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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
LOCAL ITEMS.

THE election Of Co. c, +. l.. l., will
take place tonight
WATcHEMoKE Tribe, No. 2, of Red
Men will hold social this evening.
THE Republican City Committee will
meet at the headquarters, 20 Weybosset
street this evening.
J. NJ. DEAN has purchased n half inter
est in twenty-one lots on Narragansett
avenue and i'm the vicinity.
THERE will be hearing in the City
Hall tomorrow afternoon at 2:30, on the
petition of the Old Colony Railroad to lay
rails for n switch on India street.
Mt PLEASANT Lodge, No. As. ]. o. o.
f., will observe the 73d anniversary of
odd Fellowship by giving a musical aud
literary entertainment on Tuesday even
ing next
STEVE SULLIVAN lifted" pair of
shoes from in front OF John Brady's store.
10 Union street, last night, but was
frightened by the imposing form of OH
Ger Ned Smith aud dropped the shoes and
ran.
A MAN selling polish went into the
house occupied by Mrs Grafton, 105 Point
street, yesterday, but could effect no sale
Shortly after be went out the woman
missed her pocketbooK containing e. So
The police were notified.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
Public school Notes.

The Eddy street primary school. a four
room building. willie be opened on Mon
day next. The three teachers from the
old Eddy street school will be transferred
to the new building. and the one teacher
from the Burnside street primary school
will also be transferred.
The old Eddy street buildidg will prob
ably bc condemned, and sold. The Burn
side street school was i'm the ward room at
the corner of Public and Burnside strccts
The addition TO the Doyle avenue school
will be opened on Monday. The teachers
who will 90 into the building are Miss NJ.
Eliza Douglass, transferred from the Ben
eft street school; Miss Jennie Pritchard
and Miss Maria Taft, transferred from the
Graham street school.
Miss Jennie NJ Macomb will become
principal of the Graham street school in
place of Miss Taft.
The public schools will reopen on Mon
day next after the weeks recess.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
New England Releases.

Boston, April Flowing to the fact
that the New England League Circuit
comprises eight clubs instead of ten, as
was planned for, number OF players
who were signed will not be needed. The
following named men have been released.
P.F. Mcdonald, A. II. standigis, william
Catterson, 4. Lockwood, 4. p. Flaver, w. j.
Cassidy, Patrick Downey, Homer Chute, JOS
eph Sullivan, James Fitzpatrick, Joseph Har-
rington, M. j. Gleason, W. w. Andrews, James
y. Rogers, q. B. Chadwick, c. O'Hearn, Il. J.
Kelley OF Portland. A. Mcmahon, f. p. Lin
coin. Thomas Flynn, Frank c. Hull, Michael
Ladeau, Charles Smith, II. +. GRAY, James
Harrigen, j: G. slattsry, r. z. Roussey, Frank
ORourke, Daniel Guthrie, p. Pendergast,
John Casey, w. j. Hafford. John Manning.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22

HARTFORD, Conn.,, April 22.-J. Cohen,
who came to Hartford in January and
started an association promising to give
e35 for every sl5 subscribed on the "get-
rich-suddenly" plan, has skipped town
leaving about 200 victims from whom he
had received about $1,000. He came from
South Orange, N. j., where his parents
and wife reside.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
st. James Church Election.

st. James Episcopal Church elected
the following officers: Senior warden,
Amos NJ. Bowen; junior warden, Ebenezer
Nichols; vertrymen, +. Il. Richmond,
Christopher Blanding, William II. Ballou,
j. II. Dewolf, William n. Watts, Gardner
c. Anthony, John X. Tillinghast, John z.
Farnsworth, Joseph III. Tanning. Arba ID.
Smith; parish clerk, John +. Farnsworth;
delegates to the diocesan convention, +.
4. Richmond, Christopher Blanding
Joseph ii. Tanning, William II. Ballou;
substitutes, Amos NJ. Bowen, James Can
nell John 4. Bolan, William ii. Ballou;
Ballou, w. L. Monroe, II. w. Sweeney,
George ii. Caruthers; substitutes, Charles
S. Cook, f. A. Merrill. John X. Tilling-
hast. Gardner c. Anthony; audit com
mittee, George X. Phillips. Arba ID.
Smith; treasurer, Jonas Auty; music COM
mittee. Joseph H. Tanning, John p.
Farnsworth, Miss NJ. 4. Tanning, Mrs.
G. G. Anthony.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
A New summer HsseI.

GREAT HARRINGTON, Mass, April a.
Local capitalists have subscribed $4,000
and purchased desirable lot on Main
street, where they will erect a fine sum
mer hotel, accommodating $50 guests. IL
viii be ready for occupancy October 1st.
Caleb Tickner, proprietor OF the Berk-
shire House, Will conduct the new hotel
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
TOTTEN MUST LEAVE YALE.

Ne VIII Not Experience tho Worlds End
ut That University.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, April 22.-Captain
James 8. Pettitt, first United States In
fantry, has been ordered to relieve Lieut..
G. A. L. Totten as professor of military
science in Sheffield Scientific school, Yale
University. Lieut.. Totten is ordered to
Join his- battery of the Fourth United
States Artillery. The change goes into
effect August 1.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
rAUToe BEGINNING TO BITE.

One Of Rhode Islands Spring Sports Com
mences Mt Once.
Tautog are beginning to appear in the
river, and fishermen have commenced to
lay plans to persuade them out of the
water and into the frying pan. Jack
Muller, keeper of Pomham light. caught
two dozen Off the lighthouse yesterday,
the largest OF which weighed two or three
pounds. Fishing for tautog is one of the
summer sports of Rhode Island, and
everybody Is on the lookout for the sea-
son TO begin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
A STATUE OF COLUMBUS.
Knights OF His Name VIII Erect One In
the City Of Elms,


the City Of Elms;
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, April 22.-The ex-
ecutive committee OF the Knights OF
Columbus were in session in this city over
ten hours yesterday discussing the details
of the celebration by that order of the
Columbian quadro-centennial. One re-
suit of the deliberations Is the determi-
nation to erect statue OF Columbus in
this city.
The statue is the work Of M. Buryens,
of Ghent, from design by Richard And
rews OF the Boston Art Normal school.
The figure is 8 LIZ feet in height of bronze
and will cost about $1,000. The dedica-
tory exercises will occur on October IL.
There will be parade and other attrac-
tions peculiar to such an occasion.
1t is the intention of the committee
having the matter in charge to have for
the orator at tho unveiling gentlemen
of national reputation. Grover Cleve-
land of New York it is understood, has
been communicated with on this point.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
Owl Club Social.

The Owl Club social at Carroll Street
Hall last evening was well attended.
There were twenty dances on the pro-
gram. The committee of arrangements
was William Duffy, 4. McNiff, G., Senter,
X. G. harrington, Il. Mulgrew, w. Fan
nng and u. McGinn.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, April 23.-otto
Kane, . qusrryman, was fatally injured
By premature explosion at the Ply
mouth Quarry Co.'S works, In Thomas
ton, yesterday. Another cmploye named
Mott was badly injured but may recover.
The premature blast N thought to have
bosn caused By . defective fuse.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22

Points Of Interest to be Observed In the
Picture Gallery.
In addition to the interesting old por-
traits and the oil paintings, pastels and
crayons previously described by the News
as belonging to the exhibit in the picture
gallery of the loan exhibition n ow in pro-
gress In the Rhode Island Historical
Society building, some further mention
should be made Of more than a few. Of
particular value and historic association&
There are, for example, a number of
Stuarts and Copleys which no student Of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22

THE PROVIDENCE NEWS has made the prop
osition 10 the workingmcn among Its readers
that they select one of their number to spend
q couple of months abroad during the coming
summer to travel, study the labor situation in
western Europe and tell them about his ex-
periences. This is the most sensible form that
the voting contest fad has yet taken.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
MRS. WEBB, DAUGHTER OF DIR. cHrcKLEY,

MRS. WEBB, DAUGHTER OF DIR. CHIcKLEY,
FIRST DEAN OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
ONLY WHITE CHILD SAVED IN AN NiNDIAN
MASSACRE BY BEING CONCEALED UNDER
ATUD.
of his dislike for the ''red coats" Loaned
by Edward Jarvis Cushing, his great
grandson.
or more than passing interest are Nos.
A, portrait of Thomas Coles, on ivory, by
Gilbert Stuart, and 45, portrait of Mrs.
Thomas Coles, on ivory. by Gilbert Stu
art, loaned by Mrs. James Il. Cranston.
No. 2S is a portrait of Gen. Nathaniel
Greene. by Huntington, copied from the
original miniature by Trumbull. Loaned
by his granddaughter, Mrs. Alva +. Car
penter
The old portraits of Charles III. Q630-
16S5), loaned from Sayles Hall, and of
Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles
are worth inspection, as is the portrait of
his large picture in Boston Athen@um,
the quaint old pictures of the death-bed
OF Washington, belonging to n period
when art was not dead simply because it
had not been born In this country.
The fine old furniture, oak chests and
mahogany chairs in the art gallery are
among the best things in the collection.
The exhibition will be open this even
ing and also tomorrow evening from to
TO- A promenade concert will be given by
the Providence Symphony Orchestra.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
IN. M~&
From the woonsocke. Reporter.

The proposition of THE providence NEws
to give a Rhode Island workingman a free
trip To Europe, TO examine into and report
upon the condition Of the working classes
there, ts about the only sensible thing yet done
In tho way Of newspaper coupon voting. The
NEWS Ia to be congratulated on its good taste
n nd oanerositv.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
Norfolk Downs.
From The BOSTON Nous.

I hear many complimentary remarks
about the fitness aud beauty OF the name,
Norfolk Downs" for the new land lust
opened up by the enterprising firm OF
Wood, Harmon q Co. IL seems TO be Just
the term for the beautiful rolling slope by
the sen. agree with all those who think
that the selecting committee did its work
wonderfully we'll.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
I&M17&

From the Managing Editor, ,BrooklynTimes
DAILY TIMES EDITORIAL Rooms,
BROOKLYN, Jan. 16, 1892.
Editors Neus:
Your "trip to Europe" idea Is by long odds
the best that any American newspaper within
the range of my observation has yet devised.
IL says In effect to the workingmen Of Rhode
Island: Choose your own delegate. Select
from your number the one man you believe
to be most unprejudiced, most capable of gv-
ing an honest and intelligent report on the
condition of labor IN Europe, and send him
there to investigate. The News will foot the
bills and publish the report whatever 1t may
be-" It's q great idea, and for one I will
watch with more than common interest Tor
the report Yours very truly,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22

shots - h1u Himself
WARE, Mass, April 22.-Henry A.
Towne, 70, OF 5outhbridge, who had been
visiting at the home OF his grandmother,
Mrs. David Allen of Greenwich rillage,
while insane shot and killed himself at
noon Tuesday in the passage way leading
TO the house.
When found he was dead, q revolver lay
at his side and three bullet holes pierced
his heart. There were no bullet holes in
his outer coat AZ Towne had evidently
placed the revolver inside his coat and
vest, close to his heart.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
&17Ns4-.4.,
From Col. Harris of the Nswpor. Observes.

From Col. Harris Of the Newport Observer.
NEWPORT, X. l., Jan. IA, 1907
Editors Of the Providence News
Any effort or any undertaking that has 10,
its object the broadening of the mind and the
exciting of thirst for knowledge, is to be
commended. Travel, more than any other
thing, will accomplish these objects. and the
proposition Of the NEWS to aid some one Of its
readers In the acquirement of useful informa-
tion abroad, to be disseminated among the
people of our State upon his return, appears
to be particularly interesting and laudable.
II the fortunate individual Is really fortu.
nate, 1. e., IL he is the possessor Of an evenly
balanced mind and has sufficient Intelligence
to warrant the belief that he will present i'm.
partial and readable pen-pictures Of the result
Of his enquiries and observations, then the en-
terprise Of the NEWS will surely not be In vain
1t must be productive Of much good. Icer.
tainly trust that such will be the case.
Believe me, yours faithfully.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22

Belle-who do you suppose I'll be be.
Tore leap year is over7
Blapche-Jeft, guess.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22

Amerigo So,vgaro, the little smallpox
patient, IN failing, aud IL now very low
Little hope is entertained Of her recovery.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-22
What Noted Editors Say About 1t.
From Col. Taylor OF the Boston Globe.
The GLOBE, DAILY, SUNDAY, wEEKLY,l
BosToN, Jan. 1s, 1892.
DEAR SIR: The enclosed scheme looks like
. good one and / sincerely hope 1t viii be
success. Yours sincerely.
c&~.''@s1os~

From Ballard Smith, Editor N. Y. World.
THE WORLD EDITORIAL Rooms,
PULITZER BUILDING. PARK Row,
NEW YORK, Jan. l6.
Your scheme seems good one, both for the
increased circulation of the paper and for the
benefit which may follow the visit of your suo-
cessful candidate. Yours truly.
The Meeker herald., 1892-09-24

The annals Of French academy OF
science tell OF tailor's adventure
with thundcrbolt He lived in q
house provided with two chimuers,
one for a fireplace aud the other Tor "a
stove the latter not in use. During
thunderstorm 4 tremendous report
was heard aud everybody thought
that the house had been struck by
Lightning. Instantly blue flaming
ball dropped into the fireplace and
rolled out into the room. seemingly
about six inches above the iloor. The
excited tailor ran around the room
the ball OF fire playing about his
feet Suddenly IL rose above his head
and moved OF toward the stovepipe
hole in the ceiling. which had u piece
of paper pasted over It, The ball
moved straight through the paper
aud up the chimney. When near the
top It exploded and tore the chimney
into thousands OF fragments Tho
sight OF the debris left by the oNp!o-
on showed the family what would
have been the consequences had 1t
exploded while on its gyrattnE pass
aso through the room.
The Meeker herald., 1892-09-24
>c!l,n. ui,c. ia Eu=Iuud.

Tho following clippings ARE copied
word Tor word ~ they appeared in
British papers of the dates named:
London Morning Herald March II.
1902: On the nth OF last month II
person sold nj tho market cross in
Chapel en- la Firth II wife child md
some beggar's furniture for / shill
lings
London Morning Herald. April 10
1902: \ butcher sold his wife by
auction on last market day mt Here
ford She brought II Is and II bowl
OF punch
Annual Register February l :. 1906;
a man named John Gussthorpe eE-
posed his wife FOR sale in the market
Mt Hun but owing TO the crowd which
such an extraordinary occurrence
had brought together he was obi gcd
to take her away and defer tho sale
However he brought her out again
in the evening and She was sold for
20 guinea, 10 II person by the name
OF Houscmnn.
Morning Post October 10. 1907:
One OF those disgraccful scenes took
place ut knarcs ourg. \
man brought his vile .uipped in the
usual way. and sold her for pence
and II quid OF tobacco.
The Meeker herald., 1892-09-24
I'll GET SQUARED"



The Story OF Parrot with Red Tail
and BAD Eye.
Henry Stimper Brooklyn grocer
owns II parrot ,hat has Il red tail and
bad eye.
The bird talks and talks Guently.
He can converse in low Dutch and
swear In several languages. but
sometimes he strikes n spell of reti-
conce. aud then dynamite can not
blow words out Of his bcak He had
taken such fit when shippers broth
cr George came from New York
Stimper wanted the bird TO say 'uu-
Gle 10 his brother but the bird de-
clincL TO admit the relationship. lie
simply cooked his bal eye ut the New
Yorker and maintained chilly 81
lence. Finally Stimper got mad and
shouted; I'm tx you If you don't
say uncle.
IN get square croaked the par
rot in Ieturn.
You will, will you?' replied the
now thoroughly aroused grocer
well We II sec about that :"
Throwing ii cloth over the bird
that snapped ut him viciously. Stimp-
err looS u INTO Inc DUCK Nufu. ne
grocer is bit of Il chicken fancier
and has II couple OF big coops which
contain twenty-six choice fowls II
couple OF game ROSTERS being among
the number.
In you go said Stimper as he
threw the parrot among the fowls
and l hope you'll get a good hid
ing
IN get square 'snarlcd the parrot
once more.
Stimper turned away with con
temp,uons smile. He forgot all about
tna bird untiithe ne might Then he
tn :ughi he won d visit the Inundated
FOLLY. He found sixteen OF his fowls
stone dead. with Their brains pecked
out. On the h CHEST perch in sight
WAS what remained OF the surviving
rooster by his side were the few
CHI ickens left.
-. IN get square. chuckled the par
rot. as it wiped its bloody beak on the
corpse of its last victim.
The Meeker herald., 1892-09-24

A formidable antagonist to tele-
graph construction in MeVico is found
in the monkey tribe which inhabits
the iungles and chaparral of Tabasco.
Literally the woods are full of
them" Their favorite diversion
when not in quest OF food is TO betake
themselves to the telegraph lines for
gymnaslic exercises and lincmon
assert that often 100 able bodied
monkeys have been seen swinging on
the wire. festooned. monkey fashion.
by looping their tails. The continu-
Gus vibrations OF these forest gym
nasts start the iron nails used on the
cross arms and these often come
down. bringing the wire with them.
And il Is not n safe matter to under
take to dispense these robust monkeys.
Linemen have found that on shooting
IL monkey swinging ON the wire they
have been pursued by u whole regi-
mcnt OF monkeys
The Meeker herald., 1892-09-24
FAIRLY FUNNY

One OF the hardest things in tne
world is for man who is stuck up 20
get down.
Country Child (who sees no novelty
in a pack What is all this grass for?
City Child-That's to keep off of.
Nothing is so fortunately built as a
fly. 1t can stand on one leg and
scratch itself anywhere with five legs
ut once.
1t is all right for theater manager
tn present a grand double bill, but
when doctor or lawyer does it there
is trouble ahead
Sharpe saved girls life this
morning. Wooden-Why, how was
that? Sharpe Welt, l was smoking
on the hotel veran,ia and she said:
Pardon me, sir, bat that cigarette is
killing me" 50 | threw it away and
smoked another
Fair Patron--Thosc morning glories
Won sold me are no use ScedInan-
What's the matter, ma am? They
never open" Those seeds, mum, was
/ imported direct from China, mum and
| it bein' day over there when it's
night here, suppose, mum, they dc
their bloomin' after you get to sleep.
Il hear that Montgomery Montgom'
cry has taken his son out of college. -
as that 50? Was the youth getti ne
rapid" "Oh, no; but his teacher
asked him to work ont n problem il
mathematics and he objected; said
none of his folks had ever worked out
and the father sustained the obiec
| ton"
Old b. has jAst turned fifty eight
and finding himself a widower ate
twenty-five years of married life. i
preparing to lead to the altar his nev
bride of twenty-five summers. HI
! srinuds. alssrned At tho wide ditTor
ances n their ages, re moasi,ste, BIZ
in vain What you say nay INTENDED
Ia too younal" D. exo!s!'as in sstnniri,
mant; "'yhy, shp Is exactly ;ks san
age rs my arss vita whom marie.
Aes,"
The Meeker herald., 1892-09-24
in SPoRTIVE MOOD.

McTlauagau who has travelled -
Waiter, were you ever in Cork? Wait
cr-No, sor; but oivc seen a many
drawings nv it
Mrs. 49, like DR. Win!Ieye so
much. Mrs. l4s-So do |. He always
advises me to go to such nice places
for ones health.
\ man need not be constantly i'm
proving in health. If he is holding
his own in mosquito country he is
doing above the average
Speech is the wrapping paper in
which we do up our thoughts when we
express them. Expressing foolish
thoughts is a waste Of wrapping paper.
Teacher lin Sunday SCHOOL,
nj - can YOU tell me what land it was
that was afflicted with plague of in
sects? Johnuic-Yes, ma'am; Jersey.
Watts-What is the matter with
YOU, Potts Another fit of indiges-
ton? Potts-That is what the doctor
saws it is, but i, feels to me more like
misfit,
This is the biggest jump on record
a Providence man has just jumped
the state "Oh, pshaw! that's only
Rhode island Now, if it had been
Texas
Mans religion says Cucle Nose,
shouldn't be worn like a cloak-all
on dc crts;de 1t dorter be mo like a
porous plaster. De world may not see
| it, but de man knows it's dar' and his
| family knows it's dar an a-doin' of
him good"
She is young woman who has deep
thoughts every onco in while II
think she sighed to hef companion
'that 1t would hsvo baen lovely to be
one o. tao ahoriaines and wander
aboet thess places Of nataFai eeanty.
1YbsT' inquired her eanpsa!7n
"Beeapae then would have hssa NJ
educated AID Therefore nasola 70 .eas
liza signs that nre painted ~ tn
! seepsry.'
The Meeker herald., 1892-09-24
HISTORIC DOGS.
Une Brave Animal That Recovered
Flag Mt Austeriitz.

One Brave Animal That Recovered =
Flag Mt Austcriitz.
A French paper has published a
roll OF honor OF celebrated dogs
which have distinguished themselves
In war This. is not inappropr ate.
considering that the dog has been
pressed into military service. For
Instance there was Bob the mastif
of the Grenadicr Guards which made
the Crimeun campaign with that gal
luut corps, and also Whitepuw, Il ate
Blanche, Il brave French ally OF Bob
tina, made the same campaign with
the Old Hundred and Sixteenth OF the
line. and was wounded in, defend .ng
the tag.
Another Moustachc, was catered
on the strength of his regiment rs
entitled to grenadier's ratious The
barber of his company had orders TO
clip and comb him once a week. This
gallant animal received II Oayonet
thrust at Murengo and recovered II
flag ut Austerlit2 Marshal Lanncs
had Moustarhe decorated with media!
attached TO his neck by a red ribbon
Corps do Garde IL Norvei
among LbE@ lbaloNti u rplh4Ni W
Marcugo was wounded ut Austerlitz
md persisted in tho retreat from Rus
STA. The sixth OF the Gard had It
military mnstilT named MiscrG which
wore three white stripes S wu on his
black hair We have also Ia name
Pompun. of the Forty ghth BeiOu-
ins, the best sentry the baggage
train Loutoute II trimcGn heroine
MittraillL killed at inkcruan By II
shell Motlinu. that saved his master
in Russia and was lost or lost him
self, but found his way along from
Moscow to Milan. his first dwelling
place. The most remarkable how
ever was the last. an Engi h barrier
named MEslupha, which went into
action with his English cpmtade ut
Ionlenog and we are seriously tod.
Remained alone by Il lieidpiece ter
the death a. the gunner his master.
capped the match to the touch hole
of the cannon and thus killed seventy
soldiers ANA It ia further added that
MG-iapha was presented 20 King
George II and rewarded with pen
sion n'imeutam.