The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-01
Talked About.
Entertainments This Evening.

Entertainments This Evening.
PROVIDENCE OPERA HoUsE--Al C. Fields
Columbian Minstrels,
b.. .KElTRs OPERA HoUsE-George Thatcher
In "Africa."
LoTHRoPs OPERA HoUsE-Katherine Rober
WESTMINSTER InEATER-Fay Foster Bur
lcsque Company
ESKIMO VILLAGES Westminster street
X. l. HISTORICAL soCIETY-Leeture
yMC.A HALL May-day Concert by Miss Eve
lyn l.. Davis and Miss Harriet f. Barrows.
Clam dinners will be served at Fields
Point Sunday.
Secretary Benjamin f. Tracey has
been elected president of the New York
State League for Good Roads.
The Ferris wheel will be brought to New
York in $50 cars, and it will cost s150,0OO
TO take it down, transport it and put 1t up
again. -
The Massachusetts Catholic Order of
Foresters has voted to allow women TO
become members of the order upon the
same footing as men.
There is rumor current in New York
that Captain Half may be released by Gen
eraI Paine that he may take command OF
the Vigilant for the summer.
George s. Avery will lecture and the
Union Gospel Choir will sing in Y. M. G..
A. Hall tomorrow evening. Stereopticon
views will illustrate the lecture.
Corporal James Tanner, ex-commis-
eioner OF pensions, has almost entirely re-
covered from the effects OF fourth ampu-
tation performed recently in Brooklyn.
A large number of the Rhode Island
Wheelmen attended the evening perform
ance OF the Fay Foster Burlesque Com
pany at Westminster Theater last even
ing.
A foreign bark, presumably the Con-
Eighi Galatola, with 700 tons Sicilian brim-
stone for T.. p. Shepard a. Co., is reported
as being down the bay. She sailed on Feb
ruary Is.
There is decided improvement in the
shipping interests. The rates for carry
ing coal from Norfolk to this port have
gone from 55 to 75 cents per ton and a still
higher rate Is expected.
Signora Crispi, wife OF the Italian states
man, is q confirmed smoker of cigarettes,
though the movement for the freedom OF
woman hasn't made much progress in
Italy yet. Crispi himself never smokes.
A May Day concert will be given in Y.
M. q. A. Hall this evening by Misses
Evelyn l.. Davis and Harriet E. Barrows,
assisted by we'll known vocal and instru-
mental talent selected from local artists.
A Chicago reading of Burns:
oh. wad some power
The giftie gle us
To see our creditors
Before they see us.
John Anderson, the Lonsdale man whose
tongue was cut off at the Rhode Island
Hospital last week has recovered suff-
GENTLY to be able to talk and it is believed
that he will be able TO return to his home
within week.
just four weeks from today the gala in
auRural ceremonies of the Republican
State government will be held at New
port. The festive egg nog and open house
will emphasize the generous hospitality
OF the citizens for "a hours at least.
The Rhode Island Industrial army. Is
in number, reached Middletown, Conn,
last night and found shelter with Editor
Afford OF The Herald who gave them the
use OF his new building on Court street
They expect to reach New Haven tomor-
row.
The City Council committees which
secure the privilege ofattending the New
port sessions for the protection of the
Guys interests manage to share in the
festivities of lection week. The city
solicitor generally relieves them of large
share of the burden of responsibility.
neie ~ something OF novelty at the
Westminster Theater this week in the
form II litter OF leopard cubs. They are
shown the patrons by an attendant who
passes them around among the audience
The cubs were month old yesterday and
are about the size OF half grown kittens.
Mrs. Burke OF Charleston, Mo-, who j.
66 years old, has had her chicken house
robbed twice this month, and she is just
rs enthusiastic about catching and pun.
hi lI..f A. l..
before her. Neighbors smile at her ex-
citement. That makes her angry.
Lightning struck Charles Harmon of
Jasper county, Mo-, in the head, ran
down the centre of his breast circed 10
the right, took in his thigh and ran out
at the ankle. He is still alive and un-
harmed, but for line OF sore spots on [ he
trail OF the current. This news item is
probably lie.
The Union Railroad informed the Com
mon Council last evening that il intended
TO adopt the best safety fender system
without regard to cost as soon as they had
perfected certain improvements. This
statement is gratifying and the citizens
may now anticipate something in the ma
ture OF an object lesson.
May day concert will be given in Y.
M. Q. A. Hall this evening by Miss Har-
riot IL. Barrows, soprano, assisted by
Mons. Henri fancher yiolinist; Amphion
Quartet: Albert l.. Ladd Edward NJ.
Wheeler, George i. Wheelwright, Edward
{. Bixby; Mrs. Edith Kent Wheelwright
and Miss Marie Bouchard.
Mayor Tiepke, in his address on "NIuni-
cipal Reform" last evening, suggested
that stenographic reports OF the proceed
ings OF City Councils in the newspapers
would prove a most potential factor.
Councilman Mccarthy n understood TO
be favorable TO this plan for the perpetua-
tion Of long distance oratory.
On the authority OF former Judge OF
Illinois, IL Is asserted that autograph
hunters have probably removed Abraham
lincoln's signature from every paper on
iils In the county courts OF that State.
The distinctions have been made. II Is
snid, by connivance OF the custodians OF
the papers In very many Instances.
Blue-eyed men are the most sentimental
Of the species; at least this il what an
eminent physiognomist says. They are
peculiarly susceptible TO the influence of
the opposite sex, melt under the warmth
Of one ardent glance, have emotional.
Al an t<,.n I.