Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-07-25

big business yesterday.
Daniel Horton, formerly horse car
conductor, is now purser Of the Petrol.
The Grays opened the second season
Saturday on the top round OF the ladder
The Hope Anchors defeated the Echoes
Saturday by score OF 4 to 3 in fourteen
inning game.
This morning the members OF the Park
Place Church went on their annual excur-
sion. The Planet was chartered.
Walter Balcom OF Capwell's Pharmacy
started today for weeks vacation which
will be spent at Worcester and Boston.
Two men lost their hats on the Petrel's
3 o'clock trip down yesterday. They
borrowed couple OF old ones from the
deckhands.
Almost two hundred employees of the
John Hancock Insurance Company made
an excursion to Rocky Point Saturday
and had an enjoyable time.
One OF the performers named Watts at
Boyden's Wild West show at Crescent
Park was accidentally shot Saturday night.
He is at the Rhode Island Hospital and
will probably recover.
The latest comic song is "Dropa nickle
in the slot" There Is one more objection
TO II becoming prevalent than there is TO
any other similar refrain for the reason
that IL has eight verses.
1t took the Wickfords ten innings to
defeat the Invictls of this city the last
time the two teams met. Next Saturday
the Invictis will visit Wexford again
and try and equalize matters.
Miss May johnson, who resides corner
OF Wslcott street and York avenue, Is
visiting Miss Alice Smith of Woonsocket.
The latter was in this city during the past
week visiting friends and returned home
Saturday.
The many tricks OF the Brockton team,
individually and collectively, have done
much TO throw down the national game
in New England cities. McGunnagle has
practically run the League, and nee
where il is now.
The steam launch Carrie" was
stranded high and dry in the mud oppo-
site Buffers Asylum, about 200 feet east
OF the channel, yesterday. She fioated of
at high tide and continued her trips
to Cable Cottage.
The Stars got ratified In the game with
the Berkleys Saturday, and eight runs
were scored in one inning. The final
score was IS to II. Mullen did good work
for the Stars and Fadgen was very effec.
tive. Attendance 1900.
A large crowd assembled on the Main
street bridge yesterday afternoon to
watch the results of a fishing excursion
which two men in boat were engaged
in. Officer Lee told the fishermen to
come around some week day and they
gave up the job.
The Banner Boys will be the opponents
OF the Stars on the Dexter street grounds
next Saturday. A meeting between these
two teams always results in an interest
ing game. The Stars will play the Wick
fords August o, and the Pacifics August
13.
Among those who were introduced to
Grover Cleveland at Fall River by Mayor
Coughlin last week was Andrew McGrath
OF this city, who is travelling for the White
Rose Washing Powder Company. He
gave the ex x-President a sample OF his
goods.
Tower Post, No. II, G.. A. r., will hold
an open meeting this evening, when Com
rade A. T.. Scholes of the Fourth Rhode
Island Volunteers, for years a resident in
the South, will make an address upon the
experience of Union soldier in the South
since the war.
1t is very probable that the two we'll
known heavyweights, Jim Dolan and
John Cattanach, will engage in twenty
five round set-to within three weeks. A
verbal agreement has been reached be-
tween the parties, and it is probable that
the articles will be signed in few days.
Tn, following ale the feast on the
calendar OF the Catholic Church for this
week, Today, st. James the Greater,
apostle; tomorrow, st. Anne, Mother OF
the BLESSED Virgin Mary, Wednesday, st.
Pan, aleon, martyr; Thursday, st. Naza-
rims and companions, martyrs; Friday,
st. Martha, virgin; Saturday, SS. Abdon
and Semen, martyrs.
Tha fire department was called out Sat-
urday afternoon by an alarm from box 20.
The fire was in barn on Water street and
was cxtinguished with a pail OF water.
The What Cheer truck got hung up at the
corner OF School and Vernon streets. The
turn is very short and the apparatus
struck the fence and broke a few lanterns
and buckets and bent the side rail.
The Y. NJ. c. A. ball team and the Gale
domains OF Central Falls crossed pats on
the Prospect street grounds Saturday, the
former winning closely contested game
of seven innings. A. Pollard and Greene
weru the battery for the Y. M. {. A. team
and Butterworth and Finn for the Gale
domains. The batting OF Lawton and
Finn were the features OF the game.
The Olneyville Temperance Cadets have
completed arrangements for their fifth
annual encampment, which will be held
this year at Camp White. The command
will he i'm charge of Captain Curran, and
will commence camp duty next Saturday,
remaining until the following saturday
This is an excellent way for the boys to
take their outing.
The manager OF the Lonsdale nine has