The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-08
MAY CAUSE EPIDEMIC.
Diphtheria Cases Discovered In
Crowded Tenement House.
Boy Thieves We're Frightened Away
Notes From the North Eid.

For long time the health OF this Sec
iion Of the city has been good. but now
there seems to have ben q decided
change and without exsggersting in any
way the future pros pct, there isa possi-
billty OF an OF idemic Of diphtneria IN the
neighDorhood of tito Second station. At
10 North Davis street there Is a big house
that would ordinarily bo the home OF
four families, but there are more families
than that In IL now and there are
more han the usual number OF children
too. These children, up to yesterday,
played with other children on the thickly
settled part OF CbaIkstono avenue. In
the house referred to there 10 family
named Epstein In which there we're yes
ierdsy three children sick with diph-
theris. ana one CASE resulted fatally early
last evening.
Now ttat the danger 10 known II Is
probable ell that possibly can o done
Will be done to prevent the spread OF
this dreaded disease, but unless the
neigh borhood Is blessed with unexpected
good fortune the resolt win b, serious.
In the less thickIy settled section OF
Ccriiss Height there resides family Of
the name OF Avery and i've OF tue child
rem IL Il are seriously III with the same
oisssse ana there Is one case Of scarlet
fever at lO) jenkins street. The latter
disease ii is not thought, will at present
become epidemic in this part OF the city.
THE BOYS GOT scAREp.
According to the story TOLD by grocer
B. B. Manchester, whose place OF bust
ness is at II Chslkstoue avenue, some
boys tried to enter bis store on Sunday.
lie did not report the affair TO the police
until 10 o'clock yesterday morniug and
he Gays that the boys broke pane OF
glass ana crawled through into back
room here he keeps potatoes, end TAX
ing o shovel tried TO force q bolt and
grftty nearly succeeded In so doing
Nothing was missing from the back
roam, Mr.. Manchester says, though the
boys would, IL seems, have been rather
foolish sbsndcn operations when
victory, candy, money, and fraits were
slmost within their grasp. The boys took
chances Ia crsw ling thr6ugh the orok
glass, though they might have pushed
tho fastening on the bottom of the upper
window aside, raised tho lower one and
not taken chances of being cut.
NORTH END NOTES.
The Young Mems Hebrew Hospital As
sociation will hold ball In Dinond's
Hall, Thursday cxening.
Loud hissipg as OF thousanas OF gallons
OF water telling on hot iron rsng through
the air of Csri,oi Hill early last evening.
An investigation showed that a store
keeper had given q prizs to biz. boy Gus
toners OF football and the unlucky
ones were eiving the fortunate vic:or a
ceri ire greeting.
Y. m.4Chinery, a collector for Flint q
C'mrany reported 10 the police OF the
SetoId statioo yesterday that 20 no evil
opposed individual bad tskena vaIusbla
white robe from his horse in front of los
Dou ,lis avenue.
An accident to the main machinery in
the Silver Spring Bleschcry caused a
shut down OF the works Yesterday noon
and large number ofthe employees did
rot resume work today.
1hs Grattsn Cadets will hold q dance
10 tn ir hail In Hen nessey tuiieing to-
morrow evening.
The frat meetings of O three days COR
-veHiiea- Chrstitn Workers will be
hcih at Randall square Go pel Mi'siou a
tomorrow.