Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 2

OAKIjATTD DALLY TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1887. Seal Estate. Sew InsTirance, $19 75; Oakland Home, $17 American Central, $29 SO; Phe- mm VOlDCfiaTmCATES. II) lPp nix oi urooiyn, $82 73. as.

Tflfilfiipr" 11) lUUJliut wiluais j. DUTTON TUTTLE, BILLS ALLOWED. The following bills were allowed: A Serious Matter for Some Heal Estate Auctioneer. Home Mutual Insurance Company, Real Estate Agents, School Teackers. $114 10; Al Wood, $27 30; Charles Ber- TrjBLISHEB DAILY (8amUy eiceptel) 41S.41S.

A.WD41T BIOHTH BTBBET THIfttTNIJ-PUBLISHING CO. Speelal Bargains. I offer for sale for a few days only the following pieces of choice property at prices far below their value: The elegant residence northwest corner of Eighth and Market streets, Oakland; the large house and grounds known as the Lusk mansion on Claremont avenue, near Temescal; a fine suburban residence of ten rooms, with six acres of land, located on San Leandro road, about four miles from Broadway. A4so a large list of farms ajd timber lands. Frederick Getchell, raal estate agent, 970 Broadway, Oakland.

Dbisk St. Louis Cider, 1309 Webster. halter, 50; J. S. White, $25; Oakland 972 BROADWAY.

oiiuurik Salary Warrants for Those No FRUIT VALE Nolan Gardens. With City Credentials. I 0 TliatJ very rlevlrabla and eentrany PIEDMONT LANDS WH. K. DARQIBi Manager.

SUJTIttl If OiUII JUT FIFTEEN CEST3 PER WEEK mm, ir 1111, roa tbi mh-ti HE W-8IX t3 90 THE VIIKIT TRIBUNE, rCBUHUD ITKBT SATURDAY. mill! OHB 50 BIX M05TH9. 25 TM Superintendent Will Befose to Sign fftted tract known mm Nolan tiArdeM, on Grove and Brown or Thlrt y-fonrth i Home Insurance Company, $IR1 Oo; Phomix of Hartford, $02 50; Phenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn, $25 Oakland Home Insurance Company, 80; Home of New York, and Phoenix of Hartford, $25; i. H. Hopkins, agent California Insurance Company, $24 GO; Firemans' Fund Insurance Company, 24 HO; J.

H. Griffin, $21 60; H. Griffin, $11 05; Jackson, Vandercbok Melvin, $25; Home Mutual Insure ance Company, $390 50; Sunset Tele-graph-Telephbne A'onipany, $18 60; McGovern CahUl, $7 25; Bart Morean I $73 98: same. street. Ttila Irar.

lying, a it aoea.over fjOO feet alonjr, Urar etrot. thofntnm FOR SALE! Fcwtitubb, Warrants to Allow a Test Cue la ths Courts. Carpets, at pri- vate sale at C. W. 5 rent" itf na of ine rnjr, it wpitriaiij elrabl for park, garden, or a Ixl i 1- Kear Oakland! T10N KOOMS.

1114 and 1118 Broadway, lon. There was real estate in ths air at the TUESDAY AUGUST 23. 1887, Rabk hargams at LYON A CO's mammoth furniture auction house. A Splendid Char ce far GraV'em Quick! Several rholr Into In the 'A I. DEN meeting vf the Board of Education last evening.

The financial member from TKACT, bought before the advance. WS4 AMiflStrS) Piakos and furniture a specialty Whitney Co's Express, Eighth and the Fourth ward was unfortunately ab- tW tract. las la All, im aaoi ntpuxua SMALL TRACTS. Cf i. at rtr.tiliPt.y kw raniain.

new an A stylish HacK. Seven VERT THOICR mall Titrm 1ymrK a IHII'I; HTt okM.i WEDNESDAY, August 24, 1887 WEDNESDAY TJCTIOjST sale or LOTS TOWN LOTS IN THE BOOMIKC, i BUSTLIKC, THEIY1KC TOWN OF TT "37" "EES 3HL ES 2 The Ninth Street Stables have rust from to II arrea earn, hlahly improved, on Mom aveaae. near San Leandro road, rirht In the. center of the booming neighborhood. se and when the millionaire boo mist treni the Third ward entered wearing a new suit and with a scent of town lots about him he cast his eye about tor an opponent worthy of his- steel.

The Itufusof the board. Dr. Fine, leaned back and stroked his beard as if he had iut got options on every precipice in purchased a new stylish hack, with a 8tIendid scan of horses, and wish to Way. cater to the patronage of those who de Scourged ly DroaKnt. Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, And parts of Michigan and Wisconsin are suffering from a terrible drought unprecedented in their farming history.

In one great area of 75,000 square miles in the Northwest the dust lies heavily upon the earth. This district is bounded by Madison the north, Bloomington on the south, Lake Michigan on the east, and the Mississippi river on the west. sire a first-class turnout for parties. $235 62: same, $2i 68; Al Wood $27 30; Oakland Gas. Light, and Heat Company, $37 35; Charles Burkhalter, Insurance Company, $05 80; 3.

S. White, $lti0. I This wilt affect (about twenty-seven teachers who hold city certificates and not county certificates. Mr. Smith applied for a six weeks leave of absence for Miss Maggie Wise.

Granted. Miss Jessie Thomas was elected to fill the vacancy during her abence. Mi The matter of placing a new stone sidewalk around the High school was referred to the Committee ml School-house and Sites and the City iAttorney, with power to act provided ther bid was reduced to 13 cents a square ont. Mr. Redington offered the -following resolution: unimproved property mpi all i all weddings', funerals.

Connections made In parta of the rlty and aaunrba for aaleel heap by atdepota. TELEPHONE 93. R. GLOVER, Proprietor A FIXE RESIDENCE SUE At 1 DUTTON TUTTLE. Absolutely Pure.1 OVEELAXD EXCURSIONS.

ESTATE This powder never varim. A marvel or mr piedkont! piEDrrorm An excursion car will leave Oakland nouiicat Uian the ordinarv klnda, and can no 972 Broadway, S. E. cor. Tenth Et 1TI semi-monthiv.

under charge of Or. fclnr of fcora ran Tv ani cm Lynn. The night blooming cereus from the Second ward came in looking as if the lots had advanced. 1 Somehow the one most interested in booming and boomtown, the Hon. K.

W. Miller, was absent. Superintendent Campbell, serene and oblivious to all external objects not connected with education, occupied his desk, and the work went -merrily on. rETinoxs. Eobert Blackwell requested that his oe sold in competition tin the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phnapbata powder.

SOLD ONLY IN CAMS. ROYAL BAK1SS FOWDIS 106 Wall mrert. New York. UJtf. T.

t'OLEMAS dc CO. A feat. Philips Co. Car leavesjAugust 24th. For particulars address 12th Broadway.

Geo. B. Seam AK.Agt. hmil ai riVrh I mm not al a pfa- At.MllitM Ik vt l.lb.erlj ma Inr a.lta tfca ri' Besotted, That the resolution hereto- H. IWonad Kan I'raaelse aUIlDLb.

Before buying your household goods call at J. L. XiYON CO mammoth furniture auction houseTj 912 to 916 Washington street, and 47'i Ninth si. Toil Town baa trebled in tixe in six yean, and hat nowa population of 2500. Iu Great and 2an.

tifnl Valley is in a atate of change from Vheat VISE AID 0ECHALD GE0WU3 at the rate of 2000 acre, a year. Life, Energy, and Capital are crtatixg here a Second BWenide or Pasadena. TERMS 25 Per Cent Down. Balance in Six and 0 Monti. faral roitat la OallabA.

i i I Davis Son CO. lcMia4 la aaV-r. mr wmmtA, raa bm mma sm Ut frmmit aaaf lara fore passed by this board requiring all principals to teach the arithmetic in the highest grade be and the same is hereby modified so as to leave it with the Superintendent to arrange with the principals and the first assistantof each school which branches the principal shall teach and be responsible for. Adopted. 1 I A BEFCSAL TO BIGS.

Superintendent Campbell then arose and presented the following statement wr rvat raa: liaa la It is within the limits of these boundaries that vegetation has lost its normal color and the earth its moisture. Day after day the sun sends its burning rays upon the parched farms and fields. Leaves are falling' from the trees, the grass in the meadows has grown yellow and white, and the reams are as dry as powder horns. It has been nearly ten weeks since a soaking rain fell in this district. In southern Wisconsin there are thousands of acres where corn will not yield a peck to the acre.

The crop lias been scorched and almost totally destroyed. The leaves are yellow and brittle ana droop almost to the tint aim 14 an aaaua. 1 C. W. lLissiY will buy or sell you out for cash.

1114 and 1118 Broad wa v. TQ BUt KOW IS THE TIME salary be not reduced. i A. Sunol applied for, a position as teacher in the primary grade of the Oakland schools. Alice Young and Burdette Miller applied for the remission of.

their tuition money, they being non-resident students. Albert C. Aiken applied for a reduc J. L. LYON, the onlv furniture auc REAL ESTATE BOOM Fruit Vale, Seminary GROCERS, tioneer in this city.

APPLY TO FULL. PARTICULARS OX EXCURSION TOOIOIIROW. a WIIXIAH J. DIKOrXa' 4C0 sad ill El tit a la Doii Tfoiget 1405 San Tablo avenue when you are looking for groceries, as is is the cheapest house in Oakland. ARE SELLING: WATERMAN, STANLEY BARTLETT.

of his future! action in the matter of the city certificates "Deeming it important that the question involved in the resolution adopted by this board at its last meeting, by which the City Board of Examination LYON CO. have no. branch J.L. Berkeley, and Clairmont tracts to suit purchasers. Lots in all parts of the city.

NOW IS THE tTmE TO BUY 50 lb. Sack Sea loam Flour ..125 501b. Sack Stockton 1 25 tion of tuition money tor nimselt and brother. CITY CERTIFICATES. The following self-explanatory letter was read which is most important in.

view of the act of the Board of Education at its last store. Go to 14tJ5 San Pablo avenue for bar TO CAPITALISTS A BXSX OFFOEOTTTTI ET 1HEAD OF THE HOQXl HEADQUARTERS, 22 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. 50 lb. Sack Sacramento Flour I 25 50 lb. Sack Family 1 00 5 Gal.

Can Starlight Oil 1 00 gains in groceries, i Hokestt and Ian dealing alway out ahead in the end. M. M. Bridges, coal dealer, corner Sixth and Washington, has never lost a good customer and retains all the old ones tha were CALL IMMEDIATELY OPKX EVENINGS. tmm- lltaH4 RoTind Trip SI r0.

Lpaveg San Frwnfigro at TicfcM for sal on th Truin. 00 00 railva wiilw. It tiM mt ai mf I W4 if jmw 5ew To-Day. mtrrwm mt vktrli ara IUM. tmr 5 GaL Can Snow Drop Oil 5 GaL Can Continental Oil- 22 Bars Babbitt's Best Soap 40 Bars Borax jSoap 50 Bars 0.

0. Soap 5 lb. Can Baking Powder-. u4 taabarbMk. mwnatoiwikrt' meeting, in abolishing the City Board of Examination, whose duty it was to issue certificates.

According jo a rule of the board ro teacher who does not hold a city first grade certificate, can not draw a salary from the board with-havine one of these certificates. On this point hinges the action of Super- intendent Campbell, of which he gave notice later in the evening. Hon. F. il.

Campbell, Superintetident of Schools and Jxcretay of the Board of Education Dear Sir: In reply to your communication of this date, request ground. Wells have run dry, and- in some towns water famines are imminent, The drinking water at hand is often polluted and filled with poison germs. Typhoid fever is becoming more prevalent, and dysentery and other stomach disturbances are so common in some places as to be almost epi-demic. Unless rain falls before many days the suffering will be greatly augmented. The intense heat has been a terrific strain upon man, but its effect upon cattle has keen simply appalling.

Without pasturage or pools in which to Btand during the hot hours of the day, the J. 11. Macdonald Co, REAL ESTATE BROKERS, Igwra tatwa. kra I mmA a im mrm mm IM, I SHAIN ALD, BUCKBEE 0 mttrntmr mm tar wmm mnm m4 00 00 00 50 1 1 4 m4 ara MILLINERY rood, and they have stayed right by him ever since he first commenced business, over three years ago, and new customers coming in every day. Get prices and buy your furniture at Twelfth and Franklin.

Why do customers go all over town and then return to Evans's to buy their mmm kin mm-rm: III m-m ai mr0 ll.ta.Av: I a mmrm was abolished, viz; The construction of 'the Perry amendment should be judiciously settled, and no longer left to the mere conjecture and individual opinion, I shall, for the time being, and for toe purpose of making a test case, accept the construction as that resolution, to wit: That Perry amendment (so called) did abro- tate the powers of the City Board of Examination. "In this view of the effect of that amendment, all certificates granted Or issued by said Board of Examination, since the said amendment was adopted, November 4, 1884, and took effect, are null and void, and those teachers in the department who hold such certificates have not the legal credentials entitle them te draw -salary from the School fund. I shall therefore ijefuse to sign the warrants of those teachers for salary uutil such time as a decision of the case can be made on a writ of mandate. "I give this notice thus early the necessary steps may be taken at once, and the least possible inconvenience be caused to the ladies and gentlemen to ttaahrr. (im kk-k aiw.tt m4 rrrat t.

HAYE OPENED A BRANCH OFFICE AT 470 Ninth Street, Bet. Broqdway and Washington. ing my opinion in relation to-the matter of" legalizing the city certificates now held by teachers in, the public schools of Oakland, I have to say that Sale E. Santa Clara 31b. Can Lard 51b.

Can Lard 1 Box Eastern Herring 1 Brick Codfish 2 lbs 1 Brick 2 lbs-. 16 lbs. Gran. Sagar' 17) a lbs. Light Brown Sugar.

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1. SAN JOSE. narnessT For promptness and dispatch between San Francisco, Oakland, AranieJa, and Brooklyn, call at W. S. O.

T. Eighth and Franklin. Ladies, call at The Branch Wonder, 1159 Broadway, and examine their ttock and note prices. i Bargains in all kinds of real estate to be found at H. D.

Irwin's office, 482 Tenth street. lormity to which the Board of Education, by resolution passed on the 8th established the City Board of Examination, is correct, then all certificates issued by said City Board of Examination are illegal and void, in so far as these certificates have been issued since the so-called Perry amendment became a part of the organic law of ITJoe. Eagle Condensed Milk 7 Fckgs. Breakfast Manairer W1TCHER JONES, FINE. MILIUM I have soms property bonded at and near This firm has unoqualed facilities for hand Mi Street iiiiii.Aiu.i,ii ataai klfaauarf lrarl Swessos Mikkelses will buyvoiir furniture for cash 3Sl Twelf ih street, corner Franklin.

line laree tract of land aaa Fraarlaaa. ar Wocdard oe anectea. i President Upham called Dr. Fine to the chair and asked for a leave of absence for two months to date from the rth of September, owing to a trip East. Allowed.

Mr. 1'phani made a motion that Mr. Everett be granted a leave of abseuce for six weeks, as he is now out of the State. Carried. I Upon motion of Mr.

fpham the chairman of the Committee on School- Qao.bli MARTINEZ. AT COST V.TAV KflTATK 991 Braa4ay, Oaklaa4.CU. UACSS I TELEPHONE 238. r.nwTRA nnsTA nniiMTY. They have agencies' in every city and town of importance in the State.

Their experience in the business enables them to reach more1 buyers than any other firm Call and See Them. One and one half hours from 1 01 30 Days Only. IN EVERY SECTION poor beasts have become so emaciated as to be wholly unmarketable, 'In some places forest trees have been felled and dragged to the pastures, and the cattle turned loose to browse upon the leaves. Hundreds of cows are being killed and shipped to market for a mere pittance. At Winslow, 111., one farmer bought ten head of cattle last January at $50 per When he offered to sell the entire herd last week for $100 he could not find a purchaser.

I Farmers in this district have already turned their cattle loose to feed on the crop3. In some places fences have been run through corn fields, and the starving cattle permitted to feed upon the leaves and stalks. i When these have leen eaten the fences are extended until the fields have been eaten clean" Added to other miseries is the con-? stant fear of fires. The fields are ready to burst into flames and leaves lie in heaps in the forests. A spark starts a fire.

In some towns the people are often called out three or four For Sale this State, and I know of no method by 'which they can be James A. "Johxson, City TH BOAliD OF EXAMINATION. Following the communication of the City Attorney in regard to the city certificates, was the report of Sumner of the final meeting of the City Board of Examination I 3o Ilt Honorable Board of Education--' Gentlemen At a called meeting of the Board of Examination, the Prisi-dent of the board stated that the object of the meeting was to complete any unfinished business that was before the board and to receiveottieial notice ot the action of the Board of Education. The Secretary reported that he had filled out all the certificates heretofore granted bv the board, and that he knew the city, with a climate and soil unsurpassed; producing houses and Sites was instructed to advertise for bids for tearing downi a small schoolroom at the Lincoln school and to erect another, lie then recommended that Miss Heath take the class to be made vacant by the resignation of Miss Aldrich.that Miss Dargie be given the class of Miss Heath, and that the class of Miss Dargie be combined with that Of Mrs. L.

H. Campbell. 1 Adjourned. MRS. LAYMANCE, New HampshireMr.LJ.PKTEST.Irar ham.

New Hainpshire.was a31icted with Rheumatism for nearly twenty years. He tried St Jacobs Oilthe great conqueror of pain ana was completely Massaeh use tts. Mr. J. T.

Pec-retary Holy Cross College Gymnasium. Worcester. Massachusetts, writes: EVeiv member of our Club speaks of St. Jacobs Oil as the best cure they have ever used." New Tork Hon. THOMAS T.

JAMF3 lata the finest fruit and grapes in the State, and without ROBERTS GRAYSON PMAUCTI011 Ranch of Andrew Johnsos, I SECOND Palace of Fashion GRAND irrigation; exempt from frost and phylloxera, at from $50 ALAMEDA. PostmastcMieneral of the Cnitcd States, says 1 concur in endorsing St Jacobs Pennsylvania Mr. VL FPAKGT.TTO New Ecal Ee'FiriiV Auction Sale IScccnsor 10 Mr. to $100 an acre, that will double and treble in value in less than 6 months. Maps Objections to Improvements ''withdrawn.

AND 1002 bkoadway. 483 Ninth Sreet, corL Washington. JOHN jUCUXXIX GUAM 1 siosr WALNUT Caatra Ceeta Ceaat ft C7H tone ale4 Hay (4M Vmlrr toot Lome Hay. 70 aarki Ilariey. 1T3 aarl Groan4 Bariry.

sacks FW4 oata. 11 hradCatUe. and particulars of of no further business to come before the board. The President then reported the resolution of the Board of Education abolishing the Board of Examination, and on motion the board adjourned sine die. J.

II. Simkeb. George W. Snook, Sanitary Inspector of the city of Oakland, reported the result of his examination of the plumbing of the High school, and recommended that the leaders be repaired and the stone pipe uuder the school be changed to iron. TEXT SboES AKD CONTRACTS.

City Attorney Johnson and Superintendent Campbell reported on the resolution of Director Miller the following facts on the non-use of the State series of text books in our schools. The matter is of interest because the public has We bale a valuable and desirable list of propertj for salt La all part Senator Stewart Deairea to Act in Accord With the FrogTesiive Spirit of the Times. DAVID BUSH lof tie city and suburbs. (Formerly of Oakland, Cal.) WIT SCOTT Publisher. York, Pennsylvania, DnUv, states that in a severe attack of saturating a piece of flannel with St.

Jacobs oil the great paiu-cure and rubbing the parts affected once only, be was permanently cured. Ohio Hon. THOMAS L. YOTTNO, ex-Gov-ernor cf Ohio, states that he suffered for years with Rheumatism, and was cured by St Jacobs Oil. Kentucky.

Mr. R. 8. WITHERS, of Fair-lawn Stock-furm, Lexington, Kent cky.writes: On myself, my men, and my horses, "I use fct Jacobs Oil for aches and paint. it cures." Indiana Ho.

DANIEL W. VOORHEES, lT.S. Senator from Indiana, says: "St. Jacobs Oil gave me instantaneous relief. A remarkable remedv." Iowa.

Hon. G. W. HAYZMTT, State leg lature, Waterloo, Iowa, says I consider St JOSE 316 Sutter San Francisco. Real Estate, Land and Money Brokers n3 rvn 1014 Fonrth Street.

II art on House, SA' DIEGO, CAL. The Board of City Trustees met In regular session last evening. George V. Fabcns, claim aijjsterof the' Southern Pacific Company, iuformed the board that he was authorized by Senator Stewart, who recently purchased the Car-pentier property, to withdraw all protestg R. M.

ANTHONY, it Mapa SATURDAY, Saturday, August 27, 1387 WHERE WE WILL SELL At Auction, a Correspond enre aalirited. and rharta nmUhed at eoat. Jacobs OU Che8reatest remedy ever used. always thought. that some job had been performed when the contracts were made.

The State law, however provides that contracts for school Books bead Hot. 11 rir. 1 top T-apfT-1 two Leal Cart. 1 sTirinc Wapoa. LKniUe ecu llarDeaa.

3 llrrwa. 2 llarroara. lOilUvaiur. 1 Mower. 1 fcojkv Kak.

Also (O arret of Ue ranch, troBurx tbe lowa, on irrriUe alnpe, la abdiria. Maryland. Hon. M.W.OFFCTTL State Sen ator. Towson, Slaryland, writes: "I had a se '480 Tenth Street, REAL ESTATE AGENT.

re rely Sprained Knee and Inflammatory Klicu-metism for six weeks. I tried St Jambs Oil. times a day to fight the flames. Destructive fires have been raging for-, many days in Kenosha, Racine, and Walworth- coqnties, in Wisconsin. Thousands of acres havebeen swept by the flames, and the loss to farmers 'in hay, grain, fencing, and buildings is very, great.

Above Madison the hoga are burning and the pungent smoke hongs over the country for miles around. The northern Illinois fires are so numerous that the farmers have plowed the ground about their buildings in order to check the spread of the flames. In some parts of the district the drought is so terrible that butternuts and walnuts have fallen from the trees. Potatoes, when taken from their beds of ashes, look like crabapples. They are wrinkled and spongy and unfit for food.

There is also a great scarcity of milk, owing to the: inability jf cows to find nutritious food. i Reviewing the drought situation, the Chicago Journal says The outlook for the agriculturalists of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and the ronthern portions of Michigan and Wisconsin, is gloomy in the extreme. Tbose territories nave for fourteen months been subject to a visitation of unprecedented drought. Daring the and it not only gave immediate relief to the At 12 on the Premises, fronting Santa Clara strcst (or Alnm Bock road), KcLanUlin, Hale, Shortridee, Sanarnm, rpruin, mu it enrea me oi every symptom of the Rheumatism," i Double Your liioney Vlnrtnla Mr.A.B.SH AWVITR. Cove Cnvk.

km of ax Tea. Tazewell I was for a lung time a great sufierer with B-rkache troulilea. Finally I tried St. Jacobs Oil the great paiu-reliever externally, and it cured me." A1m 3.J arras, wilk all tXe Itcprora- tl 6,000 Tea acre tract Bear Temescal. 20OO-House and lot on Union near ltth.

7500 Lot on Jackson street; 100x100. 37BO Lot on Eleventh street near Market. 4000 Fine Gore piece on Kan Paulo aveti t. 400 to S50O Five lots on 3d nr. -nter.

S7uOto 'J50O Fine resilience sites in If ralta Heights, east of Lake Merrill. tuenu; (rood bouae Urge bam. Water rHleil to bemae at4 barn; brdrmi-Jja California. A leading member of the "Whitton, Wright, Parkhurat; field and Wooster arenaes, 300 Choice LARCE SIZED LOTS. Olympic Club, San Francisco, California, the tlie ronuda.

Qoalitr Nerei- Varies, i 1 1 i. should not be made for a term ot years not less than four, in order that the" style of book be not change! too often to" the detriment ot the school system: "In answer to your communication requesting your Secretary and the City Attorney to report to your honorable body the reason why the State series of textbooks are not in use in this city, and if there be any contracts to use any other books the period the saidcon-tracts are to continue in the future, and respectirg the validity of such contracts, we submit the following report "We find on file the following contracts: 1 "First Contract of Potter, Ains-worth Co. of date of June 16, 1881, to furnish copy books and drawing books. "Second Contract of Ivison, Blake- man. Taylor Co.

ot date of June 9, 1884. to furnish Swinton's Word Book, Swinton's Word Primer, and Bryant Stratum's Bookkeeping. "Third Contract of Van Ant worth. Dvisaiua i.r A laaasu. THE djs i equippeu ainieuc ciuri in America, saia to a reporter of TIeSan Francisco Cad: '-SiJacolia Oil Is the surest pain-d'-stroyer.

I would bet on it against the world." wnicn naa been tiled against construction I of sewers or improvemeutH of any kind on i the ttrtcts which run through the property. Sir, Fabens ktated that Senator Stewart was induced to purchase property in Alameda by the progressive and active manner which characterizes the trustees in ordering improvements to be made, and that it was his intention to heartily eo-opo ate with them. JPjetitions were received for the constrne'-ticn of sewers in the following streets-Buena Vista avenne from Chapin to St. Charles street; in Santa Clara avenue, 2S4 feet west of Second avenue; in-Verdi street from Santa Clara to Railroad avenue; in Facific avenue from Concordia to Prospect street; in Versailles avenue from Central to Railroad avenue. ,1 zK' The Pacific Land Investment Company, owning lOnO feet frontae on Sherman street, and other property holders pet ition ed that Sherman street, from Kings to Pacific avenue, be graveled in the most workmanlike manner possible.

i A petition signed by seventeen saloon keepers was read protesting against the contemplated amendment to the Liquor License ordinance by which bottlers of beer and brewery men delivering beer in Alameda would be required to pay license per year. C. Kohlmoos, one of the fieners, asked the -board to take favorable action on the petition. Henry Schuler. proprietor of the Palace Brewery at tjhe West End, who is desirous of having i the proposed amendment adopted, requested that no attention be pid to the petition.

The amendment was Ranch property for sale. LFSKILL Friday Aususi rVale aa. taa riisslin at 11 A-M. 660O-Lot 100x130. near Thlrty-serond and busr oi tu rruis, rue oa tk SklaT Akeolutaly RabbLng.

ALL PROQRE6SIVK OBOCt- Sold bv Dm crista and Dealers evervwhera. 40x134 Price fifty cents. THE CHARLES A. V0GELER Battimi. Md.

W. K. BAUNAKD. PANORAMA MISSIONARY RIDGE. TERMS One Third Cash; balance in TRACT, Kan Tablo avenue ii story house with bare.

Low price. 50060 Lots. 25x137, on Adeline. Chestnut and Linden streets. Eonses Rented.

Rents Collected No Other Circus Here This Year six and. twelve months: interest only 6 per cent; lO pr rent deposit on Jltatsrkwlly Correct. std True to Nature. purchasing; of the lota, which will be past few weeks this state of things has t. ACCTIOXIEI, 468 Kliti Itrttt, Oikttitf, Tit town of 'Walnut Creek bas thraa THE CHEAT PAJIOBA.T1A 4 intensified, and much ininrv to credited on the cash payment.

iteen "Formerly known as the! Canning Tract, TBI. These choice residence lots are located anon AUG! 29 Battles of Chattanooga, Oakland, MONDAY, the most prominent thorouKhfares of this riiurt bee. evaded aabool, and to ba lie juna'oo a broad and a narrow "Harden City," Santa lara stret being 100 has jheen subdivided into 280 lots, and will be placed on sale Bragg Co. to furnish White's Intermediate and Complete Arithmetic. "Fourth Contract of Ginn Heath of date May 31.

18S4. to furnish Mason's Music Headers, Knox's Language Lessons, teachers' edition, and How to Speak and Write THt 6T0HIH6 er BlBKIOSiBT EID6E Is sow opened to the public In the new pan raroa building. feet wide and tlie great driveway to Mount Hamilton (which is in full view from thee premes), and this avenne Is certain to become the Van Ness avenue of the Harden t'lty ihan Juat). The avenues are sixty leet wide. fuse railroad a-itbia wad re moclha.

For furtaar parttctiUre call oa Lw nard prior to the aeia. RESIDENT AGENT City of London Fire Insurance Co. Capital O. OOP, OOP. FURNISHED Old John Robinson Corner Market aid Tenth Streets, The Electric Motor Road SAM FKAXCIHOO.

a ceceisuy, tie asserted. He cannot deliver hie beer in Oakland unless he takes ont a 1.00 license per quarter, and Alameda should treat the Oakland brewers in the same manner. Frank, a raloon keeper, said that Scbuler a perfect lie when he stales that he is reqnired to take out a 100 license to deliver his beer iu Oakland. "How dare vou. von mifwrHhlA wretch.

Will pass these elegant hta, Hood car accoin- Daily from a. a. to 11 p. a. During the Wednesday, August j24th Mechanics' Fair antll 14 p.

a. monniions to tnese choice resiu'Oce lots, and all within twelve minut- of the center of the citv. liotxl elevation: excellent drainage; best of water. 3 MENAGERIES, MUSEUks ADHlKKIOS-AaalU rhIMrea Ii eta. pull down my character?" exclaimed Scha- ler, wno was ncginnlng to be very much excited.

SAN JOSE TO CONTRACTORS growing crops nas resulted. bo ana a waste is there around Chicago that for many miles in some directions not a ttpearof grass is visible, an-t in others the existence of green vegetation is painfully minute. In many places the fields are absolutely burned oat. The public parks are devastated with dry- ness. Grass ladj have probably suf- lered OI necessary food for live stock there will be an appalling dearth, and thas the prices of milk, meat, butter, cheese, jind other farm products may be expected to rise to an unprecedented height.

During the past fourteen months only 31.28 inches of rain have fallen in this neighborhood. The average rainfall for Chicago is about three inches per moath. Taking away the month of Januarv, February, August, and September, when rain il least ut Jul to the farmer, and the rainfall for the remaining eight months foot up 1.27 incbesper month instead of the normal three inches. i The weather most vitally affecting the present state of things is likelv th it of the last five months, the average per month of which period has been 1.08 inches. In many parts even this small amount of moisture did not wcur, there places -within twenty miles op-thi" ty in ELEVATED STAGE Real Estate Hgent 9T0 BBOADWA7.

Aourr roa 611 Callftrala laaaraaet CoBtarr. CUa Hartfarf latarucl Ctwpuj, "No man under the canopy of heaven csu (ay anything against my character." "I say that you tell a lie when you make This property is located on Telegraph Is the connty srat or that areat Frntt.Vine, and lirain county, HASTA CLARA, without any exception the richest county In tlie Ktale, outside of ban Francisco. The best climate in IbeHtate. Only two hours from Ban Franci-o. that statement," retorted Frank, and the IJ" Fifth-Contract of D.

of date July 1, 18S4, to furnish Apple-ton's Reader. "Sixth Contract of Clark Maynard of date June 28, 1884, to furnish Ree 1 Kellogg's Graded Lessons, and Reed Kellogk's Higher Lessons. "Seventh Contract of A. 8. Barnes Co.

of date of June 11, 1881, to furnish Montieth's Elementary Geography, Montieth's Comprehensive Geography, Barnes's History of the United States, and -Steele's Ptoysioloey. i "Each of these contracts is in legal form and properly signed by the representatives of the publishing companies and is valid and binding until June 30, 18S8." COMMITTEES. i Chairman Smith of the Committee on Schoolhouses and Sitejrapologized nsuurui was getting somewnat Interesting to the spectators when order was called il 5 CIRCUS RINGS. Bids wanted for preparing a i ne itreai Doom nas now arrlveo rrom the fosith, as was fully demonstrated on Hxturday or numuoiut avenue, ana is only minutes from San Francisco Street 25 acre tract for the market. tne i-reKiceiu oi ine noara.

Trustee Peckham offered aa an amendment to the License ordinance, that all ber- wnen piircnuses were made by parties from all quarters of the United mate and (lima. SAN JtK-iE must become aa world re For Rent. 0. 1. DENISON CO.

Have for rent the following places fnlly fui tailed, Allre Street An elegantly furnished boose oi 9 rooms; stable, fine yurd.etc.; $100. Harrison Rfreet Elegantly furnished house of 10 rooms; fine grounds; choice place; 100. Fllfiert Sireet Elegantly furnished house of 9 rooms; nice grounds; pear local; a0. Frederick Street Large cottage of 0 rooms, and large giounds; nk-e place; central location; SdO. Jones Street Nk-Wy furnished house of 7 sons who sell or deliver fermented or dis Estimates on street work, side tilled liquor in Alameda, except such as ere manufactured in the citv limits, be walks, desired.

Particu- njirs nnss tlio frnr.f rnnnpf'tin witli nil nowned for Its climate as the most prominent watering place on this globe. The inc raitm; winter will, no doubt, see in this tiarJca L3ty at least 60,000 people. We recommend all persons to visit the-e choice residence lots in this garden spot ot (alifornia and purchase, for they will, withoal A Ualta tf New Zaalaal laaaraaca Ca. Chalet Raackta aa tain It Pitett Prtperty far Sala. NOTARY PUDUC required to pay a license of .) per annum.

At the suezestion of Trustee Vol-berp. action on the proposed amendment was postponed for one week. it local trains. The land is level, perfectly mcafee brothers, doubt, treble In value within one year's as. Kyuoch it White were awarded-ttac con- ID Montoomerv Street.

fads for the construction of a sewer for a short: distance ini Alameda avenue, and a was a a at flnwwv aw aw rm. www drained. Beautiful view from every Second Grand Excursion Train San Francisco. Cal. a so in rare avenue.

to the Board for not being aole to report more fully on the matters his committee had had charge of, and he reported upon several minor matters. vThere being but one member of the FIRwice Committee present, Mr. Red-' Which the rainfall was so small rot ins stsule, etc Sveamore Street House of 7 rooms. to admit of measurement bv the enuM. portion of the tract, .1 Too Lata for Clasnficatdon.

Resolutions of intention to construct sewers in the following i streets were adopted: Railroad avenue, from Prospect to Webster streets: Pacific avenue, from Prospect to Webster streets: Verdi street, MYRON T. DUSIIiBURY, 970 Broadway. i 1 in gum. jkijj iiu oeine requirea lo allow anv bills. l'ft)42t iihaui appointed to Railroad avenue, and O.

EGOER, 7I TOOI STREET, lrom Railroad avenue to Ciispiu s'reet warm uuKi, Dim auavi iruai rsava The Title Is Perfect. rranctiico; hi tfuij and naii irmW in aliUry Santa Clara, from Bay street to Verdi $1 -Round Trip Tickets BROAD GAUGE.) Will have Jou. lh and Townsend street dpot at 9 'cites a. u. 1m from ihe fuot of farket street.

South Pacific Coast (narrow gauge) Railroad, A 9 a. si. from narrow depots. Seventh and Fonrt -enth and rrftltKw; ctltlv-ljr m-lln the b--x butter Ii iMk- Mr. fc'anborn temporarily.

I Owing to the absence of Chairman Miller of the Committee on Furniture and Supplies, Mr. Sanborn reported a larpe number of requisitions. Thi UmiHl Ttrta rancb eK; ali klixlsor chfrw tvtpfj (iMnian drlk-aW-lfcoriaUritlv on- Iavu4 tat th SHYDER GILUS, 467 UTHTH STREET. FOSTER PISTOL. lu-ptt iRurn; tvlvo imrwtftmi butter milk hT ib Size of lots 50x100 feet.

nicely furnished large grounds: fruit, etc $40. San rsMo A veane Xew modern cottage cT tt rooms, nicely furnished f40. Also furnished rooms fbr housekeeping la suits or siugie. Unftirnished houses in all parts of the city. 0.

I. DENISON CO. 950 Broadway. FOR-SATE ICJmi or 4UBrt biro a trial. woe't daap point tou: all Kunds ou rrrtJ fr mny part Mow He Proved to HU Fricnda Thnt or (hhBiami: oroem oy pcntai a4 i It Was Loaded.

opened tne roaa lor. discussion, Fine discovering that there were demands for material to be paid for out of the Library fund to the amount of )0, to go to two schools. The Director ervni i tora nox aa-iax at ers er streets, tNiRlno. at II ovlk an frum i'arl: strevt statlun (narrow a.igej al u. on 8ATI ILUAV.

JtITfiI-SX 91TU pnomy aner lv cloclt (ta.s morulas Judge Hamilton made appearance in the courtroom of Department 1 of I the 10GO lien and Horses Employed. 110 All Star Artists. 150 New Acts and Feats. 2500 Rare 1 Animals. 60 Cages and Dens.

Free 1300,000 Novelty Parade 'I I 1 12 Kinds Music. 8 Distinct i Bands. 31 Chariots. ine enecis tor a year to come will be felt in all quarters of trade and business, as well as in the agricultural districts. The raiiroads will feel it.

Already the Burlington and Rock I dand loads have given up the' corn in the territory of their great systems. The grain will not bo there to ship, neither will the fattened stock be there to haul to central markets. Farmers are disposing of herds of aalf fattened swine, and even and cows are being disposed of for 25 per cent of their ordinarv value. The producers-, thus cut off from their income, will buy very-sparingly of the country merchant. The merchants in tarn will order lightly from Chicago wholesale houses, and this in turn will affect the banker and the manufacturer.

The burden must be borne by the whole people. Since the foregoing extract was there have been heavy rains in places, sufficient to save the FOR PALF-1W EAST OIKIAND-IM on line of inlh avenue: 400 fe nor beast of KM Twenlr-fonrth Superior Court. When the case of CV etiiet: ksilon; price sllis. 1. cwdi.

tuster, accused of assaiilt wiih a deadly The First Sixty Lots will be Sold S450. The Second lot of Sixty Lo swill Sold at S50O. The Third nt S550J Ja.X,XE2ST TRACT weapon, vs called. Deputy District At aisrce in one roo iwo ys in. Aa.lre.as A.

(AM PBLJ-I 613 Front street, Han Francisco. lornejr De Golia moved" that the infrma- AW ana 3aJi SMii-9 tlioupCt that all the requisitions were allowed the result would be that some few schools would pet all, the benefit. AH requisitions to be paid for out of the Library fund were therefore re-feircdto the Classification Committee. SA LABI 14. Superintendent Campbell recommended that the City Treasurer be in Rituri inr.

eacn train will leave from tuir rest tive statimm (ticke's (rood oal oa t-'ie line. a. -It wtty numed the ticket) al Sn Joe, at 6 :30 o'cl' ck r. Kxc ir-l jnt.ts from wav sta-ious will And tlie special $1 ticket at the stations. The broal gauge aili stop onlv at hun Matej, Menlo 1'ar and May-field.

a-gr These srectal excursion tickets, via brraJ gauge, can be obtained at office under the Grand Hotel, Baldwin Hotel, and t.ckeu by e.ther route at office of Raston. Kldrldire i a4 Al iiqd be dUmicsed on the ground that the prof ccutlug witness, John OX'onnor, could rOK HALE AN LSTsKLISHKO BY W. MOSS, not be found, end if he were present in court his testimony would be cf little value, ag It J. buatnes In tne bwallir ritf of. Alame.la; paying over JUO per nonte tUxive penx The Remaininc: at 3600.

S50 A ninst oe miki; arvu reqoirea. Anaress JS iuuiu nut rurroooraiea. rne tntorma- box 73, Alameda, cal. au'i J-lx uon was accordingly dismissed and Foster ndded for Corner rotai 1 XLX XJlAU structed to apply the money to be. received from the State apportionment bondsmen were exonerated.

The defend VB BEST FIKNISHEI BAT ALSO EXHIBITS AT A. window rooms: san all day: have to be 1 to apprrlatl apply at 61 a Tenia In fctn Francisco, on August 25th and 28th and at Townsend street depot on the mornintr of the excursion, SATURDAY, August X7, 1887. Theexcursion train will not atop at Valencia meet station. Carriages win be in readiness to convey all excursionists to tbese t'hoice and Klegant Besklenee tjota upon arrival vt the Grand Kx-cursioo Train. Mir Do not forget te co an thia exennrion mnA atraeia Mfti WaKhLtiftoa.

au2is ant was charged witfa having taken a shot at O'Conno. Accordini? to bis own story he has a small ranch near est Berkeley, and he accused O'Connor with stealing his chickens. Thia accusation was denied and O'Connor chased the rierf.ml.nc with Tarn Terms of sale: 8100 down, balance in two equal payments, in three and six IKKBAL lK4ia STORK grass, out me small grain and corn crops are beyond, redemption, and the same thins is true of Kansas. AT THE HI will fcun una to the payment of salaries for the month of August, because nearly all the teacher have discounted their warrants at the banks for four mouths and it would not be equitable to allow any of this money to be applied to the taking np of these discounted warrants. rn-Ue3 lo cvr calu-rb.

rbrinatirun. aUiniAb liwrr, blUoawi BEEKELET BE00KLT5-. SAN LEAHDE0. EATWAEDS 30th August 31st -September 1st September 2d I September 3d ache. ImliirMtkMk, Mnrwwiiam, lana- ainl kWnvy truubat-a; aim JcJiylhfrft.

J. Cliflur4 attend this great Auction Hale, without doubt the best opportunity to make a handsome turn ppfriai atirnwoai 10 Kaaraewf or wo me a months. Interest 7 per cnt. ever onerea bo ine citizens oi mis Mtote. rbiMlrtrD.

hpmftnbtr all our tttnrlnr arc knife. Foster ran away, and when lie came np to a crowd of friends they chaffed him. for running away when he had a pistol in his pocket. They then laughed at him and iid that his pistol was not loaded. To ove to them that it was loaded and that did not want to hurt O'Connor he fired a shot into the airi The latter charge i that purJy berbal.

trmn nation pmaonai or my CATARRH POSITIVELY CURED I ajswa, aai m.mr. aum, jmm aw igsa. Nae TOR RALE BOx 7 5, FAST fIIK REAL ESTATE ACEKT 958 BROADWAY. Between irinth and Tenth Streeta. si TAAA bostnesa property oa I UW Telearaiib avenue.

rooms, FUbert street; 5UOUU kH37SxlOO. of 8 rooms; corner lot 3OUUUlt0xl00; fine location. E'st Uakl'od. 16 AA Home of rooms, oa Orove street 5QQflfl Hoose of rooms. Tenth street, OOUU near Kirk bam; lot 60x120.

(trOAAAj Hooseof 7 rooma, Milton street, O-vUU tietweea Market atreat and naa Pablo avenoe; katOxlOO. Ql 4 AA House of 6 rooms. Filbert street near Twenty-found lot 37zlM. SCl Rflf-I- 100x140, near cable road AOVfU splendid location. AA I.ot loo's 140.

oa rerjtjrlatli 0JJ street, near West. Also bargains In bostnesa and resiosnce property In all parta of Oak land and vicinity. Farming Jaada in dlnerent ponioua of the State. Money to loan la all soma. Conveyancing accurate! done by iJteu snoi ai auu naa osier arrested mm a ratiKiiastm neiwwBTbira snt Fourth tn uic auove i also 4SxlOO.

with bnlMlng. south Tenth, bet. twoeo wemer aaa narttsoa streets. Apply 1 Declaration of Intention. Bojs aged from 15 to 18 years.

Arplj That ingenious and perservering windier, Hayfork PritcbarJ, who once led na a merry dance in to the rrinsic of his wives, made liis escape to Mexico by bribing a private detective with land warrants worth on their face $1500, but when ihe detective came to realize on the price of Pritchard, he found the wa rants, were no good. lie is waiting to grab Tritchard again; and will fake nothing but gold coin the next time. It pains us to see SO little honor among thieves. i .11 rro tt.T-A cottaok of a room a Dominick Horath, a native of Switzerland, and Charles Clark Mclver, a native a ana oato: large Basement: stable. r7 ROBERTS GRAYSON Office 483 Ninth treet.

i i 5 F. BTIABDSLEE, DEALER IN REAL ESTATE. superintendent Campbell presented the following report: i Amount received from tuition since July 18th, $552. Keport for four weeks ending August 12th Boys enrolled. 3100; girls, 3352.

Total, 6812. Number oa roll on August 12th, 6412. Corresponding date last year, 6390; gain. 19 Suspensions for the four weeks ending August 12th, 3 in Durant. Truancies as follows; Prescott, Tompkins, Lincoln, Durant, Lafayette.

4-Harrison, 1. Total, 14. Cases of cor! poral punishment: Cole, Tompkins Lincoln, Franklin, Durant, Lafayette, Harrison, Grant, Total, 19. Teach! ers to parents, 150; directors to schools. 174; Superintendent to schools, is' oibers to school, 554.

Tfce following ii the amount received for return of in and chk-kea yard 01 Canada, nave, declared their intention oa Thirtieth street, half Apply at 4 (Mi MixU For maps, catalogues and further particular i inquire cf EAST0N, ELDRIDGE CO, 618 Market Street, San Francisco) 42 East Santa Clara Street, Saa Jose. -a. BAROAXSi SEI.I.INO OUT NURSERY STOCrt. Everything In the Khrub and Floral line, please give me a call before goiDg elsewheie, 161 Twelfth Street, East Oakland. Will seU the land IX required.

I BC KWSON Proprietor PICSEEH FREXCH BAKRT, HI. LONVU frp61T Broad way, bet 1st ar 2d. Best of French bread, sure to cure dysjepsia. Beware of German aad s.iican igyiaUosi eJ 9uh: oiof a caw. street.

aal7-lwg ui uevomiug ciuzens. f- Eastern Baseball tidy at the factory, Ncrtl auuiuvt There was not a game played out In the eoatalnlbg due bills. BsMea. ceruaeates of mining stock, a gold pm. aad papers of I National League yesterday.

Rain inter- Temescal. vmimm nm aw umr. suiiaoie rewara wtll ierea, ana au games were stopped and post- oe paia ror the same sa return to theCallrorala r-ottery. Jtroaaway, Uakland. u.

FkJO'ER. au23-lwx TKE O.MT BUOC'KSrtlTJI. HOME TREAT-M1KT for CATARRH, AHTHMA.DEAF-.FS. HiADACllE, COUJB, and all throat, bronchial, and lung troubles. Tne only advertised remedy indorsed by the me Ileal profession.

Over 600 personal reference, In Alameda county. The erst is but $2 60, with medicine and p.escrlptioss. Iree tests. Established lb2. A'lrtreM E.

M. WltSOX, X30 Hesrny Street, fcan Jr'rtccUco, noes, i fnrnltnre at Berkeley. Callfomla. It xilTT AJr.i Jaa Ull i t. td om "i FT A 1 Err, Bkll ct exchanc WEjST'8 FUKNITDRE voio Niv wtxTr.n ah A partner, ta start a real mmimim ofrire- muta Tint eaucy Thistle has a boom.

test longs BOUSE, Real Estate Agent and Notary Public. surance moDey, namely: American to 477 Iwelftb stmt, Good In 1 F.e! 'en-e. fxr ttrtof. Kiw Is Lh I' bsve a liliie moey. its; it, a iUt..