The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-29
Mrs. Mary Hubbard'S Head
Was Cut by a Stone.
Prompt Capture of a Clothing
Thief on Nichols Street.
North End Notes--Allen's Print
Works to Start Monday Next.

There was big crowd ana great excite-
ment on Coxe's lane, off Print cry street
last night, and Mrs. Mary Hubbard was
struck on the head with Stone intended
for her daughter. 4 here had oeen dis
pute between Miss Hubbard and a neigh
Dor named Mrs. Annie Winn that had
been confined to words until Mrs Winn
got real mad and then she picked up
stone and threw Ii rather promiscuously,
as became. her sex. Ii was intended for
Miss Hubbard but fell on the head Of her
mother, who at, once began shouting
with all the earnestness possible.
crowd gathered and among It's members
We're. three police officers from the Second
station. Mrs. Hubbard at once became
the attraction for many curiousiy In
clined people, and stories to the effect
that her skull was fractured were i'm
mediately given wice circulation DIR.
Charles Il. Marston was summoned
and found that Ter only injury consisted
OF n scalp wound about an inch long and
not very deep.
AsoUIcK RECOVERY.
A fellow who gave the name of William
Hanley and claimed his home was on
Shove street was neatly captured last
night oy officer Doe OF the Second po-
lice station, after patrol driver A. j.
Crowell had called.the attention Of the
police .to his suspicious actions. Han
ley, while going along Back street, near
the corner o: Gladstone avenue, had a
light pair of pants only partially con-
cealed under his coat, and Mr. Crowell,
VINO was sitting in the door OF the
wagon house, noticed him tuck the
pants uder mis- coat. lie thought the fell
low was acting queerly, so he ran into
the station and informed Lieutenant
Murray The latter sent officer Doe af-
tar uan nIa Inc haf ha NJ M ah
him Hanley locked around and started
on a good run and the officer after him.
Hapley, seeing he was closely pressed,
tried 10 dodge the officer by changing
the direction OF his flight, bat Doe
kept neat tabs on the fellow, who again
speeding until Pettis street was nearly
reached, when the officer got his
hands on Hanley and then there was q
scufiie, during which Hanley badly
scratched Does hands, but the latter
finally got the best of his man, who
proved a very ugly customer, and with
the aid OF citizen got him TO the sta,
tion. When Hanley was sure he was fol-
lowed he threw the clothes away. The
things stolen consisted of a youths lie hit
suit, aud appeared to have been grabbed
from in front OF some second hand
clothing store. Harley is about 80 years
of age.
THE FIELDS WERE HANDY.
A telephone message was received at the
Second police station at about l o'clock
this morning by Lieutenant Murray from
the residence OF Jesse Metcalt on the
Woodward road to the effect that three
men had been seen acting In a suspicious
manner there. 1t seems a servant girl
had looked out OF the window aud saw
the men and notified the family. Ac-
cording to the servant girl, the men bad
the rather unusual companion for rob-
bers, that of dog. Lieutenan. Murray
and squad OF police at once began scour-
ing the neig n porhcod and while they
found traces of the men did not get
them, for the fields Of North Providence
made the chances OF escspe for the fellows
very easy. The men were probably
Keeping close watch on the house, and
when they noticed the unusual commo-
ton therein decided that II was better TO
move on
HAD HIS ANKLE sPRAIgED.
In n barn on Franklin avenue yester-
day afternoon there was rather pro-
tracted debate during which harsh Ian
guage ana rough blows were used. A
man named James Cronin was roughly
used, and mad an ankle sprained. lie
was able with good deal OF trouble to
limp to his home
ALIENS TO START UP.
Work at the Alien rrint works will be
resumed on next Monday III full. IL Is
now 13 weeks since this esta tablishmont
shut down, and the resumption of work
Will be welcomed, not only by 800 men
who are employed there and their fsmi-
lies, but also 10y the merchants of this
section. The color shop will begin WORK
the day after tomorrow, and on Monday
morning all the machines will be at
work.
Work at the Silver Spring Rleuchory ia
not very rushing, and though tho man
agement Will not further shorten the
time unless obliged to do such thing
does not seem impossible.
NORTH END MOTIFS.
"A horse attached to wagon, owned
by George T.. Weedep, that was left stand
Ing in yard at 63l Branch avenue, rem
away late yesterday afternoon. The horse
ran along the avenue, and collided with
an electric light pole, smashing the
wagon ana harness.
Fred T. Gilbert, the wall-known drug
gist, went fisning yesterday and he
figured before he went s2H citching
enough of the dwellers IN the lakes IN
Drownville TO furnish bis well-liked staff
Of clerks, as we'll as his many friends in
the Pythian order in Wanskuck with
samples OF his SIX Ill as an angler, but the
fish heard OF his coming and quietly took
a vacation and he landed orly one beauty.
II was good sized one, though, and OF
tre flavor.
Henry johnson, wife and family are
spending their vacation at Block Island.
Another resident.of this section who Ia
spending week thore Is John Il. DooliD
OF the No-Name CLUB.