The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-04
EAST PROVIDENCE.

ne TckuldT StSSlOu Vi tnt lOWu LOun-
Gil was held yesterday.
The statement of the town treasurer
was: Balance I'm treasury, March 6, 1892
20, ,4SS.06: received from loans, $4,000;
taxes. q. 800; licenses. $40; interest, SIS So;
officers fees, s24.so; town property, sl3;
total, $l9,9l5;&. Paid out to date: For
public schools, S5,237 l2; district No. /,
$1l9 %; district No. 2, s494.29: district No.
3, $l01.55; for stone, district No. 3, 1867 05;
Washington bridge, $206. 40: support of
poor, $222. "a; support Of police, $500 50;
support of street lights, $3.50. AZ; Nara
gansett Electric Light Company. s2l737;
incidentsls. q s4ss 80; interest, CSC, 900; dog
In trersury, s7,375.55. The report was
read, accepted and placed on file.
The following persons were appointed
constables without power to serve civil
process: Martin johnson. Thomas G.
James A. Sherman, Edwin X. Sherman,
Charles Dodge, willard j. Barney, Way
land r. Smyth. Solomon w. Jacobs,
Robert Gibson, Caleb White, Estus
Knight. George Case, Jr, George w.
Trenn, James Bowden. Jesse s. Arnold,
Frank Sweet.
The following petitions were granted:
James Nolan, for license TO hold social
in Old Town Hall May 8; Edward Kupfer
for hotel license: Andrew McCoole, for
hotel license. petition from number
of the abutters on Orchard street to es-
tablish grade from Burgess street wes-
terly to Purchase street was granted and
the following commissioners appointed:
William H. Silloway, William q. Bliven,
John j. Mullen.
hold an entertainment May 5; George w.
Case for hotel license; Ladies' Aid Society
to hold an entertainment May %. The
report OF the Riverside Free Library was
read as follows: Amount received from
town treasurer. S225; paid for catalogues,
S33; paid for rent. S60 paid librarian,
SS4. 81; insurance, 80; for books purchased,
$9l.6e; total, SOS. The following petit
tions were continued: William G. Aus
tin for hotel license; George w. Case,
James III, Sullivan, Thomas 4. Farrell,
and William G. Austin for second-class
liquor licenses. The following petition
ers were given leave to withdraw; John
Adelman, Michael j. Corfield, victualling
Charles 4. Pierce TO run two pool tables
at the Studio Hotel, Riverside, was
granted. Mrs. l.. B. Bliven came before
the Town Council and made complaint of
a nuisance.
II was voted that the health officer be
instructed to investigate.
The 8, 1000 appropriated for stone roads
was divided as follows: District No. 1.
s2,25o; district No, 2, $500; district No. 8,
$3.50.
The following jurors were drawn to
serve at the June term Of Court of Com
mon Pleas: Grand, Harrison A. Cook;
petit, Charles A. Champlin, Richard r.
Bushnell, Warren l.. Chaffee, Luther T.
Angell Adjourned.
Sunday School Baptist Convention will
be held in Town Hall June l. The best
local speakers will be present to expound
the subject There will probably be from
800 TO 1000 delegates present from all
Sunday schools will be represented.
The first of the series OF Congregational
meetings was held in the Haven NJ. Il.
Church last evening and was largely at
tended.
Two exciting runaways occur red in
town yesterday. The first happened about
noon and was milk team. The team
came down Taunton avenue from the di-
rection OF the city and disappeared down
Waterman avenue in the direction of Lu-
Tiers Corners, narrowly escaping colli-
sion with horsecar at Wheldon's cor
ners. The horses bride was hanging on
the end Of one Of the thills, where
the owner of the team had undoubtedly
hung IL. IL could not be ascertained who
the owner OF the team was The other
was peddler's team owned and driven
by one Matthew Cronin who resides on
Smiths Hill, Providence, and occurred
about u. NJ, The horse became flight
ened on Taunton avenue and ran down
the hill at breakneck speed. When op-
posite the store of Halliday Brothers the
occupant was thrown from the team with
great violence and when picked up was
in an unconcious condition He was
taken into DIR. j. B. McKenna's Office,
but as the doctor was out DR. w. w.
Hunt was summoned TO attend the in
jured man who was found TO have sus
talned very bad scalp wound but was
not otherwise injured, and was soon sufii-
ciently recovered TO be conveyed to his
home. The horse was stopped on Took
Company's mill. No domage was done to
4 he team