The San Francisco call., 1896-04-15
HIS TORY OF A DAY.
Alameda County Happenings Told in
Short CHAPTERS.
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OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
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Thomas McGovern, convicted IN the Fed
eral court of smuggling opium, has been SEN
fenced to imprisonment in the County Jail for
one year.
Gustav Braguschwerger, who has been in
the County Jail for some time awaiting trial
for forgery, has been found guilty and SEN
fenced to imprisonment at Folsom for three
years.
The ninth annual convention of the State
Christian Endeavor Union will be held at San
Jose, commencing May Ia and continuing
three days Alameda County will have a dele
CATION OF from 800 to 500.
a hospital corps viii be organized next Tues
day evening at the meeting OF the Fifth In
fantry Regiment in Armory Hall. Surgeon.
Major Dunn is taxing an active interest in
promoting the department.
The suit of Mrs Emma W. Halsev and Kate
A. Halsey against the Covenant Mutual Benefit
Association over an insurance policy on the
life OF the late DR.. Halsey has been dismissed,
as the company has settled.
Warrants have been sworn out for the arrest
of Louis Silver, Willie Silver and Joe Gillet
three boys, on the charge of assaulting the
boy conductor OF the Vandercook line at Nine
teenth avenue and wenty-second street
Death has at last come to end the physical
and mental troubles of Mrs. Con Crowley, wife
OF the well-known First Warder. She died at
the County 1ntirmary early this morning at
the age OF 49 years. Her death was occasiored
by cancer.
Revival meetings are being held nightly at
the Tenth-avenue Baptist Church in East
Oakland. Rev. C. Hill assisted by Revs Whit
aker and Jordan are personally conducting the
meetings, and good music will be rendered
each evening.
b. +. Miller has made application to be an
pointed guardian of Joseph Miller,an inmate
OF the Home for Adult Blind, who is alleged to
be incompetent and has estate valued at
$1,000, consisting of legacy under the will OF
deceased brother.
B. H. Fisher will succeed L. Wheeler as su-
perintendent of the Alameda, Oakland and
Wheeler having rendered his resignation Mr.
Fisher was formerly assistant to Engineer
Storey OF the Valley road.
Mrs. NJ. F. Delaney of Alameda has brought
suit against her husband, F. n. Delanoy for
the purpose of recovering 5000 for six shares
OF stock in the Mutusl Building and Invest
ment Company, which she says she sold the
defendant at his own request.
Judge Greene issued an order to-day for the
calling OF a Grand Jury and the names of the
nineteen county inquisitors will probably be
selected tomorrow. The names from which
the nineteen are to be drawn have already
peen selected by Judge Greene.
L. B. Thomas, a bicyele-dealer Yesterday
swore out search warrant for a bicycle which
he rented to J. R. O'Neill on Sunday last. The
dealer stated that he had located his machine
al a pawnshop where it had been exchanged
for nother wheel which had been pawned for
$50.
Public Administrator Knight has been given
Permission to sell the personal property Of the
estate of the late Lorenzo Ghiozzi, the old gar
dener, nicknamed "Garibaldi," who was
killed by the Seventh-street local year ago.
The property makes melancholy showing,
mprising only three wine casks.
On the Goth of this month the motion of
Adele Rose that Frank Rose allow her alimony
to the amount of 800 mon1h will be heard
in Judge Ogden's court. Mrs. Rose supports
her request by showing that her hus band owns
a number of lots in Washington Township a
livery business, with number of horses end
wagons. She also asks for an allowance of
$500 as counsel fees.
Mrs Mary Murphy of 664 Myrtle street died
suddenly this morning from hemorrhage Of
the lungs She retired last evening feeling
well, and was not we'll when she arose this
morning, but before her toilet had been COM
pleted the hemorrhage suddenly attacked her.
and she died before medical aid could be sum-
moned. Mrs. Murphy was a native of Ireland
90 years OF age. The Coroner will hold an
inquest.