The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-09
NEWSLETS.


What time the hero walked into
The trap that had been laid;
But now the villain merely takes
A piece of pointed wire
And, while the maiden wrings her hands.
BE jab's the heros tire.
-Bangor News
Rev. DIR. Vose is delivering the annual
address at the 23t annual meeting OF tic
Home for Aged Men, this afternoon.
Peter Read, whose disappearance from
his home, l25 Blackstone street was rc-
ported sunday returned yesterday.
:H.v. A. Joslin will address the Provi-
dence Franklin Society this evening on
"Primary Meetings, Their organila-
tion and Purpose.
The annual address hciore the American
Academy Of Dental Science at ioungs
Hotel tomorrow, will te delivered by DR..
William Barker of this city.
The X. l. Hon ticultural Society will hold
its November exhibition of cbrysan-
themums on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday Of this week at Music hall. Other
flowers and fruit will also be on exhibit
lion.
William Jennings, colored man, re-
siding at Is Borden street, was at work
in the hold of a vessel at the Providence
Coal Company's docks yesterday when
the heavy iron bucket, in its descent
struck Jennings on the face and broke
his Jaw bone he was removed TO the
Rhode Island Hospital for treatment.
A scheme is on foot at the Forbes
station, Newport, To manufacture torpedo
heads instead OF purchasing them out
side as at present in vogue. at present
the cost is $3.50 and 1t is thought they can
be made for much less at the station. 1t
is possible too that tool boyes and tools
for torpedoes will be manufactured in tho
near future
The following persons have teen grant
ed marriage licenses at the registration
office: p. II. Quinn and Agnes q. Healy;
.Joseph Davis and Sarah II Gaste4ll
Maurei A. Ferreina and Doringa NJ.
Pima; Charles II. Britt and Theresa
Handy; John Ii. Gruchy and Sarah W.
Peckham; Hugh j. Mueller and Helen
N. Quill.
Edward ID. Chafree, James w. McIndoe
and Frank p. Morris filed articles of in
corporation with tie secretary Of state
yesterday after noon for the Cbaffec- Nc
1ndoe company. The latter is capitalized
for 500, 900. $50, COO Of which is preferred
80 A..
poses are announced as printing, engrav-
ing. lithographing, publishing, dealing
in paper and trsnsacting general print
ing business.
bout o'clock yesterday afternoon an
extra freight train broke apart near River
bridge, an eighth of mile east of Man
tic and tive box cars and two Nat cars
were thrown from the track One car
went down an em mbankment and two box
cars were tclescopod Transportation was
delayed until o'clock, when the south
bound track was opened The damage
was confined to the destruction of seven
cars. No one was injured.
On Nov. Is and 10, under the direction
junction with the third conclave of tho
Knights Of King Arthur, general CON
ference Of PERSONS interested in boys will
be held in the parish house of st. 'Jamcs
Episcopal Church at Wuon socket An in.
tsrestinr Irogrsm has been grrangcd ANA
papers will bs read and adGrcs ,cs made
by exI erts an this line Of work.
Thursday. Friday and Saturday Of last
week. Joseph Brand of the New York
Bottlsrs' Association and Detective
Charles A. Hoadl6y OF tho Manufacturers
and Bottlers' Protective Association Of
Rhode Island. visited between 30 and 40
junkmen and bottlsrs In this city ard
Pawtucket and secured over 1000 siphors
ns a result OF their search. In ono ulac5
400 siphons were secured, in another go.
In some cases an attempt had teen made
TO remove he owners name bus the
siphons as whole were in exc llent
condition
The Boston Store has attracted large
crowds of people all day to its corner WIN
dow ry a unique display. The central
figure is man concealed under suit
that gives him the appearance OF an owl.
This man is evidently quite naturalist,
for he seams 10 have the motions Of tbs
owidown to perfection even to the culver
Of the body in shaking out the feathers.
The performances Of an owl are always
Interesting to a crowd. but this big one
seems to give unbounded delight Ia the
spectators by his grotesque appearance
aud his owIish antics and tho wise eyes
DC casts on different portions Of The
crowd in the turns and twists OF his
head
Lost Saturday as Fred Jackson OF
Nanviile was passing the I,,ll Office on