we wait with pa
| thence further developments.
| THAT PHOENIX MILL FIRE-On Saturday
| last the Trustees resumed the investigation
| as to the cause of the scarcity of water at
| the Phoenix Mill fire Monday morning |
| Three police officers, Kent, Coffee, and |
Rider, testified. The first said he was at
| the fire, the department worked we'll but |
could not have saved the building with |
| plenty of water. The second said he heard |
the alarm looked into the water works |
| building few moments afterwards and |
| saw the pump running. The last one said |
| he was at the fire ten minutes after the |
alarm was sounded. AT that time the fire |
| had made such Roadway that it would |
| have been impossible to save the building. |
The streams of water at the fire were very |
poor ones. Mark Foster said if there were |
| only twenty pounds of steam in the boiler |
he could get up steam and fire pressure |
within twenty minutes. Engineer Williams |
made statement similar to the one made |
| by him on Tuesday last. He denied having |
used dlSrespectful language to Mr.. Arnold |
and says he never stated that the tank |
pressure was on. John Cunningham, ex-
Chief Engineer of the water works, said he |
considered Mr.. Williams competent and |
careful engineer.
SENT To THE HosPITAL.-Saturday after
noon word was sent to the station-house |
that a man was lying on Front street, be- |
tween NJ and n, suffering greatly from |
cramps, fever, etc. Two men, who said |
they had seen eases of yellow fever at |
Panama, declared that the man had symp- |
toms resembling that disease; while others |
thought the indications might be those of |
cholera. Health Officer Ferral and officer |
Arlington went to investigate the matter |
and removed the man to the station-hou |
where he was soon attended by a physician, |
who found the case only a severe attack OF
| malarial fever. 1t seems that the patient |
whose name is John Brown, has been in
Arizona, and lately commenced working
/ his way in this direction. For two days
| before arriving in Sacramento he did not
| have much to eat, and became so weak as
| to give the fever that had settled upon him
an excellent opportunity to work. He was
sent to the County Hospital yesterday after
noon.
AUCTION SALE OF HoUsEs.-By direction
of Thomas Dwyer, D. J. Simmons &
! - will coll OF
at 10 \. NJ, all the dwellings and other
improvements on lots Nos 5, 6 and
| I, and X, Eleventh and Twelfth streets.
! Terms cash-20 per cent. at time of pur-
chase and the balance before the removal
of the buildings. All the buildings and
| other Improvements are to be taken off in
thirty days from the date of purchase. The
! houses will be open for inspection to-day.
and descriptive catalogues can be had to-
morrow. These buildings occupy the
grounds upon which the new Catholic Ca
! thedral is to be erected.
PRISONERS En- RoUTE-Sheriff McClel-
Ian, of Butte county. passed through yes
terday en- route 10 San Quentin with pris.
oner named George Frank, who is to serve
a term of one year for burglary. Deputy
| Sheri II Lovelace, of FL Dorado, took to the
asylum at Stockton on Saturday an insane
man named Mel Anderson and Sheriff
Mccoy, of Iuba county, took Joseph John
son, also insane, to the asylum at Napa.
Mr.. Johnson was County Surveyor of that
county.
LATE ARREsrs.-The following appeared
on the slate at the Station-house last night
at - o'clock; Herman Glass, petit larceny;
J. Dorsey, disturbing the peace and OBJ
scenity; Nicholas Elsing and James Rug
giles, disturbing the peace; Jennie Ander-
son. exhibiting; Mrs. Larcener, disturbing
| the peace; Henry Tibbs, malicious mis-
chief; J. Daley, disturbing the peace.
ScoTT's Emulsion OF Pure Cod Liver Oil
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