The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-09

Soups cum.
The sale OF seats for "Trilby" will begin
at the Providence Opera House tomorrow
morning.
was chief secretary for Ireland from 1861 to
1865, is dead.
The Mayors favorite messenger,
"Georgie," today appeared in his first pair
OF long trousers.
Just one dozen stores were found open
I and secured by the police last night. The
proprietor of each store was notified.
Excelsior Division. Sons OF Temperance,
will give an entertainment in the nall, 776
Westminster street, tomorrow evening.
John Laurence Toole, the well known
English actor, is suffering from paralysis
and will retire permanently from the
stage.
The Providence Veteran Firemen are to
be the guests OF the Johnston Vets this
evening. supper and flash light photo
OF the gathering will be the attractions.
Silas Capron told the police that some
one stole lot of candy from the rear end
of his wagon while driving through Elm
wood yesterday.
A stray horse was found on Waterman
street last evening by officer Groaty. 1t
was returned to its owner, Charles Pettey,
on Arlington avenue.
The annual banquet OF the Assumption
Sunday School Teachers Alumni was held
in b. 4. Hall last evening There were
addresses and dancing. j. Il. Donohue
was floor director.
An excellent program, large attend
ance and commendable renderings
marked the recital given in Mount Hope
Hall last evening by the pupils of Miss
Florence j.. Williams.
The Providence Telephone Company
has not begun on the underground system
in Pawtucket because there was 80 much
wosk to be finished up in Providence.
The Pawtucket work will soon be begun,
however.
A union May social was held in Oriental
Hall last evening under the auspices OF
the Pythiap Sisterhood. There were 20
couples present and the occasion was most
enjoyable. Mrs. Walter Scott was chair
man OF the committee OF arrangements.
There was bird party. in which every
thing read or sung was about birds, given
by the Evangelical Young Women's Chris
tian Association last evening at 43o West
minister street. There was also social
and a doll exhibition, and altogether
good time was had.
Gertie NORM, about two years old, at
tempted to cross Webster Street last
evening and ran into a wagon driven by
James Meehan of II Douglass avenue.
The little one was knocked down but not
seriously injured. She was taken TO her
home, % Webster street.
Two white men and a colored man were
found asleep in freight car near Branch
avenue last night by Lieutenant Horton.
They claimed they came from New York
and were on their way TO Boston. They
gave their names as William Parsons,
William Brown and Reginald Gilbert.
They were locked up.
Isaac l.. Goff and James +. Freeman,
auctioneers, sold at public auction, We'd
nesday. May 8, 1895, at - o'clock, one 2lh-
story two-tenement house, l34 Frankfort
street, to Thomas Roach for $3.50; also'
sold at public auction, Thursday, May 8,
1895, at II O'Clock, two lots 50xlOO feet
each, on Adelaide avenue, to ;. III. Man
chester for 3S cents per foot.
The semi-annual meeting of the Ladies
Aid Association OF the Rhode Island
Homeopathic Hospital was held yester
day afternoon in Grace Church Chapel.
Mrs. Francis T.. Bates presided and made
an address and Mrs. w. II. Tilling hast,
secretary, rendered report followed by
a descr iption OF the New York Hospital
Saturday and Sunday work, by Frederick
Il. Cook.
Charles Lewis, while attempting to
board a Gladstone avenue electric on
Westminster street, near Turks Head,
last night, slipped and fell to the ground,
striking heavily on his head. He was
picked up unconscious and taken into
Barker x Chadsey's store, where he was
cared for by physician. Later he was
taken to his home, 81 Robin street, in he
ambulance.