The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-28
ITS LAST SLEEP.
Mother Finds fer Babe Dead In Its
Cradle.
Horse Stepp,d Into a Manhole- -Noles
From III. North End.

The two weeks' old ehild OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Settle was left sleeping In its
cradle all rignt by it's mother ct $3.50
o'clock. yesterday morning, and after get
ting her husbands breakfast Mrs. Settle,
who rad remsrkcd that the little cns
WIS sleeping unusually long, went to the
cradle and found the infant dead. After
calling In friends who live nesr her
home on Crsndsil street Mrs. Set. 10 noti-
fled the police ana Medical Examiner
Palmer was summoned. He pronounced
oesth due 10 natural causes and gave the
arents permission to bury the child.
HORSE BUT SLIGHTLY HURT.
G. Ii. Jeterds of 14 IrospecI street
,lephoned to the second police station
nst evening at $50 o'clock that there
>sa hole in the b Oh way at the corner
4 Brown and hid.sn streets and that
his torse hsa fallen into II. Sergeant
Hsrtnctt and Officers Gamtl, and Whip
lie went TO the place where the defect
was reported and founa that some one
must nave pubhed aside csSeiessly the
substantial covering tnst had been plsced
over q scwer manhole. They then went
10 see Mr.. Jeffords, who said that one of
the knees of lis horse bad been slightly
skinned by the fall, but that the snimal
was as good SIS ever, and he did not be-
Iievs that there had been any harm done
worth speaking OF. lie had telephoned
TO the station so that the defect 10 tie
highway might be rsmedico. Ihs police
tiices replaced the covering that had
been pushed aside, and also placed
light over the hole.
HIS SIDE BADLY CUT.
Feter DAILY who lives at AZ Ashburton
street and Ia In the employ of q. V. Mai
teson was badly hurt while cutting wood
in co liar yesterday afternoon. A ho7vy
s,ick Of wood from ollie fell over on
him and, striking him on the side, cut
.eep cash and caused MIN to faint with
pain. He was after a while able to go TO
liz home snu the wound was dressed by
physican.
HARNESS STOLEN FROM BARN.
John G,li,gher, wnp lives ct s5 Hall
street, reported to the police of the Sec
ond station thar his barn had beon
troyen into some iime between 1880
.'ciock Thursday eveninr ard $3.50 a. m.
ye-t'rdsy. A set OF silver mounted hsr-
Ies sith new bride and doutle bit
was taken ny the int 'uders. There Is no
cluo 20 the thieves and "a they had
good stsrt 1t Is probable Mr. Gallagher
will nave to buy a new harness.
NORTH END NOTES.
The Provider Telephone Company
has Tut up six new poles on Smith st-set
between Gladstone avenue and Rug
lles street.
Thore will tc special services Mt High
land Congregational Church tcmorros
svcning.
Robert NJ. Brit. who reported 10 the
police that wteil belonging to him had
teen stolen iron s7 Muivoy street
Thursday evening, iast night ielephoned
TO the Second station that he had found
lis like in a lot near tire plecc wh,re he
had ieit it. Same Loys pro5s bly, bor-
rowed the machine ana brought 1t az near
10 tire place they bsd taken IT fiom as they
oeemed safe.
The FetlcAor Football Association " i'll
hold ball in Diu ond Hall next Friday
svonIng.
Ii was prcrc'od by tho men, bers of I he
Immaculate 'ep ion parisa TO give
Rt. Kev. Father Doran, who until recent
ly was rector of the pirisr, a tssti-
moui,l, but the reverend gentleman,
owing TO the dullns's OF the times, very
considerably declined the substantial
sum that had b en- collected.