The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-21
Big Fair Will Close With
Tonight's Spectacular.
This is Merchants and Manufactur.
srs' Day at Narragansstt Park.
Early Morning Scenes Preparatory to
the Coming of the Crowds.

| year, SATURDAY was closing day in the
sense of taking away the exhibits; but
today few of the exhibits will be removed.
On the contrary, applicants were en-
hand this morning TO make entries The
| program ls as elaborate as any other day.
Races and band concerts are continuous.
There is ths great vaudeville show, and
classes in the school department. And at
"New King Colen this evening is expect.
ed the largest crowd yet accommodated.
THE. MORNING.
| Early morning is an interesting time in
the. Fair Grounds. Dogs are barking a well
come chorus to their feeders; horses
neighing their pleasure during the open
ing meal Of stirring day; sprinklers
settling the dust for a mum berless throng
stands opening and the owners endeavor-
| ing TO re-arrange their produce in a
tempting manner; the clearing gang play
ing DER the many floors a cleansing cho-
rus with their brooms; officers and work
ers generally taking their places for a
browning day; and wagons in dozens
bringing the stimulus so necessary to sup
port the inner man of the thousands who
are expected.
POLICE SUMMARY.
The efficient service given at the fair
grounds this year reflects great credit on
the management OF Chief Bigbee who has
SO manipulated his force that he has run
the whole week in a manner TO be won
dered at with force of only 25 men-the
smallest number OF officers on duty for
many years.
During the entire week there have been
but two drunks, and these men bought
their liquor outside the grounds. Seven
vagrants were arrested; two for reyellng,
and one, Patrick Heffron, for selling
liquor.
During the week only one piekpocket
was arrested; he had his hand in wo-
la Tau hfa
Charles Ellis
The closest watch has been kept over
the booths in whicn drinks have been
sold. Chief Bigbee has gone into every
booth each day of this week, and exam
ined carefully to see that no intoxicants
were sold. Even the wagons were in
spected as they came in the gate. The
adjustment of the sale of liquor in the
fair grounds has raised the moral tone OF
the exhibit to surprisingly high degree,
and such. strict watch has been kept by
the police that the only violator of this
law is the one above mentioned.
A TOO ENERGETIC wATcHMAN.
A shooting affray somewhat disturbed
the peace of the grounds last night.
One of the shows in the Midway Plal-
sance employs an armed man TO watch
their tent on the outside during the per-
formances. A negro named Elick Moore
picked up the tent TO peep in, whereupon
the watchman threw stone at him; a
few hot words followed, when the watch
man fired his revolver at the negro. This
enraged the colored man, and in retalia-
tion he threw back, and had a second
shot fired at him, but fortunately miss
ing him, as the first shot had.done. The
watchman was Immediately arrested, and
lodged safely in the Cra-Ston lookup.
AT the trial, which viii e held some
time today, many people ,wlll testify that !
they heard the bullet whistle past their
heads Chief Bigbee has the bullet to
show. He cut il out of barn in which |
II lodged. 1t is of 32-calibre-large |
enough to have killed the darkey If it !
had struck him in vital spot.
The man who did the shooting is Fred |
Sheridan.
A RUNAWAY LAST NIGHT.
A man from Nooseneck Hill received |
severe bruises from runaway horses last |
night. While getting his team ready for |
the drive home, after the performance of |
King Cole, the fireworks frightened |
the horses. In their desperate plunges to |
break away they threw the man to the |
ground and after trampling on his face |
they ran around the grounds before they |
could be stopped. The man was helped |
up, his face was washed, and in a short |
time he regained his composure enough TO |
start with his team toward home.
MIDWAY PLAIsANoE.
There has been so much fault found |
with the dances in the Midway that Chief |
of Police Bigbee had TO detail special |
officer to keep going the rounds within |
the Midway, attending performances i'm
every booth. The officer was told TO re-
port Immediately the performance of any
thing of an immoral nature The mana
gers were warned in meaning way that
on the occurrence of any thing immoral
they and their tent would be put out of
the grounds. Nothing was reported. 1t
Is said that much of the complaint was
made by competitors in the small sideshow
line, who, becoming jealous, concocted
several schemes to rid the grounds of
heir rivals.
WHAT THE GATEsEEPEks HAVE CON.
TENDED WITH.
Every scheme to get into the grounds is
planned and tried by men who are up-
fortunate enough to be without 30 cents
some are deserving of admittance on the
grounds OF sympathy, while Others de.
eerve punishment for practicing decep-
ion.
An interesting story is told OF n "gag"
hat one man tried to work. He came
ushing upto the big gate with a milk can
n his hand and said that Mrs. ---- mem
lonlng the name of n woman well known
lrounu the park, was dying and the
ioctors wanted her to have a little clam
howder. The gatekeepers, seeing the
nan breathing heavily, and his face pur-
'dsely flushed in pretended excitement,
nd not wishing TO keep the woman
rom enjoying the cho WIDER in her last
moment, passed the man i'm. The next
lay he successfully played the same game
nd each time she never came back"
With the chowder Yesterday the famil-
ar face of the chowder bearer was recog-
lized at distance and man was put on
lis track. The man was heard TO say TO
companion, "Hll bet I can get in,
vhereupon he went for his milk ca and |
ushed in his old style up TO the gate to
eceiye only the laugh Of the gate keepers.