The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-20
NORTH END NEWS.
Two Very Successful Entertainments
Last Evening.
A Drunken Nan Badly scarcs Residents
~ ofQua.d Street,
"a TIE Nrws BuRRAu,
Fo~rH End. tys BRANCH Az Erun


The musical and literary entertainment
given under the auspices Of the st.
Thomas vested choir in wansuck Hall
last evening was OF far more than ordi-
nary n:critAnd there was good patron
age extended.
Judge Stiness of the Supreme Court de-
AVereu very Interesting address on the
SUITABILITY OF boy choirs, showing that
vested choirs were Thoroughly in keeping
With the directions given by God for his
worship by. the Jews, and he logically
ana 'eautifully told OF the symbolicsl
meaning of the vestments and OF the
great i1tuence such choirs might be in
biDGing youth to the church.
city Treasurer ID. l.. ID. Granger spoke
entertainingiy on church music and
especially OF the importance OF en-
couraging boy cboirs and urged laymen
by their attendance at divine service TO
snow how they appreciated the beauty OF
the work of the chors.
The remainder OF the program was as
follows: Overture, "Poet and Peasant"
chorus, ''song of Welcome" Emerson,
st. thomas and Christ Church choirs;
duet, violin and piano, Whiteley Broth
fes; soprano solo, ="Jag Vile do, Ifosti,
Mrs. Nindfleid: reading. "The First lie
Deum, " Rev. Lorenoz q. Stevens; piano
duet, "spanlsh,.' Mr.. William W. and
Miss Mollie Goff; baritone solo, SIN
soprano solo, "With Verdure Clad"
Haydn, Miss Geneva sprague; solo, my
Dreams" Tosti, Mr.. Irving Rodman read
ing, selected, Miss Rose Rice; address,
MIR. Granger; solo, selected, Madam Ed
ward Holman; Chorus, "Nachtlager
Won Granada" Kreutzer Concor-
da Society; duet, Descriptive,
Misses Helen HoIhngdrake and Alice
j." watson, J. 8. Kuozuoka; chorus,
"Afton Klockah," Aft, s. Ansgsrius
choir; piano solo, Bartlett, A. II. q.
Barnes; solo, selected, Madam Edward
Hoffman; reading, .'Jack," !" the Rev. Lo-
the Old Home Again." Huntley, Master
B'rt Miller; final chorus, dream On"
Emerson, 1T. Thomas and Christ Church
choirs.
!. While all Of the numbers were we'll sung
and pleasing, particularly agreeable to the
audience were the solos OF Mrs Hoffman
and j. L. kudzuokG. The latter has rich
voice and good manner of singing and
in response TO an encore gave japanese
spring song.
About 6:i5 O'Clock last night Mrs. Reil-
ley, who keeps a boarding house on West
River street, had considerable trouble
with a boarder named John Rourke, who
away from their evening meal and outsiCe
OF the house. He was considerably under
the influence of liquor and Mrs. Reilley
followed him to the square, where an al
tercation took place and Officer Bates ar.
rested Burke.
There was a bad washout on Camp
street at the foot of Grand View street.
The mcmb bers of the Capitol Social Club
tenderet Complementary ball to the
canvassers and patrons Of their late fair
at CAPITAL Hall last evening. The affair
proved o most enjoyable one aud VAS
largely attended. An efficient committee
had charge OF the arrangements and
Thomas II. Dunn, assistant, and Owen j.
McVey, Frank IL. Surpry, Charles l..
flanagan and John J. Kane.
special car that was run out to Vans
kuck last night for the accommodation
OF certain ladies and gentlemerfran OF he
track after the passengers had left 1t and
IL took several hours 10 get il back onto
the track owing to the broken condition
of the road.
Officer Fort, about 1915 O'Clock last
night. saw q man taking light off an
obstruction on North Main street. The
man was taken to the Second police sta
tion and gave the name OF Fred Vincent.
lie was considerably under the influence
OF liquor.
Tom Parker, a we'll Known wheelman,
while riding over the wet pavement on
the square took good sized header. lie
was not badly hurt by his fall.
Officers Hall and Irwin about 1:l5
o'clock this morning found man who
gave the name of John Kerr, in the entry
of house on Quaid street. Somebody
sent out report that gang of burglars
were operating in the street named, but
1t proved to 30 only drunken man who
had lost his bearings.