The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-09

PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE William Gillette
In "Too Much Johnson"
KEITH's OPERA HousE-"A Ride for Life"
LoTHRoP's OPERA HoUsE-Katherine Rober
In "The clemenceau Case"
wEsTMINsTEg THEATEk-Ths Seton Comic
Opera Company.
The celebrated Sphinx, the figure OF the
crouching monstrosity near the great
pyramid, is 172 feet and inches long and
81 feet high.
A devil-fi having mouth with lat
eral spread Of over five feet was recently
captured in the Gulf of Mexico, about
70 miles from Brownville, Texas.
While putting on storm window yes
terday afternoon at the Art Club, BROOKS
Sonderson, the janitor, fell and broke his
breast bone. The jaccident is not as seri-
ous as i Is painful.
The Rhode Island School OF Design be-
gins tie new year with 332 pupils. A
regular teacher in mathematics has been
appointed and several valuable additions
To the museum obtained.
An alarm was sent in from box 432
about MD night Tor tre In the green
house Of II. X. Corp, at 2SS Prairie avenue.
The fire started from an oyerheated stove-
pipe. The loss will be about $500.
Division II, A. o. H., held its 18th an
nual ball in Hibernian Hall last night.
There was large attendance. The grand
march was led by Captain and Mrs. John
Il. Flynn and the captain was floor man
ager.
Mr.. George III. Lomss will give the sec-
ond OF the 1894 series OF organ recitals at
Beneticent Church tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock, assisted by Mrs. Alexander
Brown, contralto, and Mr.. w. A. Dyer,
tenor.
A large force of men went to work to-
day to shift the freight tracks on Canal
street in order to permit the Union Rail-
road Company 10 lay tracks for the cleo
tries, which Will run that way via Burn
side bridge.
The snow has interfered with work on
the highways about a month earlier than
usual although the city il still doing
some paving. The WORK on Pine street
cannot be completed until the siush aud
mud are carted off, the asphalt requiring
dry surface for application.
James A. Reid, printer and publisher,
has assigned to Charles III. Hoadley.
Difficulty in collections and personal ILL
ness are assigned as the cause. The assets
cipal creditors are said TO be among paper
dealers.
Mercury will make q transit across the
sun, from east to west tomorrow. The
planet enters the disk at l0h. Dom. i2s.
a. M, and leaves the disk at An. I'm. 7s.
p. m. Tne transit will sble astronomers
TO determine the exact location OF the
planet in its orbit.
Moses d. Null, statistical expert, is in
town, collecting statistics relating TO
strikes and lockouts IN this State during
the last seven years. Mr.. Null represents
Commissioners Carroll ID. Wright, and his
report will form the nucleus for tue 10th
annual report OF the department.
Detective Merrill arrested hard .lool-
ing individual to-day on Westminster
street who was making an effort TO dis
pose of gold watch. The fellow WIS
taken TO I he city hall, where il was lear ned
that his namo was Michael Quinn,
a resident of Pawtucket. Quinn escaped
from he State farm n year ago. Detec-
tive Merrill wants an owner for he watch,
and Quinn will be held for stealing.
The carat Is a standard used by the
jewelers. to express both weight and fine
ness. When IL Is used as a weight ii is
equal TO four grains, or the 10th part of
an ounce, troy. In determining the fine
ness of precious metals "a carats is con-
sidered the highest standard of purity.
According to this standard an 1S-carst
gold ring contains three parts of gold and
one OF some base metal.
At O'Clock this afternoon the Alder
manic committee on health met to con-
slider ne details OF the proposed hospital
for contag ious diseases. Al 2 80 D. m. the
special committea OH the improvement of
navigation between Hills wharf and Sas-
safras Point met TO take the first step in
the matter of hsrbor Improvement. Other
committee meetings today are city prop
erty, fire department and site for State
armory.