The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-18
AT THE NORTH END.
A Troublesome Ashman- n-BicycliSts' Long
Slide.

Residents OF Jewett street, Capitol
Hill, have been very much annoyed by tho
actions of man engaged in carting
away ashes from other sections Of tle hill
who insisted on dumping the ashes on
the road bed of the extension of Jewett
street. The man engaged In dumping the
ashes was requested several times 10
dunn the stuff somewhere else but ne
paid no attentlon TO such requests ana
the dust and cinders damaged the house.
hold effects of neghbors for several days.
The place where the ashes were dumped
was not an accepted strsat So the ~ an
could not b. proceeded against by the
police for simply making himself al
agreeable To bousekeepers Ire man s
career as n nuisance was brought TO sud
der ending Yesterday by his arrest for
driving tip cart without number on
it. He gave the name of Michael Murphy
and told Captain stevens nothing could
be done TO him as he did not own the
cart The captain looked at too affair IN
different light and told Murphy lie
would find out that he could he pu"ished
for driving the cart even II hs did not
own it. Murphy said In dumping the
ashes where he did he only followed the
instruction OF his employer
HAD A LONG SLIDE.
A bicycist who was just having gay
spin took quite lift from his saddle and
had "a narrow escape from severe acoi-
dent opposite go Gladstone avenue about
3 O'Clock last evening. John Musnic, the
driver of an express wagon. was turning
his horse round so as To go in an alley
way between 90 and 90 on the avenue
and he did not leave great deal of
room. but still the star rider could have
got through had he been going at a rens-
enable rate of speed 1t was n fast pace
ha ku1 sat hp
get all his skill SO no slid easy against
the curb aud went over on n slide of
about 30 feet. He was hurt but
slightly, but he said rather bustling
Cbings to MIR. Muspic
THINGS WERE INTERESTING.
There lxas n lacidedlX interasting event
chat failed not TO relieve the monotony Of
existence on the south part OF Charles
street for several hours late Yesterday af-
ternoon. Mrs. ,Margaret Costello and
Mrs. Clemencia I.eulin are dwellers in
me commodious structure At 5S Charles
street They live across the landing and
the stairs are wide, but they do manage
TO brush against each other once in
while. Yesterday the brushing was
added to by the use Of fists and sticks.
There are two different stories told
about Just what took place between the
neigh bors yesterday TO liven the cool No
vember dav. some of the neiRhbors say
Mrs. Costello and her son were assaulted
-hy Mrs. Leulin and ber son and other
Ieighbors just reverse the statement
Mrs Leulin insists that Mrs Costello
sruck her son with stick following it
I'D with blows on herself. Now. Mrs.
Costello claims she was hit and the heir
of the Leulins knocked her down and
kicked her. Mrs. Costello, it is alleged,
was drunk. and she asked a party, who
won't INTO the house TO quell the trouble,
20 give her the price TO fill the Rrowler
The doors and windows of the house were
+. ther disfigurei by tho bit of war.
NORTH END NOTES.
One vagrant was taken care of bv the
po Ice of the second station last night
The Fletcher football team will hold q
bail tomorrow evening.
There Is very bad place botwecn ths
car tracks nn the south side OF Randall
square The gorund has sunk between four
and five inches close 10 the track tor
spncs Of three feet.
lhe Pekin Literary Association at. |
nded the lrvings fair last evening
Morris Rosendeld the well known |
HeDyew poet and lecturer Of New York. |
viii take part in an entertainment TO be /
given In Hedley's hall next Sunday even. |
ing
A horse belonging 10 John McIIale, |
which was suffering from spinal com |
rlaint fell down on Douglas avenue
last night near Vale street. The animal
wGs put out of its suffering and the re-
mains taken iu charge by LEROY.
John St George of Central Falls reported
10 Lieut. j. A. Murray last evening that
SON Q one had stolen his black mare aud
driven IL to this city.