The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-02
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Entertainments Today.

Entertainments IOday.
PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE james A.
Herne In "shore Acres"
KEIrHs OPERA HoUsE-stevs Brodie in "on
the Bowery"
LoTHRoP's OPERA RoUsE-"Master and Man"
WESTMINSTER THEATER-watson Sisters
Vaudeville Company.
INFANTRY HALL-Profes sor and Mrs. Baldwin
and the Butterfly coterie.
Ex-Mayor Pond and family OF Woon-
socket, have moved to Albany, N. Y.
The usual fall reduction of the sound
steamboat fares went into effect yester-
day.
II in said that paving blocks made OF
compressed hay are being experimented
with in the West.
The new Gamewell police system will
be in working order at the Seventh Police
Station this evening.
An average OF 1000 foot passengers and
5000 teams cross the Tower bridge OF
London each day.
The gentlemen recently appointed to
custom house duties by Collector o. Reilly,
were sworn in yesterday.
A cotton shower, looking exactly like
snowstorm, Is q common sight in the
cottonwood groves in Colorado.
James Small, who has been among the
missing Tor several days, was at his home,
IA Dwight street this morning.
A German statistician says that his lat
est discovery is that 5000 years hence there
VIII be one man to every 20 women.
A horse attached to a delivery wagon
owned by Arnold & Maine, dropped dead
on Atweils avenue at 9 o'clock this morn
ing.
A kettle of tar at the roofing works Of
j. w. Moore on Tell street boiled over
just before noon today and fire alarm 3l4
was rung.
Squads Of police from the different dis
tricts are drilling this afternoon on the
Dexter Training Ground preparatory To
the annual street parade.
Frank III. Wildes, attorney for Gilbert
M. Potter, the self confessed wife murderer,
has stated that his defense will be based
on the ground Of his clients mental irres-
sponsibility.
Rev. John b. Gordon OF Pawtucket, has
been chosen by the Prohibitionists as
their Congressional candidate for the
Second District in the plase of l.. X.
Remington, who has withdrawn from the
contest.
The steam yacht Viva, with the owner,
John b. Herreshoff, aud his family aboard,
lost her rudder in Long Island Sound
yesterday, when on the way from Bristol
to New York, and was obliged to put into
Northport.
Ellen Parker, aged AZ, Who resides at IS
ID street, was run over by delivery wagon
streets last evening, and badly injured
about the back and left hip. She was as
sisted To her home.
Joseph Prefontaine, who owns shop of
all sorts at AZ Chestnut street, says Harry
Valcourt and Fred Foster, who hired
portion of his store, stole lot of his tools
and ran away with the profits OF Satur-
day besides the rent and board money to
the amount OF $50 and they can't be
found within the borders of Rhode
Island. Joe does not want satisfaction,
but would like the return Of his goods
and cash.
There was a running fight on Elm
street yesterday afternoon, in which "A
man named Carr, who dotes on his hand
some fine red whiskers was engaged. The
Others are known by the names of Bliven
and Dougherty. In the fight poor Carr lost
a handful of his W whiskers and they were
taken by Bliss. Officers Z. B. Cannon
and j. Is. Alfreds took hand in the row
and all the fighters were fined for revel-
ling. Carr will have the rest of bis
whiskers shaved.