The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-03-10

The Londoi Tfp.es SAYS IL is no hattery "a
say that Mr. Chamberlain has greatly In.
creased his political stature by his whole
demeanor In America
Archie Sinclair, the champion heel aud
toe walker of England, aud w A. HOag~
land, Of Union Springs, signed articles Fri
day 10 walk "A "a hours' race, square heel
ana toe, for s. NJ and tho championship of
the world, AT hall I'm Hoboken, ~ j., on
March 10.
The Wisconsin supreme Court has de
clared imperative the law enacted by the
last Legislature which permit Ell habitual
drunkards ander certain circumstances to
be confined In an asylum Tor two years, on
the ground that IL made penal offence for
simple drunkeEness
Mrs. Grosvenor Van Leigh, a rich Eng
lsh W dow, wh has tried in vain 10 get
husband IN London, but has been unsuc-
cossful because sho has "A wooden leg, 10
coming 10 New York 10 try her luck She
is willing To settle so pounds year on any
her,
Seneca Chief, a son OF Rysdyk's Hamblc-
tonian, died from Inflammation of the lungs
AT the Maple Grove STOCK Farm, N. ", ON
Wednesday. Seneca Chief was the prop.
erty OF &. A. Dolson, who valued him at
sl2.0)O. His sons and daughters were very
fast, scores OF thom rating between the
2:ls and 30 classes.
Prosper Huerno. well known civil en-
eineer OF san Francisco. has commenced
suit against ii. Ii. Slaven. the Panama
Canal contractor, 10 recover 800 shares
81 stock of the American Contracting and
Dredging Company, out of which he claims
To have been dcirauded by Slavcn. The
suit involves several million dollars.
The body of Joseph Chicoine, aged nfty,
Thursday In Hamlet Mil Trench, X l.,
with his head crushed and his coat cut and
general ev dences OF fsul play. He had
SO and five gold wa,chcs on his person
when me left home. When his body was
found SlO one gold aud two silver wathes
were fouLd
James Albert, the pedestrian who was
charged with havinga twn brother who
slternated VITA him on the track In the re-
cent match In Madison Square Garden,
says that the yarn originated from the fact
that his grandmother once lived next door
10 woman who had three sets of twins
all girls He cannot account for IL on any
o.her hypothesis.
Feb. ~. being the anniversary OF Mrs
Druse's execution, her daughteL Mary con.
fined at Onondasa Penitcntiary, Syracuse,
was presented with magnificent bouquet
OF natural iiow r. with white satin stream.
ers,eXprcssrd from New York, with poem
written for the occasion by her friend, Mrs.
A. Shuman, of New York City.
The Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin
Railroad Company hav ng defaulted In tho
payment Of its mortgage bonds, the Farm
ers' Loan aud Trust Company OF New York
has taken possession OF tne property of
the railroad company James Houston has
been appointed agent for the trustee aud
the businos OF the road viii DO continued.
Philip i. Brennan Fire Commissioner OF
Brooklyn, who died ut Roosevelt Hospital,
Thursday, is said TO have been lawfully
married to nll four Of the women who were
disputlng olO his body lie has had chill
dren by Two - them, was never divorced,
never deserted his first wife, and was able
TO carry on the gigantic deception without
being discovered
After forty years OF loves devotion Miss
Mary Hewns, wealthy lady who lives
near Nyack-on- tho Hudson, wants Farmer
Austin Smith. OF Woodbrsdge, 10 marry
aud offers to share her fortune OF s.O,O06
or So with hi She loved him In child.
hoods happy days but he married another.
She waited and now that he IN "a widovcr,
she urges him 10 marry her. MIR. Smith is
agreeable. She IL 90 and ho IL ~.
Consul Folsom, reporting from Sheffield,
England, 10 the State Department, says
strenuous efforts are being made 10 have
Parliament pass the act prohibiting impor-
tation into England and the colonies OF for.
eign manufactured cutlery marked as
though II hJd been made In England, aud
also To prohibit the marking Of foreign
mado cutlery by English firms.
Fireman John Mertens OF engine No ~,
while proceeding TO a fire at No. | 81 Boston
avenue Sunday night, fell from his machine
and was run over by engine No. 80, which
was following. Meftcns was badly injured
about the head and body and was carried 10
tue Harlem Hospital 17YS Ire was In two
story frame dwelling house owned by
Thomas Rogers, and was extinguished with
slight damage.
Marino, an Italian who was murdered on
August 3, left $1,000 IL. a savings bank in
Buffalo, ~ Y. lie died intestaie. The
matter IN before tho Surrogate. HIS wife
asks letters Of ndministrati on for herself
and child born two months after his
death. Mrs Mary Marno, with n six year
old child. Of Paterson, ". j., also files a
claims also brother in Sommervillc, ".
j., with "A third wife.
John Battersby, who In his day was the
thinucst Living Skeleton In the show bust.
ness, began 70 gain weight Immediately
after being thrown out Of wagon near
Frankfort, Pa, some fifteen years ago. HIS
lightest weight was hfty.two pounds, and
after the accident he gradually began 10 In
crease avUirdupois until he had fattened
out or the business 49, pounds. His wife,
Hannah BattersDy, weighs G3O pounds.