The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-21

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the organ tuner to a great deal OF
worry and trouble. and IL came near
10 interrupting the services that were
juat about to begin when its presence
was discovered. Michael II, Cross
plays the Holy Trinity parish house
organ. When he got 10 the building
last Wednesday night he thought that
he would see il his instrument was in
good shape. He touched the keys
and then he soon saw that il would
not play at all. Something had To be
done at once; il was almost time for
the services To begin. So he sent OIL,
post haste, for the tuner. Mr.. Anchor
answered his urgent message in per-
son. He diagnosed the seat OF the
trouble 10 be i'm the valve of the wat
er motor. Mr.. Anchor iished around
in the valve and found n fish that
measured eight good inches. He
was all right again at once. The
trout died as soon rs il was taken out
l'of the valve.
| ID. w. BLUMENrHAL, an eighteen
year old lawyers clerk of New York,
did sharp piece Of work the other
day. The firm for which he works
wanted papers served on Mrs. Rosalie
Schoenberg, wife OF the manager of
the Thalia Theatre, and for months
has been making vain efforts to do it.
The boss OF the firm asked the boy IL
he could not serve the papers. The
lad took them and sailed up to the
Thalia Theatre. lie noticed n sign
outside saying that "supes" were
wanted. lie called on the stage man
ager and was engaged to play the part
OF n Roman soldier in Julius
Caesar" which n great German trag-
edian was playing there. He per-
formed the part satisfactorily several
nights before he discovered Mrs.
Schoenberg. The curtain fell on the
death scene one night, and Mrs. Sc
hoenberg ran out upon the stage to
give some orders. One OF the soldi-
ers stepped up To her and pulled from
his tin breastplate legal document
and handed IL to her. IL was young
Blumenthal, and 80 Mrs. Schoenberg
was served with the order requiring
her to show cause why she should
not be punished for contempt.
A SHORT time ago Rufus Farrar OF
Upton, Me-, along with his young
son, shouldered his axe and started
for his wood lot. After they had pro-
ceeded for some distance the bright
eyes OF the boy espied n curious hole
beneath the trunk of II partly over
turned tree. Say, father, what y
that hole2" asked the youngster. The
elder walked towards the dark open
ing and entered. Suddenly the earth
seemed to slide out from under his
feet and he fell short distance, strik-
ing upon something soft. The some
thing was n living body, for with IA
deep growl II wriggled out from be-
meath Mr.. Farrar and rose up. In
the dim light he saw that 1t was n big
bear. In moment he was upon his
feet, his axe appraised, and N the
bear advanced, he smashed the weap-
on upon the animal X head. The blow
cleft the skull. Mr.. Farrar says that
the animal had not recovered from Its
winter torpor, and that had IL been i'm
its natural state he certainly would
have been torn TO pieces.
THOMAS +. CUNNINGHAM, prominent
in society Mt Manchester, n. H., IL
the victim OF strange persecution ut
the hands OF some unknown woman,
who il making life burden to him.
A year ago she flooded him with
letters. This continued six months
Then her mischievousness assumed
another phase. One day last week
al the hackmen in the city called Mt
his house at the same hour in re-
sponse TO orders A medicine con-
cern wrote to thank him for his pho
tograph and testimonial, and another
concern answered his supposed letter
OF inquiry IA to cure for drunken
ness. The State insane asylum auth
critics wrote TO say that he would
be adslitted TO that institution, and
the officials OF the poor farm that he
would be cared for mt the expense OF
the county. The same mysterious
woman was responsible for all these
communications, for she had written
over his signature asking for informa-
tion, and the replies were genuine.
A LION tanner has been brought in
TO court by the Royal Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals Of
London on the charge OF cruelty
beating, i'll treating, and torturing a
certain animal, 10 wit, IA lion" Lions
were in "a cage wherein "A woman ex-
ecuted n serpNntine dance, and were
whipped and irritated TO IA state Of
bad temper TO make them sufficiently
wild TO crafty the vulgar taste OF the
public. The prosecution alleged that,
the lion, being dependent on man for
food and sustenance and under his
] dominion, could not be regarded IA
fere nature. The lion tanner hustl-
ed the lions about with whip and Il
pole, in order 10 give an excitement TO
/ the lady's dance. The judgment Of
/ the court was TINT the lion could not