The morning call., 1895-02-26

month, and the Dingee Company SIS. The
pld OF the former, which has heretofore re-
celved 500 for the service, was accented.
Inc BID was in the shape of a contract
for year, and Mr.. Dingee feels indignant
at the way in which the opposition COM
pany was allowed the privilege. He said
yesterday:
both bids were referred to a commit
tee, and to-day, knowing the circumstances
under which the Contra Costa bid was pre-
sented, sent in another offer to furnish
the water for $50. But the Supervisors
rushed through resolution giving the
privilege to the Contra Costa at sos, and,
what is worse, the resolution awarded the
privilege for year, although no such term
contract has ever before existed. That S
what l say is an outrage"
They Saved the Horse.
News was brought to the police station
most submerged in the Shiny marsh east
OF the old Piedmont baseball grounds.
Captain Wilson, assisted by two men,
succeeded IN extricating the poor brute
after considerable trouble. The horse had
been IN the mud all night and was almost
buried when discovered. 1t is supposed
that the horse and buggy was abandoned
by some one who took this way of getting
out OF paying Tor it.
Police Judge Wood has knocked out the
IL O'Clock saloon closing ordinance, on the
ground that it was not properly posted in
the beginning as required by law. The
saloon-keepers may now run in go-as-
you-please way for thirty days at least, as
1t will take that length of time to get an
other ordinance in shape. The defective
ordinance has been operated as the law
since 1875.
Again in Trouble.
Mrs. Jacob Linklater wants separation
from Jacob Linklater on the grounde oil
extreme cruelty. She asks that the Gus
tody OF the minor child be awarded to her
and that her husband be restrained from
dlsposing of any of his property.
Llnklater is the man who had some
trouble with his hired man in Berkeley
and was shot during the row about two
years ago.
Water Rates Reduced.
The Council last night passed to print an
ordinance reducing the water rate 20 pei
cent. This makes reduction of so pei
cent in all by the present Council over the
old rate charged by the Contra Costa Com.
pany: Two ordinances were also intro.
duced, one closing saloons on Sundays
and the other closing saloons at II o'clock
midnight.
1t Might Have Been Life.
Adam Schmegner was sentenced by
Judge Ogden yesterday to forty years il
San Quentin for incest with his little nine
year-old daughter.
This is next to life sentence, fol
Schmegner is now past fifty years old.
Packed House.
Frederick Warde and Louis James al
ways draw well in Oakland, and their pres
ent season promises to be no exception tc
this rule. Last night standing-room was
at a premium, and the weeks engagement
promises such houses each night. The PLAY
last night was Henry ~" Tonight the
programme will be Francesca da Rimini'
Smothered at A1tamont.
Thomas Buckley, construction hand in
the employ of the Southern Pacific, wa.
smothered at 3 P. NJ. yesterday by beins
caught under a sandbank cave in Alta
mont tunnel, where he was working. The
body was brought to Oakland, and an in
quest will be held to-day.
Buckley has a brother living at 81;
Tehama street, San Francisco, who ha.
been notified by the Coroner.