The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-24
Ne w SLET S.

NEW SLE1 S.
Backward, turn. backward o Time in
your flight.
Ten or twelve years would be just
about right.
Make all of my sisters young ladies
again.
Make all of my brothers young unmar-
red men
Blot out all my nieces, my wee neph-
ews too.
Till after the holiday season is through:
Carry me back TO those old days when /
Didn't have about forty-fve presents
to buy.
backward. turn backward, o tide of
the years.
They are sweet. they are cunning. the
dear little dears:
They love Uncle Jack very much" so
they do
their view:
But things of late haven't been coming
my way,
am hard up at present. and therefore
pray:
wing backward. O Time. from the
echoess shore.
Make me nephewless. neceless, till
Christmas is DER.
Chicago News
door plate was stolen from the
house or Joseph A. Baker. at "A Saun-
ders street sometime Thursday night.
The fire commissioners have put I'm
commission the new hose and chemical
engine Ocean at the Richmond street
fire station.
Pensions have been granted as fol-
-iows.-9tigiffei A4i4 ~ -ANasteett- Paw
tuxet, $Ss Increase-Robert Semple.
Providence. ss To SIC
A slight fire i'm the tenement at 42i
South Main street yesterday afternoon
was extinguished by Hose 15 and Hook
Il Ladder g. I'm response to still alarm.
Yesterday afternoon, the jury which
heard the case og Lawrence Killian
TO recover $3.50. money loaned, returned
"A verdict for the plaintiff for the full
amount claimed
Henry X. Luther OF Foster. was the
victim of a thief at the corner of At
wells avenue and Ames street yester-
day afternoon. when two chickens
were stolen from his wagon while he
was i'm the house of a customer.
Sunday afternoon at 1880 o'clock the
funeral OF the late Patrolman William
~. Sherman will be held i'm the Church
of the Mediator. II will be attended by
detail of police representing the de-
partment with which the deceased was
long connected.
Schooner Howard II. Hanscomb has
been given up as lost by the underwrit-
ers. IL is believed that the vessel found
cred i'm the November blizzard, and that
the eight members of her crew were
lost. She was bound from Philadelphia
for Providence.
Rev. James Greer of Wood river has
received and accepted a pastoral call
10 the Academy avenue congregational
church of this city. He will begin his
work as pastor on the first Sunday of
the New Year. Rev. +. r. Emerson Of
this city will conduct Christmas SER
Vices tomOfT0W.
The residence OF City Clerk G. Fred
Crawford Of Central Falls was entered
by unknown parties yesterday and
property TO the value OF 800 taken The
family was away during, the day. and
IL Is supposed an entrance was gained
TO the house by false keys
shortly after o'clock last evening
Patrolman McGovern sent out an alarm |
from box 453 for fire I'm the tenement
at 112 Gano street owned by Philip /
Durfee and occupied by James Powell. |
The blaze was caused by children set
ting fire TO paper in closet. The dam
age was about $40.
The Democratic city committee held
I; meeting i'm Brownson Lyceum Hall !
last evening at which committee was |
appointed TO confer with the state cen |
tral committee on the matter OF regis !
tration and also to collect funds for |
carrying on the work. Messrs. NJ A. !
McNamee. James y. Lovett and s.
Frank Roach constitute the committee. !
At O'Clock last night. John Sullivan
reported to the police that Some un-
known party had a short time before
entered his barn and stolen a team
consisting of roam horse. brass trim
med harness and buggy. Later the
rig was found on Bellevue avenue by
a policeman who took 1t I'm charge and
stabbed II at weavers stable on STAN
wood street.
Mary Fitzgerald Of 4i Pond street.
reports 10 the police that Thursday
rag-man about 30 years old with a
push cart went 60 her house and bought
some rags FOR which he was to pay her
four cents. lie said he did not have
the change and asked her II she could
change "a otlarfer Cbe ropIfad fn tho