The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-20

Entertainments This Evening.
PROVIDENCE OPERA HoUsE-sol smith Rus
sell 10 "A Poor Relation"
b. I. KEITHs OPERA HoUsE-sadie Hssson
in "a Kentucky Girl"
LorHRoP's OPERA HoUsE-Edith Mai In "Jack
Harkaway."
WESTMINSTER TIIEATER-city Sports Big
Show.
was commenced. 1t IL now from Broad
to Meirose street.
The cabbage is the development OF
common seaweed which grows wild on
every coast OF Europe.
Rev. Mr.. Chappell and Rev. Mr.. McIn-
tyre will speak at the Neal Dow meeting
evening.
Tomorrow work will be begun on the
12-inch pipe sewer that is to be put In
Olney street, and run easterly from Bren-
ton avenue.
York city will lecture in Infantry Hall
tomorrow evening, on the subject, Glands
OFF the Public Schools"
before election day, and it behooves the
electorate to pool their issues and rally to
the support Of Brown and Wetmore.
Rev. Minot J. Savage Of Boston will
lecture in the Westminster Unitarian
Church Thursday evening. His subject
will be american Wit and Humor."
In the Sixth District Court this morn
ing, jeremiah Sullivan charged with an
assault on Annie II. Sullivan was sentenced
to 80 days at the Providence County Jail.
The Newport Armory Commission held
meeting yesterday and decided to adj
vertise for bids for the construction OF
the new building. The bids must be in
by April 1.
Colonel Hayes on his way up from Bris-
tol a day or two ago said he was never
moro astonished in his life. "Why," said
he, al actually saw live hens in Chicken
foot alley, and you know the color OF the
people who live there"
The General Assembly will be recon-
vened tomorrow. 1t Is the time-limit
for the finance committee TO report the
appropriation bill which includes Captain
Jack Waters wampum as a "Rump" sem
tinel at the outer gate.
An inaugural organ concert will be
given in the Jefferson Street Baptist
Church tomorrow evening. The talent
includes Mr.. Edward q. Jardine of New
York, assisted by musical and instru-
mental talent OF this city.
Brigadicr General Hiram Kendall in
spected the First Machine Battery at the
armory on Meeting street last evening
A large number OF invited guests were
present and the prizes were presented to
Sergeant Hutchins and his detachment.
Two critical loafers in the House bull
pen recently sized up Mccarthy and Null
hollands oratoricai gifts. They argeed
that p. j. was long -winded and pointless,
his tremendous lung agitation and wind
mill gymnastics.
Frank Roffee was adjudged insane in
the Sixth District Court this morning
and was ordered committed to
the State Asylum. 1t was
stated on the stand that Roffee had at
tempted to commit suicide and had also
threatened to poison his family.
The city auditor estimates that il will
require tax of S16.14 on each $1,000 of
the valuation to meet the estimates OF the
various departments for the financial year
ending September 80, 1886. This is de-
pendent upon no material change in the
table real and personal estate the present
year from that for 1898,
Medical Examiner Palmer does not con-
slider it necessary to hold post morte m
examination over the remains OF Mrs.
Hospital as the result of injuries she
received at the Cranstou railroad
depot His opinion is that she slipped
and fell, and thus received the injury, but
it was in no way the fault OF the railroad
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