The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-26
DIDN'T GET IT BACK.
Hebrews Unsuccessful Effort TO
Recover an Umbrella.


Two daughters Of sunny Italy and
Hebrew storekeeper had loGd. angry
and prolonged argument on Charles street
yesterday afternoon. The two women, as
the story goes, went into the large estab-
lishment Kept by the Hebrew and looked
over some umbrellas that We're on the
bargain counter After "A good deal Of
dickering they purchased two for 10
cents and then started for Tooleville. Tho
merchant counted his umbrellas after the
purchasers had gone out, and found his
stock had been diminished by three, and
then he became excited. He rushed into
the street and calling some OF his usual
rivals in trade, held council OF war.
The advice given was 10 follow the
women. The merchant was not so pos
tive 10 would seem, as he pretended to be
at first or may be he was too excited for
he ran by a police officer, who was patroll-
ing beat on Charles street The mer-
chant also thought 1t well To ask another
friends advice, and in the meanwhile
the women were facing the March wind
on Charles street. As the result OF the
last conference the seller Of umbrellas
decided TO get his property back: He
overlook the two women at the bridge
near the Corliss steam engine works, and
then there was war. In angry tones the
return OF the missing umbrella was de-
manded, but the women were yeritable
amazons. They caught hold of the man,
tripped him, beat him when down with
the umbrcll - careless indeed Of the stuff
they had parted with their money for
and one OF the women, who is something
of hair dresser, curled the mans nous
tache and changed the parts In his hair.
Races have their characteristics and the
merchant did not give up the battle for
the thought OF the missing umbrella was
on his mind and he followed tho women
on their way north; keeping, however,
on the other side Of the street, until he
reached Branch avenue Low mutter ed
imprecations noated across the street To
him and on Branch avenue crowd jeered
the man and encouraged the women.
The crowd knew the characteristics Of the
women and that the merchant would never
get his property back. The end came
when the women entered the doorway of IA
big brick block in which many families
reside and were as lost to the merchant
as though they had taken n big steamer
bound tor the land of their birth.
DUNN'S CLOSE CALL.
Yesterday Michael Cahir, who is some
thing of "a marksman, placed target in
his yard at 80 Orms street and the target
was large enough TO stop the shot that
Cahir fired from the gun he held in his
hand. He made an cnviable score and had
just made up his mind that the bull $ eye
had become so accustomed To the shot
that IL would magnetic it no matter
where 1t went when bullet went not for
the target but for an open seam In the
fence. There was no traget there so the
bullet kept going until 1t travelled
through the air over the New York, New
Haven X Hartford railroad tracks and
went a bit hard against one of the win
dows of the tower house on Back street.
The glass In the window was ruined
and switchman named John Dunn who
was at work In the house heard the bull
let whistle as it moved by dangerously
close TO his nose The window was re-
paired by Mr.. Cahir who will, II wise,
either use his cellar or some public shoot
ing gallery 10 practice in In the future.
THERE WAS NO SLATE.
That ancient and fascinating game of
dice was the chief amusement in the
soiree held about 8 o'clock yesterday in
John Monahan's beer palace at the corner
of Putney and Pettis streets. The old
cubes over which, perhaps, the architects
of Pharoah decided the shape of the
national monuments was unfortunately
linked with ale, a slate, bad temper, wrcst.
ling and "a stone. Possibly one of the
articles in yesterdays combination was
not known TO the architects referred TO,
but the cause of the disturbance of yester-
day was the slate Three men shook"
with the bartender for the drinks and
two Others coached the bartender. The
latter was fortunate in the throws and
one of the guests was struck.
The bartender heard something said
about "a slate and then he got mad and
one of the guests said use chalk and write
it on the bar. " This latter suggestion only
added fire to the rapidly rising indigna-
tion Of the bartender and calling on the
men who coached he started To put the
guests who had been his companions in
play out of the saloon. The effort was as
successful as the throws of the dice, but
the twice defeated were very much rufllcd
in temper and one of them named George
Ryan sent stone flying through the
window. The glass did not stop the stone
and the flying missive struck Patrick
McCarten in the head. The three out
siders than ran.
Officer Curley who was on his way TO
the Second station To attend roll call came
by and after brief chase caught the stone
thrower and took him to the station. The
prisoner was held on two charges; one
was for drunkenness and the other for
defacing building owned by John
Quinn.