The morning call., 1891-01-23
ACROSS THE BAY.
w. e. Chandeliers Insanity Be.
trayed by Himself.
Receipts Of the Postofice-Huss' Attempted
suicide-A Special Policeman Hauled
Over the Coals-Local Option.

W. Z. Chandler was examined yesterday
and committed TO AgDews Asylum by Judge
| Ellsworth. He came down to Oakland q
week or two ago from Humboldt County,
| and has brother at P0rt-au-Prince. West
| Indies. He talked very rational and was
| about to be discharged when Judge Els
worth happened to ask him if he was mar
| ried. To this question he answered that
he did not know and this reply opened up
line of questions, which elected answers
sshOwins that he believed he was secretly
married to some woman. Then it was
| drawn out of him that he was under the i'm
| preston that some one is trying to poison
! him and that the people of the Piedmont
! Cable Company are trying to hurt him.
a young fellow snatched a satchel from
the hands of Mrs. T. r. Bours as she was
standing on the platform of local car yes
terday and ran away with it. 1t contained
gold watch and some other things, butnoth-
ing Of great value.
RECEIPTS OF THE POsTOFFICE.
The average monthly receipts of the
Oakland Postotfice for the past nine months
has been about $1,000. If this could be in
creased about $500 during the next three
months by the purchase Of stamps at Oak
land instead Of elsewhere, the Office would
increase IN the number OF clerks in the Of
ice and also IN the carriers. There has been
very perceptble increase during the past
SIX months and il is continuing, but Post
master Bishop is confident that there may
be much greater Increase if all the stamps
used by citizens are bought in Oakland
The charge OF felony against w. B Cause
Tor the alleged forgery OF the name OF his
mother-ln-law TO 4 telegram in June, 1890,
was dismissed by Judge Ellsworth YESTERDAY
on the recommendation OF the District At
torney and on account of the iusuilciency of
the testimony.
The estate af Atwood Sackriler has been
appraised at $3.50, and that of Thomas Il.
Cation at S3262.
LAID BARE TIE CAROTID.
mau named John +. Huss was found in
barn on Wednesday night, nj East Berke-
ley, suffering from Stit-intlctPd wounds
from pucket-knlfe. He cut himself in the
neck near the Jagular vein and carotid ar
terry. lie was taken to the County Recely-
ing Hospital at Oakland, where, from a let
ter to his sister, Miss NJ. Z. Huss, at Grass
Valley, 1t WAS ascertalned that he had at
tempted suicide. He had been drinking
heavily lately and is suffering from delrium
tremenS, but Will recover from the wounds.
One OF the cuts laid bare the carotid artery,
but did not penetrate it.
The Supreme Court will hear the petition
Of Thomas Carey to be released from the
Alameda County Jail on habeaS corpus at 10
O'Clock Tomorrow morning. He was found
guilty of an assault with deadly weapon
upon Karl Bormettler, at Fruitvale.
a meeting OF the Worlds Fair Committee
OF Alameda County has been called by
Chairman f. NJ. Gibson, at the rooms of the
Board Of Supervisors, for Tuesday evening,
February 81.
HAULED OVER THE GOALS.
Special Police Officer A. d. Ross was fined
$50 yesterday by Justice Ogden in the Police
Court on his plea Of guilty of battery on
Hach-driver DTiscUll iii saloon after clos
ing hours, two or three weeks ago. He
stated that he pleaded guilty because he
thought he might be considered guilty of
technical battery. The Court stated that he
had not only admitted his guilt but upon his
own statement was guilty of violation of
his oath as an officer.
The articles OF Incorporation of the Cali
fornia Fruit and Development Company
were filed i'll the County Clerks Office yes
terday afternoon. The incUrpOraturs are:
Alexander Campbell, James NJ. Williamson,
Thomas 5. Atherstone, George l.. Miller
and Mark b. Frost, all Of Oakland. The
amount Of capital stock is $4,000, in
10000 shares oil S1j each. The principal
place OF business is San Francisco.
a certified COPY Of the articles OF ncor-
p ration OF the California Development
Company, INCORPORATED in September, 1883,
IN San francisco, was filed in the Alameda
County Clerks Office yesterday afternoon.
Judge Greene yesterday granted a divorce
to William Coffin from LOUISA Coffin on the
grounu of her inhdelIty.
LICENSE OR NO LICENSE.
meeting If temperance people who
favor the submitting OF "locla OPTION" or
the question of License or No License"
was held at the lecture-room Of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church on Wednesday
evening, and the question was discussed at
length. but definite action taken. II was
asserted that in one precinct seventy-fUur
voters ont of total OF seventy-niue have
signed IN favor OF local option.
Mrs Frankie Miller WAS thrown out of a
buggy a few evenings since on Thirteenth
street, near Washington, and sustained the
fracture of five ribs. an injury to her spine,
besides bruises about the body. 1t IS
claimed that the buggy ran upon pile of
rocks for macadamzing, which did not have
any lights upon it rs required by ordinance,
and was overturned.
Miss Grace ID. Fisher a graduate of the
class of SO Of the Oakland High School.
viii make her debut as dramatic reader at
Hamilton Hall this evening.
Martha Wolf yesterday sued Paul Wolf
for divorce on the grounds Of desertion
and willful neglect.