The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-14
BLACKSTONE VALLEY.
PAWTUCkET.
The Meeting Of the School Committee.

The Meeting of tho scnooi Committees
At the regular monthly meeting of the
school committee held last evening the
following schedule OF bills was allowed:
Supplies, e. janitors' wages. tl0s.0S; re-
pairs and care, tl.64075; fuel and gas,
$1l025; advertising and printing, G.25;
stationery, t3s; total. 81, ,006s3.
A communication from the city clerk
Informing the board of the appropriation
OF go, 600 for the addition ito the Garden
street schoolhouse was received and filed.
The monthly report OF Superintendent
Fisher was received. In 1t he recommends
that a subcommittee have the haud-
ling of matters in connection with the
observance Of Coiumbs Day; that 5000 be
appropriated for additional supplsmen-
tary reading In the schools. particularly
in the lower grades; that the request OF
Principal Curtis of the High School, that
a single session from g. 30 to ~. As be held,
be granted. He reports the only case OF
oyercrowding to he at the Garden. street
school, in tho second and third grade
room, which has 30 pupils.
The total number Of pupils In the
schools is 1850, divided as foIlows Kin
dergarten, "a: first grade, 666; second
grade. 495; third grade. 425; fourth grade,
seventh grade, Iva; eighth grade, IA:
ninth grade, III; High school 224.
The report OF the truant officer Is as
follows: Cases of absenteeism investi-
gated, 11s parents notified to send chill.
dren to school, lis manufacturing and
other establishments visited, 3 employers
notified, 8; children reported absent from
school under suspicion, llS:
The recommendations OF the superin-
tendent relating to the hours at the High
School and the appropriation or 500 for
supplementary reading were adopted.
lett with the committee on qualifications,
together with the superintendent.
II was voted to place a telephone In the
residence OF the superintendent.
Mr.. Tobie Of the committee appointed
to select a site for High school report,
ed that the committee had obtained
prices on the 80 feet entrances to the
Bates property. and the total price for the
lot and three roadways, containing 97,OO
square feet would be $42 600. The com
mittee had considered the present High
school lot as possible second choice,
with the addition OF the land between the
lot aud Exchange street, but this land
was so tied up that 1t could not be secured
mt any price, and the committee had no
second choice to offer, unless the Stark
weather property was to be considered.
He moved that the clerk be instructed to
apply to the city council for an appro-
pr.ation of $4,000 for the purchase OF the
Bates property with entrances.
After a request OF Mr.. Butterworth
that he should 60 on record as opposed to
buying this property the motion was
adopted.
The matter of the dsposing of the Sum-
nit street school paoperty was left with
the committee on property. The same
committee was authorized to procure a
room for the pupils of the overcrowded
room at the Garden street school house;
also to procure plans for the addition to
this school house.
The matter of procuring additional
drawing teachers was laid on the table
temporarily. Adjourned.
Eureka Lodge Entertains visitors.
Eureka Lodge, Knights OF Pythias, re-
ceived Witt from Sumner Lodge OF
North Attleboro last evening, i'm return
for visit made them few weeks ago.
About so members of the lodge were pres
ent besides others from PROVIDENCE and
Central Falls. A pleasant evening was
passed during which speeches were made
by a number of visitors, and musical fea-
lures were introduced. Finally a colla-
tion was served and the visitors departed
for home shortly before midnight.
on for Boston.
The Pawtucket Veteran Firemen,
nearly 100 strong, headed by the Paw
| tucket City Band, marched from the hall
on School street to the railroad depot
early this morning. to take the special
train which had been provided for them
and the Volunteer Company OF Central
Falls, for Boston: Upon arriving at the
there, with Parks Continental Band
| While the two companies were waiting
| for their train, the train bearing the Gas
pees of PROVIDENCE went through.
shortly before s O'Clock the special train
of twelve cars rolled into the depot, and
the two companies, with their friends.
filled all but one car. The party started
off amid continued cheers.
The two machines, the Hay Cart and
Volunteer, were loaded on to fiat cars at
the freight yard Yesterday and sent on
ahead in charge OF details from each COM
pany. The pleasure Of anticipation which
filled the veterans was somewhat Jared
by a sad accident that occurred in con-
nection. William Sullivan, a lad Is years
of age, residing on Pleasant street, got
upon the fiat car to see the fun, when a
switching engine coupled on to the car,
the shock throwing the boy down between
the cars. The wheels passed over his left
arm, crushing IL 30 badly as to render
amputation necessary. lie was taken to
the RHODE ISLAND Hospital.
Two Pawtucket Wanderers.
A letter was received at the police sta
tion this morning from Parker ID. Martin,
trial justice at South Deerfield, Mass,
stating that on the 7th inst. a man was
brought before him for insanity. He had
been wandering about the streets and
frightening people, The writer did not
think the man had been insane very long,
and concluded from his remarks that he
had committed some crime and had been
hiding and travelling by night and that
hunger and hardship had unbalanced his
mind. He gave his name as Patrick Shea,
and his residence at Pawtucket lie was
about feet s inches I'm height. Of spare
build, and had red hair. He talked as
though he had been in jail before and
rambed about murdered man. The
justice caused charge of vagrancy to be
entered against him and continued the
examination until the 18th inst, i'm the
hope OF finding out something about him
from Pawtuck5t.
The police know nothing of the man.
but are Investigating the matter.
Yesterday n woman was found wander
ing about in the woods at Warren and
taken in charge. She said her name was
Ann Briggs, aud she lived near Father
Fitzgerald's Church in Pawtuckct.
The District Court.
In the District Court this morning Ed
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