The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01

For woman on her shopping tour
Gets sadly tired in spending IT.
Washington Star.
Six drunkards were fined 81 and costs
IN the police court this morning
The Rhode Island Locomotive Works
have been attached for $4,000 by the MID
vale Steel Works of Pennsylvania.
Pensions have heen granted 10 citizens
of Rhode Island as follows Ashabel D.
Potter, PawtucKet. SO; Thomas sheedy,
Prayidence Si2; widow, etc, Mary t.
sherman. Pawtucket, S..
Clothes line thieves visited the yard In
The rear Of ia State street last night aud
gathered in whole wash. The police OF
the Second district are searching for the
linen and things today.
The Providence Art Club held Its
weekly meeting last night and turned ii
into aNcw Years observance by watching
in the New Yoar. The evening was spent
in pleasant social way.
About 400 friends Of the inmates visited
the prison at Cranston yesterday. and
everything went off verv pleasantly. IL
was not learned how many New Years
resolutions were made, nor what was
the import of them.
A. A. Pincus s. Co., dealers in ladies'
and gents furnishings 737 Westminster
street, have msus an assignment for the
benefit OF their creditors TO Leopold Di-
mond. The bad state Of trade and inabil-
ity to make collections led to the assign
.mefat.
At meeting Of the creditors OF Alden
w. Sibley OF the Benedict House. Paw
tucket. Albert X. Sherman was unan-
=. imously appointed assignee. The meeting
was held in the Vaughan Buildiiss- to-
day before the registrar in insolvency
who states that Sibley's debts amount to
about $500
Cashier Chilsop Of the Woo onsocket
National bank came To town yesterday
or the o clock train. When he left home
! he had a good umbrella, but some nna ON
Deared. Consequently he walked to his
destination in this city in the rain The
theft was reported to the police. The
umbrella was worth 81.
George Leland Miner, secretary of the
class Of 81 of Brown University is send
ing out notice.; to all the members of the
class who graduated last year relative to
the publicatili of letter book Of the
class. The rass voted last year TO pub
llsh this book some time soon. Each
member of the class writes n letter telling
what he is doing. what he did last sum
mer. and what he intenus 20 do, whether
he Is married. expects TO be or whether hs
has any children, and any other interest
ing facts. A similar book was recently
published by class at Wellesley and
proved great success.
deputy sheriff, according to a men,
Der CT tie corps, has the right 10 enter
any building except a private dwelling
when charged with serving writ. No
place is sacred from an officer if he has n
warrant to serve. III entrance is forbidden
~
essary to enable him to perform his duty.
He may get sufficient force to help him
break in the doors, no matter how well
barred they may be, or IL lac prefers he
may get ladder and enter through n
window. Suoh resistance comes under
the head OF oDstructipg an officer.
Capt MaQill of the Third Polics pre-
cinct locked please d this New Years
morning. His worldly possessions In
clude new silk umbrella, silver mount
ed and ornamented with mother OF
pearl. 1t IL also suitably in scribed. 4"
Last evening when the patrolmen as
sem bled about o. clock. Policeman Eoye
left the ranks wit considerable presump-
tion and told the captain that certain
things needed rerncdyino and then he
gracefully presented the captain with the
umbrella referred to on behalf of the day
patrol The captnin was surprised, of
course, but with his usual ease and grace
he thanked his fellow officcrs for their
thoughtfulness and accepted the gift In
the spirit In which il had been rendered.
And that is the reason Captain Magil
starts the new year SO smihngly,
Frenchman supposed to DO char
conl reddler from Central Falls had a
load OF rum this morning and while he
was trying to make bis way along sahin
street at O. 10 O'Clock he fell near tho
corner Of Mstnewson street lie
struck on the right side of his head
and the bump on tho sidewalk was so
vicious that be was temporarily stunned.
lie recovered his Dcfuddlei senses In few
moments and with assistance from
counle OF men managed 10 stand. His
frse was lncsrated oyef the Fight eye and
ters was q big confusion. Tho poIice
st the Central station were noti1sd and
the drunken man was attended by DR.
Nunroe, who took three stitches in tie
wound The injured man Is now sleep
Ina of the effects of drink in the police
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