The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-12

The Providence and Worcester polo
teams will play in Infantry hall tomorrow
night
Boston conquered Brockton at polo last
night, 5 to 2, and Worcester surrendered
to New Bedford, to A.
Col. Robert Ingersoll will lecture in the
Providence Opera house, Sunday evening.
His subject viii be "rhe Liberty OF Man,
Woman and Child.' Seats on sale at the
box office.
The r. i. Nursery association has re-
ceiyed AZ children IN the nursery during
the year, OF which three have been adopted
and 10 are still inmates. The receipts were
S2371.60 and expenditures, s23l7-70.
Edward C.Ashley, special deputy collec-
tor of customs, died last night of pneu-
mona at the age OF fifty-nine. He was
appointed under Buchanan's admlnistra-
tion in 1857, and was one OF the Oldest
government officials In the state.
The Italian arrested i'm Brooklyn at the
instance OF Rosini Posi-, is not the man
wanted by the police for the murder Of
John Puzzcllo, at Olneyville on Jan. z:
Pietro Augusti is the man wanted, and
the New Yorker is Ennunciato Basile.
James Edward McKenna, deputy sheriff
and chief OF police of East Greenwich,
died at his home yesterday from apo
plexy. He was appointed sheriff by Amasa
Sprague in June, 1892, and was elected
chief of police the succeeding year.
The Salvation Army paraders give their
vocal and instrumental concerts nightly
Just the same, Notwithstanding the ad-
vent OF Moody and Sankey. Competitive
salvation methods are legitimate, for
thereby the agencies for spiritual salvation
are diversified.
The Permanent Firemen's Relief asso-
citation, at its quarterly meeting yester-
Gay, decided that il would abandon its
annual ball this year as the liberal public
ought to devote its efforts to the relief of
the deserving poor. There is a balance in
the treasury of sl5,921.S0.
The police are satisfied that there is no
regularly organized gang of counterfeiters
operating in this city. They have arrived
at the conclusion that the spurious coin
was brought here in some cases unwit-
tingly, and that ~ all events the circula-
tion has been stopped.
The peripatetic organ grinder has
changed the repertoire of MS instrument.
Spring, Spring, Gentle Spring" don't
jibe with the weather, and such plaintive
melodies as "Out in the Cold World"
and /" Papas Socks Are Full OF Holes "
catch on more effectively. The gymnas-
tic monkey has crawled into his lair.
The first roll-call in the board of alder
men upon some of the measures upon
which the peculiar GA division worked SO
effectualy last year, is being awaited with
considerable speculation. The conditions
are practically the same, and certain COM
mittee appointments may stimulate test
at the first opportunity for retaliation.
Saint Valentines day is being heralded
by the exhibition of the usual variety of
caricatures and dainty conceits in the
shop windows. Susceptible youth in
their teens are awaiting its advent with
mischievous delight aud surreptitious
door-bell agitation may be confidently
expected along about the second week in
February.
"Oh, for a soft and gentle breeze"
| hear fair one sigh.
But give to me the cold north wind
And orders piling high.
Orders for papers We make, boys,
Then everyone will be
Serene as are Rhode Island clans
Beneath a rising sea.
The tramps' retreat in the new Central
police station is expected TO offer more
tempting inducements to the fraternity
than the present savory and contracted
refuge. Possibly soap and towels with
automatic cold baths would give new
lease of life to the begrimmed brigade to
whom water seems to be a forbidden lux
ury.
There will be steady and profitable in
crease OF trade in arnica and court plaster
with the advent of the amateur polo
league championship contests. The young
men will find that football and the ma
tional game are gentle pastimes in COM
parison with violent contract with a
tough shinny stick and ankle-twisting
collisions.
The selection OF a soldier, journalist and
linguist in the person of Major Harcourt
TO investigate the charges against Mello's
alleged confederate, Lieutenant Richard,
commends itself to the public. All
the dignity OF military tribunal will be
observed, and the genial major is a dead
shot. III occasion requires IL he could out
point the emissary in cavalry sabre duel.
Superintendent OF Hacks Norcross is one
of the most faithful and efficient officers
attached to the police department The
better class OF the drivers find no cause
for complaint on the ground OF harshness
or partiality. The annual disturbance is
on, and as usual the investigation will
prove powerless 10 associate him with any
suspicion OF wrong-doing or undue
favoritism.
The common council promises to indulge
in weekly sessions more frequently than
its predecessor, and the members are
likely to render full equivalent for their
$500 offices, payable quarterly but not in
advance. The settlement OF the perplex-
ing problem for the relief of the poor
would doubtless ensure n hiatus of q
fortnight at least i'm their assemblies and
committee conferences.
There is prof ssional man on the west
side OF the river whose early morning
slumbers are rudely disturbed by a yelp-
ing pug, piano practitioner and would
bc cantntricc and a trolley-car gong. He
is not given TO profanity as a rule, but is
seriously considering the administering
Of paris green TO the cur and presenting
the vocalist with box OF tutti fruiti.
lie thinks tina. he can then take chances
with the gong.
One OF the teachers OF primary and
intermediate school IN this city has hit
upon a novel scheme TO discourage tardi-
ness. The delinquent IL sent TO a corner
of the room and is compelled TO do a sort
OF conto.tion act illustrative of cramps i'm
tho stomach. IL may possibly make the
bolated child On object OF ridicule and