The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17
ADJUSTMENTS.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The spur track in Golden Gate Park has been
taken up,
The cars running to the beach were crowded
all day yesterday.
Mayor Sutro was the purchaser of the cleo
Ilc tower in the park
The battleship Oregon is practically finished
ana Will go IN Hunters Drydock to-day
The Sons OF the American Revolution will
Holu thelr annual meeting on Saturday.
Rev. Dr. Ollie delivered lecture yesterday
AFTERNOON at the Y NJ. C. A. building to young
men.
There was lively sport by the schuetzen
Nerelns at the shooting ranges across the bay
yesterday.
Prince Luigi OF Savoy attended a perform
ance IN the Italian language at the Bush-street
Martin G. Casserly and Miss Christine F. Ma
ioney were married at Ocean View on Satur-
day evening.
The Socialists met in Pythian Temple last
night and discussed the present extent OF CO.
operation in society.
Railroad Commissioner Stanton is opposed
to any long extension of the debt OF tie Cen
tral Pacific Company
Professor Markenburg had a narrow escape
from being burned to death at the Haight-
street grounds yesterday.
The young men of the stockton-street Svna-
In aid OF the church fund.
Two speakers besides President Hudelson
addressed the good citizenship meeting at
Metropolitan Hall yesterday.
The Young Women's Christian Association
celebrated its eighteenth anniversary at Ply
mouth congregational Church.
The Outdoor Order of Public Ownership is
new socialist organization whose members are
working in the cause OF reform.
The United States steamer Adams returned
from her trial trip yesterday and will sail for
honolulu tomorrow or next day.
Fair Monday; light to fresh northerly
WINDS, was the prediction issued last evening
by Forecast Official w. H. Harmon.
A. A. Zimmerman, champion cyclist, arrived
from Australia on the Monowai yesterday, and
with his wife is stopping at the Palace
Division OF the Naval Battalion gave
J1nks on Saturday night at which number of
the friends of the company were entertained.
Paderewsh spent all day yesterday in prac-
ticing, eating nothing till 10 O'Clock at night
He was preparing for his concert of this alter
noon.
Many young members of the National Guard
who aspire to become expert rifemen were
practicing at the Shell Mound rifle range yes
Ierday.
Fred Emerson Brooks, the poet from the
pulpit OF the Howard-street Methodist Church
last evening delivered an impromptu sermon
on sermons.
a few OF the petty officers of the Cristoforo
Colombo yesterday by the Italians of this City
and Oakland.
Several OF Brigham Young's daughters win
be among the representatives of the Mormon
choir that will sing at concerts TO be given n
this City III April.
FlashIight and Yreka divided the main stake
and kilmore, Faster and Faster, Lord Clifton
and Electric the consolation at Ocean View
Coursing Park yesterday.
j. A. Magee, who arrived from Samoa yester-
day, reports a frighIfui hurricane at the
Friendly Islands, in which three vessels were
reduced 10 kindling wood.
Tony FELTON,, the blind Indian who begs and
plays mouth harmonica on the streets, was
arrested yesterday at the ferry and charged
with drunkenness and vagrancy.
DR.. ]. T. RowaDd, dentist, and Mrs Sarah
Brown, dressmaker, 324 Brannan street, fell
from their bicycles near the Ingleside track
yesterday and were seriously injured.
The convention of local trades unions
adopted platform yesterday and also plan
tor permanent organ ization. The principles
contained in the platform deal with social and
labor questions.
The audience at Morosco's Grand Opera
house last night stopped the play for while
in order to make H. Coulter Brinker and Miss
Hall, whose engagement closed last nj ght, say
good-by to them.
Jue Tong, an inspector OF the Chinese Mer-
chants Association and member of the See
Yup Company, was shot in the left arm last
evening by Wong Tom, alias Wong Sing a
notorious h1ghbinder.
Several closely contested games were PLAYED
in the handball courts yesterday, the most at
tractive being between Harlow and Bonnet
and Kilgallon and Riordon at the San Fran
cisco, the two latter winning.
The burglar killed in the Franklin residence
has not yet been identified, although scores of
people have confidently told the authorities
The name they thought was his. Each sugges-
ton is being carefully investigated
There was a general gathering at St. Mary 8
arTa flor Of
OF the League OF the Cross, the object being to
renew their pledge of temperance and piety.
Archbishop Riordar delivered temperance
sermon.
John Stanton and an army OF artists were
working all day yesterday, effecting magic
ike changes in the decorations of the Hopkins
mansion for the coming Mardi Gras, which
promises to be one of the events of the Citv's
social life.