Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-05-19
TERSE TRIBUNEITES.
Breezy Paragraphs Picked Up Everv-
where bv Ubi1uitOus Henorters.

Breezy Paragraphs Picked Up Everv-
where bv Ubi1uitous Renorters.
Like April weather.
1t is still chilly enough for oyercosts
Don't forget the matinee at Lothrop's
Grand Opera House tomorrow.
The funeral of James Smith took place
from st. Joseph's Church yesterday.
The Board OF License Commissioners
meets tonight to act on several applica-
tions.
The small boy is now forming plans by
which he hopes to be able to see Barnum's
circus June9.
The funeral OF Stephen p. Fisk will
take place tomorrow afternoon from his
late residence.
The reason that bicyclists lean so far
forward when riding is that they are on
pleasure bent.
The Burnsides' fair was well attended
last evening. 1t will be open again to-
morrow evening.
The only cases In court this morning
were two simple drunks and they were
fined ~ and costs.
The Shenandoah Social Club will hold
It's second grand social at Foresters Hail,
Main street, this evening.
The Rhode Island Football Association
will hold special meeting at Musee Hotel
Saturdav evaniuu at otclock
Some complexion specialists say the
face should never be washed. This will
be welcome news to some small boy.
This evening the Kearney Light Infan-
fantry will hold a social for the benefit OF
William Kelly who has long been I'll.
A new set OF wheels are to be put on the
hook and ladder truck at No. 3 station.
They are to be about six inches smaller.
The silver tea service presented to Cap
tain Rhodes ~ on exhibition In the Paw
tucket Loan Company's window and is ad-
mired ny all.
The summer time table of the Old Colo
ny railroad will go into effect about the
middle OF June, and there will be many
important changes.
Pensions have been granted to the fol.
lowing Rhode Islanders: Increase-Or-
land Feeborn, Henry McCabe; original
widows, ETC.; Ann +. Jenckes, minors OF
Franklin Alexander.
The street peddler may now be heard
| yelling "straw berries" from early morn
until late at night and the clang of ice
cream wagon gong breaks the stiffness
OF sweet nature evenings.
The police should get after the person
with an insane desire to send In an alarm
OF fire and the court should punish him
for every time the department Is called
out there is likely to be an accident.
Providence is getting quite English Eye
know" A gentleman residing there has
bought pack OF fox hounds, formerly
the property OF ii. A. Carey OF Newport,
and will have a drag hunt Decor ration
Day.
Officer Lee was seen going up North
Main street yesterday afternoon with a
piece of rope in his hand and everybody
thought some one had tried to commit
suicide, but on closer inspection 1t was
seen that dog was attached to the other
| end.
A Mineral Spring avenue business man
met with a painful accident yesterday
| His little son left a fish hook attached to
| a line In the store and I'm some way the
gentleman caught his hand on his hook
| w ha a..
DR.. Corrigan cut 1t out and when the suf.
ferer was telling a sympathetic friend
about II a short time afterward the friend
said; "Well, the boy caught a sucker
didn't he."
Edward Card has a very serviceabl,
house letter box which has received much
favorable mention from Postmasters Good
win of this city, George OF Providence apc
the postmasters OF other places. 1t II
made OF seasoned wood and is about al
large as the iron box on the street corners
There Is place on top Tor newspa peri
and packages and two apartments fol
letters each with glass front. One o.
these inverted drawers is for the carrier
to put letters in and the other Is for letter,
to be mailed for the carrier to take. Each
apartment Is locked and the carrier has
key that will unlock the "collect" side o.
the box, but the lock on the "deliver'
side is different on every box and only tn,
person renting the box has key. 1t is
very nicely cotton up affair, somethirC
long needed, and was patented Nov.
1891. Sample boxes have been sent e
Providence, Worcester, Woonsocket
Newport and Westerly.