The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-21
form the other day. What the h. IS
thar mi

ther matter?"
The Socialis ic Labor party seems to
have been unable to scare up candidate
Tor Attorney General. IL might be inter-
esting TO determine the relative strength
OF Benjamin Greene, the Peoples party
nominee, and such formidable rlVal agl-
tstor as Jesse Fox.
Eleven Frenchmen were naturalized IN a
bunch this morning at the
Court OF Common pleas and Immediately
afterward as full-fedged American citl-
zens drank eleven beers at the invitation
of the man who had led them up TO the
County Court House.
Professor Jameson OF Brown University
addressed the Rhode Island Historical So
ciety last evening on "The Conditions OF
Slavery in Rhode Island in the Latter
Part OF the 18th Century" The paper
was prepared by William ID. Johnson OF
Chicago, formerly of Brown University.
James Ryan and Patrick Crow became
involved in fight in Potter's
avenue saloon Monday night and
Ryan dubbed Crow on the head cutting
an ugly cash in the scalp. Crow COM
planned and the police arrested Ryan who
was fined $40 and costs in the Sixth Dis
trict Court today.
Roger Williams Lodge OF Odd Fellows
closed its series of entertainments IN
the lodge room last evening by
masquerade social. Most of the costumes
elaborate display. The company was
large and apparently well pleased. Masks
were removed at 10 O'Clock.
w. Bert Foster, who lives in Auburn, is
rapidly becoming one of the most popular
writers of stories for boys. His narratives
appear regularly in all the papers that are
read blythe rising generation and although
they are of higher class than the ordi-
nary blood and thunder literature, they
are well appreciated by the boys.
The milliner, the dressmaker and the
florist are busily engaged this week in
executing the orders which Mesdames
Fashion and Nature pronounce indispens-
able to the advent OF the Easter season.
Their most bewitching and fragrant crea-
tions will materialize on Sunday next.
Captain Charles Henry Porter, late OF the
Thirty ninth Massachusetts, Regiment,
and now chairman of the historical COM
mittee of the commandery of the Loyal
Legion in that State, read paper on "The
Weldon Railroad Fight" before the
Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society
last evening.
Officer McSoley ofStation found Katie
Wayss, three years of age, wandering on
Westminster street last evening. Her
Frank and Jimmie Wharton, aged s and
10 years, were found astray on Market
Square last night by Officer Luby, who
notified their parents at AZ John street.
The Ferris Wheel, in which so many OF
US made turn-about last summer and
fall, is likely to be a permanent attraction
in Garfield Park, Chicago. The story well
circulated in the Windy City during the
expiring days OF the Fair that the wheel
hoH hoe Iat
turns out like good many other yarns at
the Fair.
One OF the Councilmen has prepared q
resolution prohibiting the hawking of
Sunday papers in the streets, which viii
impose an additional service on the part
OF Chief Child's patrolmen. The fate of
the measure Is problematical judging by
the composition of the committee on
ordinances to which its reference 10 de-
signed.
One of the budding Councilmen the
other night was inclined to regret that
Betsey Williams saw fit to bequeath the
park lands to the city, as their improve
ment might eventually necessitate the
mortgaging of City Hall to meet the obli.
cations. But the outlay of reasonable
sum of money in their extension and
bcautifying would be supplemented by
an increased revenue from the manifold
attractions.
A friend of ours made a kick today
about The NEWS advertising
The Journal editorially. Well, The
Journal can't be advertised. It's
known all over Rhode Island. IL has
been here so long that il thinks 1t owns
the State. There is widespread opinion
to the contrary, however. That opinion
is constantly growing too. The News
One Cent.
An enjoyable gathering of the young
people of the Broadway M. II. Church
was held at b. 4. Ball last evening. Sup
per was served at . o'clock and at its con-