The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-04


The annual supper OF the Ward Clerks
association will be held in Infantry small
hall next Tuesday night.
Visitors will not be allowed in the
Socknnosset school until scarlet fever has
disappeared from the premises.
A colored girl named Edith Creasey, IL
years OF age, living at 101 Grove street,
has been missing from her home since
Jan. 1. The police have been notified.
John Il. Corcoran OF rs Julian street,
dealer in newspapers, periodicals and
cigars, Is presenting to his customers
John Boyle O'Reilly's famous poem, "The
City streets"
Comedian Crane has given the Talma
club OF this city permission to produce
his comedy entitled 'On Probation" and
1t will probably be presented sometime
during this season.
The occupants OF the state offices i'm the
Elizabeth building recently presented
Colonel Benjamin III. Peirce, their faith
full messenger with cap and pair OF
gloves of .sealskin as a New Years token
OF their esteem. -
The following officers were elected at
the annual meeting of the Art club last
evening: President, l.. Philip Mason;
board OF managers for three years, r.. i.
Nickerson, John @. Aidrich, jeffrey Davis
and c. b. Dorrance.
The Rhode Island Wheelmen had big
jollification at their hristmas tree festi-
val last evening, in the club room. The
pleasure of the annual event was not in
terferred with by the fact OF postpmmcnt
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The Providence Press club will hold
special meeting Saturday night, at which
the active members will nominate COM
mittee TO report a list of officers to be
voted upon at the annual meeting, which
occurs on the first Friday in February.
Mayor Olney will find that his official en-
gagements to dine and crate will seriously
curtail his quiet enjoyment of the home
circle. He will probably learn TO sympa-
thize with the newspaper men whose
hours devoted to sleep, meals and domes-
tic siestas are like angels visits, STEW and
far between"
A horse attached to a wagon owned by
the Woodlawn Dairy company became
frightened by the dummy engine on
Dyer street yesterday afternoon. The
wagon collided with carriage, throwing
the driver of the first wagon out. He was
dragged quite distance by the reins
before the horse stopped.
Negotiations are in progress involving
the grading of the San Souci garden site
to the street lines on Broadway and At
wells avenue, and the erection of apart
ment blocks, similar in design and con-
struction to the Whitfield, on Broad
street. AS a summer evening resort it
never proved profitable venture to its
lessee.
The conference of the Rhode Island
Universalist convention was begun in
First church 'on Greene street at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon. The general topic
was sour Church Situation in Rhode
Island" Rev. Henry w. Rugg lead in
discussion. This evening the chorus
choir will sing under the direction of
Jules Jordan.
The location of the new High school
building should be in close proximity to
the present structure, according to the
opinions off Superintendent Tarbell and
members of the school committee. Its
proximity to the manual training school
and to direct horse car communication
should be potent factors in the selection
of the site.
Colonel Isaac l.. Goff will bask in the
balmy Florida sunshine in the course of
few days to recuperate from the grip.
Deputy Gallup will reign in his stead as
boss of the real estate Office and mayor of
Washington park. Meantime Youlden
and Freeman will preserve good order and
the peace in that lively colony in the
course of the night.
1t is cold joke on the Democratic
members of the general assembly that
they must introduce a special appropria-
tion bill with the hope that they may re-
munerate themselves for their revolution
ary tactics at the May session. They
swore to uphold the constitution and the
laws OF the commonwealth, violated their
oaths and want the state to settle.
meeting commemorative of the twen-
tieth anniversary of the crusade move
ment in Ohio will be held in the rooms OF
the Providence, w. q. r. u, Elisha Dyer
Vinton house, % Sabin street, tomorrow
afternoon at two o'clock. Interesting
speakers will be present. The public are
invited to come and stay through the
afternoon and evening. Meetings OF a
social nature.
Should congress decide to increase the
tax on whisky 10 cents per gallon, the
saloon-keepers about town might possibly
be pardoned for return to the "doc-
toring process" which was instituted in
prohibition times. When n confiding
chap swallowed about three fingers of
that seductive beverage, he either wanted
to fight or drop, and most generally he
collapsed all over.
Clerk Hayden of the common council
bna teIpnhone in his office at CITY hall
numbered $50, but it is an ornamental
rather than a serviceable instrument. lie
wants TO connect with the metallic cir
cult and numerous callers join in his
petition. The old board OF license COM
missioners must have talked the machine
TO death. II neither rings nor hollcrs.
II is a cold calculating mayor who can
lay up much treasure out OF the 5000 per