The morning call., 1890-06-16
ACROSS THE BAY.
An Incorrigible Young Thief
Again in Trouble.
Services in the Oakland Churches-Alameda
Threatened by the Dread Boomlet.
Family Quarrels.

ScrVeu TERM Ill LILO OdhldHu Slty frlS0n
for obtaining goods under false preienses,
is in the tolls again. This time it was for
shop-lifting with young fellow giving the
name of Powell They are charged with
taking lot of neck-ties and handkerchiefs
from furnishng-goods house. 1t is said
they were about ready to leave the town
when they were arrested at the Oakland
Pier. Young Campbell has given his pa
rents great deal of trouble in their efforts
to break him of his bad habits.
An $50 gun, $50 watch, SI5 80 in money
and pistol valued at So were taken from
the room of John Oberhouser, milk man
at Melrose, Saturday. His suspicious are
that a driver, who is also missing, may have
taken them.
Postmaster A W. Bishop of Oakland has
a letter from the President of the National
Bank OF Carr0lton, KY, making Inquiries
for daughter of the late A. II. Lathrop of
that place, who he believes is residing in
Oakland, though he does not know her
name.
On account of an error in signing the de-
9th to Nettie Taylor from George Taylor
has been vacated and the plaintiffs attor-
ney directed to prepare findings. The de-
cree will probably not be changed, but the
error with reference to findings corrected
and the divorce granted in accordance with
the prayer of the complaint.
IN THE CHURCHES.
The dedication services of the German
Methodist Episcopal Church at Lorin yes
terday afternoon were interesting. Rev c.
Ii. Afiierback, Superintendent of the Ger
man Methodist Church of the State,
preached a sermon at IL O'Clock in the
morning. At o'clock in the afternoon
platform meeting was held, at which the
singing was led by Rev. F. A. Werth of San
Francisco. Short addresses were made by
Rev. DIR. Ollie of the First Church, Oak
land. Rev. G. II. Affierbach, Rev. A. Lem
kau of the German Methodist Church, Oak
land, Rev. George Guth of st. PauPs Ger
| man Methodist Church, San Francisco, and
Rev. f. Fraser, after the sermon of dedica-
ton had been performed by Bishop Fowler.
Rev. Mr.. Guth preached in the evening.
Rev. DR.. Ollie preached last evening on
| "A Greed That Needs NO revision" He
| will leave for the East on his vacation this
week. The subject of Rev. DR.. Horizons
| morning sermon at the First Presbyterian
| Church was Athletics an Aid to Godi-
ness" Some of the Questions of Immor-
tai Existence" was the subject of Rev.
| ist Church. The subject of Rev. II. II.
Rice at the Second Presbyterian Church
was why Do | Believe Christ?' Rev. G.
II. Merrill of the Market-street Congrega-
| tional Church preached on Prayer Power"
| 1.-The Unknown God was the topic of
byterian Church; At the Tenth-avenue
| Baptist Church Rev. Frank Dixon's sub
! ject was The Curse of Prosperity" Rev.
| George b. Rieman's topic al the Twentieth
street Baptist Church was The Air We
Breathe" At the Good viii Congrega-
| tional Chapel Rev. J. b. Hughes preached
| on 1.-The Christians Rest" AT the Ash
| bury Methodist Episcnp0l Church South,
Rev DR.. BoynS preached on 1.-The Rich
Farmer"
THOUGHTS FOR CHRISTIANS.
In his second.sermon at the Presbyterian
| Church of Oakland yesterday, Rev. j.
| Hanna, who has just taken charge of the
| field with the intention of building up a
congregation, referred eloquently to the Pa
citc Ocean by saying: "Only few days
| since | stood upon the shore Of your great
| Pacific sea when the white-capped cavalry
| of the deep was in battle array, and as l
| saw them advance and retreat in their ebb
and flow, keeping time to the music of their
| own dashing on the shore, and thought of
the mighty waste of waters that stretched
out almost further than thought itself,
| said TO myself surely he who holds that sea
| in the hollow of his hand must be q mighty
| God" He also said: when on my way
| toward your Coast / whlrled along past
| mighty masses of solid rock that hung,
| millions of tons in weight, above our heads.
and seemed ready at any moment to crush
| to atoms the insignificant lords OF creation
that gazed up their rugged heights. Not
| only the P5almists query, What is nan
| that thou art mindful of him, or the son of
| man that thou visited him?' come to mind.
but the greater thought that the hand that
hurled those mountains must be that OF q
| mighty God"
Y. NJ. c. A. BUILDING.
Much anxiety was expressed yesterday
over the raising Of balance of $4,000 for
the Young Mems Christian Association
building. The morning canvass of the
weeks work showed only $500, with $1,000
to be raised before 10 o'clock at night, or
all pledges would be forfeited. At 1920
o'clock in the evening $3.50 was still deln-
quent. Appeals were made in all the
| churches before the sermon, and the re-
turns at $50 o'clock showed SO, III, and the
completion of the building and the furnish
| ing and equipment OF the gymnasium is as
sured. 1t Will be one of the handsomest
and most complete on the coast. and will
cost $4,000. Christians Of all denomna-
lions are happy at the result.
Alameda.
Armstrong, cooper, and Astor, plast-
eror, are neishbors on Court street, but
neither they nor their families have been
on pleasant terms for many months, and
last Saturday evening the two men had 4
| genuine Knockout without gloves. While
they are at work during the day their fami-
| lies keep up the quarrel, and on Saturday
some unusually bitter words were passed
| between the wives and the children. After
! he had returned from his work Armstrong
met Mrs. AStor and told her that she was
| liar If she had made certain remarks about
| his wife, rs had been reported to him. But
| Mrs. Ast0r is not so constituted as to allow
| any one to call her a liar to her face with
| out impunity, and she dealt Armstrong
heavy blow in the face. He defended HIM
| self the best he could under the circumstan-
ces, and Withdrew from the conflict
| Soon Hfterward he encountered Astor
| and the battle was resumed. The two
| clinched and fought in manner that the
| Kilkenny cats are reported to favor and
seemingly would have killed each other
| had they not been separated by some neigh
| hOrs. Yesterday warrants were issued for
the arrest of Astor and his wife on charges
of battery.
Charles O'Brien. the fireman of the i'll
fated train which plunged through the
draw of the Webster-street bridge on Me-
mortal day, has gone 10 Oregon.
| The Park-street NJ. L. Church was
crowded last evening to hear Bishop Tay-
| Tor, the noted missionary Of Africa, relate
| his experiences in bringing the gospel to the
natives of the Dark Continent.
James Smith, who was for many years a
conductor on the narrow gauge local train,
| has gone to Oregon.
Charles 5. Neal will occupy his seat in
the Board of City Trustees this evening for
the first time in over three months.
Joe Fleming is endeayoring to organize an
lriquois Club in this city. Joe wants a ride
on James V. Coleman's "bo0mlet," that is.
providing some substantial boom does not
come to his relief pretty soon. :.
RITNELP Hill, nave