The morning call., 1894-06-27

kind used by ladies and was identified rs
one stolen from the residence of Cary
Howard, on Fifteenth street.
viii Move the Mails.
Stewart &5 Dixon of Clinton, NO., have
sublet a second time the contract for car
ryinG the mails to and from the trains 90
the postoffice. a man by the name of
Martin, living in the Watts Tract, will
carry them heUcefoTth, entering upon the
discharge OF his duties on Sunday next.
The present contractor, John Il. Altman,
has retired.
Originally, Stewart and Dixon bid S2350
year for the work. intending to sublet it
AT profit TO themselves. Young, a col
Ored man, tried to handle the Job, and
found he could make nothing out of it.
Altman essayed it with similar result.
The new man will have the contract for
four years, and will receive from the con-
tractors just $3.50 month more than they
get from the Government. They are
bound il the sum of $1,000.
The "Rioi" Suit Dismissed.
Cook & Langley Yesterday lost their $4,000
damage suit against the town of San Le-
andre. The plaintiffs have gone through
insolvency. and F. W. Woods. their as
sigDee. yesterday asked for postpone.
ment on the ground of not having funds
sufficient to prosecute the suit Judge
Greene refused to grant the postpoDemept
on the ground Of lack of legal showing,
and judgment was entered up in favor OF
the town.
This suit was begun in August, 1892. 1t
grew ont of an alleged riot. in which the
plaintiffs insisted that their property had
been damaged. Cook & Langley had en-
ployed white labor IL packing fruit and
subsequently they discharged them and
substituted Cinnamon. The firm claim
that the discharged men and others drove
IN
property.
Swore in German.
Judge Greene yesterday granted Alice
Wlrbser A divorce from her husband,
Felix WiTbser. on the ground of extreme
cruelty. She was allowed SO month
alimony and the custody of the minor
child.
Wirbser was the proprietor of Harmony
Hall, In Alameda. His wife testified that
he was not an angel of peace. All his
neigbbOrS took the stand and swore he was
crank. One young lady said he sWOre at
Mrs. WrbSer in German. She said the
oaths were something frightful. and the
court had her translate them. They were
pronounced bad enough to warrant The
granting Of the divorce.
a Woman's Imagination.
Judge Ogden and Drs. Akerly and Bald
win examined Cora McHenry on charge
of insanity yesterday, but refused to COM
nit ber upon the testimony The young
lady is SO years of age and person of re-
finement. They say she imagines she is
being followed, and that her father and
mother are not her parents. The death of
her fance is said TO have unsettled her
reason.
His Foot Crushed.
Frank Dixon is only 10 years of age, but
in company with a number of other boys
he was irving to beat his way 10 the fruit
fields OF Vacayiile to pick fruit, and had
got as far along the road as Port Costa,
when he fell between the cars and had his
foot badly crushed. The boy was brought
To Oakland and taken to the Receiving
Hospital. His parents reside at 1866 Cen
ter street.
a Foreclosure Suit.
Suit has been brought by the Brooklyn
Investment aud Loan Association against
j. L. Littrell and i. II. WhitehOuse TO
foTeclose mortgage securing a loan of
$1,000 The land in question Is in Fair.
view Tract.