The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-05
TnENORTH END.
A Sad Case Of Desututon His Finger
Was Amputated.

There was n sad scene yesterday In house
In the rear cf as Webster street and the officer
who looked upon ii thought IL one of the
hardest he had ever Witnessed though the
performance OF his daily duties brings him
constantly into the companionship OF human
misery. The night before Lat native OF
Poland died and neither he nor his wife have
any kin in this big land. The woman was
left with three children, tho eldest about four
years old and the youngest nine months. The
second child could scarcely hold its head up
because of bronchitis. On tho bed lay the
dead father. There had been months OF hard,
cruel coughing, days whom tho breath cf life
seemed TO be fast going and all the money
that could be kept from tho children 5 mouths
went for medicine for the dying father.
Three never WAS too much money, after the
cough took the place Of labor: there were n few
washings done by women who ali but 10
cents for them and there was The cough con
stantly ringing in the mothers ears and just
death was making his demand: there was the
fear that tho little one scarcely ablo TO hold It's
head up would be taken too. But TO the officer
when he entered the house and heard the
wonan's story there came stronger than ever
before the conviction that the lot OF the poor
was harsh one for though when he sought
the interview nearly "a hours bad passed since
the death of the man no undertaken had visited
the place. only n sheet that lay over the bed
and the moaning OF the woman very easily so
as not to make noise would warn any one
that grim messenger had paid the place a
visit The mother of the children said that in
accordance with instructions from her neigh
bors she had notified Mr.. Cummings, overseer
OF the poor early in the morning. Something
had delayed the overseer, the officer believed,
80 he notified him again and got a promise TO
attend to the case. Men think they sometimes
have hard rows TO hoe, said the officer, but the
misery of this woman with nothing to bury
her dead, weak and alone with her sick
young child set the officer thinking as it
would most any one.
ONE FINGER AMPUTATED.
An Armenian. employed Mt the RhoIe Island
Tool Company's work on West River street
had the first finger of his left hand badly
smashed in machine yesterday afternoon.
He was taken to the Rhode Island Hospital
In tho ambulance and one OF the surgeon Is
there amputated the finger at the second
Joint. The injured man was conveyed to the
hosDitai and then 10 his home in the company
wagon, which was in charge of John Conley.
THROWN FROM A BUGGY.
Timothy and Thomas Conway were yester-
day thrown from buggy in which they were
riding on Olns7 street. Timothy was badly
cut about the head but Thomas escaped un-
injured. The horse attached to the buggy
got frightened on Camp street. turned the
corner of the latter street and ran as far as
Pratt street where the horse was stopped by
a citizen. The two shafts of the buggy were
broken but the horse was uLinjured.
NORTH END NOTES.
Michael Day assaulted his wife last night
and then left his home. He has a habit OF
doing this thing when drunk and he cut her
face pretty badly this time. She Is of for
giving disposition and Michael takes advan-
tage Of her want Of courage in prosecuting
him.
The police of the Second station made four
arrests last night.
Oficcr J. r. Edwards suppressed distur-
bance at the house OF James Hackett, 50 Stans-
bury street last night.