The morning call., 1892-03-15
FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
Lulu Reutschler Will Not Go to
the Reform School.
She Will Be Married Instead-A Haunted
House Inhabited at Last-A Mailbox
Blown Open.

Saturday, will not go. The order of COM
mitment was set aside yesterday by Judge
Greene, and she was allowed to go home
with her parents. 1t is understood that they
will allow her to marry the young man of
her choice. She will be II in June, and
wanted to marry young lather and plas-
terer, but the parents did not want the mar
riage to take place and had her committed
to Whittier. Mr.. Reutscher said they had
nothing against Lulu's young man, only he
was afraid he did not have enough get up
about him to support wife.
AT the meeting of the Board Of Super
visors yesterday the petition Of Drs. John
w. Hood of Haywards and G. Vivian of
San Leandro for the position of visiting and
consulting physician at the County Infirm-
airy was read and placed ON file. The issu-
ance of the $4,000 of school bonds for the
Bay District voted last month was ordered.
A letter from DR.. Walter Lindley, Superin-
tendent OF the Whittier Reform Club. ask
ing the board to pay up the amount due
from the county was read and filed and the
Clerk authorized 10 notify the superintend-
ent that the money had been paid into the
State treasury.
meeting has been called for Wednesday
evening at the Oakland Theater in the in
terest of bonds. Ex-Governor Perkins is to
preside as President of the Oakland I'm
provement League. NJ c. Chapman. w.
Il. Davis. ID. 5. Hirshberg, j. X. Glascock
and others Will address the meeting.
AROUND THE CHURCHES.
meeting of the Sunday school superin-
tendents and pastors of the Oakland
churches was held in the parlors Of the
\. NJ. e. a. building last evening. Rev.
DIR. j. X. Mclean was chosen Chairman
and Professor E. +. Burrill Secretary.
At the annual election of officers OF the
First Lutheran Church the folio wing named
were chosen to constitute the board: Elders
William Moller. l.. III. Graw lProfessor
Stanford Jr. University. w. M. Sack;
Deacons-F. f. Croker, S. L. Grove, A.
Jeffrey; Board of Trustees-Rev. Philip
Graft (pastor, Christian Schreber. Hugo
steInmeyer. George Flick, p. Nj, Fisher.
The Sayford meetings OF the Young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor
opened at the First NJ. +. Church last even
ing with large attendance. They Will
continue every evening this week, except
Saturday.
COURT NOTES
The Superior Court Of Alameda County
has authorized Henry A. Buffers TO adopt
his slepdaughters, Mary Bloomfield, Will
lard Sangletter and Margaret L. Sang
letter.
A. Fetsch. tailor, recently of the firm of
Quigey q Fetsch, fled his petition in IN
sOlvency yesterday. He owes S3i97, and
has nothing TO pay with.
Mrs. Hannah j. Wooster was granted a
decree OF divorce by Judge Greene yester-
day afternoon from George c. Wooster on
the ground CT extreme cruelty,
james Coleman, garroter. pleaded guilty
to charge of robbery last Friday and was
sentenced yesterday by Judge Greene to
serve fifteen years in Folsom Prison. Cole
man, assisted by two others, garroted Will
lam j. " Gods.
Charles Bender, who pleaded guilty to a
charge of burglary last Thursday. was SEN
fenced to one year in San Quentin Prison.
CoLoRED MANS LUCK.
w. III. Nathaniel, the colored barber, who
slaShed Norman Howe with razor some
time ago, was allowed TO go in the Police
Court by Judge Ogden yesterday on the
ground that an assault TO murder had not
been proved ana it was in evidence that
Howe himself had caused the attack of Ma
thaniel
The famous haunted house on Tenth and
Adellne streets has at last been rented. 1t
has stood idle for years because Of the re-
port that the spirit OF a painter, who was
accidentally killed in the building, was to
be seen paradlng through 1t al all hours of
the night.
Nellie Kelly. who died on Saturday from
blood poisoning, died away from home at
the residence of colored family,
THE VACATION QUESTION.
At a meeting of the Board of Education
last evening ii was decided to hold the mid
summer vacation later in the season, in
order 10 conform 10 the court and other va
cations. 1t was also decided 10 employ
special council and pay fee of $500 TO carry
the case OF Mrs. Martin 10 the Supreme
Court.
Ats meeting of the First Methodist Epis
eopal Church official board last night Rev.
Alfred kuniner Of Portland was chosen TO
succeed Rev. DIR. Il. X. Ollie, whose i've
years term will close at the end of this con-
ference year.
Il is said the woman In black is again vic
timizing people in Oakland. She gives the
name Of Mary Morgan, takes a room, and
expects trunk which does not come. She
also tries 20 borrow money:
The State Sabbath School Association
Will meet here on April "a
The revival services at the Centennial NJ
+. Church, corner of Ninth and Chester
streets. Will continue all this week.
Alameda.
Ed Riley, who made an assault on a car
penter named Finley, giving him black
eye, was sentenced yesterday to pay fine
Of $40. A companion of Riley's, named
Vagnus, who was arrested for disturbing
the peace. was fined S15.
Ernest Mayrisch Jr. is the deputy of City
Assessor +. NJ. Smith, vice Samuel Hunter,
resigned.
Rev. Father John Sullivan of St. Mary's
Cathedral. San Francisco, has been APP
| pointed pastor of st. Joseph's Church.
Rev. Father MeNaboe, who has been acting
| as pastor for the past several months, will
| be assigned in a few days 10 another parish
There is very little Improvement in the
| condition OF City Attorney Taylor. He has
an attack of the grip in very severe form
| and is threatened with pneumonia
| Frederick Clark, alias O'Rourke, Park
| street character, went 10 Fruitvale Sunday.
| in company with Ed Waldier. Oliver Wag-
| ner and Dick Pierce. The quartet got into
| dispute. which resulted in a free fight, and
| during the melee Clark was kicked in the
| face by Oliver. The bridge of his nose was
! broken and his face was badly cut.
Some one has been tampering with the
| United States mail In this city. When a
| letter-carrier was making his rounds col
| lecting mail at the West End Yesterday
| morning, he found that the end of the mail
box on Central avenue, in front of the Ter
race Baths, had been broken open, and an
| investigation showed that dynamite cart
ridge or some other powerful explosive had
| been used TO effect the damage. The mo-
| tive for the act Is not apparent The Post
| master hardly thinks 1t could be for rob-
| berry, as very little mail is deposited in this
| box.
There Is a feeling Of rivalry among the
| letter-carriers of this city as to who is the
| fastest walker. Each claims the honor. and
| to settle the question they are preparing to
| have a walk to Haywards at an early date
| They are soliciting subscriptions among the
| citizens for money to constitute a purse of
| $50. which will be awarded TO the winner.
At the meeting Of the City Trustees last
| evening the hearing of the protests against
| the laying OF new sewer in Park street
| went over for another week. A question
| arose as TO whether the new sewer should
| empty into the Banding avenue receiving
| sewer or the tidal canal, and an investiga-
| ton will be made to determine which is the
| better plan. The Street Superintendent
| was instructed to purchase 500 worth of
| rock to be used on the roadway leading to
| Bay Farm Island. &. A. Edison made
| proposition to the board to furnish salt
water for street-sprinkling purposes, and
| the matter was referred tn the City Attor-
| ney. The purchase of 100 trees at cost of