The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-27

Two Pretty Serious Accidents
Yesterday--loca News.
The Nnws BuRxAu.
NORTH END. AIS BRANoH AvEsus.

Telsphous sot-a
James Fitzpatrick OF T~ooIeviile met
with q serious accident last eni lie
was watching the Silver spring ana
Brancn Avenue nines play pah on tne
Silver Spring lot, when he was struck
over the left eye with o bat from the
hands OF one Of the players. 1t was IN the
seventh inning. The score was q tie, wneh
one of the Branch Avenues, named James
Meiia, came to the plate determined 10
knock the ball into Silver Spring, pond.
When he struck at the first ball pitched the
willowflew from his hands and struck Fitz-
patrick, who was n OF the spectators,
senseless. He remained In this condition ior
about 10 minutes. The boys, thinking he
was dead, procured q door and carried
him to his home, IA Gillen street, where
he revived shortly after. DIR. Lillibridge
was sent for, and took several stitches In
the wound which was three inches long.
1t was purely an accident, as both Mslia
and Fitzpatrick are close friends
Peter Gillen, who works for A. Mariana
OF Toolevtlle, was unloading q bale OF hay.
Wednesday afternoon at the barn OF
Tony Jackovani, when his horse started
and he fell from the team to
the ground. At the same time the tackle
to which the hay was attached gave way
and the heavy bale OF hay, which weighed
about two hundred pounds, fell on his
head cutting q bad cash, rendering him
uncOnBclOu1s IlO Woo tokch w hto OA
on Marietta street, where he was attended
DIR. Thomas F. Black and bride returned
from their trip to the Catskill mountains
yesterday. The young couple will be at
| home to their friends after the first OF
September at 8g7 Branch avenue.
Electric car No. 541 backed Into a buggy
| containing Richard Wilbur and q friend
Wednesday evening. The car broke of
one of the wheels Of the buggy and the
men saved themselves by jumping.
j. &. Walsh Of Gladstone avenue, Is
building q large I'M handsome residence
on Langdon street.
John j. O'Connor, driver of steamer is,
goes on his furlough tomorrow.
Only one drunk at the Second Station
last night. :,
There are two shoemakers in Wanskuck
who are very jealous OF each other. One
In an Italian, the other an Armenian. The
Italian to see IL he gets more Gus
toners than he does himself, and
occasionally he will give a. boy
a penny to 60 up the road and
see II the Italian is working. Yesterday
there was q little boy passing the Italians
door with q pair OF old shoes in his hano
bound for the Armenian's repair shop
The Italian called the little boy into the
shop and told him he would give him five
cents il he would let him fix thu
shoes. OF course the little fellow con-
sented. He had not seen s cents in some
time. When the boy got home he tole
his father who gave him the money, and
the old man grew wrathy. Straightwa,
20 the Italian he went, and grabbed thu
shoes, and after heaving man,
maledictions on the Italians heat
he went down to the Armenian's ant
told him to III them up. The Italian 1
out five cents and he Watches the Armen
ian more than ever. Now the little boy
are carrying stories from one to the othe
and the jealousy Of the two men is tn
talk of the town.
Two young men from North End, Johl
DAWSON and Henry Conroy, started
Yesterday to seek their fortune. The,
carried with them lone up in q copy o
THE NEWS, q whisp broom, blackinI
brush and backing, bag of to
bacco and matches, and not
cent in their pockets. They sal
they would never return until 100 ha
been accumulated. Those who kno'
them we'll say that they never had so niue
money In their 20 years Of existence o.
this mundane sphere. The young me
started in the direction OF Boston and ar
weaver by occupation.