The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-09
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BIZ KRITHs OPERA HousE-"The Hustler"
xorHRoPs OPERA HousE-'srhe Piungsr."
WESTMINSTER rHEArgK- Night Owls Beauty
show.
TN. c. A. HALIs-Avery ard Jacobs.
The offspring OF single fly in one sum-
tner, il none are destroyed, may NUMBER
z,S00,0O0.
In Turnverein Hall tomorrow evening
select social will be given by the Masha-
paug Gun Club.
Mr.. G. G. Corbett will be among those to
whom the rite OF baptism viii be ADMIN
tstered next Sunday.
Officer Kavanagh shot mad dog at the
request of the owner, Patrick McLlnden,
561 Douglass avenue at $3.50 O'Clock yes
terday.
A horse and buggy belonging TO James
Riley of the Orms street stable was stolen
from Comstocks's Hotel, Riverside, last
evening.
The members of Providence Marine
Corps, Artillery Veteran Association, VIII
hold their annual election and supper this
evening.
The singing at the Y. NJ. c. A. Bible
class this evening will be conducted by Il.
H.
"The Passover"
Officer GaIligan found Esther Lehman,
Qb wears old, on Railroad street at $3.50
O'Clock yesterday afternoon and took her
TO her hofne, Lucas street.
Officer T.. N. Baker Is on his vacation
and has gone down on the Cape. He will
enjoy himself by fishing. He may also
speak to the people on Theology.
Island Homeopathic Hospital Ladies AID
Assocat ion was held in Mrs. Fielden's
Hall on Snow street this afternoon.
stephen f. Blanding, the police prop
erty clerk, has two war stories, Two
Close Callsn and "a Mother OF the War;"
in the New York Tribune Monthly.
The mems waiting room has been re-
moved from the restaurant and those who
desire to wait for the trains ca now sit
on the benches that have been placed in
the lobby.
The new Moody Auditorium at East
Northfield, Mass. will be dedicated on
July 4. Senator Frye of Maine will be
the principal speaker. The building Will
seat 500 persons.
One OF the foolish old superstitions,
eeasonable Just now, is To the effect that
ifa person succeeds in killing the first mos
him alone for the summer.
The steamer, City OF Richmond will
shortly go into commission and during
the summer will repeat the delightful
Saturday night trips TO New York that
made her so welcome last year.
A prominent member of the City Coun-
Gil says that the sessions this year hold,
on the average, an hon# and half later
than they did last year because of the
oratory and so-called argument of Mr..
Mccarthy.
A Lonsdale hourly, Providence bound,
collided with freight car that had been
lett too near the main track at the Smith
street bridge. The rear car of the passen-
ger train was considerably disfigured, but
no serious damage resulted.
Clerk Horton of police headquarters,
who has been under treatment at the hos.
pital for the past three months was dis
charged from that institution Monday
entirely cured. Mr.. Horton will resume
his duties as clerk within few days.
Mr.. Il. #. Keith, the well known theater
manager, together with his son Paul and
his general manager, r.. r.. Albee, are
among the special invited guests on the
trial trip OF the new steamer priscilla"
OF the Fall River Line, which is taking
place today in Narragansett bay.
The members of General A. L. Burnside
Post No. 5, Sons OF Veterans, concluded
the special celebration of their 9th an
niversary by giving complimentary en-
tertainment TO Slocum Post No. 10, |
q. A. r., and Slocum Corps No. q,
w. II. C., in Sons of Veterans Hall last !
evening. ~
Henry Hackett engineer at Hazards !
stone quarry at Saunderstown, was 1
brought to this city last evening on the |
tug, Colonel John f. Gaynor. He was
taken sick last Saturday with typhoid |
phneumonia. He was taken to the Rhode |
Island Hospital in the ambulance. Mr.. |
Hackett Is q resident of Lansing, Mich.
James Cuddy, years old, was badly in |
jured last evening. The boy had caught |
small bug and was attempting to place |
II beneath the wheels of car at the |!
corner of Burnside and Oxford streets |
when the car started up, crushing four |
fingers of his right hand so badly that |
smputation will be necessary. The boy |
was removed to the hospital.
RI. w. 10-mile road race over Pontiac
course Monday May II. Entries with |
Captain Mp. Pierce, 124 Mathewson street, |
closing Friday, May IL at 3 p m, fee 80 !
cents. Start will be made from Reservoir
Bridge at 4 y. m. Time prize frst prize,
silver cup: second prize, gold medal;
third prize, silver medal. w. r. Pierce,
49, w "A'.oA1, - SiiiiiNJ, NSiuii-Aeco'
Tho vertebra of snake are fitted to-
gether with a sort OF ball and socket ar
ticulation, which, however, is capable of
motion only from side to side. snake
moves by propelling himself on the points
OF the scales which, TO him, answer the
purpose of ribs. A snake does not climb
. tree or bush by coiling around it, but by
holding on with the points of its scales.
A snake on pane OF plate glass is almost
helpless.
The license commissioners are actively
engaged in the examination and issuance
Of licenses notWit hstaudiDr the threatened