The San Francisco call., 1897-07-25
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sundays brisk westerly wind.
Jacob W. Stern and Joseph Stern have beer
sued by Wells, Fargo & Co. for S362S ~.
Golden Gate Camp of the woodmen of tn,
World had grand time at the Chutes yes
terday.
document filed as the will of the late Edward
ID. Heatley.
Milton n. Garrstt has been sued for S25OO
said to be due TO Andrew J. Clunie for services
as attorney.
About forty-fve unemployed will be sent to
the mop fields tomorrow by Major Winchell OF
the salvation Army.
This evening H. c. B. Cowen will lecture on
"Wok and Wages" at Washington Hall, 35
Eddy street. Admission free.
Twenty PACK mules are on their way from
~ Valley to Chilcott Pass. They will be
Vlse1 10 transport merchandise.
! According TO reports received in this City
within the past week gold fields OF Ia ouloGs
wealth have been discovered in Peru.
Mrs Ella F. O'Brien has applied for letters
OF administration on the estate OF her late
husband, John j. o Brien. No Will has been
found
The CALL publishes this morning digest o.
the avs OF the Dominion OF Canada which ap-
ply partcu Iarly TO mining operations on the
kioudyke.
An unsuccessful attempt was made last
night 10 get two Chinese slave girls who are
under age from house OF disrepute on st.
Louis alley.
The real estate market has been enlivened
during The week by several sales OF consider
able magnitude.
The mass-meeting held at Dasse's Hall, on
Sunnyside slope, last night, IN favor of the
Mission Park and Zoolog cal Garden was
largely attended.
The suit OF Mary E. Gregory against Horst
Brothers for S66S 81, on account OF hop con-
tract, hss been transferred from Sacramento
10 this City Tor trial.
Mamie I. Johnson has asked the Superior
Court to reStTain Mrs Catherine Z. Johnson
from turning the minor Johnson children out
oi their present home
Mary Wheeler, aged II years, and Arthur
Sundiln were married on the high seas board
the steamer Arcata last Friday. Mary's father
objected 10 the match.
The Fresno Republicans were defeated by
the Santa Cruz team at Central Park yes te T
day by q score OF 4 to O. The game was the
III st OF he semi-inais.
The suit Of H. C. Bartha against John H.
Wise ana Harry E. Wise. TO secure an account
ing on contract. has b.en transferred from
Stockton TO this City for trial
George J. Moore, son of the president of the
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, at.
tempted to commit suicide last night in q
shooting gallery on EDDY street
There was & meeting on the Missions treet
Sidewalk near Twelfth s treet last evening OF
the Penny Purchasing Club scheme.
| Wells, Fargo & Co. are clearing the ground
A the east side of Second street, north from
p ssion to the Jessie-street line and will
erect thereon modern building six stories
high.
The quarantine of Alameda County milk
continues and the dairymen are very indig-
nant over what they consider unnecessary in
convenience. They attribute the whole matter
20 politics.
Mrs Nettie R. Craven has been suspended
from her position as the principal of the Mis-
sion Grammar School pending fuller investi-
cation into the charges recently preferre ed
against her.
Peter Magerus, proprietor of the Alameda
House 147 Third street caused considerable
excitement II last night by his crazy antics, and
he was locked ny in padded cell in the Re-
ceiving Hospital.
The schoouer-yacht White Wings has
changed hands and Captain Chittenden had
his friends out for q final cruise on The bay
yesterday before he turned the smart craft
over to her purchasers.
Precita Valley, through its improvement
club, reports several needed improve ments
electric lights and extra school accommoda-
tions are benefits hailed with delight by all
residents,
The Merchants Association is endeavoring
to have The contractor hurry up in his wo rk OF
constructing the new Hall OF Justice, and a
letter has been sent to him calling his atten-
tion 10 The specifications relative TO time for
finishing the work.
The British ship Falls of Dee has been
pumped out by the tugs employed by the Un-
derwriters and will dock at Lombard street.
The pier has been bonded and all the vessels
cargo that was not ruined by fire and water
will be landed there.
Little Mary N. Brown, the child of the late
sea captain who was lost in the north, to-
gether with the schooner named after hls eld-
es; girl, is being contested for by several par
ties VIII o desire to become her guardian. The
child Is heress to q considerable estate left by
her father.
Most OF the bankers of the City were befor e
the Board OF Equalization yesterday to show
why their taxes snould not be increased. Ow-
ing TO the failure of Supervisor Clinton to
gather any evidence but little headway was
made. The banks showed bond investments
and ike matters to account for low values
The Joost Investment Company has been
incorporated for the purpose of dealing in
4 real estate, rock, gravel, streetpavement ma
\ erals and the like. The capital stock is fixed
Aat 500 600, of which $500 has been sub
tc1bed by the incorpore Iors, Behrend Joost
Martin B. Joost, Anna Joost, MaIea Joost and
Anna Dorothea Joost, who have taken $500
each.