The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-04-13
BRIEF LOCALS.

would be made today to revive the anti
vaccination bill, but there wasn't virus
enough among the repealers to undertake
the experiment.
Mrs. +. III. Lord of 147 Wickenden street
slirped and fell while stepping from a car
on Market square today and seriously in
jured her left knee. She was taken to her
mothers residence, II Harrison street.
The House Democracy may not be in
clined to indulge in a mock session
week from today. 1t would be varia-
tionarom the majority of the proceedings
since the session was inaugurated.
Nj. j. Harson, whose hats are declared to
be "best !" has am expert silhouette artist
temporarily on his staff and his customers
may have their silhouettes cut free. The
artist won fame and fortune on the Mid
way last year.
DIR. Garvin is devoting the last days of
the session to his -reformatory
schemes; but he lacks the snap and per-
sistency which marked his career prior to
the evening OF the first Wendnesdaysin
April.
Fire alarm box No. 312, that is located
at the corner of Crawford street, has been
rendered useless and has been removed
for repairs, and another one has been
placed in position and for few days the
An oratorical contest for the Demorest
gold medal will be held in the Union
Congregational Chapel next Monday
evening. The participants are Misses
Flora Grant, Mabel Jordan, Alice South,
Matte Enos, Fannie Colwell and Mr..
Frank Church.
A regular daily supplicant for official
preferment importunes the members
of the next General Assembly at
the State House. He is ex-Door-
keeper Provencher and his most active
opponent is colored newspaper repre-
sentative who is passing round a formid-
able looking petition.
Hugh Carroll is in high fettle over the
discontinue of the party bosses who pre-
dicted their own triumph at the polls and
besought him to retire from he Assembly
ticket He suggested that they confine
their missionary efforts to their own con-
stituency They were swallowed up
together by the tidal wave.
The visitors to the State camp ground
at North kingstown this year will
be enabled 10 reach their desti-
nation by water and avoid that
dusty and demoralizing five mile
drive from the railroad station. and the
high-priced charges of the enterprising
yeomanry. The Legis ture has concurred
in the resolution appropriating 5000 for
wharf at Quansett POINT.
The seventh annual reunion OF the
Sons of Vermont in Rhode Island will be
held in Tillinghast's assembly rooms this
eysong colone GeoTgs Tne peaeEssTss ess. nsndr sdtdr
of the St. kIbans Messenger, % Col
one Daniel r. Ballou, Rev. s. II. Webb
and possibly Governor Brown and Mayor
Tiepke of Pawtucket. The Tslma Club
Orchestra will furnish music.
The resolution to pay the clerks and
officers of the Assembly for their SER
vices during the May session was con-
sidered by the committee on finance today.
The committee recommended the passage
of the bill, but as some of the members
wished to consider the matter, il was
made the special order of the day for
Tuesday. From the expression of opinion
it is regarded as probable that the bill will
pass in concurrence.
The mem hers OF the present senior class
at Brown voted to wear their
caps and gowns throughout the
summer term instead of confning
the custom to class and com
mencement days. Only one of the
down town thus attired, and the
ordinary public did not take
kindly to the innovation. Messenger
boys and boSrblacks had ideas of their
own TO express in the matter aud an old
alumnus, who doesn't like the new
wrinkles on the hill, wanted TO know IL
that fellow had been elected by the class
TO make an exhibition of himself"
This story is told OF Alexander Dumas:
Il is we'll known that he could not refuse
arequest--at least not often. One day he
gave man letter to one of his
Intimate friends in Brussels. The friend,
wealthy merchant, received him
as though he had been Dumass own
brother introduced him TO his circle OF
acquaintances, placed his stable at the
mans disposal and did everything in his
power to make life pleasant TO Dumas's
friend. After the lapse OF Ia
days the man suddenly disappeared, and
with him the best horse In the mer-
chants stable. Six months later
the merchant visited Dumas and
thanked him for the kind of people he
recommended to his consideration.
"Dear friend" he added, "your friend il
shark. lie stole the best horse in my
stable" Astonlshed, Dumas raised his
hands toward Heaven and cried: "What,
be stole from you, tOOf"