The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-13

Tony Mullane, VIII, has played here
many u time In the days gone BY, Re-
Gently Tony distinguished himself In an
man in Ohio to ask, under the new law.
for an allowance Of aiimony. and for
counsel fees from his wife. Mrs. Null
lane asked for divorce Tony filled
cross libel and asked for the custody or
the children. lie denies all the allega..
tions OF her petition, says she Is guilty OF
neglect, Is indolent and extravagant, Kept
their rooms In bad condition and Z at on
Jan. Is. 1887, deserted him. Tony ,ys
she squandered all mis- earnings, while he
was generally q too faithful aud over in
en- TO smoking cigarettes, drinking beer
TO excess, devising schemes to sink his
money, and from u short time after their
marriage delivered daily clrtain lee
tures." called him bad names. struck
him over the eye with pepper box and
rolling pin, AMI caused him great pain
and mental suffering Mrs. Muiiane Is
living in an IS month room while the
festive twirler Of the spneriol draws $3.50
month salary. 1t takes nerve unier
from woman; but Tony is not OF the
bashfuI order. The Ohio law gives him
the privilege
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There was time several years ago
when the wife knew where her husband
was going when he star ed out on lodge"
nights. But the multiplicity OF sovereign
grand lodges, conclaves. orders, enctmp'
ments, councils, ct cetera. of the present
day is confusing to the good wife. and
also to the great American public.
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Among those who throng ths shady
walks at Roger Williams Park on these
pleasant nights during the band con-
certs can be seen people or every class In
every walk OF life. The respectability
OF the park admits of tue attendance OF
the upper ter" aud the middle and
lower classes are represented In pro-
fusion. Everything is quiet aud exceed
ingly orderly, and cases OF incipient
fights are SO lew as to be great rarity.
The shady walks afford abundant
opportunity for the Infatuated young
man and woman, and they can DO seen at
almost every turn, walking SLOWLY.
wholly wrapped up In each other, or
seated ON bench In the deep shadow,
wholly oblivious TO tho outside world IL
is a cheap and withal delightful way
in which to spend tn, not evenings, ana
rhe young man whose dates" do not ex-
tend far into September Is not lin II.
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The man that knows It all was on the
rear of "a Governor street horse car
yesterday afternoon. You have met him
or his kindred il you have travelled much.
He is never satisfied with anything that
10 done aud always fnds something in
everything that is not just right. and
then his mouth fops op-n and his
wild haranaue com mences. A muzzle or
o. still better a gag would be an extremely
satisfactory manner In which to quiet
him and thus give the long-su Herring pub
lie n rest. But to return TO the individ-
ual who was on the horsecar. He swung
his jaws freely as the car bowled merrily
along South Main street, kicking at this
thing aud that thug aud other
things, aud, rs he said them"
things, at the horses, ut the driver. at
the conductor, at the pass .nger', &c the
cars, at the tracks, at the company at
the but why enumerste. he was
not satisfied with aoything, and as the
car swung round curves bis mouth
worked with the rapidity and
rre9ularity OF a p ston rod
would not have bsen SO offensive, but iI
was not sweet. but was rather "a combi-
nation of the wheezy toots OF a
caliope, the rumbliugs of a dis
ablea church organ and the blare
Of "a" busted " bassoon. Ga South Main
Aoies for the trolley feed wires. but on
Nickenden and Governor streets the
Sole, are of wood. This 'freak" no
Scsd the difference and then
his voice rung out again. He be-
gau on the introduction Of the
trolley service into the city and kicked
against that. Then he switched of on to
the dilitatorlness OF the raalroid COM
pany in putting tho system into general
use, aud tnen beRaa TO fume
and. and rage age seon. wbx Sns ds1se .bnnser
of iron, while tbs rest are of wood :
Isn't the locality about wickenden aud
Governor streets more aristrocatic than
SJuth Main streetP It's u downright
shame (oniy he didn's use the word
downrghD that such things snould be,
AS he reached his street he suddenly
broke out again. do you know what
I'm going to dop he cried as he swung
himself off the platform. Yes" ans
wered the conductor, as he Jerked the
strap with "a relieved expression, you're
going to walk next ume," aud roar
went up from that car, roar Of relief
and merriment, and The poles still re-
main.
The B. +. Keith thea rical enterprises
now extend 40 the cities of Providence,
Boston, New York aud Philadelphia, and
it is pretty well understood that Mr..
Keith's playhouse In each city named is
"a little mint" The opening OF his New
York theatre, the Upioa square, will
occur not later than Sept. A. and there,
as in his Boston aud Philadelphia
houses, the continuous performance
plan will be pursued exactly as Mr..
Keith or ginated it eight years ago. Mr..
Keith's opera house in this city will open
it's next season Sspt. next with "Tne
Ensign"
To say that the kennel interests OF New
England and the east are dormant would
b. untrue u the prominent dog fanciers
of this section are vieing with each other
TO send dogs of the highest standard to
the bench show in Rhode Island in Sep
tember. This show will be held In con-
nection with tho Rhode Island state
fair, September 10, 20, 81 and ~ build
ing 1So Dy 30 feet has been erected and
will be utilized for the bench show ex-
hibit This tuildiug will be well
lighted ana ventilated md ad Joining there