The morning call., 1893-10-20
BERKELEY.

About o'clock Thursday morning two
shots were fired in the vicinity of Fulton
street and Claiming way, arousing all the
residents in the vicinity. Several saw the
shooter running in the dark, but were un-
able to identify him. 1t is believed he
was attempting some thievery in the
neighbornood and ran amuck of q dog.
which he endeaVored 10 still. No signs,
however, Of any attempted theft or rob-
berry were apparent anywhere.
Financial.
The report of Town Clerk Woodsum
from July to October 16 show receipts
and expenditures as follows:
ipts-General fund: From licenses,
S2100 so; from receipts allowed by city,
out Cancelled by Town Board. SASS 70;
from dog tags, sewer permits and Haste
street opening fund. S219 TO- Road fund
From receipts transferred from general
fund, $1,000; from Cancelled warrants,
S124S A.
penditures-General fund: By war
rants Issued by order of Trustees,
S7544 %; by transfer to sewer bond fund.
$3.50 90; by transfer to road fund. $4,000
clerks balance, subject to draft, S107S So.
Road fund-By warrants, S6057 O5; over
draft on fund, S1956 50. Sewer bonds, in
terest and redemption fund, received
from transfer from general fund-Ex-
pended for interest on bonds, S7S2 so, ac-
count balanced.
Clerks balances in other funds are
Electric light bond fund. S2655 90; school
bond fund, S3S rs; municipal funds-No.
1, S337 rs; No. 2, S343 09.
School fund overdrawn, October II,
S13.1S3 10.
On the credit side of the towns finances
should appear the taxes now being col
lected by Marshal Lord, which will aggre-
gate S51, ,513 81.
Varsity News.
Lieutenant Winn of the military depart
ment announces the following appoint
ments for the university battalion: Fl. NJ.
Wright 10 be leutenant-colonel, r. Avery
to be captain, II. H. Eddy to be first lieu
tenant and signal officer, 5. Blum to be
first lieutenant and artillery officer, Messrs.
E. NJ. Leventritt and a. V. Saph to be
first lieutenants, II. F. Vail and o. Sutro
to be second lirntenants, II. W. Corbett
and G. NJ. Bunnell to be color sergeants.
G. Gibbs TO be sergeant, c. PARCELS TO be
chief musician of the band. 81. Z. Hyde to
be adjutant, and T. G. Herman TO be
QuarteTmasler.
Manager Denman has received a tele-
gram ana letter from the Sacramento
cIuD caDCeIlD8 tue game Tor saturday
with the second eleven of Berkeley. The
Senators seem to have been given enough
football by the Olympic Club team, which
defeated them last week.
Professor Joseph lie Conte will on next
Tuesday evening give a lecture at the uni
versity on the latest scientific facts and
experiments In the art of flying. The lee
ture will be instructive and amusing.
High School Athletes.
The High School boys have decided to
compete for the football cham pionship of
the A. A. A. A. Irving Ostrom is football
manager and will get team together at
once. Class games will first be played,
and from the present outlook the midclers
will be able to put the best eleven on the
field, tue Juniors the second and the
seniors the third best. The school lost
several of its best football players with
the graduation of The class of '93. 1t has
heretofore been second only to the Oak
land High School. Ben Bakewell has
been chosen field captain and will look out
for track athletes. There will also be a
series of interclass tennis matches which
will be won by the seniors and thus their
expectant defeat in football will be less
poignant.
The Boys Club.
Eugene de Forrest and Miss May Noble
Will take part in an entertainment to be
given IN Shattuck Hall in aid OF the
Newsboys' and Messenger-boys' Club.