San Francisco Call, Volume 79, Number 40, 9 January 1896 — KERRIGAN WILL PRESIDE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KERRIGAN WILL PRESIDE

Unanimously Elected by the Justices of the Peace Yesterday. At the End of Five Months Groeringer Will Take the Place— An Agreement Reached.

Justice of the Peace Frank H. Kerrigan will preside over the Justice Courts for the next five months, having been elected yesterday afternoon by a unanimous vote of his confreres. The question of who should receive the honor and emoluments which have been held by Justice Barry for the past year has been the source of acrimonious debate since January 1, the date on which it was expected that the incumbent would step | down. No settlement was reached until yesterday, when a combination was reached by which Justice Barry agreed to ; resign and permit the selection of his successor. It was decided that Justice Kerrigan should receive the office for five months, at the end of which period the mantle will j be transferred to the shoulders of Justice 1 Groezinger, who will wear it seven months, ; or until the end of the term tor which the present Justices were elected. An agreement by which the marriage business — one of the fat plums in a Justice's career — is to be more evenly divided in the future was also reached, and now there is peace and a love feast where strife and discord reigned. Justice Kerrigan is' popular, and one of youngest of the Justices. His election to the office was his first entrance into the field of politics, in which he bids fair to become a shining light, as he is prominent in the bicycle world and an advocate of good roads. * ■» — « Our leather goods and perfumery departments were pronounced by all holiday buyers to be the finest in the City. They will continue to show the best assortments, best values and latest novelties. Visitors always welcome. Sanborn, Vail & Co. •

Presiding Justice of the Peace Frank H. Kerrigan. [From a photograph.]