The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-22
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Guilty.
A jury in Judge Boswortb's court sat
urday heard testimony in the suit Of Nc
| Cam Bros. VS.. John G. Henley. The
plaintiffs took contract 10 build a
hoase for the defendant on Elmwood
avenue in this city Tor $1,000. He fur
nished the material, they doing the labor.
The defendant refused 10 permit the
plaintiff to do any work under the con-
tract and suit was brought to recover the
reasonable profit that might be derived
had the contract been completed.
|The Belgravia Literary Society held its
regular dance at $50 Wey bosset street, Sat
urday evening, about 30 couples being
present. These parties are especially en-
joyable because they are quiet little
society dances and there are not SO many
in attendance as to cause confusion and
crowding The special feature of the
evening was prize waltz. On Thanks.
giving day the society will hold matinee
and ia the evening grand masquerade
ball.
A large flock of wild geese passed over
the city at o'clock this morning, flying
in n southwesterly direction. They took
"A course not very high above the land and
as they went through Elmwood they
made such "quouking" and 'honking"
that nearly everyone in the neighborbood
woke up wondering what was the matter.
A small flock flew over Adelaide Park
Saturday during the High school and
Friends school football game and the
and straightway carried the ball over half
the length of the field.
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has
just purchased the great Sewall collection
of prints. This collection containing % :
O0o prints was formed by the late Henry
+. Sewall of New York, who left IL to his
son. A valuation OF SIS. 600 has been
placed on it, and unsuccessful efforts have
beer made to secure il for tie Smithso-
main Institution in Washington. ana the
Metropolitan Museum in New York. lhe
price paid for it is a trlle less than the
ability, will he paid for out Of the fund
of SlOO. 900 left to the museum by the late
Harvey ID. Parker, the Boston hotel
keeper.
Cookie is a little yellow-haired shaggy
dog VINO belongs to Fireman Pratt of the
Consolidated $ Bristol branch. The other
evening Cookie came TO Providence in
the cab on the o'clock trip ana his mas
ter told him that il he wanted 10 take
run up town and see the sights of great
city. he could go along only to lie sure
and be back 10 take the train home at
80. Meanwhile Fireman Pratt and
his engine made one more trip down the
road ana back and then lay up waiting
for ll.30-and incidentally for Cookie
At precisely II :2s Cookie strolled into the |
depot, glanced nonchalantly at the clock
ana jumped aboard the engine. 1t was
remarked that he slept profoundly ali tho
way home.
On Nov. "a public exhibition of road
construction will be given at the Rhode
Island College, Kingston. under the |
uTectlon VI tch' MY Seohc, 'hlel vi bue |
office of Good Roads Inquiry, Washing |
ton ID. &. The exhibit will be- personally |
superintendent by Il. q. Harrison, an ex-
pert who has been detailed for a short |
tiae to give instruction to the students !
at tho college. The government is CO
operating with the college authorities TO
establish permanent school of road con-
struction and special instruction is to be |
offered at this institution. The govern
ment has placed oil necessary machinery
at the disposal of the college. The prac-
tical demonstration on Nov. "a is 30 CON
tinue all day but convention is called !
for ID. m