The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-19
N EW SLETS.

"A hurricane came on a summers day
And carried the house whar he live
away;
Then an earthquake come when tina
wuz gone,
An swallowed the land that the hous
stood on.
An the tax collector, he come roun'
An charged him up fertile hole i'm tn
groun',
An the city marshal-he come i'm view
An said he wanted his street tax. too
Did he moan an sigh? Did he set an
cry
An cuss the hurricane sweepin' by?
Did he grieve that his ole friends failee
To call
When the earthquake come an swal.
lowed all?
Never word of blame he said.
With all them troubles on top his head,
Not he. He climbed to the ton ~
the hill,
Whar standin' room wuz left him still
An, barin' his head. here's what he
said:
But Lord,l hain't had the measles yit.''
Atlanta Constitution.
For Keeping an unlicensed dog. Ed
ward T. Bradford was fined $40 and
costs in the district court this morning
upon his plea OF guilty.
Foreign Missions" was the subject of
an address made by Rev. III. + Rev
nplds OF New York at the PEOPLES Pen
tecostal church last evening.
Abraham Abriotch reports the loss Of
ten pounds OF bran valued at $4. which
he says was stolen from his place of
business at 444 Eddy street yesterday
Al the Evangelical Young wornen's
Christian Association this afternoon
Dr. Putnam delivered her second loc-
ture in the course on First Aid TO the
Injured
woman named Mary Russell plead
ed guilty this morning before Judge
Sweetland TO a charge OF being a com
mon drunkard. She was sent to the
state workhouse for six months.
Mrs. Mary Lynch. whose home is AT
80 Madison street, told the police last
night that she had been bitten by a
dog on Calder street. She thinks the
animal is the property Of a Mrs. Mar
garet Noonan OF 2S Calder street.
The Rhode Island Horticultural So
ciety Will hold it's October meeting to- |
night at Tillnghasts. The topic for |
discussion viii be what of interest |
has occurred in your fruit or flower |
garden the past year,"
Tonight the joint committee ON lamps
OF the city council will give a hearing
on the petition of Bernard O'Reilly |
and others. for the removal OF the au-
tomato gas lighting apparatus from
the lamps owned by the city.
iMr. Oliver G. Young of Gay street.
who for the past three weeks has been
confined to his home with a severe at
tack or kidney trouble. is now con-
valescent and expects TO resume his
work al the Gorham works next week.
horse attached to a wagon belong
Ing 10 Miles Ray OF East Providence
ran away when near Washington
bridge. in East Providence, about ss.f55 II
o'clock this morning and coming over
the bridge into this city. was captured
by citizen on Pitman street. No one
was injured, but the wagon was some
What smashed.
Charles Corfield of Is Josephine street !
has asked the assistance OF the police |.
u an endeavor TO locate his 1S-year- :
I'D daughter Lucy, who left her home [
lbout 10 o'clock last Sunday morning,
o so TO church, and has not been seen
n heard from since. She is about FIVE
eet two inches in height. weighs 100
'ounds. She is Of light complexion.
nd wore a dark grey dress, with a 4
ight shoulder cape and black hat.
Frank McQuade. an alleged Soldier
n hard luck" who is only one Of a &,
arge number OF fellows who brings
,ncle Sans uniform into disrepute by .
'egsing on the streets. was arraigned :
'efore Judge Sweetland i'm the district !.
,ourt this morning. charged with be- /,
ng a sturdy beggar. He pleaded 7
guilty and was sent to the state work. x
house for six months. McQuade IL a .
discharged member OF Massachusetts o
volunteer regiment. a
About Els o'clock yesterday after
noon. William B. Finley. a driver OF ,,
,nc or comstock's express wagons. fen Y
rom the seat on Waterman street and 9
Tas severely injured about the head
he was carried TO a resting place and
hen Drs. Keefe and Capron dressed
II wounds temporarily. after which the {
ubuIance from the Rhode Island :
TospifaI was summoned and he was c
Eken TO that Institution. IL was G
'und that ne was suffering from a con- '
'ssion OF the brain. which, however, !,
e doctors do not consider very serl- v
H. The team was put up at Riley's y
able. This morning Finley was re- o.
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