The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-02-12

today from the city stats and school
houses in recognition Of Abraham Lin
coins birthday. The martyred President
and the immortal Washington still live in
the hearts OF the Republic, in the preser-
vation and perpetuity OF which they were
powerful instruments in the crisis OF ma
tionai independence and the union OF
States.
The funeral OF Mrs. Sarah III. Deming,
wife of Thomas ID. Deming, will be solem-
nized tomorrow afternoon at 2 O'Clock, at
her mothers late residence, 914 Eddy
street. The remains will be inferred at
Troy, N. Y. She had suffered for several
ful agony with great fortitude and resig-
nation. She was the sister OF Captain
George II. Pcttis, city sealer OF weights
and measures.
Sentimental poets, whose languishing
effusions are denied publicity through
the medium OF the press, cele brate the
harvest festival OF ST. Valentine. Bash
ful swains can unbosom the hearts desire
through the dainty message which the
tongue couldn't utter in the fair presence
wori n n cent. Hence the rhymsters and
sketch artists perform valuable mission
to susceptible youth and get a chance to
earn a livelihood beside.
Assistant Engineer James NJ. Baker ana
ex-Captain Fred III. Field OF Hose IL are
busily engaged i'm making arrangements
for the celebration of the 40t h anniversary
OF the permanent department on March I,
in Veteran Fireman's Hall. They are the
only two surviving members OF the force
in service from March 1854 TO Jane 1855,
and the object OF the reunion is to get
together the volunteer veterans. A clam
chowder and informal interchanges of
"reminiscences will make up the evening" Is
entertainment.
Hugh Carroll and his satellites from
Pawtucket will enter upon their crusade
against the Republican AssembIymen to-
morrow morning at the hearing before
the House committee on elections, of
which his trusty political partner Robin
son IL chairman. Those vouchers viii be
in evidence, and the necessity of an edu-
cational qualification and removal of
subsidized supervisors may suggest an
imperative amendment TO the Australian
system.
At the Union Congregational Church
last evening the pastor, DIR. Horton, de-
livcred the second in his series of Sunday
evening addresses on "Sacred and Profane
History lnterwoven," the subject being
the "Story of Chaldea." The addresses
are attracting large audiences, both in
and out the ranks of church members.
The balance OF the series comprises "The
Life of Abraham" "The Story of Egypt"
''JacOD ana his Nemesis, 'Josepn ana
Apepi," Moses and Rameses III, "The
Exodus and Menephthah," "The Teber-
nacle of Testimony" "Mount Sinai and
the Law" "TLe Book of Leviticus,"
"The Conquest OF Caanan."
None of the clerks engaged in the
wholesale thieving at Shepard Il Company
are at their posts today. The firm is con-
fronted by good deal of problem as to
just what to do with It's dishonest
employees and is the subject of more advice
than man with a bad cold.
A number of business men feel
that duty TO the community demands
some sort of action that shall have salu-
tary effect, but the natural inclination Of
a concern towards its misguided employees
is toward leniency. At the same time, in
the interests of the great majority of
honest saleswomen il was necessary at the
very least to remove from the store those
engaged in the trouble.