The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-10
POINTS ON PAWTUCKET.
The Veterans Of Tower Post and
Their Campfire Last Evening,
SCHOOL COMMITTEES SESSION.
what Is Going ON Up the Blackstone
yalIey-A Big Budget of Notes and
General News.

The official visit of Department Com
mander B. III. Child and staff to this Post
occurred last evening. After brief ses-
sion of the post, it adjourned 10 an upper
hall in the building, where an excellent
collation. was provided. After the reDast
Commander Charles III. Fisher called for
rider and introduced the speakers OF the
evening. Department Commander Ben
iamin III. Child made pleasing addrass.
He was followed by Senior Vice Depart
ment Commander David :. Ray and Assis-
tant Quartemaster-Genera Daniel IL.
Ballou. Comrade Ballou spoke in his
usual eloquent manner and commented
pertinently upon the recent order of Com
mander-in-Chie Palmer in which he dis
courages the parading of Posts of the
G.. A. r., where the rebel flag Is displayed.
Comrade Edwin ID. Watson, of Gettys-
burg Post No. l9l, Boston, Mass, and
aide-de-camp on the staff of the com
mander-in-chief, was the next speaker, and
read fine paper, entitled The Boys of
'G1.v The other speakers were Chaplain
Woolley Of Tower Post, Commander Fred
A. Burt of Buckln Post, Past Depart
ment Commander Benjamin i. Davis OF
Tower Post and Commander Edward
Clarkson Of Ballou Post. The camp fire
closed with the singing OF Aud Lang
Syne."
The reception room connected with the
hall of this post is the most elegant one in
this department. IL Is richly furnished
having beautiful carpet, luxurious sofas
and chairs and everything requisite for
the comfort of comrades and guests. The
post Is greatly indebted 10 the Woman's
Relief Corps of'that city for its handsome
appointments
The monthly session Of the school COM
mittee was held last evening, MessrS.
Abbott Eastwood, Kelliher, Gillian, Toll
man and Hanlan being present. The
following schedule of bills was allowed /:
Supplies, S59.1l; teachers wages,
SljO9.66; ianitors' wages, St45.26; repairs
and care, S5O1lS; incidentals, Sl53:42;
evening drawing schools, S9l.15; evening
schools, S297. .36; reference books and appa-
tus, SG.S3; furniture and furnishings,
S1t250; anvtrtising and printing, s23l %;
text books and stationery, S59.0s; balance,
$3253.97.
The monthly report of the seperinten,
dent of schools was received and ordered
filed, and several important resolutions
were adopted.
The following statement shows the con-
dition of school finances up to yesterday:
Receipts-Balance Nov. 30, $742: State of
Rhode Island, Ss.999G2; appropriations,
SIS 900; poll taxes, Sl,072.45; tuition, 500;
dog licences, 81 ,172; total, SS9,S2l.49 EX-
penditures-S Supplies, Sl,32l.5l; teachers
wages $54, 17S77; janitors' wages, So, 141. 35;
repairs and care, s., ,S62,4 40; fuel and gas,
S4,3S6.0l; incidentals, S2,4d.64; evening
drawing school, q, 1853 evening schools.
s., ,264. 45; reference books and apparatus,
S55467; furniture and furnishings, S427 10;
advertising and printing, S3si.O5; text
books and stationery, s3,07023; total, $751;
07S06; balance, SS, ,7f343.
A Staging Falls.
Edward Mccall, painter residing at
No. 81 Broadway was at work on stag
ing at the works of the Union Wadding
Company yesterday morning, when the
hook in the roof which held the staging
pulled out, and Mccall fell TO the ground.
The injured man thought he was going to
die, but DIR. Stearns, who examined his
injuries, says he is but slightly bruised
about the back. He was taken to his
home.
Personal.
Mrs. G. s. Watson yesterday received n
dispatch from Montreal stating that her
husband had died in that city suddenly of
apoplexy. Mrs. Watson and her brother,
William III. Barcley, started yesterday
noon for Montreal.