The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-09-19

York Stars.
NARRAdANsErr PARK State Fair.
Chicago is 25Ia miles long.
Twelve different styles of fash are usea
In the Lighthouse service.
French law makes II the duty of a wife
to accompany her husband everywhere he
| goes.
telephone has been invented through
which voice may be heard in any part of
aroom.
William German, a sturdy begger, will
| spend the next six months at the State
Farm.
The capitol at Washington, 1t is said,
has cost the country s3O,0O0,OOO to build
and keep in repair.
A candy machine at 2o6 Charles street
was broken open last evening and guam
wy oi pennies stolen. la.LaI
Emiline Jones, colored woman, was
sent TO the State Farm today for being
acommon night walker.
They got twisted in The Journal office
this morning and DR.. Clapp's picture was
called Charles I. Saxton.
| Kate Martin and Edward Burke were
sent TO the State Farm by Judge Cooke
TINS morning for being common drunk
| ards.
Gambling on the next rain and its du-
ration has become so great n vice in CAL
cutta that the government has been called
upon TO suppress 1t.
Mayor Northen and other officials of
Lieutenant Rankin at the Central Police
station last evening.
The case of Alexander Walsh for an
assault on Julia Williams was heard in
the Sixth District Court this morning and
was continued to Friday.
One hundred and five of the New York
* New England Railroad Company's
locomotives nave been thoroughly reno
waited at the Rhode Island Locomotive
Works.
After securing his assistant postmaster
yesterday afternoon Mr.. George appointed
Mr. george Nj. Young Of the mail sorting
room 10 the assistant clerkship of the
money order department.
The members of Company + appeared
before the military commission last even
ing ana tolu their troubles. At the next
oil Second regiment officers will be taken.
lighthouse lens of the first order is
SIX feet In diameter and costs $3.50 to
$500; second order, feet z inches and
costs s276O TO $3.50, and the third order.
feet inches and costs from s1l75 to s36 o. |
Ihere are three other sizes.
The corner stone exercises for the Rug |
giles street Primitive Nj. Il. Church will |
occur in the second week in October In |
the same week will be held the annual |
conventions of the Wesley League. Wo- |
mems Home Missionary Society and the |
Sunday School.
James Monahan has had writ of eject |
ment served on the city of Woon- |
socket ana the damages claimed in the |
SUIT are 5000. The city is using a piece |
O, iaha Tor highway purposes which Mr..
Monahan says belongs TO him. His at
torneys are Wilson & Jenckes.
The Providence jewelers. who have taken
advantage OF the latest fad and are turn
ing Out Brownie pins by the thousand are
threatened with a suit from Mr.. Keim of
New YORK, who claims to have purchased
the sole right to make them from Mr..
Cox, the originator of the ornament.
Thomas Pryor, the sprinter, had his left
leg fractured by jumping from freight
car at Central Falls last evening. PRYOR
got on the car in this city with the inten-
tion OF riding rs far as Valley Falls. where
he resides, but the train did not make any
stop, SO ne jumped. He was taken to the
Rhode Island Hospital.
Rev. Edward Bromley of the Stewart
street Baptist Church, preached the an
nual sermon today at Woonsocket before
ne Providence District Baptist Associa-
lion. Other speakers for today and to-
morrows sessions are: Rev. NJ. III. Bixby.
Rev. A. T. Rose, ID. d.. Rev. s. X. Mitch,
ell, Rev. Albert Greene and Rev. III. M.
King.
horse that belonged to a family OF
bloomfield, n. Y, for II years was sold
two years ago. A few days after the sale
the animal returned to his old masters.
and although the faithful beast has been
sold three times since then ne has inyari- |
ably returned. During his absence a set
ter dog has become attached to the horse
and the loving pair take all their trips to-
gether.
The members of the First PRESBYTERIAN
Church gsvea reception to their pastor,
Rev. DR.. MacBain, and his family last |
evening at the church on Clifford street
TO welcome him home after his vacation.
Miss Shurtiiff sang "Home Sweet Home.u
addresses were made by chairman Robert
Andrew Patterson, G.. w
chapman, John A. Nisbet and James
Deacon, and the ladies served refresh
ments