The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12
NORTH END NEWS.
Atlantic Baseball Clubs Masquerade
Ball Last Night.
An Italian Badly Injured by Dyna-
mite Explosion Other Notes Of
Interest.
THE NEWS BUREAU.
NORTH END. <2s BRANCH AvKSus.
Telephone 90i-l.


Carroll Street Hall was literally packed
with q merry throng OF maskers last
evening when the Atlantic Baseball Club
gave their second grand masquerade ball.
Never before was such large crowd
brought together in this hall. 1t is evident
that the club have large number OF
friends. The program contained twenty
devoted to THE EVENING NEWS
The hall was decorated with profusion
of potted plants and flowers furnished by
J. Il. Canning, florist. James T.. Buckley
and Miss Celia Brennan led the grand
march which contained 1853 couples.
ent societies are all over the city. Ex-
Captain Waters and Captain Masterson
represented the Emmett Cadets. The
Grettan Cadets, Columbus Cadets,
Olneyville Cadets, North End
Social Club, Banner Boys and the Ath.
letic Base Ball Club were represented by
their respective captains and presi-
mittees: Committee of arrangements,
John Il. Burke, chairman; James f..
Buckley, secretary; William G. McPhilips,
treasurer; Owen p. Tierney, Ralph John
ston, Frank j. McDuf, Peter McGough,
John $. Finneran; general floor
ager, Paul Jones; aids, MIgnonette Horse
hair, Havanother Piggott, Willie Ever;
Reception committee: Frank A. Low
ett William e. McPhillips, Frank j. Me-
Duff, Owen =. Tierney, Thomas III. Bur-
bage, John s.. Finneran. The Amphion
Orchestra furnished music. II was one
OF the finest and most largely attended
balls that has occurred in the North End.
Mayfiower Lodge, No. 200, Sons OF st.
George, held their semi-annual meeting
in Alfredian Hall last evening, President
VIM. Bainton In the chair. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing term [:
President, Jesse Silcocks; vice president,
Albert Long; secretary, II. +. Gorton ;
assistant secretary, darry j. Bas-
senger, Nelson Salisbury. After the
election speeches were made by retiring
President Bainton and also by the newly
elected president, Jesse Silcocks, on the
good of the order.
Hose responded to an alarm at 1856
yesterday afternoon for blaze in a hay
car in the Boston freight yard. The fire
started by a spark from a locomotive
and consumed the entire contents and
burned the door OF the car. IL is said the
hay belonged to A. B. McCrillis.
At S:15 O'Clock this morning Joseph
Abbadessa, an Italian, was badly injured
by being struck with piece of stone.
He was working on Morris avenue
and was rather slow in getting out Of the
way way when blast OF dynamite was
touched of. piece OF the rock, broken
up by the blast, was hurled upon him
and struck him i'm the lace, cutting an
ugly cash over his eye, and badly bruising
his features. Abbadessa was rendered
unconscious, and was taken TO his home
on Spruce street.
G. II. AIdrich, for the past 10 years in
the hardware and grocery business on
Randall square, made an assign
ment yesterday afternoon "a
Charles Wilson The many friends
of MIR. Aldrich will regret to learn
OF this as he is very popular in the North
End. Ii is supposed the hard times u the
cause OF his failure.