The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-12

morning Tor Eeing drunk iase hish"
Tools have disappeared from tool
house ON Grosvenor avenue and as the
rlace was troken into il is believed they
were stolen. lhe loss has been reported
10 The police.
At5:ib o'clock yesterday afternoon n.
A. Door. riding a bicycle, collided with
one OF Hull's low gears driven by Russell
Dean at the corner Of Eddy and Westmin-
ster streets. A broken bicycle wheel was
the only damage.
Lizzie Salisbury of 11e Broad street
reported to the police that at IL O'Clock
last night she Lesrd a noise on her porch
ana shortly after she saw = man ron
away. she said tnst he had made an at
tempt to Get into the house.
According TO the police report Mrs.
Frank Mclaughlin suspects her husband
for the disappearance OF eight hens which
we're her especial care i'm the backyard
previous to thursday, March 10. that's
the time the hens disappeared.
Pensions have been granted citizens Of
Rhode Island as follows: Original, James
A Bucklin, Soldiers Home, Bristol s6;
Joseph A. Adams, Wakefield. ST.; Benoni
A. King, Providence. ss; George 5.
Eeymour. harrington Centre, 80.
Fire engine station No. s is drsped in
black in memory of engineer Thomas
Brnnnigap, who died suddenly Thursday
morning. The funeral will take place
tomorrow afternoon at Q o'clock in Pill
grim Congregational Church on Harrison
avenue.
A horse attached TO buggy in which
were Mrs. A. ID. Pettet Of 90 knight
street and her mother took a fit on Reser
voir avenue at 3:46 O'Clock yesterday sf-
ternoon and ran away. but was caught By
Alexander Conley before any damage had
been done.
There seems to have been great fever
for moving safes I'm the centrs of the city
during the present week. Almost every
day some street has been temporarily
blockaued by the operations Of the safe
movers hoisting or lowering one of tbess
hsavy fellows from some Office or busi-
rssi building.
The Unitarian Club will hold a regu-
lar monthly meeting at the 1illinshast
Co. Is ass mbly rooms next Monday even
ing az 6:45 O'Clock and supper will be
served at 7:15 o'clock, Rev. John Cuck-
son OF Boston will speak on "Ths Strug-
pls OF the Churches" Rev. John W. Day
of bingham will also speak.
the first OF course of lectures at the
residence of Mrs. Rawson last evening.
Taxing for her subject Fiji and tie
Fijians" she told In the most graphic way
atout thee peole and their customs. Civ
ing also a description of the islands. TIE
next lecture will be on March on "Stev-
enson's Samoa"
The unloading OF a carload Of bananas
from the cars ut Dyer street in front of
the commission stores Is something that
always attracts quite crowd. Ii is
amusing to see the line of men waiting for
n chance to carry bunch of this fruit
from the car door 10 the store. Then thers
Is the crowd of street urchins that ara
quick 10 pick up any stray 'tanans" that
fail 10 the ground.
James M. Southwick, curator of the
PARK Museum, delivered a lecture yester.
day afternoon at 3 O'Clock to the pupils OF
the Manual Training High school He
told them about the things that could be
seen 81 the park during the different sea-
sons In an interesting way he told about
the animals. birds, and plants tost were
20 te observed at the different seasons of
the'year.
TIE wind plays funny prsnks with peo-
pies hats coming In gusts as IL Goes
around the corners Of some of our Liz
buildings, or out Of some OF the narrow
alleys that are about as bad as turning
the natural direction Of the wind IL con
cerned. The wind finding no outlet for
long distance comes out with n pent up
force when IL does lind one. A fellow will
lie walking along as unconcernedly ss you
please, when ell OF a sudden he will e.
without hat. Ii has gone as neatly and q.
quicEly ss AZ IL had teen whisked away
by fairy hands. A more or less exasper
stlnR chase usually results In tie captur
OF tie troublesome article Of apparel
IL was ladies' night at the Elmwoot
>1ub last night snd the attendance o
more than 400 speaks OF itself for On,
srccess OF the evening. Ihe Edelweis
Iitaer Club rendered the followint se-
lectionr tetween tte tours Of 5 and .
March, III. or Clnb; sony. Miss An
thony: Loves Dram," Utter Club
song and dance Miss Pernice Cary
march, Zit 81 Ciut. After t,is the
party esjofci iowlinz and wtiss ans
Some ysl Iable prizes wsrJ offered for shs
vlnn'fs. ihr Nationil Orchestra also
furnished mrsic Tor dancing. A dainty
supper was sarsd at small tibls mp
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