The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-15
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Where the ships at anchor ride,
And the sea winds sing sweet songs OF rest
Over the dreamless tide.
Where the tempests fade from silent shore
And the sails are furled forevermore.
o rest in the beautiful valley sweet,
And rest In the haven still,
What though the storms on the brave ships
beat
Though the thorns are keen to kill?
Let us dream that the dark OF the dreary
night
Will be lost at last in tho morning light.
Atlanta Constitution.
Elizabeth Wilson. Bristol, has been
granted pension of IS month.
Capt Magill of the Third police dis
trict il on duty again after sixweek's
furlough.
Chief OF Police Baker has been called
10 Philadelphia. where his son is SER
iously i'll.
An alarm was sent in, from box AIS at
6:15 this morning for a slight fire In a
small fruit store on Miller avenue.
large gang of men from the sewer
department are engaged today in put
ting catch basins along Waterman
street in the annexed district.
The clerks OF the different courts at
the county court will adopt the summer
rule OF closing their ofices at p. m.
next week.
The contract for furnishing supplies
for the government building In this city
for the ensuing year has been awarded
to the Calender McAuslan & Troup
Company.
Policeman Tiernan reports the ind
ing OF two shirt waists last night. one
pink and the other of dark material. at
the corner of Bucklin street and Pot
tiers avenue.
Again this year Mr.. William Banigan
has offered two cups to be sailed for by
3O-foot yachts at Potter's Cove during
the annual cruise of the Rhode Island
Yacht Club. The race for the cups will
be sailed Saturday. July %.
Arthur. the little son of Robert Smith
Of 80 Lyman street. was found on the
wharf OF the New York boats last even
ing at about u. m, having succeeded
in getting himself lost. He was re-
turned by the police to his home shortly
afterwards.
william Butterheld OF 217 Laura
street and Frederick woodhouse OF Point
street. both riding bicycles, collided near
the corner of Benefit and Thomas
streets this morning about $50 o'clock
Woodhouse sustained fracture OF the
left wrist and his left hand was badly
used up. Butterfield escaped physical
1njury, but his wheel was somewhat
damaged.
While under tho influence of liquor
last evening, Henry Hickey attempted
ut the Gaspee street crossing. The train
was In motion at the time and Hickey
fell beside the railroad track. Aside
from few bruises he escaped injury.
His condition was noticed by a police
man of the Central station and he was
arrested.
Just before IL o'clock last night there
was soipe excitement on West River
street due to setting on fire of a tree
~ an electric wire. officer Doyle of
the Second station. who patrols that
beat, notified the Narragansett Electric
Light Company OF the occurrence. and
also sent In still alarm of fire to Hose
As. The blaze was soon extinguished
before any damage was done and the
wire was repaired shortly afterwards.
The expected boom in summer busi-
ness this year at the mountain resorts
did not, or at least IL has not. yet ar
rived, according to the statements OF
Providence man who has just returned
from a business trip through New
Hampshire. This is little early In the
mountain season It is true. but business
- duller at the several hotels than is
usual at this time. The returned citi-
zen was asked as to the reason for this
and his reply was that men complained
that times are hard. Asked as to
whether times are worse now in a gen.
eral way than last year his reply was
IN Affirmative one and TO corroborate
~ ne cited the remark made to him the
previous day by a prominent business
man who said that he had not known
collections to be as slow In IS years.
They have strategy board at the
county court house, lower floor. that
lights the battles Of the war over with
out the aid of the war map. II would
Be giving fuller details to say there are
two boards. .one meets in the front room
and the other In the back parlor. In
the former there are at least two men
able TO criticize and there are at least
two others who on general principles
like to talk just TO have some agitation
going on 10 make things appear nat
uraL The second board. though. knows
more about the war and how II should
Be- fought than did Polonius about
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