The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-03

Ite EyapRellchl loubB "oAnons ~''s
Gan Association has indefinitely post
poned the course Of lectures on Home
Nursing to be given at it's rooms
Mary McCauley. IA years Of age Is mis-
sinr from her home, 26 Bough stresS
sipcs Tuesday. she wore blue dress hno
Grown coat with red trimming on her
hat.
This 10 splendid weather for the owners
of fast horses. and lovers OF slsighing are
1ooking forward to some great sport on
Reservoir and Butler avenues, unless a
tnaw should set In.
A meeting of the Providen ce w. q. L.
Twill be held ut the Elisha Dyer Vinton
Home, 81 Sabin street, tomorrow after
noon ct 3 o'clock. Mrs. j. II. Roberts
will speak on "Our Afiil lated Interests.
The Providence Permanent Fireman
Belief Association will hold it's ninth an
uual ball and concert at Infantry hall this
ovening. City ana state officers will be
the guests OF the evening, and Reeves
Band will give the col rt.
The constitutional revision commission
was unable to transact any business dur
ing tho past two days because at the time
Of NESTING there has not been quorum
present Mem bers from'out Of the city
were unable TO reach here.
In Journal hall last night the mem
bers and friends OF waylsnd Lodge, \.
II. q. -, wtre glAen whist and social
Thers was good number present and
the evening was heartily enjoyed. Mr.
James Shaw was master OF ceremonies.
At II O'Clock last night Policeman
Thomas Wallace was called into wirth's
saloon, 524 Eddy street, where Ioseph
Millmore had been taken suddenly sick
andlunabls to help himself The ambu-
lanoc was cslled and the sick man was
taken to ths Rhode Island Hospital.
The ladies OF Providence who love out
door exercise should take the snowshoe
as pastime. 1!se is great deal OF
opportunity for practice just now ana a
pair Of snowshoes can easily he made by
an intelligent wood worker for com
paratiyely small amount of money. The
exercise is said by those who are pro-
acient in II to Be far ahead of skating
and there is no danger to be- feared.
Owing to the order issued by the FIRE
commissioners to have all insn on duty In
49, .ssxtn,s uctil tha ,varb aad fro alarm
ystem is sRain in working order. there
nay not be quite rs many tiremen at the
rail- ic Infantry hall this evening ms
there would nave been under other and
more favorable circumstances But there
will be Just ~ much solid enjoyment for
hose who listen to the excellent concert
and participate In the ball.
A man who got In from Boston last even :
snow storm the convenience and saiel7 OF
the people vas considered great cenl
more by the oitv authorities ard big cor.
porations IN Providence than IL was at the
Hub. He SAID that Boston streets and
wires were very far from boing straight
encd out yet. and there did not appear "a
be any evident haste to put matters on a
business footing. And the man who said
this was native and resident of the 80.
Hlled modern Athens.
Alaska and the klondike Gold Fields
was tie subject of an Instructive and in.
tsresiing lecture by Miss .Iulin Pepper al
ths jackson Avenue Baptist Church.
ME- Howard Fuller was expected to bs
the lecturer, but rs IL was postponed from
Tuesday he was not able 70 be- preseLt 3
and in his absence Miss Pepper read TIE
lecture. The lecture was we'll illustrated
by about 20 stsreoptlcon views. which
gave tho audience sibetter idea OF the triI
from Portland TO Dawson.
The night lunch cart men have beer
potifed from police headquarters that they
must remove th~-f carts form tho s;reet
today. IN most cases they have bee 4
right where the storm caught them eve
since Monday night. as they found It i'm
possible - get away sIuoe the street,
have been cleared away To some exteu,
and travel has been resumed in a larg'
degree these carts are much In the wa,
Of traffic and so they have teen ordered 4
vscate and they will have to get back e
their heacq uarters the best way they cen
Some OF the shovelers who were work
ing on Westminster street yesterday haC
a lot Of fun with the drivers Of the bis
two-horss tipcsits. in most cases th'
driver sss on the front OF the cart Will,
Shs work OF loading the sshlcls went on,
and every once Ia q while a shoveifui oi
snow would come over tne front board
onto the drivers back and neck. Some Of
enc fssmstsrs took IL good -nsturedly. but
others ala nat One typical son Of the
"opid sod. 4" although fully % yssrs Of
ere. jumped down from bis perch ana
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