The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-05
Talked About.
Entertainments This Evening.

PROVIDENCE OPERA HoUSE-Brown Students
Comic Opera "Priscills."
S.rKEiTRs OPERA HoUsE-oeorge Thatcher
In "Afrlcs."
LoTHRoP's OPERA HoUsE-Katherine Rober
tn"Pesrl OF Savoy"
wEsrMISsrER THEATER-FAy Foster Bur-
lesque Company.
ESKIMO vIILAcE-2ss Westminster street
Assistant Secretary of state'Bsnnett is
confined TO his home by badly liberated
TOOTH.
The City Hall steps will be occupied by
John p. Anderson at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon, who will address an open-air
meeting.
cigarette fiend purloined a box of
emokers valued at sl.9O from the store OF
A. Wigfall on North Main street last
evening.
morrow may linger at Fields Point,
Pleasant Bluff or Crescent Park and get
outside of savory shore dinners.
The agent OF the Potowomut Mill,
which was recently destroyed by fire. es-
Inmates the loss at $4,000. The origin of
the confiagration is enyeloped in mys-
terry.
A thief gained entrance to Magnis
Olsen's paint shop on Prairie avenue at
discovered the open window and the in
truder leaped out and escaped capture.
The civil sessions OF the Sixth District
Court will be held in the Providence
County Court House commencing next
Monday. The criminal cases VIII con.
tinue to be heard in the Canal Street Sta
tion.
The body OF the unknown man found
in the Seekonk river, near Red Bridge on
hfrr rfeIx
at the North End, by German Brothers,
undertakers. The clothing and effects
will be kept for identification.
The Boston police raided boarding
house in Burroughs place Friday, and ar
rested three men and woman and re-
covered lot of property. 1t is thought
that they are members of a gang which
operated In this city during the past
month.
The Young Mems Christian Association
Will make departure IN the character of
their Saturday evening services tonight.
A sacred cantata, "The Building of the
Iemple," Will be produced a large chorus
and several soloists having been engaged.
Admission is free to the entertainment.
There was physical culture entertain
ment given at the Y. M. G. A. last even
ing by class Of ii from the Providence
Evangelical Young Women's Christian
Association. After the calisthenics and
other drills pleasing entertainment of
music and readings was given by the
members.
The Lowell q Suburban Street Railway
Co. have secured the services OF Come
dian James Gilbert, who staged the Brown
Opera, TO manage all their attractions at
Lakeview Theater, Lowell, Mass, and the
season will open May II. Vaudeville viii
hold the boards for week, following with
an extended run of comic opera
Miss Elizabeth Nj. Yates OF Maine ad-
dressed the Rhode Island Woman Suf- |
fragc Association yesterday AFTERNOON on I
s'Fashionable Thinking" The annual |
banquet was held in the evening in which |
1W participated. Arnold Il. Chase pre-
sided. Addresses were made by Hon. |
Henry b. Metcalf, Colonel Wyman, Rev. |
ID. w. Hamilton and others.
In reading Senator Turpie's recent in
temperate diatribe against Senator Aid |
rich, one Is reminded of the description of |
Q speaker In Parliament given by Lord |
Derby on certain occasion-that he did |
not know what he was going 10 say when |
he got up, did not know what he was say |
Ing while be was speaking, and did not
know what he had said when he sat
down.
Rev. and Mrs. Dwight l.. Moody have
sent out invitations for the marriage of
their only daughter, Miss Emma Rey-
nolds Moody, to Mr.. A. p. Fit, formerly
OF Dublin, Ire, but who has resided in
America for the past few years. The
ceremony will take place in the North
congregational Church at Northfield on
"Wednesday evening, May 10. Mr.. and
Fit will live in Chicago.
The committee on highways of the City
Council gave hearing yesterday after
noon TO those inter asted in the layout and !
extension OF Lexington avenue from Nj
4
ness, Fisk, Andrews, Brown, Brayton
ana Sims were all present and spoke in |
favor of the extension because of the adj
'ditionai value that would accrue to ad-
lacent property. There was no opposl-
tion.
The lyceum of the Y. M. G. A. had it's
annual election last evening, and the fol-
George H. McAplan; vicespresi,
dent. c; III. scholefeid; secretary,
w. 8. Reynolds; assistant secretary,
3. Il. Steere; treasurer Daniel A.
Cook; chaplain, William M. Macnair:
critic, A. j. Williams; first teller, q. w.
Butterworth; secund teller. n. A. Gard.
ner; executive committee: Z. l.. Kneeland,
q. r.. Hancock, w. s. Reynolds. William
Macnair was made speaker of the con-
gress.
Washington, d. c., March 26, 1s94.-My
Dear s.r: am in receipt of your favor OF !
Ane - inst., togetner with the first three |
copies OF picturesque Hawaii" Having
been year in that true "Paradise of the
racine, can assure you am deeply in
terested In all that relates TO that part of
The world. | am well acquainted with
Minister Stevens, and assisted in taking
some OF the photographs from which the
excellent pictures of your portfolios are
made. Permit me to thank you for the !
kindness in sending me the portfolios,
and l shall take pleasure in calling at
tention 10 the superior work shown in |
this publication. Very sincerely yours.
Il. Webster, Chief Engineer, L. S. n.
Frederick A. Koons, senior partner OF