The morning call., 1890-07-08
ACROSS THE BAY.
Oakland Will Have an Addition
to the County Jail.
Increased Assessment-Body Washed Ashore.
Insolvency of an Elk Ssnator-Trans-
fer Of the Brooklyn Brewery.

At a meeting of the Alameda County
Board of Supervisors yesterday, plans and
specifications for a nineteen-cell addition to
the County Jail were discussed and adopted,
and the County Clerk was instructed to ad-
vertise for bids for building the addition
A resolution referring to the California and
Nevada Railroad was adopted, notifying
the company's officers that unless the
bridge at Adeline street is placed in as
good a condition in ten days as the fran
chise calls for the franchise will be for
feited The bridge is put outside the city
limits. The Contra Costa Water Company
asked and was allowed thirty days extern
sion to file its statement The application
of the Oakland and Berkeley Transit Com
pany for guarantee from the board that it
would grant franchise to the company for
a roadway outside the city limits was taken
under Amusement. Gee Gam was APP
pointed official Chinese Interpreter for the
Superior and Juctices' courts of the county
at S35 Ter month.
The footings of the Oakland city assess
ment roll show an increase for the year Of
S4,200.OO0. The total assessment is $780,
7G00O0, as against S34 10000 for 1SSS-S9.
The county assessment rolls will be turned
overso Auditor Boardman to-day by Asses
SCR Molloy.
A DROWNED FISHERMAN.
Coroner Evers received telephone mes
sage yesterday informing him that the body
of an unknown man tied to small boat
had been washed ashore on the beach near
Wicks Landing, below San Leandro. Henry
Evers Jr., Deputy Coroner, went out and
brought the body to the Oakland Morgue.
~ 49, Z
feet 10 inches in height, and of heavy build
with dark hair and a heavy dark beard
Streaked with gray. lie had on pair of
blue OyerallS, blue wooden shirt and dark
brown vest well worn. Nothing was found
upon the person OF the deceased by which
he could be identified. He is supposed to
have been fisherman as hooks and Slnkers
were found in his pockets.
The Rattlesnake Mining Company, to
mine in California, with principal place Of
business in Oakland, was Incorporated yes
terday. The capital is $4,000, fully sub
scribed by ]. H. Hickox, W. B. Smith, II.
Molineaux, W. NJ. Towle, c. Z. WooIley,
Owen Brady, j. 5. Dallas and C. f. Hick0X
The incorporators and stockholders are also
the directors.
The petition Of Thomas n. Wand, ex-
State Senator, shows that Asa FiSke, the
money-lender, has a judgment for Sl5,S23
against him. He claims his personal prop
erty. valued at 500, as exempt, and lost, lie
says, in mining SpeculatlOns.
The Oakland Free Public Library re-
opened yesterday morning, after the annual
renovation.
A BREWERY TRANSFERRED.
A document has been placed on record in
the Alameda County Recorders Office show
ing the transfer from John SchOenfelder to
Carl &. A. Peterson of the lot at the cor
ner of East Fourteenth street and Eight
eenth avenue and all personal property and
hrawuriac nf tho RrnnElVO RTlIEarV An.
other document on record shows that Pc
terson transferred the brewery to Samuel
&. Murphy, who it is said represents an
English syndicate. 1t is still denied that
the Oakland or Hofburg brewery is in the
deal.
Principal Charles H. Clement of the Liv-
ermore school was not reelected on Satur-
day by the Trustees. His position has
been filled by the election of E. II. Walker
of the AIvarado school Mr.. Walker is a
graduate of the Missouri Normal School,
and was formerly county superintendent
in Iowa. He has taught for thirty years in
Northern California and in Alameda County
with success.
Two San Francisco boys, named Shipper.
were capsized in the estuary near Brooklyn
Station, on Sunday afternoon, while sailing
in tie Verona. They were iEeXp erienced
at handling q sail boat. A b0atman rescued
them.
The work of reconstruction of parts of
the Main Lake sewer was commenced yes
terday. it will require about two months
to finish the work.
CAME HOME TO DIE.
August Rudolph, an old sailor of the war
of the rebellion, died at his residence yes
terday. He was sent by his post of the
Grand Army, at his own request, to the
Veterans Home at Yountville. about two
months ago, but came back to Oakland last
week TO die. His funeral will take place
under the auspices of Lyon Post, No. 6, at
l o'clock this afternoon. from Grand Army
Hall.
The contract for the erection of the pro-
posed Catholic church building at Liver
more has been let. Work Will begin in
about two weeks. The building will be SIX
90 on the ground, and with tower 100 feet
in height. 1t will cost when completed
about $4,000.
At stated meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation last evening, the following institute
teachers were elected: Miss Dixon, Daisy
Robbins Miss Turner, Miss barron, Miss
Clock, Miss Pierce and Miss Lee. Miss
Ruth Larue was elected to permanent
position in the Franklin School, and Ronald
p. Gleason instructor of manual training, at
q salary of $500 year.
A petition has been signed by nearly all
the physicians Of Oakland, asking the City
Council to order the immediate dredging CT
Lake Merritt as necessary sanitary meas
ure.
Mayor Glascock is expected to return
from his vacation tomorrow.
Alameda.
The Board of Education has advertised