The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12
NORTH END news
A Joke That Cost Its Victim
Part Of His Hand.
Interesting Batch Of Nsws From the
North End This Afternoon.
TIE NEws BUREAU,
NoRrH END, l2s BRANCH AyENuE,
Telephone s01-3.

Jolcphone Ni-s
Charles McCabe, 21 years old, met with
quite . serious accident yesterdsy al.ern
Aliens hill when along came Pat MA
guire with . large giant nre cracker
in his hand. Pat 10 always into some
mischief. Thinking to have some fun, he
threw the crackei In front OF McCaoe,
where y exploded with LOUD re.
foreHnger of McCabs's right hand and
burned Pstsey's face. DIR. John p. Cooney
dressed McCsbe's hand, and Mcguire Will
stay In the house until his face assumes
its natural color.
An exciting runaway occurred on
Branch avenue at o'clock this morning.
Peter Baroni, an Italian baker from Fed
eral Hill, left his horse and wagon stand
ing near the watering trough ct the juno
tion of Charles street and Branch avenue
while he went to serve q customer.
During his absence an electric car
fsms Sorss a,Sns 80 that a''n it sasa stsrtsd up up
Branch avenue in the direction Of Wood
Vile. When 1t reached Veazie street John
G. Lyons sprang and grasped the bride
aud although he was dragged along the
street for about 20 yards, he succeeded In
stopping the frightened animal. The
A man named Morgan was thrown from
his carriageNat 10 30 last night near the
corner of Upper street and Branch avenue.
He was coming down the avenue at
lively gait when the horse stumbled and
fell, and tho man was thrown, over
In q soft spot In the road. He picked
himself up and grasped the horse
as IL was about to run away. The horse
received Z bad cash on the left knee.
John Goodwin and James Smith, two
prominent young men Of North End, have
"A nm hoir xvor
tion. They will spend the time hunting
No arrests at the Second Station last
night.
Philip Reid, night city editor of the
Detroit Free Press, Is visiting his aunt In
Phil IL an old North End boy and gradu-
ated from Brown University. Many OF
| his old friends were glad to see him.
Hugh Cassidy and daug hter are visiting
| the Oates brothers In Wanskuck. Mr..
| Cassidy is q wealthy produce dealer in
New York city and did good service for
his adopted country in the late rebellion
as q member OF the Goth Regiment.
An Italian created considerable amuse-
l ment for number of people at the Silver
| Spring Bleachery yesterday afternoon.
| Situated In the rear Of the mill is large
| iron chimney that badly needed painting,
| SO ar Italian was selected to do 1t. A
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| to the chimney and the italian was
strapped to the chair. Two Irishmen We're
delegated to pull him up, task which
| wss not to their liking, but they
had to DO IL or be discharged. Sc
they commenced to pull. Attached un-
derneath the chair was the paint pot
filled with paint and the brushes. When
the Italian had reached about half way
up the chimney, one OF the brushes be-
came detached from the chair and fell
striking one of the Irishmen on the head
The blow made him let go his hold, and IN
consequences the Italian came part way
down with jerk that tipped over the po,
of paint, which bespattered the
other Irishman, and he, too
let 20 his hold OF the rope, ant
the Italian came to the ground with {
dull thud. Then the air was blue fol
W hile with mixture OF Italian and rici
Irish profanity. The Italian, fortunately
did not receive any injury, and the
Irishman after washing the paint from
out the hair and eyes succeeded in pull
ing the Italian to the top of the chimne,
where he finished his dangerous task.