The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-22

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ROCKY PoINT-Forest Casino and Bijou Thsater
--aeorgis Minstrels and Vaudeville
CRESCENT pARK-wild West Show.
A valuable dog, owned by Frank Duny.
was killed by the cars this morning at
Kettle Point.
A false alarm was sounded from box 23i
in the Elmwood car barn at 1923 O'Clock
this morning.
Piles driven In marsh on which Win
chester College is built are as sound today
as when first driven, 500 years ago.
Three men were frightened away from
George w. Palmer's yard at 76 Bates
street last night, and left q whip, saw and
plane.
The Russian crown was made by Panxie,
the old-time Genoese court jeweler and
was first used by Catherine the Great. 1t
Is worth s6,000,000.
A bar of pine just as heavy ss bar of
steel one inch square will hold up 125, 900
pounds; the best ash 10000 pounds, and
some hemlock zoe, ZOO.
The West Side Tennis Club will hold its
on the steamer Pioneer, which will leave
Fall River wharf at O'Clock.
The Brown 4 Sharpe Mfg. Company
have resumed work in all departments Of
their establishment, the usual vacation
having closed Monday.
tents were stolen from 4 steam roller on
Blackstone avenue. Yesterday they were
found on Blackstone boulevard near East
avenue.
Colonel Theodore A. Burton Of this city
will be elected senior vice commander in
chief of the Sons of Veterans at Daven-
port, Va, tomorrow. All other candi-
dates have withdrawn.
The apparent depth of water ID always
deceptive, because the light reflected from
the bottom is refracted as it leaves the
water. Water is generally one third
deeper than 1t appears to be.
Chicago has the largest ropes in the
world in the engine room of her cable car
system. There are IL of them, each
measuring three inches In diameter, IL
inches in circumference and l260 feet in
length.
Mrs. w. III. Green, accompanied by
Misses Pearl and Julia Kantrowitz, will
go to New York this evening on the
steamer Massachusetts of the Providence
Line, where they are TO be the guests OF
Miss Annie Abrahams for a week or 10
days.
Who knows of Mr.. Frederic Hoyt Dayf
He was lately active president of tho
Young Peoples Baptist Union of Seattle,
Washington, and Is said to have relatives,
perhaps q brother, In Providence whom
people in Seattle would like to communi-
cate with.
The Misses Helen l.. Bechdol and May
M. Musry of Brooklyn, N. Y, are the
guests of Mr.. aud Mrs. III. l.. Green, at
their residence, No. 1905 Broad street.
During their stay he visitors will be taken
to Newport, Narragansett Pier, Boston
and Fall River by Mrs. Green.
Jacob Hitchman of 24s India street, has
complained to the police that John Con-
nelly, boy OF 10 years, who also lives on
India street. assaulted his son Philip
Hitchman, aged IL years, with q jack
knife and inflicted a wound in which q
surgeon had to take IA stitches.
cable, weighing % tons, for the cable
line, arrived here last night from
Trenton n. j. The work of removing it
from the car to the heavy low gear and
the team OF 20 horses that were used to
transport ii to the station furp pished no
small attraction for q large number of
persons.
Mr.. William j. Donovan, license COM
missioner in the assessors Office, Wash
ingtor, ID. C., is spending his vacation
with Colonel James T.. Downey, 264 Thur
ber's avenue. He expressed himself az
highly pleased with the rapid strides the
city has made since his visit here three
years ago.
Despite the cool weather there was q
good attendance at the lawn party on the |
grounds OF the st. Elizabeth Home for |
Old Ladies, last night. The booths were
well patronized, and the Home netted |
quite a sum for its work. During the |
evening the Msyo orchestra furnished
music.
Company q OF the 1st Regiment wes
shooting at the rife range yesterday.
The following scores were maoe at 200 |
yards; Captain Forsyth, 3s; Sergeant
80; Sergeant True, 81; Sergeant
AZ; Corporal Blaisdell, 21; Cor
poral Harden, 81; Corporal Williams, 80;
Corporal Squiers, ~; Corporal Wood,
I3; Musician Manc hester, IL:
Privates Mccullough, 80; Berry, 2s;
Angel, 80; whytock, II; Nemap, 12; Bag
ey, 10; McDuff, II; ChippendaIe. O: Fra