The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-17


PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE Fals;aa Min
b. j. KElTTs OPERA HoUsE-"The Midnight
Alarm"
LoTHRoPs OPERA HoUsE-Daniei a. Kelly
in "The Shadow Detective"
WESTMINSTER THEATER-Thc cOlored Sports
Big Show.
The May social and enter taipment of
the Providence Gale donian Society was
held at Weeden Hall last evening.
Henry Swan of this city purchased the
trotter San Diego at Buffalo, Tuesday.
The price paid was 81 600. San Diego has
arecord OF 2:23A.
The regular meeting OF the Rhode
Island horticultural Society was held at
Tillinghast's Assembly Rooms last even
ing. The subject OF "Tree Spraying" was
discussed.
The work of preparing the pedestal for
the new statue of Ebenezer knight Dex-
ter is being pushed forward rapidly. The
statue is now nearly completed.
Rev. Walter Verrman spoke about the
work of the Union for Practical Progress,
a society of which he is the national
organizer, at Bell Street Chapel last even
ing.
At $50 o'clock this morning horse
owned by the Oakdale Manufacturing
Company, dropped dead on Eddy street.
The corpse was carted away by Mr..
Barnes OF Fields Point.
The children OF the Tobey Street Home
went to Manton yesterday where they en-
joyed an outing as the guests of MIR. and
Mrs. George -6rtcff.- ftfc- ttinfor Hnitrcad
Company provided the car for the trip.
At 1906 o'clock this morning an alarp
OF fire was rung in from box 52 for blaze
in the purifying room al the gas works on
Eddy street. The fire was confined TO
heap of sawdust and was extinguished
without loss.
AT a meeting Of the Prisoners Aid So
ciety held yesterday the treasurer of the
organization was appointed TO act as
trustee of the Sophia Little trust fund
and it will now be possible to expend the
interest according to law.
j. ID. Hall g. Co.'s No. . of Vol. ii, issue
of the Providence Journal of Commerce, is
out, and comprises fine lot of half-tone
illustrations and descriptive work about
the municipality, being conspicuous for
portraiture of well-known citizens.
There is young man at 11S Lester
street who wants situation. THE NEWS
hasn't the pleasure of his acquaintance,
but if he is as bright as the advertisement
he has placed in The NEWS setting forth
his wants he ought to be useful young
man to have around.
The Rhode Island Yacht Club has adopt
ed new cap Abandoning the New York
Y. &. model in favor OF the Seawanheka
Corinthian style. The Seawanhaka is
famous for its leadership in things yacht
ing and any feature they may introduce
NAV well te adopted as a model.
The Rhode Island Electric Protective
Company has presented the Providence
Athletic Club with handsome carved
antique oak regulator which will furnish
standard time from the Ladd Observatory
and will serve as a master clock operating
some ten or more other clocks in the
building.
The Allen zig-zag aisle cars !" Ply
mouth and Priscilla which ran be-
tween Boston and Chicago during the
Worlds Fair, have been contracted for by
the Concord d Montreal Il. II. for the
coming seaaon to run between Boston
and White Mountain points, and will go
into service on that route July =.
The Jordan chorus choir gave an ex-
cellent concert at the the Eirst uniYersalist
numbered about seventy voices,
was assisted by Langstaff's orchestra.
Mr.. Clarence G.. Hamilton acted as organ
accompanist and the solo parts were taken
by Miss Flora Proyan, sopranos; Miss
Marion A. Brown, contralto; Mr.. ID. G..
Henderson, tenor; Mr.. William ID. Stone,
bass and Mr.. George w. Ferguson OF New
York, baritone.
Robert Winthrop, who started Saturday
on his eighty-sixth year, has had a per-
sonal acquaintance with every President
of the United States except Washington
aud jefferson. He is the oldest living ex-
Speaker of the National House OF Repre-
sentatives, the oldest surviving Massachu-
sets Senator, and IL Is 73 years since he
was a schoolboy at Boston's celebrated
Latin school. Few men OF 60 are SO well
preserved and SO vigorous mentally and
physically as be.
Ii is rumored that the reported scarcity
OF tautog emanates from City Hall, and is
attributed to the scarcity of luck that
befel fishing party OF high municipal
officials, who went down TO the grounds
the other day in Captain Tillinghast's
a fish breakfast or the bait.
In as much as Captain Tllinghast is n
veteran at conducting parties TO tho right
place TO fnd fish il is fair TO presume that
ii was an of day with the city officials.
BosroN, March 2Sth. 1894 Gentlemen:
Permit me TO congratulate you on the very
beautiful and valuable series OF Portfolios
OF "Picturcsque Hawaii" | know OF no
work on Hawaii that is more attractive,
both in letter press and authorship. 1t is
from gentlemen who are well qualified to
give reliable Information, and the artistic
OF the scenes from life
which embrace the grand i'm the majestic
mountains and the always interesting
daily life of the people. Yours very truly,