The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-28
NEWSLETS.

Through all my life.' said he.
He was hundred and day,
And he was sturdy'yet;
But, gentle reader, il was in
The poorhonse that we met.
Cleveland Leader
The employees of the Brown n Sharpe
Company, mum bcring 1850, went onto n
nine hour schedule yesterday.
William A. waScrman, the Camp street
grocer, has been attached for $500 by
George w. whiuord, the wholesale grocer.
Patents have been granted to citizens
of Prov idepce az follows: q. n. Richard
son. nozzle; j. Mccarthy, assignor to
New England Butt company, braiding
carrier.
The Norwcgians OF the city and their
friends are going to give Explorer Nansen
a royal welcome here next Monday, provi-
Gus to and following his lecture in In
fantry hall Monday evening.
The committee on fire department of
the City Council, accompanied by Mavor
McGuinness, made n tour Of the several
fire stations In the Third and Tenth
wards yesterday afternoon.
Extensive repairs are being made on
the main staircase Of the Bond building,
9S wcybossct street. A narrow wooden
flight of stairs has been put in and the
old stairs of stone have been entirely re-
moved, to make way for new flight
Shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon passerby saw smoke coming from
the window OF house on Borden street
and sent in an alarm from box o.
There was no fire, however, the smoke
being caused by a back draft in a stove.
Part of the street just ut the junction of
Westminster street and Market square
was torn up yesterday by the gas com
pany. The men were trying To locate
leak that xists there somewhere. As in
convenient as il is it is preferable to have
the street torn up that way than to have
another such explosion as that on Sabin
street
A large falling off in the firms export
production. and rat her than discharge
any men, the company has shortened the
hours. The great engineering strike in
England has had serious effect on the
demand for machinery and this com
pany has hitherto done large business
in England.
On account OF the new telegraph SER
vice in connection with the new station,
all the poles of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company will BE- removed from the
streets OF this city, except few on Ex-
change Place and those on South Water
street, carrying the Fall River line.
About 65 poles in all will be abandoned.
Some OF these have already been taken
down.
In the Y. NJ. G. A. hall last evening
Miss Jean Howison gave an interpreta-
tion Of selections from Ian Macaren's
"Besidc the Bonnie Briar Bush" that
proved TO her listeners that she is close
student of Scottish character and pos
sesses in a rare degree the power of delin-
cation. Whether in tho humorous or pa
thctic scenes, Miss Howison proved her
adaptablity in a most admirable manner.
Mr.. James Estes OF this CITY, has nc
ceptcd the position of mechanical en-
ginecr az the Indian Head mill, Cordova,
Ala. This is new cotton mill that is
being built by the Amroys OF Boston.
A. W. Dimick, formerly of Lawrence.
Mass, is agent of the mill. The 100
horse power engine is being built by the
Corliss Engine Works, and most of the
machinery will be built in the North.
Mr.. Estes will leave for the South today.
The following marriage licenses have
been granted at the city hall: Ezra +.
jackson and Mary Il. McGuckian,
Charles A. Nelson and pilma ). Andcr-
son. James o. Rourke and Margaret Nc.
Dermott Michael hlcManus and Mary
Kennedy, William 4. McElroy and
Josephine McElroy, Eliza A. Burdck and
Florence NJ. Allen, John Il. MoGanr and
Mary 4. Garlin, Bernard Feinstein and
Bessie Potoshinsky, Edward 4. Earle and
Carrie L.. GIadwin.
4ut I,OilCt ItpoIt lnc Clty 1ull OF faklrs
OF all kinds. The city is unfortunately
situated with regard to this branch of the
human family. Being on the main lines
and so near Boston, it is the first place
the fakirs arrive at upon being driven
from the Hub. as they constantly are.
The worst feature in connection with the
matter Is that these find the city easy
and consequently flock here in great
numbers In this way the people of tho
city unwittingly arc greatly responsible
for 80 many staying here.
Patrick Kelly, a mouldcr employed by
She Phenix Iron Foundry was badly
burned last evening while skimming the
surface scum from pot Of molten metal.
The inouldcrs were working overtime
last night. and while handling the lsdlc.
In some manner "a portion of the metal
splashed over keIly's right foot The
burn was not deep but covered consider
able of an area. Kelly was removed to