The San Francisco call., 1896-01-22
HISTORY OF A DAY.
Alameda County Happenings Told in
Brief Chapters.

brIe1 Shapterss
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
eos Broadway, Jan. Il. }
The office of Wells, Fargo & Co is being
moved from its old location on Washington
street to the corner of Twelfth and Franklin.
The motion of counsel for Mrs. Adams to
strike out portions of the complaint nlea py
young Fred Adams in suit to annul the Mar
unez marriage has been peremptorlly set 1of
next Saturday.
The suit of A. J. McGovern against John H.
Dav1e and other officers of the DAVE Ferry
Company has been on the calendar OF q can
FRANCISCO court for some time, anu Is ho" eA-
pected TO go to trial at once.
George ]. Wheeler, aged 50 years and 8
months, died this morning at MS nome at
Forty-ffth street and San Pablo avenue. he
was a native of New York, but had nVed IN
Oakland for the past ten years.
The Council passed new resolution last
night transferring $4,000 from the general fund
to the library fund. The money in the latter
fund is now exhausted and the City treasurer
will not object TO making the transfer.
Parties are in the city making terms to have
a six-day bicycle race in the tabernacle next
month Application has been made to secure
the building with PERMISSION 10 Dulld special
track on which the races would be run.
A Young man giving the name of Sumner
Davis was arrested at Twenty third avenue last
night by Officer keegan, and charge of carry
ing concealed weapons placed against him.
In each hip pocket Davis carried large gun.
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Twelfth street, East Oakland, has in his pos
session history of Milton Mass, and a history
of Augusta, Ne. both OF which give a complete
and Interesting record of the Vose genealogy
back to the year 1866.
J. D. James, charged by Con Crowley with
holding him up at the time his team disap-
pesred, had his examination in Haywards
Crowley took the stand. The result was the
defense asked for dismissal. The prosecution
agreed and James was set free.
The one hundred and thirty-seventh anni-
We rsary of the birth of Robert Burns will be
celebr ated tomorrow evening by the St.
nature OF Scotch concert, and will take place
in the Y. NJ. C. A. auditorium, corner of Clay
and Twelfth streets.
A middle-aged German giving the name of
Charles Schermster, was found by Officer
Cooney last night at Seventeenth and San Pablo
avenue in a demented condition. DR.. Mayon
made an examination this morning and found
the man slightly deranged though not danger
ouSly nor necessarily permanently so.
A meeting of the board of directors of the
Young Mems Christian Association was called
last night for the purpose OF electing officers
for the ensuing year. Quorum was not pres
ent, however, owing TO the absence of some of
the directors from town. Consequently no
business was transacted, and the meeting was
adjourned until further notice.
The preliminary examination of Arthur Kel.
ley was postponed this afternoon until to-
morrow. Oscar Chapman, the San Joaquin
farmer from whom Kelley took the money has
disappeared. If he cannot be found by that
time, a new complaint will be filed charging
Kelley with assault with deadly weapon for
the attack he made on the brakeman while the
latter was attempting 10 arrest him.