The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-05
CITY NOTES.

A false alarm was given by box 173 last
night.
Erastus L. walcott is critically i'll at
his residence In this city.
Our firemen are in luck. They have
not had q fire TO fight during the past
seven days.
The purse containing s4S lest by May
Lawrence at Roger Williams Park yester-
day has been returned.
A quantity of lumber was stolen from
the piles In front OF the new house at 179
Lexington avenue last night.
Last nights police record: Fifteen ar
rests, two disturbances. three stores Sc
cured, twelve persons given lodging.
Mrs. John Bailey addressed the Rhode
Island Women's CLUB yesterday afternoon,
her subject being Physical Culture"
A party Of one hundred and twenty
five people started this morning on the
excu sion through the Hoosac Tunnel
and Hudson River to New York.
An overcoat was stolen from form In
front OF d Dorrance street clothing store
last evening, but citizen followed the
thief and forced him to surrender It.
The property of p. s. White has been
attached by Alexander &s White. The
tached by the w. S. Watertown COM
pany.
A 4-year-old girl namei Sadie Moulton,
who strayed from her home at 80 Hanover
street yesterday, was found astray In
Cranston this morning by citizen and
was returned to her home.
Smithonian Assembly, No. 2. will give a
mum supper at Ballou chapel, Smith
street. Friday evening. October 8. Supper
will be served from to 9o'clock. Smith
hill horse cars pass the chapel
Mr.. 7. Frank Thompson. commercial
traveller for Blanding 81 BlandinR, IL the
proud father OF handsome girl baby
which his wife presented to him last
Tuesday evening. Mother and child are
doing well.
The eight Providence men who went
fishing and hunting in Westerly this
week, returned home yesterday, bringing
with them 25 pickerel, weighing 81
pounds; IL woodcock, IL partricges, 10
quail aud one rabbit,
Antoine Coslhois trying to purchase the
Saco schooner Emily Q. Denison, which
Is tied mp at the wharf OF the Rh ode
Island lumber company. Mr. Coelho for
nerly managed the packet line between
this city aud the Cape do Verde islauds.
The officers Of the grand lodge X. OF p.
and Sterling division OF the uniform rank
OF this state went To Attleboro today aud
are the guests of the order In that place.
the occasion being the annual field day
OF the third regiment OF the uniform
rank Of Massachusetts,
Yesterday afternoon some one dis
charged revolver at the train from Bos-
ton, due in Providence at @ o'clock, Just
after 1T passed Dodgeville The bullet
whizzed by the head of G. 4. Clarke of
Boston, embedding itself in the wood
work on the opposite side Of the car.
Owing to the yellow fever epidemic at
Brunswick. Ga. Providence lumber deal
ers are at present unable to get hard pine
In that section, and several schooners are
chung up" here waiting for official per-
mission TO sail for Brunswick. With the
advent Of cold weather the fever will un-
doubtedly disappear.
The Providence Y. M. @. A. will observe
its fortieth anniversary at its hall on
Westminster street next Tuesday even
inn. At o'clock a collation. will be
served, aud an hour later there will be nd.
dresses by Colonel J. ]. Estey, BrattIe-
boro, VT, ex-Mayor Frederick Fosdicx.
Filchburg. Mass, aud Rt Rev. Bishop
Clark.
The bicycle found by the police on Elm
wood avenue recently was claimed BY the
owner. Walter Driscoll, who lives at
~ Summer street yesterday. Driscoll
was riding the wheel on Broad street
when he broke dowa. and wheeling the
machine back OF stove ne left 10, intend
ing to return and take IL la the morning.
but when he did return he found that
the wheel had disappeared. IL was found
at station by him last night and he was
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