The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-08

w. II. Sweetland will qualify as judge
of the Sixth District Court Wednesday.
Manager Iothrop, we'll known in this
| city, started from New York on an Euro
pean trip today.
Lieutenant Thomas f. Sisson OF Hose
| began his vacation this morning. lie
| has gone TO st. Louis and other Western
| cities.
There was little blaze in the grocery
| store at the corner of Plain and Point
| streets at $40 last evening. Box lS5 was
| pulled.
| The detective department has got list
| OF the names of the pickpockets and
thieves following the Buffalo Bill Wild
| West Show.
| y This afternoon the Mayor and Alder
men made their annual visit TO Dexter
| Asylum for the official inspection OF that
institution.
The first anniversary Of Harmony Coun-
| ell ~, ID. of L., was observed last evening
| with an enjoyable straw wberry festival in
Wamsitta Hall.
Larry O'Brien OF 400 Harris avenue re-
| ported TO the police that "yaller" bird
and cage was stolen from mis- yard yester-
day afternoon.
An alarm of fire was sounded from boz
| 1853 ats o'clock last evening for slight
blaze in the cellar OF William Lynch's
tenement at Is Douglass avenue.
James McIiirl was taken sick at his
boarding house, "a Albro street, at 8 :45
this morning. He was taken 10 the Rhode
Island Hospital in the ambulance.
The police found open last night
stores st Si South Water, 81 College, 22S
Wickenden streets, 1856 Atwells avenue and
the kindergarten at Al Angel street.
The third Grammar School children's
excursion to lovely Lincoln Park occurred
today. The fortunate ones this time were
tse pupils of the Doyle avenue school.
This is a busy day in the Secretary Of
States Office, w here commissions are being
signed by the Governor and issued 10 all
the public notaries and TO the State. There
are nearly 1900 notaries in Rhode Island.
The excursion committee of the A. o. +.
of A. met in Westminster street nall
- last evening to arrange for their annual
field day, which will be observed in July.
-"fhe Mechanism OF Common Things"
was the subject of a very interesting lee
ture delivered by Professor Charles p.
School last evening.
Lewis Carpenter, who was arrested
yesterday afternoon by Detective Reardon
for stealing coat from John Keating,
was fined so and costs in the Sixth Dis
trict Court this morning.
Frederick Hallen, of the Hallen x Hart
Company, has retired permanently from
the stage, SO far as the acting end OF 1t is
| hn mi 70
D himself exclusively TO management.
, Miss Jennie Burns is looking for the
change of g bill that she gave to @
pedder by the name of DAILY yesterday
morning. The young lady is domestic
, in the home of Hugh Manning, u Baker
street.
A dozen hens ard red game cock was
5 stolen from the hen coop OF James II
. street last night. Officer Gordon heard
. the noise, but did not recover anything
but a lantern.
y First Lieutenant David A. Hall of the
~ United States Revenue Marine Service
II and native of Warren, has just received
a captains commission in the service. IA,
is q very efficient officer and held in higf
esteem in the Customs Department a
. Washington.
d Many folk think that show busines
a is a picnic, and yet Colonel w. +. Cody
~ "Buffalo Bill"-spends from four to 81
hours every day, except Sunday, on horse
back and most of that time riding a
speed and performing feats which taI
skill and endurance TO the utmost.
u Bridget Dolan OF 165 Plain street, wa
'r knocked down in front of her home by
bicycle ridden by Herbert Kinball OF 53
G. Cranston street, at s 80 last evening. Dr
~ Gray was called, and found that Mrs
Dolan's collar bone had been broken b.
o the fall Mr.. Kimbail was slightly in
" iured. Mrs. Dolan was carried into he
3" house,