Daily Alta California, Volume 42, Number 14329, 28 November 1888 — THE EASTERN SHORE. [ARTICLE]

THE EASTERN SHORE.

News From Alameda,BeTkeley; Oakland and Environs^

TWO BOYS AND A LOADED PISTOL.

Another Building Needed at the flome for Adult Blind— Tons of Grapes in Livennore Valley.

Alameda.

It is estimated that Alamedahas fifty miles cf eewers, and not one of them has ever been choked op. There is a general desire on the part of property owners to improve Pacific avenue, but the question of width of roadway is in dispute. The trustees of the First Free Methodist Church have purchased for $900 from M. P. Bit-hup a lot on Pine street, north of Central avenue, and will shortly erect a church building on it. Two Alameda boys, Koppitz and Chase by name, aged 12 and 10 year* respectively, -were out last Saturday in a rowboat in the Oakland estuary. They pulled up alongside of a vessel ' which is anchored there and climbed aboard. They found a pistol in one of the rooms belonging to the mate of the ship, and Chase picked it up. While he was examining the weapon it was discharged. The bullet entered the cheek of his companion and imbedded itself in the eknll back of the «'.ir. Koppitz was taken to the home of his father, Henry Koppitz, a German musician, on Pacific avenue near Chapin street. Alameda. The services of two physicians were necessary to extract the bullet. ' Inflammation has since wt in and the condition of the youth is deemed senoue. : ■•.',":

Berkeley. The total number of books indexed in the University library is 37,940. Weather permitting, the postponed game of ball between '91 and '92 will be played on the campus this afternoon. Saturday morning recitations, which have always proved distasteful to the students, have been dispensed with. In regard to the freshman class in mathematics, a petition has been presented to Professor Stnngham, who has changed the time to Thursday morning. The other classes are now agitating the question.

Oakland.

The work of constructing a new city -wharf and of dredging approaches thereto will be begun next week. The County Jaillis inadequate in its accommodations. It is proposed to build a wing for juveniles and women. Charles L. Wines of Oakland, well known in "banking circles, has been appointed cashier of the First National Bank of Salem, Oregon. . The divorce suit of Sarah Garcia against Manuel Garcia, which was commenced in San Francisco, has been transferred to this county. A grand bazar is to be held by the ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Church of East Oakland on the evenings of Thursday and Friday cf next week. D. C. Brown, Supervisor-elect, has filed his official bond in the sum of $15,000. with W. E. Miller, E. C. Sessions, A. J. Snyder and F. K. }Sh at tuck as sureties. W. P. Keating was appointed guardian of Lis minor child yesterday, and was required to Kive bonds in the sum of $4000. The minor lias an estate which needs attention. Street-lamps in Oakland are lit by men on horseback, who carry a peculiar torch for that purpose. The custom dates back to the days when the town, though - large in area, was sparsely settled. In the suit of Lucinda Gallagher against Daniel Gallagher to obtain a divorce, the plaintiff has filed a lis pendent on property on Filbert street affected by the suit. The wife asK6 that the houe6tead be set apart tor her. President A. W. Bishop has called a special meeting of the City Council for Friday evening for the purpose of taking action on such business concerning street work as shall be brought before the Council. Bernard Lamon has applied to be appointed guardian of the minor child, KachaelG. Campbell, aged three years, whose mother is dead and whose father has abandoned her. The petitioner is the grandfather of the little one. The announcement is made that Tubbs Hotel will receive guests after December 15th. M. E. Boberts, late of Virginia City, will be associated with J. M. Davies in the management. Already a large number of rooms h"as been reserved for applicants. ♦ On the first Monday in January Councilman D. C. Brown will take his seat as a Supervisor, -vice J. J. Hanifin. It is said that Mr. Brown's •>ucceesor in the City Council, to represent the Third Ward, will be either Mr. Hanifin or Jacob Greenhood. ■ • Two laborers got into a dispute while engaged in digging a trench on Broadway near St. Mary's College. One of them, Maximilian Peralta, was struck so hard on his skull with apickhandle as nearly to kill him. He wa9 taken home unconscious and is in a precarious condition. Hi 6 assailant will be prosecuted. Articles of incorporation of the Wentworth Boot and Shoe Company were filed with County Clerk Boardman \e6terday. The Directors for the first yeav are I. M. Wentworth, A. J. Bryant. 11. T. Kiinball, C. L. Field and Joseph Perkins. -The amount of the capital stock is $200,000. divided in 2000 shares of the value of $100 each. There has been actually subscribed the sum of $60,000, of irhich amount Mr. Wentworth has contributed $25,000. EAt the coming session of the Legislature an application will be made for an appropriation to erect another building on the land belonging to the State Home forAdnlt Mind on Telegraph avenue. Tne new building will be for the residence of the Superintendent and other cfiicers, while the large building in which they now live will be devoted wholly to dormitory and work-shop purposes for the blind girls.

Thomas Ward yesterday • commenced suit in the Superior Court against his seven minor children to quiet title to some land on Fiibert etreet. He averts that he bought the property vith his own money, but for "the sake of convenience he had the title to the land vested in his wife. Subsequently she died, and the property went into her estate, and of course the children became entitled to a share in the land. The father claims that it is his separate property, and he desires a decree of • the court to that effect.

Willis H. Hine. who committed suicide Monday night at his boarding-house. No. IGI Third street, was a carpenter by trade, a bachelor, and aged about 6ixty years. He had l>een working in San Francisco, but for four years had lived at the aforesaid domicile. *He came home . on a late train and entered the dining-room, and sat down on a chair near his landlady, "Mrs. J. A. Dyke. After some conversation he remarked he was tired of living. Drawing a revolver he put the muzzle in his mouth. There was a click, but' no explosion. The woman ran from the room. Hine pulled the trigger again with deadly effect. Llvermorc Count Valensin is building a racetrack on Ins stock farm near Pleasantbn. There has never before been *bo favorable a season for vineyard and orchard planting in this valley. Over 1500 tons of hay.waa shipped from Idvermore during the months of September and October. . .Sound grapes, untouched by frost, are to be found m nearly all vineyards in the central and eastern portions of the valley. If the present weather holds they will keep till Christmas. There are tons of good table grapes remaining unpicked in some of the Tinejards. A number of vineyardists have announced their intention of grafting out some of their -wine grapes on heavy soil into Black Morocco and Cornischon, the two table varieties which bring the best price in Eastern markets. The Morocco sneceeds well in this valley on rich loam eoile. There are but very few Corniechon 1