The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-08
BRISTOL.
A Big Order For Bicycle Tires s-To Be
Married Saturday.


An order has beon received at the National
India rubber works OF 1900 pairs OF bicycle
tires. which will keep the bicycle department
busy for the next twelve months. More work
mon are TO be employed at once. The female
help are averaging about sl.25 per day. The
manager OF the bicycle department informs
The News man that his department will be
busy every month in the year. and as soon as
the necessary arrangements con be completed
several hundred more workmen will be ON
uloyed by him in this one particular branch
Of the mandatory. he further states that
the iobbers who are buying from his com
pany are the largest dealers in the country,
and in n very short time the citizens will find
that this branch Of business has been great
acquisition TO the rubber works
lt is well assured fact that tho building
formerly occupied by the Providence Shade
Roller Company is the most available place
for the plant of the Bristol County Gas &
Electric Lighting Company, and 10 is conceded
by those who anow that 10 will be utilized
for that purpose.
lt Is rumorod in yachting circles that de-
cision has been reached relative TO the di-
mensions OF yachts 90 be used the next sea-
son for racing purposes, and that IL will be
about 80 feet over all. There are TO be built
by n number of the yachting men of the New
York Yacht Club some eight or nine, and
among them will be one foi Mr. A. s. Van
wickle. They will undoubtedly be built by
the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company.
An ordinance was recently passed by tho
Council requiring persons who arc in the
habit of opening mp our streets for sewer,
water or gas purposes TO give a bond TO re-
store these places To as good condition as
when they were opened, but there is no in
stance where they have fulfilled their obliga-
tions and the streets and sidewalks are IN
bad condition IN consequence.
Mr.. William q. Lowe and family returned
to New York yesterday for the winter.
Rumors are current that Mr.. q. A. Lee
who now resides at the Wllbor mansion, has
purchased tho entire property on private
terms.
Tho manager of the Bristol Football Club
has arranged the following dates with visit
ing teams: October 0, College Hill Club Of
Providence; October 10, Providence high
school, o,tober %, swifts OF Fall River.
Tho marriage Of Harry Fales Mnsher and
Miss Martha Frances Alger will bo solemnized
on Saturday. Tho marriage ceremony will bo
performed 10y Rev. Mr.. Locke. The happy
couple arc tho recipients of very many costly
and useful gifts from their relatives and
friends.
Messrs. Davis and Burnett did some fine
shooting yesterday near Broad common.
bringing in a string OF birds of which thirteen
were quail
Nows has been received from Mr.. Ralph
Kinder, Jr., who has arrived at Glasgow,
Scotland. He states ha is well and had de-
hRhtful passage across.
Mrs. Herbert Lord and daughter, Miss AL
then Lord, and son will sail from southamp-
ton the coming week for their home here,
hnving been absent several months in Europe
visiting relatives and friends.
Tho Mount Hope Park Company was IN
col porated yesterday and charter granted,
with capital at $4,000. by Philip Welsh. man
ager OF the Peoples Steamboat Company Of
Fall River William B DeWolf and r. ID. Bull
lock.
TIE annual harvest festival OF Reba Degree
Lodge. u. Of r., Nc. ", took place last even
irg at their hall ON Hope street, the guests
being Dorothy Brown Lodge OF Swansea.
The following officers were present: q. NJ.
OF II. /. Henry @. Martin, Deputy @. NJ. Wal
ter O. Southwick, Grand Secretary W. II. 4.
Mosclr. Grand Representative Joseph E. G.
Farnhnm, District Deputy Mrs. Ferris and
her board OF officers Of District Is. Visitors
from Providence, Fall River, Newport and
Portsmouth were present and an old-isshIoned
Rhode Island supper was servol by the
committed