The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-31

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Congdon street is being repaired and
rolled.
Meeting and Cushing streets have been
fixed, and are greatly improved.
Detective Cannon did duty around
Councilman Woods home last night.
DIR. Howes Is building fine new resi-
dene on Marlborough avenue, near Broad
street.
The annual reunion OF Battery T.; First
II. l. Light Artillery, will be held Thurs
day, Aug. /, at Crescent Park.
Foreign shipping was good at this port
last month, an average of one vessel a day
arriving. This Is better than usual.
The fire alarm box has been taken out
and 422 win be the number for short
time. The change was made today.
A coating OF crushed stone is being laid
over the roadbed on Meeting street be-
tween Benefit and North Main streets.
A sneak thief has stolen lot OF bicycle
tools from Matthew O'Brien, at DO Crary
street, and the police are looking them
up.
The third district policemen found it
necessary to quell a disturbance at Michael
Hacket's residence, 50i Benefit street, last
night.
Mr.. A. d. Mumford of Roselle, N. j.,
is in town today. He dined at Squantum
and visited Washington Park as the guest
of Colonel Isaac l. Goff.
Colonel Henry T. Sisson was guest at
Sauantum todap. Thieves vitited the
last night securing money and vaIuables.
The case OF Joseph Tanning VS.. Celia
f. Tanning is set for hearing in the APP
pellate division of the Supreme Court
on Friday next.
The woman with the longest hair is
Miss Asenath Philpott of Gainesville,
Tex, whose "crowning glory" measures
10 feet and inches.
A large crowd gathered on Dorrance
street this forenoon TO watch the work
men set large light of plate glass in j.
B. Barnaby a. Company's store.
At the Exchange street end of the
Washington Row bridge n good view can
be obtained of the bed OF the river, most
of the water having been pumped out.
Mrs. Josephine Dolls, so years old, was
lost on Traverse street last night. She
appealed TO officer Dolan, who aaw that
she was taken to her home at 81 Law
street.
| A broken headlight on a Broadway car,
and damaged wheel on Thomas Han
| ley's express wagon, is the result of
| collision at the corner OF Jackson and
al az In
japanese postmen, whose routes carry
! them into the country, use BICYCLES. Their
wheels are made by local manufacturers,
who have appropriated improvements
| from both British and japanese patents.
| In the beginning OF the 10th century
| ladies' hair was worn flowing, and the
prevailing color was yellow or white.
| The fashionable tints were attained either
by wearing wigs or by bleaching the nat
ural hair.
When pins were first invented they were
| considered so great luxury as not TO be
fit for common use, and the maker was
not allowed to sell them in an open shop
except on two days os the year at the be-
ginning of January.
Work on the redecorating of the walls
| of the court rooms on the third floor is
progressing well. Occasionally when the
I appellate division OF the Supreme Court
holds a session, the painters have TO take
an hour or two of q rest.
Four generations OF one family were
baptized together at Litchteld, Conn. y,
last Sunday. There was little boy,
| Leonard Merrill, his father and mother,
grandfather and grandmother, great
grandfather and greats randmother, the
at-grandfather being So years old.
FoIr men went into Philip Goldstein's
store, at 50 Charles street, last night, and
| one of them walked off with pair OF
shoes which he didn't pay for. Patrick
Kelley was afterward arrested by Officer
Fort, but as il could not be proved that
he was connected with the theft he was
released.
Hackmn William III. Doriswas arraigned
in the police court yesterday for soliciting
passengers at the Union Station without
license. Sometime ago his license was
| revoked, and he did not undertake TO dc
any business for awhile. Yesterday was
his first day and the officials have three
| cases against him. He pleaded not guilty
and was held until Saturday for trial.
The man who was arrested by detec
| tiyes Parker and Cannon at the Parii
House yesterday was Frnr- ,)emond OF l3l
| Brook street. His actions were such tha
Mr.. Parker deemed IL advisable to cal
Medical Examiner Palmer The docto
responded and found that Mr.. DemonC
was suffering with an epileptic fit. Al
soon as he recovered he was taken to hi
home by his friends.
The work OF pulling down the building
on the old Grosvenor estate progresse
more slowly than at first. The old Ian
tern which has hung In Postofiice Court
where the bootblacks were, for centur,
or more was nearly demolished last nigh