Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-10
IN CENTRAL FALLS.
It Was Quiet in the New
City Today.
SUGRUES IN TOLL AGAIN..
Word Received From Rev. Father
Hurley-All the Live News.

Slang, as a rule, while 1t may not be,
and generally is not elegant, Is always
expressive. 1t is sort OF "short cut" for
getting at things, and 1t succeeds In OBJ
tanning foothold first and general stand
ing later, because people are naturally
lazy and will always use tools and ma.
chinery that require the least manual
exertion to run them. "Skunked" Is not
a choice specimen of the queens English,
but 1t tells In short, pithy way the story
of persistent endeavor and a failure to
secure adequate or satisfactory results.
"Whitewashed" embc dies the same idea,
and accomplishes about the same purpose,
but 1t Is not nearly 80 emphatic and there.
fore is not nearly so often used.
"Buncoed" IS sometimes said OF man
who gets fooled and fails OF achieving
anything worthy of mention, but
"skunked" Is after all the strongest ex.
pletive, as the little creature from whom
IL Is derived, is admittedly one Of the most
"powerful" OF the smaller rodents. A
fellow who In a week through the woods
after duck, should get genuinely
"skunked" would like to conceal the fact
II he could, bit Eyer can't do 1t, yer
know" and he gets iguratively
"skunked" is1n equally parlous plight.
All Of this preliminary matter grows
out Of the fact that when the item col
lector tried this morning to gather up
something that was really worthy OF
record, he isnominiously failed. In
answer to civil question, civilly pro.
pounded In q proper quarter, as to
whether "there was anything new on the
Streets" he was told curtlv "no. nothin'
but dust" This was not encouraging,
but worse than that, it was true. Nothing
at the court room, nothing In City Hall,
nothing at the vets headquarters except
the same Old game Of stud poker. nothing
new abe ut Dan, the small fellow who
haunts the station, except that his hands
were a trifie more soiled than usual.
Tom Butman has returned from whiskey.
paw, as he says, "for good" but the COM
munity tdon't believe that part OF the
statement, or at least don't look at 1t in
that way. Yet in spite Of all the seeming
stagnation and dullness, hearts are doubt.
less breaking just as usual, destinies are
made or marred as they always have been,
the world Is all "sweetness and light" to
some fond hearts, all bitterness and woe
to other stricken ones, and the strain OF
existence keeps right on just the same.
August is perhaps the proper time for
quiet and lack Of incident, and that ouch
a state Of things prevails today only goes
to show that matters are pursuing their
normal course, and doubtless "all Is
WE'LL" Let US hope and believe that 1t ls.
Two OF the famous Sugrue family were
arrested on a warrant this morning and
brought to the station about noon. They
are members OF we'll known gang who
have generally defied arrest, and too often
with success. II was some OF this crowd
who maltreated Richard Keene sometime
ago, injuring him quite badly, and at an
other time they got judgment against Of
ficer Eber for assault on q sister of the
family, who was said to have been vio-
lently struck at the time VI an attempted
arrest Of one OF the brothers. These two
men brought In today were charged with
some sort Of drunken quarrel Yesterday,
and were locked up, pending their ar
raignment later.
Father Hurley Abroad.
word received from Rev. Father Hur.
ley states that he arrived In Queenst own
In the best OF health. Before his return
which will be about the middle OF Sep
tember, he will 60 to the Lakes of Killar-
uey, Dublin, the home Of his relatives and