The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-10

chimney fire was extipguished at ii
Albert street last night by Hose IL.
Hose II extinguished a chimney fire at
l92 Gladstone avenue at o'clock yester-
day afternoon.
It will be worth a trip to Boston this
week just to see Maj jor John NJ. Burke, OF
Buffalo Bill's Wild West aggregation, let
his hair down
Cashier Chase of the Rhode Island Ma
tional Bank has so far recovered from his
recent sickness as to be able to go out
every pleasant day.
An adjourned meeting OF Rhode Island
steamship agents will be held in Hotel
Dorrance Wednesday, June 21. il will be
an important meeting.
At their monthly meeting tonight the
member of the Union for Pract ical Prog
ress will discuss plans for a substitute for
liquor saloons in this city.
Yesterday was children's Sunday and
special sermons were preached and con-
certs given by the little folk Of the Sun
day schools in many of the churches.
Fireman Charles II. Handy has been re-
lieved from duty as assistant engineman
OF Engine 49, and made Lieutenant al he
same station. His successor is Charles
ii. Shippee.
Rev. Charles Plummer, superintendent It
Of the Union Sea and Land Mission, was
to have held a meeting on Days wharf,
yesterday afternoon, but there was mis-
understanding about tho hour, so the
meeting was postponed until next Sun
day.
While watching the circus parade
this morning the year old
daughter OF Alderman Watson
fell from the ballustrades OF the city hall
TO the sidewalk, q distance of II feet.
The lighted on her toes and then fell
forward, cutting her mouth and chin and
knocking out two of her teeth.
Any young or old Repu blicans, propos-
ing TO attend the big convention of the
National Repu blican League in Cleveland
Ohio, next week, are invited TO confer
with Commissioner Henry Il. Tiepke or
Rhode Island may be we'll represented
with the other New England States.
An illustrated lecture will be given to
ladies only in the vestry of the Cranston
Street Baptist Church on Tuesday after
noon, June IL, at o'clock, by Mrs. l.. A.
Gunnison, recently of New York, on
"1ealth and Physical Culture" The lee
ture aims at more thorough practical
knowledge OF a science in which ladies
are too unfamiliar, and is replete with
scientific Information and enlivened with
recitation. 1t Is free and all are invited.
The following incidents, illustrative OF
information as is information, occurred
not more than fifty miles from Turks
Head and are somewhat interesting: A
teacher, delivering a discourse out of school
hours, told of a visit to Ireland and OF
scenes in Dublin. Among the things seen
in the latter city was Nelson's monument.
The speaker said that number of the
men prominent in English history were
lrishmen. Among the latter he instanced
Nelson. The teacher was not an Irish
man, 1t is needless to say, but some Irish
man had imposed upon him simply by
making Celt out OF the naval hero
Two high school girls were discussing
the stars. One said there is one group Of
stars that mum Der seven. Eyes" said the
other, "and the group makes a seven
sided triangle" There are some strange
things in astronomy but a seven-sided
triangle would probably surpass them all.