The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-04

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But big cyclone came long one day.
| An the town was wrecked and blowed
| away:
When the storm had passed =
| We stood around
And thought at last
| ole Finn had found
| The state o. things he was buried In
/ About as bad as II could "A been.
SO we dug i'm out o. the twisted wreck
/ And lifted a rafter of his neck.
He was bruised an cut,
And sight TO see;
He was ruined but
He says. says he,
| With a weak look round and a smash
ed-up grin.
"'Tain't half so bad as It might "a
| been!"
| So up an low that ole Finn's jist
| What some folks call an optimist;
Who II he went
Below, would say.
Tell them that sent
Me down this way
I'm much obleeged It's hot az sin
But 'tain't so bad as II might "a been!"
But after all it's the likes o. Finn
Makes this world At fer livin' in.
When days are drear
And skies are dark,
Some old cuss bark.
Now zee here, son. with a cheerful
"'Tain't half so bad as IT might "a
Lowell o. Reese In San Francisco Bull
letin.
Joseph Hanly. charged with vagrancy.
was placed under $500 bail. by Judge
sweetland, for trial next Friday.
Elizabeth Shaw was fined $40 and costs.
In the 9Th district court, today. for steal
ing q, $40 hat from the Boston store.
Three small boys stole Capt George
sherman's 12-foot dory. from iasfront of
wharf on Eddy street. yesterday after
noon.
Joseph Meanerhorn, a Juvenile, was to-
day placed on probation by Judge Sweet
land, for stealing a push-cart from the
r. L. Freeman Co.
Brig. Gen. william H. Bisbee who is
now on his way home from the Philip
pines, having been honorably retired, Is
native OF woonsocket.
There IL a chance that Hugh Mulligan.
the boy who was injured by an elevator
in the Hanly building, Thursday, may not
lose his foot
The alarm from box lea. at o'clock,
last night. was for small hre at ia
Charles street. caused by the crossing Of
electric wires No damage
Mary r. winslow, said to belong In this
city. was arrested I'm Boston, yesterday.
for the alleged theft OF jewels from Lilly
de Kalb. of 80 Pond street, Jamaica
Plains, last January.
Ida Grambler's tenement, at 24o Chalk
stone avenue. was entered by using a
pick lock on rear door, yesterday
morning, while the family were at church.
The thief secured s45 in cash.
Alice Loveless was fined IS and costs.
for contempt of court, by Judge Sweet
land. today. She had interfered with the
| control of boy whom the court had
| placed on probation that he might at
| tend school
Gay Nichols Freeman. Brown stu
dent. has asked the police to locate his
diamond shaped fraternity pin. which he
inadvertently left In a shirt he sent 70
the laundry as he was leaving college for
| the summer vacation. last June.
Box 2s2 was pulled by Patrolman o T.
Kelly. at $40 this morning. for rub
bish fire In one OF the stores under the
Westminster hotel and undergoing re-
pairs. The damage TO the new show win
dow was considerable. Cause unknown.
A hurry-up call was made to the resi-
dence OF William r. Arnold. Slb Broad
way. late last night. This supposition be
ing that burglars were there. sergt. Cos
tigan and a patrolman looked over the
property and found everything all right
A woman, giving her name as Baker
asked permission OF Mrs. Eliza Frawle,
OF 247 Aborn street yesterday afternoon
20 leave her baby at that house for a few
minutes. Up to midnight the supposed
mother had not called to take away th'
infant
Bertha Is Hazelwood. who has fgure'
considerably in the courts because Of he
vicious habits, was picked up as n com
mon street walker on Union street. a
1915 this morning. and today was sent q
the farm for 30 days. by Judge Sweet
land Her companion. Grace Middletown
was placed on probation until Dec. 5th.
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