The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-10-09
Mr.. Cunha's Serious Accident.

Antoine Cunha, Portuguese. OF San
LeandrO, % years OF age, was struck Dy
car of the San Lorenzo branch of the Hay.
wards electric road yesterday afternoon
and painfully injured. The right leg was
broken in two places and had TO be ampu-
number of serious abrasions and contu-
siOns about the head and arms and deep
scalp wound. The accident was caused
through carelessuess on Cunha's part He
got before the rapidly moving car and
tried to signal it to stop. The car was
coming down the steep grade between San
Leandro and San Lorenzo, and it WAS lm-
possible 10 stop it In time to avert the ac-
cident. Cunha was felled to the ground,
bleeding and mangled.
He was removed TO the Receiving Hos
pita, where DR.. johnson amputated the
right leg. At late hour last night be was
resting quietly. Cunha is wealthy and
wellknown citizen of San Leandro.
"Pacing Billy's" Visitor.
Mrs. Mary L. Curley, pro minent men,
Der of the First NJ. E. Church. paid 'Pac-
ing Billy" the slayer of Green and Beeney,
a missionary visit yesterday. She brought
him bOquet OF roses and told him when
he looked at them TO remember that God
made flowers. She showed a chart with
illustrations from the life of Christ. at
which 1.-THE PAGER" gaZed with great inter-
est. Then she kneeled down and prayed
and Billy put thin. sallow hand over his
eyes and muttered penitent "amen."
de watched the good woman during her
extempore sermon with ewes as wide open
ana innocent-looking as child's, but the
haunted look that has filed them of late
had not altogether disappeared. Good
by, young man." said the good woman.
'Good-by," returned Billy, huskily.
She Tried to Alight.
Lizzie jacobson, middle-aged. living on
East Sixteenth street in this city, in at
tempting to alight from broadgauge train
at Oak street while in motion last night,
was thrown TO the ground and sustained a
bad conclusion of the brain. She was
taken to the Receiving Hospital and at
tended by DR.. Johnson.
BERKELEY.
The Presbyterians have again begun
work looking toward the building of a
new church ediice. A meeting of the
church members and congregation will be
held on Wednesday evening to consider
and adopt plans of procedure.
Nearly two years ago subscription for
the new church was started and reached
the nominal aggregate of $4,000 Part of
this, however, was watered stock, so to
speak. and not more than $4,000 was bona
fje subscriptions. A large lot was OBJ
tanned on the corner of Claiming way and
Fulton street. plans for the building were
drawn by Architect Thomas, member of
the church. and there the matter has sin ce
lain dormant.
Meanwhile Berkeley has grown steadily
and the Presbyterian Church has doubled
its membership, it to-day having about
2T5 communicates and an equal numbe of
Ssbbath-school scholars. The present
house is inadequate for the comfortable
accommodation of the church members, OF
to mention others, and the pastor, Rev. Fl.
A. Ketchum, has concluded that the new
church must be built at once. The Synod
Of California, which embraces the whole OF
this State and part of Nevada. meets in
Oakland on the 18th inst. ana TO this Mr..
Ketchum wishes to report work begun on
the new house OF worship.
The Annular Eclipse.
The anDular eclipse of the sun will be
noticeable In this latitude, and Professor
LeDschner of the students observatory of
the university advises all to provide thum-
selves with smoked glass for observatory
purposes. The sun will be somewhat more
light lasting from about 10 20 :36 A. NJ. to
II AS 10 P. NJ. In connection with recent
observations Mr.. Lenschner has observed
large number of meteors in the north
western sky lately which he thinks may
betoken the presence Of new comet. He
has arranged to receive visitors at the OBJ.
servatory on the first and third Tuesday
nights of each month. The visitors, how
ever, must first obtain admission tickets
ia rxy fa ipnff
the number to twelve each night.
City Improvements.
The contractors on the south end sewers,
who have successfully introduced the
steam dredger and shovel as a means for
excavating and covering lines of sewer
pipe, will enter into contract this week for
for sewerlng portions of Shattuck avenue,
Russell, Ward, Emerson. Essex and Ore
gon streets and Ashby avenue. The work
will be begun at once and pushed to CON-
pletlon before the winter rains.
The guttering and maeadamizing of both
sides Of Shattnck avenue. from Center to
Blake street. is about compile ed, as is also
the grading OF this same avenue from Uni
versity avenue to Vine street. Work has
been begun upon the guttering of this lat
ter portion of the street and rock for ma
cadamlZing it will be spread within the
next two weeks.
Preacher and Teacher.
William G. Learned. the new Baptist
minister, preached to large congregation
Yesterday. Mr.. Learned is a graduate of
Rochester On. " University. For eleven
years he was teacher in various acad-
emies and high schools in New York State.
Mr.. Learned first visited the coast several
years ago, when he occupied the pulpit of
the First Church of San Francisco foI
some months. He comes to Berkeley from
Woodland Park on the outskirts of Chi.
cago and already has made a favora bic i'm.
preston upon his people. He has several
children, among them daughter, in the
junior class at Vassar, and son in the
freshman class at Brown University.
Indefinitely Postponed.
The case against u. D. Heagerty
charged by Marshal Lord with assault,
which was sat for Satrraav moe ipda6r