The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-21
Entertainments Today.

Entertainments Today.
PROVIDENCE OPERA HousE-"A oaiety
Girl"
KEITH's OPERA HoUsE-"A Country Sport"
TRowBRIDGE's STAR THEATER-" Captain
Herne, u. 8. A."
wEsTMISsTEa THEATER-F Folly Com
pany.
The inquest upon the College Hill ia
tallity was begun this morning by Cor
oner Lincoln.
John Entwistle reports to the police
that six pigeons We're stolen from bis
coop last night.
James May was sent to the State Farm
for six months for defacing building
owned by James Hanley.
Officer Burns extinguished a grass fire
near the south fence OF Roger Williams
Park at o'clock last evening.
A large plate glass window was acci-
IDENTIFY broken In the store of III. Il.
Barney, i5l South Main street last even
ing.
The work OF demolishing the buildings
on Washington street, 10 permit the pro-
posed widening of the street, has begun
in earnest.
Two we'll dressed men are working"
the good -natured residents OF Smith Hill
by saying that they are survivors Of the
ill-fated steamer "Elbe."
One case OF scarlet fever on Greene
street, one case on Gray street and one
case on Lilac street was reported TO Super
intendent of Health Chaplin today.
Mayor Strong OF New York today ap-
pointed Edward 9. O'Brien, dock COM
missioner, TO succeed Andrew j. White.
removed. The salary is $4,000 year.
1t is computed that the great system of
lakes, of which Superior, Michigan and
Huron form part, with the river st. Law
rencas w hich flows from them, contain to-
gether half the fresh water OF the globe.
The pupils In the classes of the Putnam
Street Primary and kindergarten schools.
attended by the children OF the late Am
brose T.. West, had no session this FORE
noon because of the funeral.
William Potter, night watchman on the
Washington bridge, was bitten In the face
Dy large Newfoundland dog, owned by
William Wilson, last evening. The dog
was killed. He was valued at s1OO.
The memb bers of the Alpine Orchestra
TAI Westminster street last evening.
Albert Sisson was floor director and his
aids were Walter Burdick and Albert
Hayward.
The children in one OF the rooms of the
Gladstone Avenue School were dismissed
early yesterday afternoon, so as to allow
the officials of the health department TO
fumigate the books and desk of a scholar
who bad been i'll with scarlet fever.
The Grand Assembly Of the Pythian
Sisterhood OF this State held a special
session at its headquarters, % Vest
minister street, this afternoon, when a
committee to arrange for day down the
river during the summer and committee
10 arrange for ball were appointed.
The regular meetings of Section Ill, for
the study of Municipal Government, are
held on the second and fourth Friday
evenings OF each month, at O'Clock, in
Room 3, Y. NJ. G. A. building. Tomor-
row evening Mr.. John r. Kendrick will
give an address on the Providence City
Council; a general discussion will follow
and the public is cordially invited.
A young man on a bicycle and ali old
man on foot, collided at the foot of Gus
tom House street, on Dyer, at / o'clock
today. Both were thrown to the ground.
The old man got up shook the
dust from his clothes and marched
off as IL nothing had happened,
while the young man walked along side
of his damaged wheel TO the nearest re-
pair shop, where he will leave S2s before
his machine is ready for use again.
The mem bers OF the Young Mems Sun
day Evening Club gave an entertainment
at the Friendship Street Church last
evening, of which the following is the
program: Piano solo, "Air ana Varia-
items" Handel, Mr.. n. l.. Wilbur; read
ing, "Mrs. Pettibones Dinner Horn,"
c. B. Loomis, Mr.. 5. Homer Eaton
soprano solo, Miss Proven; reading,
Quarrel Scene from "School for Scandal
Gin two scenes), Sheridan, Mr.. s. Homer
Eaton; cornet solo, Mr.. Bailey; piano
solo, "Marche Hongroise," Kowalskf, Mr..
n. l.. Wilbur; impersonation, "rhe Aged
Mother 10 the Veteran" A. B. Miller,
Mr.. $. Homer Eaton; soprano solo, Miss
Proven; cornet solo, Mr.. Bailey; imper
sonation, Harry and l." Mr.. 5. Homer
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