The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-23
NEWS OF OLNEYvlLLE.

Ine JOunSIOu DemOcIhUS arc now un-
der cover Of charge Of incompetency
against the present incumbent, John
Walch, arming themselves with all sorts
Of slanderous and dimsy charges. through
their council. Herbert w. Wood, to GUST
him from Office, in order TO gain that COW
eted crumb. There is, perhaps, small
doubt but that they will effect their plan
being indisputably inimical to Mr.. Walch
and the trumped up story OF inability to
manage the department will surely be
sustained"
Mr.. Wood does not charge the highway
commissioner with dishonesty; he says he
is n good friend Of his. Does this state
ment Offset the other that. under Mr..
Walsh's administration, "rottenness ex-
lists in road affairs, and has so existed
since he took that Office, or that ne has
employed men placing them In out-of-the-
way places. where loafng Is indulged In,
thus using the towns funds to pay laborers
for work they have not donef
with the paving stones used by the Union
Railroad Company recently, before he
made his little speech to the council and
citizens at the last meeting, or did he,
concerning the fact that, regarding these
stones all had been satisfactorily adjusted
between the town and the above COM
pany, spring this scandal upon them for
political capital to made it appear as
though Mr.. Walch was bestowinR gifts
upon the Union Railroad Company
Does this learned gentleman overlook
the fact that under Mr.. Walch more
work is done bv the laborers than under
any previous commissioners. some of
whom made life miserable for those men
by harrassing them to death, and cursing
them in their efforts to make horses OF
human beingsi
Are any of the charges brought against
Mr.. Walch able to stand alone. or are
they taken from the waste basket of
Democratic memory to be used against
himf Public Indignation must neces-
ssarily revolt at such dastardly proceed
ings.
A singular mistake in cellar building,
preparatory to the erection of a house,
occurred recently on Manton avenue in
the vacant lot near st. Teresa's Church,
which is being utilized for house lots.
Two men who reside in this ward own
land on the plat adjoining each other.
One OF them, q short time, started to ex-
cavate for the foundation of o dwelling.
and when the work on tho cellar was
finished, the masons gave way to the car
penters. 1t was then discovered that the
cellar had been dug on the neighbor's
property.
The amicable settlement of the din
Guilty Is commendable. Instead OF pro-
injured person has agreed TO assume all
further responsibility and to pay for
what labor has already been expended on
the building.
An Election Of Omcers.
At recent meeting of the Manton
Building and Loan Association the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
George &. Calef; vice president. Samuel
Bottomly; treasurer, Walter /. Barnes;
secretary. Thomas z. Barrett; directors,
A. l.. Andrews, q. L. Holden, II. A. Kim
ball, S. A. West, H. s. 'Swindell, A. o.
Coates, A. T. Remington, w. A. II. Grant;
auditors, Joseph Sbackleton, w. II. Bull
lock and Charles NJ. Adams.
BriefA
Miss Katie Collins, saleslady at T. T.
Aliens store, is enjoying her vacation at
Milford, Mass.
Miss X. McLorin, operator at the local
telephone exchange, Is visiting friends In
Meriden, Conn.
DIR. Rowe, dentist, has just returned
from Detroit, Mict., where he attended
the Baptist Union meeting last week.
DIR. Charles Kenyon of Florida. Is Wis
iting ex-Representative John L. Kenyon
and family in Johnston.
Mr. and Mrs. c. II. Chadbourne of
Johnston, are enjoying a visit among
The new Dyer avenue mission in con-
nection with the Broadway Baptist
Church, is rapidly nearing completion.
This mission Is largely attended every
Sunday.
Justin Payne who has leased the Dyer
Opera House for the coming season was
in town Wednesday. He proposed to
open the theatre, September 5th with
strong attractions.
Miss Mabel of Johnston returns to-day
from her trip to Wexford and Chepachet,
where she has been visiting friends dur
ing the past two weeks.
Linwood +. Doane, night patrolman in
Johnston, starts tomorrow on weeks
vacation, and will visit mis- parents on
Cape Cod, Mass.
Martin Neary, lad about IA years of
age living at "a River street. had the top
OF index finger of his right hand taken Off
yesterday by its being caught in the ma
chinery Of the spinning department at the
Delaine Mills.