The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-07

The highest time OF living!
Till naturally its bursting cheer
just melts into thanksgiving.
The West Side Social Club will give a
masquerade ball aJ Is, 4. Hall on
Tuesday. Oct. L..
A dramatic entertainment and social
will be- given by the Irving Dramatic
Club on Wednesday, Oct 10
The Rev. Thomas p. Grace, pastor Of
ST. Marys church. Broadway, went TO
Newpot yesterday on a short visit.
Mr.. John Hunt OF Olneyiyllo. who UNI
pred in the National League. has re-
turned home from tour through the
New England states.
The steamer Sascon left Ives wharf.
India street, yesterday afternoon for
Philadelphia. carrying large miscellan-
eous cargo and few passengers.
The state of the temperature can usually
be determined by the attendance ut soda
fountains. Yesterday there was marked
increase at most Of the drug stores in the
sales OF this delectable beverage.
A California seod squash weighing
more than 100 pounds is on exhibition ut
the wholesale house of w. n. Rogers 81
Co.. So Dyer street. The squash was raised
by Seth Nickerson OF Riverside.
Fred thompson OF 2Go India street
found black skiif at tho foot Of InGia
street. yesterday morning and made it
fast to the dock. and when he called the
latter found that it had been stolen.
A curious freak Of nature to be seen in
North Main street poultry and game
market this morning was partridge
with three legs IL was shot Tuesday bv
ono of party of sportsmen near Gran
ston.
g.Julia Connell 20 years old has spent
many of her days at tho Institution at
Cranston and was discharged from there
not more taan two weeks ago. was sent
out thore again this morning from the
Sixth Dis riot Court for being common
drunkard. Her home is in Woonsocket.
Francis II. Norton. .jr., of Hose Co. .,
ard Elmer y. willard of Hook and
Ladder /, arrived home frop their vhca
tion yesterday. having spent the time in
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington and Gettysberg and other
cities They will return to duty Friday
morning
The proprietor OF store on Westmin-
ster street took walk yesterday after
noon carefully locking the door as he
went out. Upon his return be found thai
he had lost his keys, and after several
vain attempts to get "a key To fit. it was.
found necessary to OBTAIN the service of
locksmIth to force open the door
A horse belonging to a tobacco. com
panv has n fondpess for apples, and
whenever the team stops at certain store
on Weybosset street To deliver goods. the
intelligent animal places his two front
feet on the sidewalk and looks longingly
into the store. refusing to move until the
proprietor comes out with his favorte
fruit.
last evening on the staircase Of the Music
Hall building for when the janitor
arrived to open the doors for the mass
meeting held there be discovered that the
second floor at the foot OF the stairs was
covered. with grape skins and banana
peels. 1t is supposed some tramp helped
himself TO the edibles at the fruit store
next door and retired to this secluded
spot to consume them.
A horse attached TO farmers team
stood on Market Square this morning for
three hours patiently waiting while his
owner disposed CT his goods. Presently
another team wns backed near to tho
horses head. in the rear of which was
tempting IooEinar basket eontaininR half
n bushel of pears This was too much for
the hungry animal, and 30 calmly made
short of Il ON before the irate proprietor
arrived on the scene.
Farmer Edward Rankin OF Riverside
bad an unpleasant exnerionce in town
yesterday which no is not likely soon to
forget. After disposing of his stock of
vegetables he put his horse up at n stable.
and went around town TO take In tho
sights. At 6 o'clock in the evening he
discovered that roll OF bills amounting
q s35 was missing. ana no Is at a loss To
know where 20 lcok for it. He returned
homo at late hour a wiser. sadder and
a poorer man.
A furniture tonm was hong driven
down Lockwood s'reot yeserday afternoon
at rapid pace, ana man on u wheel
was riding in tho samo direction intent
on passing the team. A heavy coal wagon
was coming in the opposite direction.
Just ns the tw3 vehicles met, the man
on the wheel managoi 20 got in between
them and striking tho rear wheel of tie
furniture wagon, was thrown violently
to the ground. No bonos were lrolen.
but the bicycle was badly smashed.
Francisco and Batlsto Cato, who are
supposed TO bo two of tho Italians that
were mixed up in tic cutting and shoot
ing atIray on MoAyoy street on tho even