The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-04-19
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Entertainments This Evening.

"Deyil's Auction"
LoTHRoPs OPERA HoUsE-Ethsi Tucker in
"QuecnA"
wEsTM1N TER TTIEATER-Helen Russells
Burlosqaers.
Point street bg4uss oas closed 10 travel
last night for repairs TO the draw.
A concert will be given at the Winter
Street NJ. T.. Church this evening under
the direction OF Miss Nahas.
Mr.. Lawrence Manning and Miss Edith
X. Meek assisted by an able amateur com
pany, presented ''Philippe Rameau" last
night at the Talma Theater.
A very successful cake sale was given for
the benefit of the Rhode Island Nursery
at the rooms of the Young Women's
Christian Union yesterday.
AT Hallman, near Camden, the largest
balloon in the world has just been con-
structed. Ii is over 81 feet in diameter,
and has a capacity OF over 100000 cubic
fect.
The Providence Eastern Leaguers and
the Bostons will meet at Adelaide Park at
$3.50 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and the
home team will make its initial bow to It's
expectant constituency.
Tissue paper work is becoming a fad
and the display of tissue flowers and other
dainty articles at the Boston Store is
creating sensation among the ladies
almost as big as the Kirmess.
An alarm from box III was rung in at
5:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon for fire in
the engine shed of the cold storage build
ing on Aborn street. The building was
partially destroyed at a loss OF about 300
The children of the Bell street chapel
Sunday school, gave a theatrical entertain
ment for the benefit OF the Supply Kitchen
last evening. The attendance was large
and the event was success in every way
Ernest l.. Perry while engaged in shingl-
ing a house on Tanner street yesterday
afternoon slipped and fell a distance OF 40
feet. fracturing both legs below the knee.
He was taken 10 the Rhode Island Hos
pital.
Mrs. Charles w. Holbrook of South
Africa spoke before the members of the
Rhode island branch OF the Women's
Board of Foreign Missions at the quar-
terly meeting held at the Central church
Chapel yesterday.
The millennium win have arrived when
the abutting property owners on Charles,
South Main and Washington streets have
arrived at an amicable adjustment of the
relative financial obligations involved IN
the proposed Improvements.
The routine docket of the Board of
Aldermen this afternoon contains up
wards of 125 separate and distinct mat
ters aside from the batch OF new business
which will be introduced. There is prom
Use of a long and interesting session.
The surrender of his name by young
man in Deleware who recently married a
widow and is hereafter To be known by
his wife's name, has elected considerable
comment as a quite remarkable innova-
tion OF q custom that is hoary with age.
A well-known jeweler of this city re-
ceived a unique letter from a correspond
ent i'm Virginia yesterday asking the
firm to send him "Caty Log" ana an
nouncing that he was "Sercher Waytedo
in hamlet in remote corner OF the Old
Dominion.
Professor z. +. Kinney spoke on the care
of fruit trees before the members of the
Rhode Island Horticultural Society at
their regular monthly meeting last even
ing. The display of rare and attractive
plants was made by Mrs. i. II. i. Goddard
and Mrs. 4. i. Shepard.
The chiseling OF diagonal lines across
the surface OF down town crosswalks il
said to ensure safe foothold for beasts
of burden. IL promises to confer "A boon
upon staggering humanity by helping
them in the straight and narrow way 10
the opposite curbstone.
The visitors to the July encampment OF
the State militia this year are not only
assured of a landing by water but good
broad highway leading down TO Quonsett
Point free from ruts and suifocating dust.
Senator George Cranston Is taking an
active part in the negotiations.
The committee on city property will re-
port their selection of n site for the new
fire stat ION near Roger Williams park this
afternoon 70 the Board of Aldermen. The
majority Of the committee favor loca-
tion on tho park land, but the commits
sioners are opposed 10 the project.
The information that dredging ma
chine has struck an extensive bed of
clans In the upper harbor Will he gratify-
ing TO prospective dinner oXcursiOnists TO
the shore resorts. The indications point
10 plentiful harvest this season, and inn
ported Cape Cod mollusks will linger i'm
their sandy graves.
The General Assembly will visit the
Soldiers Home next Wednesday. As the
spring election has been determined, the
trip cannot be said 90 have any political
significance. Possibly, however, timely
hospitality may influence them 10 ~
crease the appropriation for the mainten-
ance of the institution.
The commission which sought TO sim
plity the duties and increase the efficiency
OF the Judiciary OF the State, must begin
10 realize that the legal frnternity are "A
sad lot OF kickers. The proposed amend
ments TO the law n adopted would prac-
ticaiiy duplicate the pondcrous Compila-
tion which was the fruit Of their labors.
The annual meeting Of the Home for
Aged Women was held at the Institution
on TockWCtten street yesterday after
noon. There are - inmates at present
The recicpts for the past ~ months
amounted 90 sl0,296.g7 and expenditures
sl0,54L1S. Mrs. :. :. Sprague is the newly
elected president.
The largest organ in tho world Is the
one In Syduey town hall, New SoutH
Wales. ID took three years 60 build aud
cost Ei500O. II is so feet Wide. 2G deer
aud % high. 10 contains 1855 pipes and
weighs 100 tons. Two expert men with
another iabOrer were nine months in iut-
ting 10 together in the town hall. The
organ = blown by gas engine 81 l5-h0rse
power
That House committee on elect ions ore
still wrestling with their report with ref