The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-04
TOWN TOPICS.
SHORT PARAGRAPHS OF PROVI.
DENCE NEWS.
Collection OF Interesting City News o.
the Day Which You Can Read .,
You Run.

George Robarge has been missing since
Monday afternoon. His home is at 20
Battey street. AMI he is 16 years old. A--
Maggie A. Sweet ana Clara Boyce have
been granted pensions for widows.
The annual pianoforte recital Of Mr..
Hoffman's pupils will be held a. Infan-
try naft tonight. Mrs. Hoff nam pupils
will render vocal selections. The over
ture will commence at 7:l5 o'clock.
A portion Of the Union depot Is closed
for repairs.
The new guild house Of st. Johns
Episcopal church. on North Main street,
Is rapidly nearing completton.
Captain Burton, who has been running
the steamer What Cheer on her trips
from Newport, Is now Ia cEtsge OF the
steamer Squantum.
The Coucordia Social club gave a calico
dress and May ball last evening in ORR
entail hall.
Miss Nellie e. Martin will give a
musicale in Blackstone Hall parlors to-
morrow evenin She will be assisted
by Miss Evanyeline Larry, violin; Miss
A. Florence Alexander, piano, aud Clar-
ence G. Hamilton, accompanies.
One of the speakers at the Wesleyan
universi ty commencement exercises will
be g. II. Blakeslee OF East Greenwich.
|. Rhea gave delightful impersonatio
Camille" at the Providence opera
house yesterday afternoon.
An entertainment aud basket party
was given last evening by the Young
Turner's social club, In its rooms 40
Weybosset street. The committee OF
arrangements was +. G. Payson. A. L..
Rogers, f. l.. Maynard. Clarence Pierce
and Walter Carr.
Meagher guards will celebrate the
twenty-eiKhth anniversary of their orga n
ization tomorrow evening. The guards,
accompanied by n band, will leave the
armory. 12g Westminster stree, at 1850
o'clock, and will march up Westminster
street to Weybosset. down Weybosset to
w estminster, down Westminster to
Market square, AID from there through
North Main and Mill streets back to
Westminster and the armory. Refresh h.
ments will be served and an entertain
ment given.
A kerosene lamp exploded in James
Griffin's secondhand store, 1856 Atwell's
So was sounded and the firs was ex-
tinRuished without much damage being
caused. ------
The Swan Point omnibus will connect
with the Brook street horse cars on Sun
days on account Of the building OF the
Butler avenue boulevard. The bus will
leave for the cemetery from the corner of
street cars run close by.
A trolley line between Providence aud
Auburn will soon be n reality. General
Manager Potter has had the route sur
veyed. The rails have been ordered and
matters will be expedited IS much as is
possible.
No decision has yet been made ms to
the further repairing of Fruit Hill reser-
voir.
II. q. g. G. S. Packard's giant steam
dredging machine. the largest in the
world, is now Ia port, and the work of
widening the river channel betwte Fox
and Fields Point will be commenced at
once
Tne Brown University Football asso-
citation held its annual meeting yester-
day and elected these officers: Presiden,
M. II. Stout. '94; vice president, j. w.
Lewis, '94; secretary. w. w. Bustard,
'95; treasurer, II. ID. Aldrich. '95; mana
ger, ID. Il. George, '94; assistant MANAGER,
George II. O,ney, '95. II was voted to
change the time OF tie annual meeting
of the association to the secoad Wednes-
day in December.
The comic operetta Eight Times
Eight" will be gwen at the Providence
Opera house tonight by the students OF
Brown university, and will be repeated
tomorrow aud Saturday evenings. aud
the Saturday matinee. The sale OF seats
has been very large.