The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-18
NEWSLETS.

The social votaries TO attend
A whizzing cannon ball.
The navy boys are hard TO beat
They'r re ready for the fray;
To make the laundering Spanish fleet
Take water. any day.
The statesman. scholar and the wis
With very wrath are red
The standing army wants TO sit
Upon the Spanish head.
"Hooray!" "Hoorayi"-so many say.
With savage war delight.
And, IL il comes wen win the day
With many gallant knight.
Atlanta Constitution.
Thistle Lodge, knights and Ladies of
Honor, very pleasantly entertained Hope
Lodge Mt Thornton last evening. 1he
visitors made the trip In q special car.
According to the statements of the sew
ersl police captains, there never was a
quieter CT more orderly st. PatIicks day
than that which occurred yesterday.
Cas.s Of intoxication were few and far
Estween.
A meeting Of the woman's Christian
Temperance Union was held at the rooms
at 81 Sabin street this afternoon at
which descriptions of the funeral services
of Miss Willard at Chicago and Evanston
were read.
Ore Of the latest Spanish -Cuoan jok o.
Is to the effect that while Cuba is looking
for somebody ito back her." II Spain
shculd lose Cuba she would then have
mo tobacco" In addition to this there
are Others, equally bad.
James Murphy of ~ Putnam street fell
on the sidewalk in front of 100 Julian
street. yesterday afternoon and sustained
a fracture of the left ankle. DIR. Farrell
was called, and ordered Murphy sent to
the Rhode Island hospital.
The total number Of names counted by
the board Of canvassers and registration
In favor Of submitting tie question of
license or no-lcense to the PEOPLE of
Providence was l44s. which is just 26
more than the number required.
There will be q lecture by Dir. A. i
wiLsIip, editor or the Journal of Educa-
tiou, on Hypnotism In Education, I'm Nor
NAL hall, Saturday afternoon. March 10
at1:45 clock. Teachers and all inter-
ested in education are cordially invited.
Spring may be said to have arrived
now that st. Pstricks day has passed.
aud tho blue bird is due in few days,
providing he is not switched of by a
passing blizzard. Already arbutus par
ties ara preparing to organize, and the
average dnmsel is beginning to be inter.
ss,e1 In Easter millinery.
1t has been suggested that Alderman
Mccarthy Of the Third ward and Alder
man Reynolds of the Fifth ward should
settle their differences according to the
code Of honor 50 popular in France. This
has one advantage over the duels In other
ountrles in that it is almost invariably
harmless. but houor is always satisfied.
And now it viii be well to be prepared
for alleged plays upon the maine Of the
stalwart gentleman who performed SO mar
veIIously we'll on tie; fluegeltorn at the
Sousa concert in Infantry hail yesterday
afternoon. 1t should he borne in mind
that the musician is an Austrian, and tee
at dis name Is pronounced according to
AllsnoUrf.
John Sullivan fell from his wagon
about II :)5 last night while IN an intox-
icatsu condition and was picked up un-
.tc,.u i..-s
station. He was taken TO the hospitsl
but il was found that he had received no |
serious injury. The accident occurred on
South Main street near the corner of |
James street.
Rev. Father Sheehy of Limrick, Ire
land, gave most highly interesting IL |
lustEaiei lecture on "Ths Footprints of |
the Celt' tefors a large audience In the
Church Of the Holy Name, jenkins
street, last night. The views depicted
cities. ruined castles, churches, lakes and
landscapes Of the BEAUTIFUL Emerald Isle.
City Clerk Clarke has an icea that he
has finsils caught his famous rat, but he
has not yet bean able TO produce the
beast, either alive or dead. Both the
rat and the trap have disappeared, but
strsnse discs were heard between tho
ceiling Of his sleeping room ana the floor
OF the attic story, which lead Col. CLARKE
10 believe tnat the rat is inside the trap
Ills evening by means ~ an eIsciri,
iigbt search will te made for the foxy ro-
dent, and Col. Clarke hopes to be able to |
produce the cadavsr ct City Hall top,or.
row morning.
The funeral OF Mrs. Margaret whitley
was held from her late residence. isO Ok
fcro street, yesterday afternoon. There
we're many friends present ana the floral
tributes were numerous ana handsome.
1he rvices were conducted by Rev. n.
A. Hiliery and consisted al rea ling from
the Scriptures and tie Offering Of prayer,
after which Mr.. Hillsry spoke ~ the long
and faithful life Of the decreased and Of
her rbesrfulness during long snd heir-
less Illness. sevsrsl hymns were suse
ny the choir Tie intsrmett was o.