The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-23
ACROSS THE BAY.
Heavy Judgment Against Rail.
road Company.
Alamedans criticise the Appointment of Mrs
Diekson-No More Beer for the I'm
licensed Saloonists.

Leland Gamble. the former Secretary Of
the Oakland and Berkeley Rapid Transi
Company, who suddenly left Oakland some
months ago. has returned home and is set
ting up with his creditors. He expects t.
return TO Mexico shortly, where he is en-
gagged IN contract of lighting the City Of
Mexico with electricity.
Inc seml-annual statement of Public Ad
mlnistrator James Stanley for the sly
months ending June 30th shows that only 8
small number of estates have come under
his care. The total value of the estates was
only S2S,71S. The fees for the time were
about S1400.
william NJ. Cummings has applied fol
guardianship of his five-year- grandchild,
Sarah Cummings. The father and mother
oil the chiId are dead and the little one is in
the custody of its stepmother. 1t is under
stood that the younger Mrs. Cummings does
not want To give the child up To its grand
parents.
MRS. WILSON WINS HER SUIT.
Mrs. Marilla d. Wilson, Md, now Mrs.
Dr. Stockham, has been notified that the
Supreme Court has affirmed her Judgment
oil w, 2oo against the Fourteenth-street Rail-
roau Company Tor INJURIES received in 1888
by the dflver OF car starting up too soon
Whlie she was alighting. David w. Swain,
Clty frison-kseper, has a judgment for
SI0O0 against the same company tor injuries
Received by car running into the patrol
wagon and throwing him out. The latter
case Is also on appeal to the Supreme Court
Horace T. Hussey yesterday applied for
letters OF administration of tine estate Of his
mother, Mary G. Hussey, deceased. The
estate In California consists of 800 shares OF
the OAK land Gas Light and Heat Company
OF the value OF $40, 500. MIS- Hussey died
in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 10Th of April,
1891, being resident OF that city. The
heirs are the petitioner and his sister, Alice
L. Hussey.
Mrs: Margaret l.. Bradley yesterday filed
a petition TO be appointed guardian OF
George l.. Bradley, an alleged lncomp rtent
person and husband OF petitioner, whom she
declares is incompetent to manage his prop
erty by reason of disease
Wells, Fargo IL Co. will remove their ex-
press ONCE on Angus. list from the Mason c
Temple 10 The new room at the southwest
corner OF Eleventh and Washington streets.
COUNTY JAIL IMPROVEMENTS.
The addition to the Alameda County Jail
Planned during Sheriff Hale's term of office
has been completed, and yesterday Sheriff
Hussey transferred SOME of the prisoners to
the new cells.
Pierre Lonstalot yesterday sued James
Naish Tor dissolution of a partnership in
In raising sheep. He also asks for the ap-
pointmrnt OF a receiver, an accounting and
an injunction to prevent the defendant from
dlsposlug OF any property of the firm.
ne Work OF raising the $4,000 bonds for
me Haywards electric road goes on, and
S4uOO O1 the $4,000 has been pledged.
John Pagan, alias Goodman, was arrested
AT stockton Yesterday and brought down TO
oakland last night on charge Of grand lar
ceny Ola horse about a year ago.
Inc estate of Ann Steele, deceased, has
been appraised at $4,000.
Alameda.
A jury was obtained last evening to try
j. III. Busch on a charge Of selling liquor
without license, after over 100 citizens
were examined. The following comprise
the jury: c. A. Snow, c. Critics, c. H.
Viewer, j. Schoenberg c. II. Loomis. A. H.
Keller, 7. Mcdonald, ID. p. Humphrey,
Charles Grimm, Charles Shaner, c. r. John
son and William Graham. An adjourn
ment was taken until Friday morning to
give the police an opportunity to summon
the many witnesses who will be examined
in the case.
a team Of horses attached to brewery
wagon ran away on Park street Yesterday.
Oliver Wagner, an eXpreSSman, Jumped on
behind and going forward at great risk,
seized the reins and stopped the tea N. The
wagon struck the buggy of w. L. Fisher
and wrecked it.
Mrs. W. o. Dickson, who has been elected
teacher in the Encinai School, is tha wife
OF Principal Dickson of the Haight School,
and for this reason there are many who
think the Board of Education did wrong in
appointing her in view of the fact that there
are many single young ladies who were de-
sirous OF the position. Mr.. Dickson receives
monthly salary of S125, and his wife will
be paid $50 or $50 per month. Prior to her
marriage. Mrs. Dickson (nee Fitzpatrick
was teacher in the West End School, and
gave the highest satisfaction
A aborer in the employ of John Hagan
was thrown from the Alameda broad-gauge
local train yesterday and was considerably
bruised. He was taken to the Receiving
Hospital in Oakland for treatment.
The City Marshal has given written no
tice to brewers warning them not to sell
beer to those saloons which were denied a
license. These saloons c0ntinne to keep
open as usual.
A. S. Woodward is at Loggerheads with
the Board of Education. HIS son has been
attending for the past six years the Haigh,
School, and was recently transferred to the
Encinal School. The father objected to
this. and wants his son returned to the
Haight School, but the Board of Education
says the transfer is 10 stand. The schools
are oyercrowded, and the board has re-
sorted TO all kinds of shifts to eQualize the
crowded rooms until the new eight-room
school-building in OLD Alameda is COM
pleted.