The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-17
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lne cOnultlon OF MoJor r.. ". fomroy,
who has been Ill with pneumonia, is much
| improved.
Fred Z. Davis has been appointed to the
clerkship in the.ofiice the Inspector of
Plumbing.
President Andrews of Brown addressed
the Commercial Club OF Boston at its
metallism" today.
Charles Schindler, an employee in the
| Atlantic mills, had his thumb nearly torn
out by the roots yesterday by catching it
in cloth roller. He was attended by DR..
| O'Keefe.
Officer Sherman arrested q boy named
/, Charles Baker yesterday afternoon on
| Washington street. Baker ran away from
| the Reform school q few days ago, but
was sent back this morning.
A large audience listened to FIR. Harty's
| lecture on the Holy Land last evening at
Blackstone Hall. The proceeds OF the
| lecture will be donated to the Sisters OF
Mercy for their new convent.
| At :45 a. IN. today Portuguese named
Joseph fell from his tip cart at the bank
near Orms street and the wheels passed
| over him injuring him severely. He was
taken to his home on Valley street.
A horse belonging to Harry Hackett
|
corner OF Cranston and Dexter, where it
collided with strolley pole, sustaining
bad cut on the head and injury to it's leg.
The alarm of fire from box 267 at $40 p.
| m. yesterday was for blaze in the house
| at the foot of Swan street. The house Is
owned by the heirs OF Daniel Mulvey, and
| the fire is supposed to have been set by
boys. Damage nominal.
Two large signs reading {" Excursion
| Grounds were in evidence in Crawford
street this morning. Soon they will be-
soon the river will smell and thin gar
ments will find customers.
Dense smoke was discovered issuing
| from the tenement house at 355 Eddy
street at $3.50 last night. An alarm was
rung in from box %. The fire was con-
| fined mainly in a box of rubbish under
the stairs. Slight damage.
The remains of the late Mrs. I. c. Har-
| graves, entombed for few weeks at
buried In the Arnold cemetery, adjoining
Lakewood, Sunday afternoon, at o'clock,
when a brief committal service will be
held.
As harbingers Of spring singing birds
and early blossoms are not in It with
| the signs that were put up on
| Crawford street bridge this forenoon, re-
minding people that there is Providence
River with Rocky Point and q Crescent
Park on either side.
A civil suit for damages has been brought
| against officer Frank Carpenter OF Station
7, by Mary Cavanagh. The woman who
\ lives at 2 Hawes court claims that the
| o Ulcers entered her house in February and
Drutally beat her. The trial has been set
for Monday.
| The green tint on the pinks which
| every one is supposed to wear today Is oh.
| tanned by the florist who insert the stems
of the white flower in an ordinary green
| dye and then sell the blossoms for cents
instead of 2. Remember this until year
from today and save 8 cents per blossom.
President E. Benjamin Andrews and
several others discussed the money ques-
tion at Bell Street Chapel last night. DR..
| Andrews gave an historical account OF
economic science and drawing his
| conclusions from what had been, applied
them to the monetary problem Of the
| present.
| A down town storekeeper, noted for
lipeally descendant from the Pill
| grim Fathers, and closely allied
with the Presbyterian Church, has decora-
| ted his windows with Erin's national color
today. II probably has more to do with
extra trade than change Of heart.
The Turner's gave an excellent athletic
and gymnastic exhibition at their hall on
| Niagara street last night, under the direc.
| tion of Frank Weigert and X. Wendt.
After the drills, pyramids etc, the party
tom OF this jovial association, E. Ruerkert,
officiating as floor manager.
| The ID. X. E. Alumni Association gave
| its annual dinner last night at the Tro-
| cadero. The after dinner oratory was
| contributed to by many OF the older frater-
| nifty men, representing the chapters in
several of the New England and New
| York colleges. There was a large dele
| dation present from the Brown chapter
of undergrad yates.
| Some observant person with weakness
| for righting wrongs may soon be expected
| to ask why the Union Railroad Company
| does not put gates on the danger side OF
the plat forms on the Friendship street cars
| which run over double track line from
| the junction OF Friendship and Broad
| streets to Thurber's avenue, as well as on
| the Broad street cars.
The following clipping from the Boston
Herald seems to suggest long-felt want
| in the organization OF some OF The NEWS
| esteemed contemporaries:
| Il I'VE BUSINESS MANAGER WANTED IN A
| H newspaper ofice; must buy an interest 70
Cent Address p. o. box $40, Providence, r. l.
It is not an uncommon thing for an in
| toxicated individual to occupy seat in
| the last car to Olneyville. One OF these
men, however. attracted the interest and
sympathy OF every other passenger this
| morning. He wanted to go to Camp
street and the look on his face when
he stepped off the car at Harrison street
| and stood holding tightly to telegraph
pole as he gazed back down Westminster
street and thought OF the miles OF distance
that lay between him and home was some-
thing pathetic.
| The supper and social given by Arnold
| Women's Relief Corps in Arnold Post Hall
| last evening was an enjoy
| able affair. There was an attend
ance OF about seventy-five couples who
enjoyed dancing to the music OF
Vaugbn's orchestra. Sergeant William
| Smithies, Captain Charles l.. Pettis
and Lieutenant A. p. Allen
were the floor COMMITTEES, while the follow
| ing comprised the committee OF arrange
| ,nenta Mrs Ella Allcbough. Mrs. Francis