The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12
New Kind of Service Rem
dcTcd by Telephone.
The Curious Case of Recovery
Of Col. M. c. Murphy.
When Z Husband Has Some Rights
His Wife Must Respect.

Il 10 possible that In q special case and
90 accommodate q subscriber,' the local
soIepbonc exchange, which by the way,
n acknowledged To be one OF tho model
osss of the country in efficiency and
prompt service, would consent to play
tAs part OF an alarm clock. 1t is doubt
tui, however, il such . thing could be
made regular part of the business ss
appears TO be the case in Johnstown, Pa.
The Johnstown exchange is credited with
having este eblisned system of helping out
those who do nor care to trust themselves
70 Ret mp q certain desired hour without
some outside assistance. 1t is call sys-
tenn, something on the style OF that in
vogue ct the hotels. Tbs subscriber who
wishes to wake st q certain hour calls up
csntrnl and tells the operator, who
s'makes . note on IT," When the set
hour arrives, the operator rings up the
subscriber who made the request. III he
turns over and fopdly imsRines it's only
IN alarm clock he is badly fooled, as the
telephone bell will keep jingling until an
answer IL turned into centrsl, giving as
suraBce that tho sleeper is awske.
Ia the same manner IL q physician is
csllsd fer and cannot be resched, il re-
uuette1 ne will be notined of the call as
soon as be can be reached and told whence
Il came.
There are q mum Der OF persons In Prov
i,ence who are acquainted with Colonel
NJ. G. Mur2hy of New York for he has
bsea q freqre It visitor to these plsnta-
tions for bcr of years. those who
Know the colonel will bs very agresahly
surprised to learn that he is now taking
nourishment just ss Ut her men do though
for nearly sevsn years he had been. de-
prived of that boon. In 1889 a structure Of
the oesopbaRus rreven,od him from swal-
loving any food. An operation was per-
formed, and since then, three times a
day. bis attendant has fed him liquid
food through a silver tnbe. ABBOTT three
weeks ago Colonel Mury hy's lip, became
parched, and doing as ne had uone q
thousand times times before, no took
drink OF water letting IL down upon his
3 trrost, expecting OF course, it would not
and joy. sincs then thu colonel has beeo
aOls to take his food in the ordinary way
and 10 fast regaining his old time vi:or.
Dot In Pennsylvania they evidently te-
lieye usband has seme rights his wife
II bound 70 respect. At least that Stems
to he the es,ence of verdict randered by
jury 1t Bald Mont in that state in the
csse Of n. ]. Hoover who wss charges
With assault and battery, in that he
Ragged mis- vile against her pretcstations.
uu. Hoover testified that her husband
aeisHd her bv the wri,is one day and also
sqpsexsd her so tighily about tie wais.
that she was choked. Mr.. Hoover sd-
uitted thst he did this, but not SO
violently - bis wifs alleged. Hoover
,sserted that he snf his wife had q fall
ING ont IN the morning,an that they did
NOT spssE ell day long. At night tie
approached hei with a proposition that
tuss kiss and make up, but she refused to
scquiesce. He followed her again and
attem ptsd to caress her. She repellod his
epoeermsnts. He then oaug ht her by the
Wrists. snd drawing her into his lap,
huHgad her right heartily.
Ii tke morning she arose elrly ana in
formed ner relatives OF her husbands pro-
eee5ipas, and they insisted that ne be
prosecuted The jury Of ~ good men and
tsds not only found Hoover not guilty,
Dot directed william SHELBY, a relative Of
Mrs. Hoover, who brought the action and
MA the prosecutor, to pay the costs.
just at present wisn there is 70 m uch
talk snout who VIII snd who will not get
pisces in Mckinlsy's CABINET it Is interest
ing to nsts that President Tyler chan gcd
bis eatinet officers more frequently than
an5 national executive before or since.
He had three secret,ris OF state, three
secretaries OF treasury. four secretaries Of
Wsr, three attorneys general, nve seere-
1aries OF the navy and two postmaster
generals.
His ofHciai family included live such
national figures as Daniel Webster. Johu
4. Calhoun. Thomss Ewing, John Bell
snd John J. Crittenden. Tyler tried some
Of his men IN several pcsitiors. practice
IN which Mr. Cleveland has inflated him.
Atei p: upshur was both secretary OF
e,ste and Of the navy, and John c. Spencer
both secretary OF ttc treasury and of the
var experiment.
Andrew Jackson nearly cqualed Tvler' 8
sseesd in his second term. lie had threc
oscressries Of state, two of war. two OF
sbe navy end -four OF the treasury, two
postmsstsr generals, snd two attorneys