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And returns. like the echo, sweet at last. For Time with its kind and pitying heart Doth play in truth a healing part. 'H 'f T The time to " resolve to keep a diary su The grand jury of the United States ourt has been excused until February 13. There is no improvement in the condition of Policeman Whidden. He is critTII itally The banking firms of Wilbour,Jackson & Co. and Sheldon & Binney resumed business this morning. The regular meeting of the school committee will be held in the high school building next Friday, Dec. 29, at So'elock. The alarm from box 276 last night was Branch 416 doqs tallor B up are B JOJ nue. A stove fell over causing nearly $200 damage. The total registration up to 3 o'clock this afternoon was more than 14,500, nearly 1400 more than at the same time last year. More than 3300 families, representing about fifteen thousand persons, were supplied with Christmas dinners by Overseer of the Poor Cummings. Councilman-elect J. F. Freeman of the Sixth ward is the only new member of that branch of the city government ho was born in this state. The officers of St. Michael's Temperince cadets were publicly installed last evening. The ceremony was followed by . supper, entertainment and social. "As the days begin to lengthen, the cold begins to strengthen," says the old adage, and the shortest day of the year, the 22d, is with the past; soon with furs and fires! The Wanskuck mills are now running nt half capacity, which is a gratifying condition of affairs for residents in that village. These mills have been wholly shut down for some time. The penny-in-the-slot máchines about the city are looked at covetously by thieves just at present. A few have been broken open and their contents removed, an indication of stringency in the money market. And talking of foreign dishes, have you caught on, old chappie, to the new French name for our old nerve restorer-clam broth. They call it "Essence de Mollusque en Tasse!" How's that foran eye-opener? Mayor-elect Oney and his party of 20 left the city this morning on the 9:20 train en route for the state institutions. They will visit the several departments, enjoy a lunch and return to the city on the 5 o'clock train. Those who have business on South Main street and those who have trudged over the mud of that throughfare for the past few weeks will be glad to know that the sewer will be finished this exening or tomorrow morning. The annual meeting of the Builders' and Traders' exchange will be held this evening, and Inspector of Buildings Hopkins will give some statistics showing the building operations of the city during the of signatures Surressins puu rear ised the law. The common council will meet in special session tomorrow at 12 o'clock to consider the compromise resolution giving discretionary power to the park commissioners to fix the rate of compensation for the laborers on the Roger Williams park extension. A boxing exhibition will begiven in the Metropole club, Aborn street, next Friday evening for the benefit of the Olneyville strikers All the local favorites will appear and several athletes from Boston, New York and the west will be present to assist in the benefit. Robert Louis Stevenson's talk is as brilliant as can be heard anywhere. His humor isso spontansous, so perfectly natural and free from affectation that you forget how brilliant it is. Asked one day what he thought was the matter with him, he replied that, "Seemingly his system had a passionate avidity for taking cold." The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Veteran Firemen's association last evening: President, Edward W. Hall; vice-president, Samuel R. Cornell, Edward P. Havens, Lewis E. Davis, Oscar Bender; secretary, Josiah Hill; treasurer, Washington J. Williams. A fireman's chowder was served before the meeting. The comedy "The Prodigal Father" is still at the Boston Museum, and is crowding the handsome theater nightly. The merry play and the famous Maggie Cline come direct from the Boston Museum to the Providence Opera House, opening with matinee New Year's day, and continuing till Wednesday evening with regular Wednesday matinee. A potition is being signed in Burrillville and Pascoag by Miss Bertha Sibley of
