The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-08
ACROSS THE BAY,
Hen Are at Work on the Fruit.
vale Car Line.
Littlejohn Still Counted Among the Missing.
Mckee Is the Next TO Decliue-Ths
Peralta-street Dumps

Men are at work on the Fruitvale street
ear line in Highland Park, betwe en- East
Twenty-secOnd and East Twenty-fifth
Streets. The double track between those
streets will be abandoned, and while the
Switch is being put in place at East Twenty
second street and the one on East Twenty
nth street removed the street-cars Will run
on Sunday time, meeting at the turnout near
the upper station in Highland Park, and not
attempting to connect with the trains at
Brooklyn Station. This will only be tenn
pOrarily, and passengers will only have to
experience the inconvenience for a short
time. The President of the road, E. c. SEES
siOns, it is said, expects to put his double
decked cars on the road next season.
The whereabouts of Engineer Littlejohn
is still unknown, and his wife declines to
be interviewed as to his disappearance. The
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has
not as yet discovered anything wrong in his
accounts as an officer. As usual there are
rumOrs of a social scandal, but his friends
do not believe them.
j. c. Ainsworth has decided to rebuild at
Claremont, and an architect is preparing
plans OF residence to take the place of the
handsome one burned down a few weeks
since.
WILL FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE.
1t is said that Samuel Bell Mckee will
follow the example of ex-Mayor Pierce and
decline the Democratic nomination for the
State Senate against Eli S. Dennson. Mr..
Mckee, as rising young attorney, might
have consented to run as candidate for the
Judge5hip, as that might have given him
some further prominence at the bar His
father was repeatedly elected to the county
bench as Democrat and was finally made
Justice Of the Supreme Court Of the State.
The charges Of battery against Timothy
Boyle and his wife, alleged to have been
committed upon Mrs. Fitzgerald and Mrs.
Cameron when they went to take possession
OIL the house purchased from Mrs. Wells,
but which was occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Boyle, Will be ventilated in the Oakland Po-
lice Court this morning.
lhe Bowman boy, arrested on Monday
night Tor burglary, is also known as Wilcox.
lie came from Fairfield and worked about
one week at the nail works. His examna-
ton Is set for tomorrow morning.
MANsIoN-HoUsE BURGLAR
Mr.. Mayhem, who gave the name of J. J.
Murphy when arrested in San Francisco for
Implication in the bond and jewelry larceny
from the Mansion House, Sacramento. was
lodged in Jail in Oakland few hours yes
terday, en- route to Sacramento. He was
arrested on complaint sworn to by MIS-.
Kate Graves, and the Sacramento officer
claims that there are several other officers
on the trail Of Mayhem for the reward Of
Tered, and he wanted to take him to Sacra-
Ihenlo quietly.
r. j. Lawless walked into the City Prison
yesterday afternoon and was locked up on
suspicion Of insanity. He was irrational in
lis speech. In his pockets were found
discharge from Stockton in July, 1888, and
memOrandum-book showing that he had
bought gallon of whisky every week for
long time. He will be sent to the County
jail this morning for examination.
The residents of North and West Oakland
arc circulating petition to the City Council
against the ill-smelling and noisome
dumps on the west Of Peralta street on the
marsh. They desire the Council to con-
struct crematory for the destruction of the
: garbage now being dumped there.
g, James McDonough, the pal of Frank LAM
pert IN the robbery of the colored boy,
Albert Davis, on Sunday night has been
arrested on the same charge as Lambert.
Alameda.
The bazaar for the benefit of st. Joseph's
Church closed on Monday night, when the
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