The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-23
Talked About.
Entertainments Today.

nocKy p-orNr-Forest Casino and Biiou Theater
-oeorgiA Msnstrels and vaudeville.
CREscRNr PARK-oreat American Hippo
drome and Imperial japanese Troupe.
ADELAIDE PARK-Providence va B~inghamion
at3;t5 O'Clock
Minor Peterson was held for trial to-
morrow on a charge OF assaulting Orm-
stead War.
Mr.. b. G.. Greene, Jr., Of Scranton,
Penn, who has been visiting Philip Gall
OF this city for the past 10 days, returned
this evening.
Rev. f.. b. Webb, ID. D., OF Wellesley,
Mass. preached at the Union Congrega-
fionai Church., yesterday, from the text,
IA Saviour, Which is Christ the Lord"
At 1 80 %. m. Yesterday the fire depart
ment responded TO a still alarm for a blaze
on the roof of the house, % Charles street.
The house is owned by j. Z. RAINING
estate. Damage nominal.
Union services of the Central Baptist
and Benifcent Congregational churches
were held In the Central Baptist Chureh
yesterday. They were conducted by
Rev. M. 3. Ayres OF Portland, Me-
An alarm was rung in from box S64 at
7:35 O'Clock this morning for a blaze IN
the house at $50 Potter's avenue, occupied
by Mrs. Thomas Griffin. The blaze was
confined to a bed and was quickly ex-
tinguished.
n A nile of rubbish in the back yard OF
Che residence corner of Broad street and
Prairie avenue was discovered on IRE last
evening. An alarm was sounded, put q
few streams of water quickly extin-
guished the blaze.
A defective fiue in the chimney of,the
house in rear of go Rhodes street, owned
by Hugh O'Donneli, caused a slight nre
Yesterday noon. Box 26iiwas rung, and
and the department extinguished the
blaze. Damage about 900.
George Rooney, 10 years old, fell from
his bicycle while riding down the hill ON
: North Davis street last evening and was
badly cut and bruised about the face.
He was taken to his home on North
Davis street and attended by DIR.
Mathews.
The Union outing of Moshassuck and
fraternity encampments, l. y. u. r., VIII
he held tomorrow at Rhodes-on-tha-
Pawtuxet. A lunch will be served at
AZ 80 and dinner at 4:30. A game OF ball
between mines from each camp will be the
feature of the day.
Late last night Charles Cole, living at 81
Oakland street, became involved In some
trouble with one OF his boarders and at
tempted to put him out. During the
STRUGGLE which ensued Coles wife struck
her husband on the head with a stool in
fiicting an ugly cash on his scalp. DR..
Wood attended.
Minnie McQuillian, the two-year-old
daughter OF John McQuillian, living at Ia
Hewett street, was knocked down and
run over at the corner OF Atwells avenue
and Sutton street at 7o'clock last night
by n wagon owned by w. III. Doyle. The
little girl sustained a bad cash on the ear.
DR.. Carroll attended.
xx~ra stalaa frauu Cras-
cent Park yesterday afternoon. One was
the property of Franklin Brothers OF this
city and the other OF q party from Warren.
They were left standing only a few
minutes. The latter rig was subse-
uuently recovered as IL was being driven
across Point street bridge.
Much interest was manifested at the
Gospel Tent on Broadway Sunday
were given which did not fail to interest
those who listened, as many testified.
Meetings will continue each evening
through the week, except Saturday. sub
feet for this evening, "The Nature OF
Man"
The identity of the man who was kicked
60 death by q horse at the carpenter
street stable Saturday night has been dis
covered. His name is John McElroy.
He has q sister in the employ of Philip
Case I'm this city and q brother who re-
sides in Boston. The body was placed In
charge of Undertaken Toye, and an au-
topsy win be held tomorrow.
The Rhode Island Yacht Club wound
up its enjoyable four-days' cruise with a
clam bake ut Potters' Cove yesterday. The
rain storm prevented a large attendance
from the city, but nevertheless Chef
Wilson provided a royal feast. and the
skies having cleared the home trip to the
8 club house was made under q good sailing
breeze from tbs eastward.
Madame Rosslie, the equestrienne per-
forming in the Hippodrome at Crescent
Park, met with q painful accident In the
fat race yesterday afternoon. Her horse
stumbled and fell and she was picked up
insensible. No bones were broken but
her right shoulder was badly bruised.
She will be able TO resume her place in the
company in the course OF a few days.
The funeral of Captain William b.
Avery was solemniZed from his late resi-
dence at Bayside, yesterday afternoon.
Prescott, Slocum and Tower posts par
ticipated in the burial exercises at North
portions of the G. A. K. ritual
and Adjutant Chenery read an obituary
An eulogy of the departed comrade. At
the close OF the service, comrades He'd
past the grave and dropped flowers upon
the casket.
The public meeting in the jefferson
Street Baptist Church yesterday after
noon, under the auspices of the Union for
Practical Progress, was we'll attended and
much interest was taken in the movement
for providing Fairgrounds for the city
children unable to enjoy an out-of-town
vacation. Rev. Messrs. Wesley OF the
Park Street Baptist Church, Bassett OF the
Church of the Redeemer, Wassen of st,
Paul's Episcopal Church, and Messrs,
Sherman and Pittenger, officers OF the
Union, made addresses in which the en-
terprise was heartily endorsed, and sug-
g~estions were made for the establishment
of Fairgrounds in other sections Of the
city.