The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-21
OVER IN OAKLAND.
An Old Man Found Dead
in a Creek.
An Effort TO Control the Retail Meat
Trade News From Berkeley
and Alameda.

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wards last evening over the finding Of the
body of John Wilcox. a wood-chopper, 60
years old. in creek bed in Palomares
Canyon. A young man named McC0mb,
who was last seen in the old mans COM
pany, wandered into town in an intoxicated
condition with some of Wicox's effects in
his pockets. lie was arrested and detained
until this morning, when an inquest will be
held. The Coroner last night directed
physic ans to make an autopsy to determine
whether or not Wilcox was murdered.
though the general opinion is that he died
from natural causes and that McComb is
only an unfortunate victim Of circumstan-
ces.
He could not give very clear account
of himself or of WIlcox's death Wilcox
was an ex-soldier, and lately received a
pension of S12 per month. He has been
living in a cabin in the canyon and was out
hunting at the time OF his DEATH
There Is a serious and growing difficulty
between William Sims cows and the little
elephant on the hands OF Captain Smith,
commonly known as The California and
Nevada Railroad. Mr.. Sims and the cows
wouldn't mind it if the captain would build
a fence, aud his reluctance TO do so causes
all the trouble.
The cows and the wheeZy little engine
frequently get into difficulty and the cows
usually get the worst OF il. Because OF this
Mr. Sims has taken them from pasture and
notified the captain that he will sue for
damages unless the fence is built. The
captain tried TO compromise by fitting
Southern Pacific eowcatcher to his engine
the other day, but Mr.. Sims became angrier
than ever.
Another man who wants TO sue the road is
John Norton of Contra Costa County. He
vff~ltf 1T strat fhrs4n m IN
promise that the road would be bnilt
through his ranch at once. 1t has never
been done and he will try to get the right OF
way back.
The five-mie extension of the road is not
being built along the old survey, but is on
short cut into the Moraga ranch.
Mr.. Norton is so dissatisfied that be has
torn up his Communication ticket. refusing to
ride on the road, and now drives into town
over the hills.
The South San Francisco Land Company
has commenced the erection OF three-story
wooden building on Second street, between
Franklin and Webster Il is to be used as
a refrigerator ard storage house for meat
from the slaughter-hOuses at Baden
The object OF the company Is TO comb inc
the meat trade of Oakland and 10 enter in 10
serious competition with the stockyards
near West Berkeley. 1t is stated that they
will endeayOr to get the trade OF retail
butchers themselves, ana that if they fail
they will start retail stores throughout the
city.
There have been stories to the effect that
the Baden yards have not been successful
and that .hey were even going TO close, be-
cause they were unable TO overcome the
POlrerO competition. These have all SIM
meTed into the branching out OF the COM
pany 90 this side of the bay.
The saughter-hOuSes ut Baden will be
continued and the Oakland trade will be
cd shinnfnU n
this side.
The latest dYnamitiug done by Bob
Craig on the water front is about to get him
into trouble. He blew up five piles the other
day and two warrants for his arrest have
been issued. He is charged with malicious
mischief and with exploding bombs within
the city limits. The warrants were sworn
to by c. Rollins and e. III. Woolsey. Craig
was acting under orders from V. l.. Forth.
While playing about her fathers store at
ST. Broadway Yesterday the three-year-old
daughter Of j. II. Buchanan found q bottle
of carbolic acid aud swallowed part of
the contents. She is very low and death
will probably result.
Mary b. Howe has sued the Oakland
Railroad Company for $4,000 damages.
of her right leg from Injuries received while
aIightIng from car on San Pablo avenue
last November.
A jury was selected before Judge Els
worth yesterday to try the famous Hugh
Slicer will contest. The trial will begin
next Wednesday Sicer bequeathed prop
erly worth 100000 TO Mary Ann Wilson, a
sister, now dead. The contestants are
Charles Slieer brother, Harriet Carpen-
ter a sister, and Arabella Hinkle, cousin.
They alleGe that the will was fraudulent.
petition circulated by w. w. Foote
has been largely signed asking the Governor
TO appoint ex-Judge Rosborough as one of
the two new Superior Judges Of Alameda
County, provided the bill creating the two
offices is adopted. Ex-Judge Gibson is also
a candidate.
The divorce suit of Z. II. Meyers against
his wife was heard with closed doors before
Judge Ellsworth yesterday, and decree
was granted The defendant was allowed
to resume her maiden name Of Jennie Still.
The latest big real estate sale reported is
that Of the Croker tract of $50 acres near
Piedmont by Hiram Tnbbs. w. g. Hen
shaw, C.. H. King aud w. j. Dingee. No
record OF the sale has yet been made.
X. NJ. Fitzgerald, who declined a nominal
ton from the Municipal League. will be one
of the candidates for Mayor before the
Democratic nominating convention on the
2Sth inst.
The Republican candidates mentioned
are: Ex-senator Whitney, ex- Mayor w.
r. Davis. T. l.. Barker aud w. II. Chicken
ing. Mayor Chapman will not again be
candidate.
The Republicans last night selected dele
gates for the nominating convention.