The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-20

iSCciNCu DIT tue SHcDOb ODStlNdbOIy, Will
reference to the late DR.. Jerome &. Trem-
bly,:
SIGNAL OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT..
WASHINGTON CITY. Dec. IL, 1890.
Mr.. Charles Burckitalter Assistant In charge
Chddot Observatory, Oakland, Cdi-DEAR SIR:
bly's life of long-cOnilnued usefulness has come
10 Its close in The ripeness of years. In default
oil personal acquaintance with those whom lie
has lett behind 1 must ehtiust TO you The
melancholy duty OF conveying to the family the
assurance OF my sympathy with them In their
hour Of affection. In the death of DR.. Trembly
meteorological science has suffered the loss of a
most devoted student The records of this office
contain The results of his observations continued
with scarcely an Interruption through nearly forty
years, more than the lifetime OF many men.
He was always an accurate observer, careful In
his work and. above all things, enthusiastic in
the study which lie entered upon with tie single
mindedness aud unseifisDness of the true
scholar The student has gone where The prob
lens OF his study are TO him problems Ito longer
in The full view OF the beautiful harmony OF ma
lures laws; his work remains behind, u mOnu-
ment 10 his zeal. an aid Invaluable to those who
follow after him. In all study OF the climate OF
the Pacific Coast the record made by our de-
parted friend must stand without question rs Il
datum point upon which more reconcile investl
cations may rest firmly. l am, with great re-
Chief signal Oiiicer
EX-JAILER MoERISoN'S CASE.
The motion of counsel for ex-Jailer John
w. Morrison, charged with assisting pris-
complaint. has not been decided yet. The
case was called yesterday in the Police
Go urt, but continued by consent, to be taken
up at the convenience OF the counsel, to
hear the decision of the Court upon the mo-
ton. The charge against Lem Share, which
involves the same issue, was also contin-
ued. The prisoner has been in custody
since September, but has not had his exam
ination yet. He has been confined in the
County Jail by stipulation, although legally
in I'm ,t,et aTu of ha of nf nj
is at his own request, as he did not like the
City Prison and preferred the Jail.
Mat Rush, one of the Emeryville strikers.
was found guilty in Justice Shocks court
yesterday afternoon of battery upon one OF
the new men, committed in the early days
of the strike.
The anneXation-sut argument of Adams,
as relator, against the city of Oakland will
be continued to-day before Judges Greene
and Ellsworth, in bank.
PULLMAN PORTER ARRESTED.
Elan Estes, porter of Pullman car, was
arrested at the pier yesterday on charge of
stealing $50 from Professor Miller of San
Francisco, who was returning from Tulare.
Miller lett his berth in the morning TO make
his toilet, aud on returning found that his
purse, which had been left under his pillow,
had disappeared. The purse was found
among the bed-ciothes. but only SIS 80 out
of S43 80 remained i'll it, a SO gold piece
having disappeared
Sheriff Hale has taken possession of Nc
Mahon II Sons mud-scow, recently used at
Berkeley Wharf, and had it towed to the
estuary yesterday. The execution was
levied in the suit Of Warren S. Palmer for
$4,000.
The rainfall for the twenty-four hours to
Z o'clock yesterday morning at Twenty
sixth street and Telegraph avenue was "a
of an inch, and the total for the season at
the same location 2 90 inches.
The Southern Pacific Company paid S16,-
600 in taxes to City Treasurer Gilpin yester-
day.
IN RESPONSE TO THE CRITICISM.
William 6. Hawkett,wh was the Secretary
Deputy Assessor under Assessor-elect
Robert S. Leckis, says in referring to Rev.
MI Wendte's criticism on the Grand Jury's
report of the eneroaehmeut of the new
Unitarian Church on the sidewalk by the
grace OF the City Council, that Mr. Wendte's
crltique has done one thing that will be OF
value to The Assessor, and that is 1t has fixed
the value of the new church at $4,000 by
Mi. Wendte's own figures, and he QHawkett)
Will remember it when the time comes to
make up the assessment roll.
Under the law compelling the impanel-
ment of two Grand Juries annually Judge
Ellsworth viii draw one next week, but it
will probably be Immediately advised that
there is nothing for 1t to DO and will be dis
charged.
Leon Flores was taken to the County
Jail yesterday from Livermore to answer
before the Superior Court to a charge OF
burglary. lie was held to answer by JUS
tice Clark.
divorce from his wife Jessie. He is we'll
known in sporting circles.
Alameda.
The public schools closed yesterday for the
winter vacation and viii reopen on January
9Th.
The total cost of the grading, curbipg and
maeadamizing of Pacific avenue. from Park
to Fourth streets, was $40, $50 09.
The civil suit of A W. Pattiani against l.,
jacob, to recover S103 for services rendered
as an architect, has been decided in favor of
the plaintiff.
The Yosemite Hotel property on Park
San Francisco, who is said to have paid
$4,000 for it. Two years ago the same
property was sold for $4,000.
Rev. Michael McNaboe, pastor of st. Jo-
seph's parish, who has been travelling for
the past year in Europe, returned TO Ala
media on Thursday night. He visited his
native place In Ireland, and spent several
months in Rome.
Berkeley.
The Rev. A. c. Hill of San Jose has ac-
cepted the position Of the First Congrega-
tional Church of this place, and will CON-
mence his duties on the first of next month.
The surveyors were at work on Thursday
setting stakes on Center street for the cleo
trio road. The graders are at work once
more, on the same street below Shattuck,
where they left off about week ago.
It is rumored that the pound ordinance
imposing license on dogs, which will 90
into effect January /, 1891, is not valid
Then again, if there is no legal flaw in the
ordinance, there seems to be no way of en-
forcing it, Berkeley has no pound in which
TO imprison dogs. The license for dogs un-
der the ne " ordinance is 81 per year, to which