The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-29
A FUTILE TRICK.
Peddler Claims He Was
Beaten by a Woman.
Poor Memory of Friends Did
Not Save RevelerS.
Child's Narrow Escape-New Car
Switch on Admiral Street.

There was disturbance on Chalk stone
avenue In front OF the Randall Square
Mission last evening. A number OF per-
sons who were on the sidewalk and wit
messed the trouble forgot all about II
within n few minutes after 1t occurred,
that is, they claimed TO have done so,
but two men named. Charles Leclair and
William Jacques had been assaulted by
Charles Daily and Louis Dairy. The two
latter were arrested and locked up, and
the coarse language used by the men
taken into custody was heard by the at
tendants at the mission. There was TO
have been a fight in the blue yard, but
the police called time too quick for any
rounds.
BRISK RUNAWAY.
Robert Mckay, who lives at 6S Olney
street, left his horse and express wagon
standing near tie corner OF East avenue
ana Howells street early last evening. The
horse became frightened by passing
electric car and ran down East avenue to
Olney street, where IT was stopped by a
citizen. The shafts OF the wagon were
broken and the harness damaged, but
the horse and the electric escaped without
injury.
THE TRICK THAT FAILED.
A woman named Mary McNeeney, who
resides at 27 Job street is alleged to
have played a sharp but unsuccessful
trick on a Hebrew peddler yesterday
afternoon. The peddler, 1t is claimed,
went into her home and offered some bed
spreads for sale at one dollor apiece and
Mrs. McNeeney told the peddler he was
offering quite a bargain. Then she called
the latter's attention TO something on the
sidewalk and when the peddler again
counted his spreads he claimed he was
one short and that the end of the miss
ing spread was discernible beneath the
folds of the woman's skirt. The woman,
according to the peddler's story when he
mentioned the fact that one of tho
spreads was missing went into bed
room and took part of snow shovel
therefrom and began beating him. A
police officer was called and the woman
will probably not repeat the trick again.
A CHILD's MARROW ESCAPE.
young daughter of George Brown
had narrow escape from being crushed
to death under the wheels OF a large
brewery team yesterday morning. The
little one had elm bed up on tree box
and the driver of the beer team got his
horses pretty close TO the curbstone. The
little one fell and the driver quickly and
cody got his horses and wagon out CT the
way and the little one was but slightly
injured by her fall.
CLOTHES GOT MIXED.
There was an angry mag at the North
End yesterday. with few other en-
ployees of Aliens print works he went
in bathing and ,one of the party
"shiiled" clothing of two CT the men.
The man who got angry weighs nearly
300 pounds and of course ne was one Of
the men whose clothes had been changed.
The other fellow was just as Old, but
does not weigh as mucho by nearly 200
pounds. After they had remained in
the water as long as they cared to they
came out and began TO dress. When the
"giant" MADE an effort to get into the
skeletons Indervest there was shout,
and then the fat man got ratt.ed. The
thin fellow went home without an under.
vest, ana the worst OF oil he had 10
stand il, for the man that "busted' il
was his foreman at the print works. The
loser did not care bout the loss of the
undervest. as he said that the laugh he
enjoyed was worth dozen shirts. He
did not caro- TO lose his peroale shirt,
however, so he got "hustie'' on him
and found that he stooc near the fact
mans clothes and then made "Jouble
quick shift" Before the fat man got
home bis better nature got the bost OF
him and he began TO 1augh'as heartily
as any man in the party, and offered to
pay for the undervest If skinny" want
ed him to-
NORTH END NOTES.
Thomas Parker, we'll known bicyclist,
met with an unpleasant accident on Ran
dali square this morning. just as he was
about 10 start on a mile minute dash
-ons OF the sprocket wheels broke in two
some Of the otBcers Of the Wanskuck
Horse Traders Association with friends
had a trolley party last evening. IL was
a good time and the dancing at Crescout
Park was enjoyed.
A very large number OF people took
part in the excursion OF Garfield Lodge,
X. of r., 10 Narragnnsett Pier iodsy
new switch is being put in 10y the
Union Railroad Company at the corner
Of Admiral and Longmont streets. Work
on the extension OF the Admira! street
route TO tbs western intersection of Veszie
street snd Douglas avenue is progress
ing rapidly.
Officers Kirby and Curley discovered a
man named John Watts acting In sus-
pic ous manner around vacant cottage