The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-12

socket to me yesterday. "as IL is getting
in" ! am anxious to yet away TO my
by the goverpment Until my successor
qualities. Ex-Post master Campbell was
re-appointed on my resignation weeks
ago, but he failed to forward his bonds
early, and the officials before whom,
are a. a~as %as. .ss prsaeas a i. .'p.Sssc s%"
and SO II the postmaster general, aud l
shall pro badly bo held here until August
though l ought to be west this very
minute" Mr.. Brown, who is one OF tho
Is the newly elected superintendent OF a
big mill at Kearney. Neu, owned by Rhode
Island neu, aud chiefly by genial George
w. Cumnock, the general superintendent
OF the Social Manufacturing company.
Mr.. Brown will take with him to his new
home the best wishes OF his fellow citi
xens and hundreds OF friends.
! !
The ladies OF tho Industrial society OF
the Roger William church make their
annual excursion to Newport tomorrow.
Many Of their friends will accompany
them.
saw N sad sight coming down on the
eleven o'clock train from Boston last cve-
ming Two very pretty young women.
quietly dressed in outlng suits of b. ne,
accompanied by two young men also
quietly dressed entered the car at Boston u.
There were only few passengers In 1t
aud most Of these dropped ont
at the various stations along
the line in Massachusetts l
fell asleep soon after .eivng the Hub
and was awakened just an we were cross.
Ing the "old tin bridge" at Central
Falls by the sound OK singing Half
awake listened to one OF the most glo-
rious voices ever heard. 1t was an alto.
- Tha
Song was that great street success After
the Bali Is Over" which. by the way,
gives AN ali voice just the range
necessary to displsy its pure tones. Open
ing my eyes, / saw one OF the young
women on her knees on the seat. turned
so as 10 face the rear OF the train, and
using her companions cane as baton.
Law that she had been taking too much
stimulants, aud was under its In
fiuence then. Her sweet face was
flushed. not with innocence but
with wine, and her whole demeanor
WAS that of a woman who had lost her
self-respect and was trying TO Impose
even on herself that she was happy. At
Pawtucket ner companion started into
the smoker. aud in she started too Half
way down the aisle she stopped. placed
her da nty foot on the arm of a seat, and
as though she was in her own
dressi x room. Then she tripped
off into the smoker and was soon
joining her companion In puffingat
cigarette. The quartette got out In this
city, entered hack aud drove of at "a
rap gait. IL was "A sight that was dis
gushing and yet pitiful- TO ses 80 fair
"A woman descend To such depth. She Is
going the pace that kills, and will ore
of these days, and that not far remote,
be one OF the wretched creatures that
answer to the rollcall Of the court very
frequently.
"Hotels at the Pier are filing up fast.
At the Gladstone aud Columbus every
Providence man recently. The Columbus
has on its staff Of clerks L. w Strouth-
of PhiipsburR Canada. and William
p. kenney Of Boston, while the Gladstone
is in charge of NJ. A Berger OF Philadel-
phia, with G. c kershaw OF this city,
Penn smith and !. w. Noyss as assist
ants.
The Bethany Home workers are ben1-
ing all their energ es to tho task OF fit
ting their new house for the reception OF
patients. There are nearly enough APP
plicants t. fill the house already, and the
managers are assured that their enter
prise will be taxed TO the utmost to keep
pace with the needs for tneir home. Tue
possible, much of the furniture b.ing
dona ed by friends OF the cause. There
is soon TO DO lantern festival" and the
energetic ladies nave other plans for the
raising OF the money they need. Per-
baps IL has not yes occurred TO some OF
the friends OF the home that now is he
best possible time to manifest their in
terest in practical fashion by helping
TO furn sh the hew house, and so aiding
In gettlng the charity into better work
ing order.
The governor went to camp at Quonset
point today as Andrew Jackson went to
his inauguration - on horseback. He
and his family took up their summer
residence at Oakland Beach on Saturday.
and today a little csvalc,de OF eq uestrians
cantered off from oakland Beach TO the
new state camp ground, whicl everybody
10 admiring aud prsisny.
I
You Providencs people make "a great
fuss bee ,use the Now Haven road doesn't
begin ou your new station" said rail-
road man last night, "but you for Set
that Providence Is only Que point in
piled the one addressed, "the Consolidat.
ed doesn't allow US either TO FORGE l. OF
indulge In any hope that the second
largest city in New Ensland Is to receive
anything but the most grudgingly be-
slowed recognition" "Well," he re-
piled, "let me give you an instance of
what the road Is now dolns. IL is four
tracking seventy-thrse miles OF road
between New Haven and New YORK.
The only contract at. present in opera
iion Is the one to tour.trac< thu division
between New Haven and Milford, Conn.,,
distance of ten miles. The grade along
this s reich has been fixed aud the four
tracks ar goinx down as fast as posi-
BILE. The cost Is $50 900 mile. or Si,sO0,-
o o for the whole distance. Most of the
expense is in cut in1 through the laud
inequ ,lties. This work win be finished
and tie four tracks laid by next October.
First Vice-president and General Mana.
ger Tuttle EXPIRE ed himself recently on
this subject, saying Our plans for this
great project are not yet ompleted, but
few of the contracts have been awarded.
At present Bridgeport. Conn. Is the only
obstacle. We snail put through that city
system like that leading into the Hart
ford station. We shall have the tracks
almost Two stories above the surface.