The San Francisco call., 1897-03-24
. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


T. E: Redell has sued I. Shapiro for 1881 "a,
due 10 wholesale butchers Tor meats.
Joseph Benchimal has been sentenced to
d two years in the State prison at San Quentin or
Folsom.
Asa W. Fisk has fled contest to the will of
Asa Fisk, deceased. The estate is worth about
$500,000
. in insolvency. He owes S1644 As and has no
available assets.
John J. Lynch has sued Cornelius J. Barron
10 1oleclose mortgage for $1,000 on rea. es-
taIe in this City.
Mrs. Jeannette Crane has been granted
OF Willful neglect.
increasing eloudiness Wednesday and prob
ably rain Wednesday night.--A. G. McAdfe To-
cal forecast official.
Mrs, Lucie Megie has filed petition to have
the will of the late Meranda A. Cunningham
set aside as null and void.
J. B. IngugIia has been sued by the Ameri-
can Fish Company for $2255 on account OF an
alleged breach OF contract
new route TO the Yosemite Valley will be
opened the 1st OF April over the Valley road
and a'stage line from Merced.
Outlay, Miss Ross Buckwa, Russella, Morte
Fonse, The Roman aud Scarf Pin were the
winners at Ingleside yesterday.
Leon Dennery has been sued by the Bay City
Building and Loan Association for 5000,
with interest from July 3, 1886.
Mrs Sadie Robinson, 393 Sixth street, in a
NJ OF aespondeney, swahowed dose OF NOR
phlne last night and will likely die.
Modesto may be made an important juno
ton point OF the Valley road IN connection
with the Point Richmond terminus.
At meeting held yesterday the public
scnool teachers voted in favor OF the pension
bill now in the hands of the Governor.
The Bricklayers' Union has protested to the
SlnprViS0rg AGAINST thPfvnp N @ Dlnved n m
the foundations OF the Hall Of Justice.
George F. Johnson, grocer, charged with
selling adulterated jelly, pleaded guilty yes
terday and Judge Campbell fined him $25.
The meeting at Metropolitan Temple last
evening Endorsed Booth,Tuekers plan OF
tlon OF the City.
The suit of the Bulletin against the Report,
involving the matter of the City printing, has
been decided by Judge Hebbard in favor of
the defendant,
The Richmond District through the infu-
ence of the Point Lobos Improvement Club
has received favorable cons liberation at the
hands'of various officials
The elder son of the late money changer
Asa Fisk, has brought a sensational suit in the
United States Circuit Court 10 recover property
held by the father in trust.
John H Stable has applied for letters OF ad-
ministfation upon the estate OF his sister,
FIfz beth Katherine Stable who died August
o IA 1896, leaving small estate.
Theodore PAYNE by his attorney f. w. Van
Reynegom, has brought suit against Harold
Wheeler for $400 due on note dated Decem-
ber II, 1896, with interest al = per cent a
year.
Charles L. Fair, Theresa oelrichs and Vir-
ginia Fair have filed petition to have the
real property belonging TO the estate OF James
e. Fair, deceased, distributed TO them imme-
diately.
The estate of Frederick E. Luty has been
tba o1a
consists of real Estate, situate in San Fran
CISCO, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Alameda
counties.
The petition for rehearing in the case of
W. H 7. Durrant was filed with the Clerk OF
the Supreme Court by his attorneys, Eugene
n. Deuprey and General John Il. Dickinson,
yesterday.
The league game of baseball between the
teams OF the Oakland High School and Hoitrs
school took place at Burlingame last Saturday,
and resulted in score of 10 to 3 in favor OF
Hoitrs boys.
Captain Lees was notified yesterday morn
ing that the man in the jail at Meridian.
Texas was Josef E Blan ther the murderer of
Mrs. Philopen Langfeldt, and that he died al
s o'clock Monday night
Kate Kerwin has sued the Market-street
Railway Company for $4,000 damages, on
account of personal injuries sustained by
being run over by tenderness car owned py
the defendant corporation.
the Merchants Association has appointed g
committee OF representative merchants to
confer with the Board of Regents OF the Uni
versity of California on the selection OF site
for the Wilmerding School.
In an important decision rendered yester-
day, defining the powers OF Boards OF Super
yIsors as Boards of Equalization, the Supreme
Court decided that Alameda County assess
ments for 1886 must stand.
Justice of the Peace John A. Carroll is
charged before the Grand Jury with malfea-
sapce in office in having kept possession OF
Josie Gibbons mandolin and IN misrepresent-
ing her in a case before Justice Cook.
James F. Nesbitt, q waiter, was yesterday
held by Judge Cam pbell 10 answer before the
Superior Court in $4,000 bonds on the charge
of attem pting to ASA ult Mary Bobus, young
girl employed at 122 Taylor street, where Mes
bitt roomed.
The Photographic will of Benjamin G..
Lathrop. who died on the I'd inst, has been
filed for probate. An estate valued at $l5OO
is beoueathed to the testators Two daughters,
Virginia A. 1urnbull and Fannie L. Baxter,
who are appointed executrices-
John ]. Comerford has sued Alfred w. Reay
and others to quiet title TO a lot OF ground on
Dolores street near Duncan, IN this City. Mr.
Comerford saws that he has been i'll possession n
of the premises for twenty years, and that the
defendants now claim an interest In tne prop
erty.
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