The San Francisco call., 1897-05-13
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

81 Divorce business is once more lively in the
Superior Court.
Cloudy Thursday, with conditions favora ole
for light showers A. &. McAdie, local fore
cast official.
A desperate fourteen-round prize-fght with
hard 6 owes was pulled off in Hayes Valley
last Sunday.
The yellow fever scare on the CITY of Sydney
is said by Captain Frank Johnson to be moth
ing but rot"
S. NJ. Damon, Hawaiian Minister of Finance,
IS here on his way to London to attend the
queens jubilee.
John Riley has sued W. R. Hearst for $67s
ana NJ. II. de Young for $3.50 for alleged
bresch of contract.
1t was formally decided by the Valley road
yesterday TO open the road for business 10
- Hanford on the 22d inst.
W. B. Bradbury, the capitalist was arrested
last night for eXpectorating in a streetcar.
this being his second offense.
The will of Mary Dobbelaar, filed for probate
yesterday, bequeaths all of her SIS, 900 estate
10 her husband, Jacob Dobbelaar.
An expert is at work on the books and &C
counts OF Williams. Brown e. Co., and will
probably have report Saturday.
Attorney Henry Dimond has sued Miss
Lillian Blair for $40, 600 for legal services but
he refuses to tell what those services were.
The Humboldt and Pomona are racing to
Eureka. The Humboldt had gained a few
The Police Commissioners last night dis
missed q charge against Policeman J. J. Nc
Entee of being off his beat twenty minutes.
The Finance Committee OF the Board of
Supervisors Will try to find some way to re-
.duce the compensation of the stenographers.
The first horses past the wire at EmeryvilIe
Yesterday were: Manchester, Sir, Richard,
Torsida. Fortunate, Installator aud Peixotto.
The Manufacturers and Producers Associa-
ton witt soon make the Pure Food Congress,
OF which It was the originator, Permanent
organization.
Stephen Dewing, the piano man. has been
arrested on charges of grand larceny and bat
terry, the outcome of leasing instruments on
the lnsteliment plan.
Ten men who have been loafng around the
poolrooms at % Stockton s treet were arrested
by Sergeant Cook yesterday afternoon and
charged with vagrancy-
A breeze of belligerency waited through the
police courts yesterday when attorneys
accused each other of uuering falsehoods, but
the Judges prevented bloodshed.
William ]. Bell. defeated candidate for the
Senate at last election, was arrested last light
for driving off with the horse and buggy be-
longing to Fred Lees, License Collector.
A. R. Kanaga, the attorney, bought a block
OF popcorn few days ago that contained
eight pins, and he is trying to find some
means OF Furnishing the peddler who sold it.
Suit has been instituted by the Luniug Com
pany against the San Francisco Journal of
Commerce Publishing Company for $50 as
rent of the premises known as51S Sacramento
street.
Wreaths presented TO the passengers on the
Australia before the vessel left Honolulu were
all thrown overheard before the vessel reached
port. All the beautiful flowers are infested
with the red scale
Mounted Patrolman n. C. Smith stopped a
runaway on Van Ness avenue and saved little
Arthur Fitzgerald from death. The lad was
painfully mutilated, however, before the
officer could reach him.
Mrs Julia Wilson, 8 Scotland street,
grabbed coal-oil lamp last night, which her
drunken, husband overturned, and had her
left hand and arm severely burned. She was
taken TO the Receiving Hospital
The Syndicate Grocery Company of Califor-
mia has been organized by j. l. NJ. hetterly
C. ". Nevin, Frank Sperling, C. F. Humphrey
c. c. Clark, ]. Wolff, F. F. Cooper, d. Macken-
zie and NJ. Il. Job, with capital OF S500,000
=. Sparks from a chimney ign1ted the roof of
one-story frame dwelling at 1706 Polk street
al 81 o'clock yesterday afternoon. An alarm
was sent from box 164 and the Fire Depart
ment was called out The damage will not ex-
ceed $500.
intendent OF Henry ]. Crocker's ranch. near
Cloverdale, is here on his way to take the
superintendency of the Palo Alto ranch, where
s specially is to be made OF breeding and
developing horses.
The will of the late William B. Carr was filed
yesterday for probate. The estate valued at
$4,000, is lett to the widow and children of
the deceased. The widow is made executrix
without limitations, but special letters were
issued yesterday to the son, George G. Carr
upon the widows petition.
Three of the cabin boys on the Australia
were arrested ior smuggling opium in Homo
lulu. Although 100 tins were found in the
dirty clothes there was no evidence against
the boys. The information that resulted in
the seizure was sent to Hawaii by Cap How
ard. superIn tendent of the Oceanic Steams hip
Company.
In Judge Campbells court yesterday Thomas
D. Riordan and Joseph c. Campbell got into
dispute in the Lee San perjury case and
Riordan accused Lawyer Campbell of havin g
made a false statement. Mr.. Campbell hurled d
back the insinuation and for time it looked
as though personal encounter would take
place, but Judge Campbell restored peace.
Mum berless magnied Photographic repro
duci1ons of Senator Fairs handwriting and of
other similar exhibits were in troduced as evil
dence yesterday in the Fair-Craven trial. The
plaintiffs side is putting these in for the pur-
pose OF paving the way for the evidence OF the
hired handwriting experts who are expected
10 pronounce Mrs. Craven's deeds forgeries.