The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26
EAST PROVIDENCE.

In the District Court. before Judge
Bliss, the case of Leander A. Macon VS.
rant charges Adams with an assault on
Byron Il. Macon, as the little son Of Lean
der Macon.
Byron r. Macon was called and testi-
fed: / am 8 years ola. was I'm the yard
was not doing anything. had n whip in
my hand and was going to play horse.
water and drove him off Mr.. Adams
came and chased me. ran onto my
fathers piazza. and Mr.. Adams struck
me on the legs and hand
Emma j. Otton testified: The Macon
boy Is my, nephew, saw the boy running
and saw Mr.. Adams strike him. Saw the
place on his leg and on his fingers.
Emma A. Macon-The boy Is my son;
did not see Mr.. Adams strike the boy;
saw the place on his leg and fingers after
IL WAS done; was at the store at the time,
but saw him aoout five minutes after; he
was not crying then; his leg was black
well together; have whipped my boy sew
eral times for throwing stoues at other
boys.
Leander A. Macon-The boy is my son;
/ think / got home about 1880 o'clock;
saw where the boy had been hit; went to
see Mr.. Adams: he was not at home.
Mr.. Adams-My boy went to the well
to get some water; the Macon boy
would not let him; my aunt tried
to stop him but could not do
anything. so she called me; / was at
work in the back part OF my lot: ran
after the boy and struck him twice with
this stick. (holding up a small switch);
well.
Officer Munroe: There is more or less
complaint about this boy.
Mr.. Adams was sentenced to pay fine
OF 50 and costs.
h. c. Dubois for complainant.
An appeal was taken : o the December
term OF court Judge A. A. White as
surety.
The Business Mems Association will
hold an adjourned meeting tonight To
hear any partice interested in the rail
roads. IL is expected that there will be
representative Of both roads there.
Saturday afternoon there was n very
exciting bicycle race here 1t was n %
mile race aud there was large crowd of
people who were interested. The start
was made ut the top of the hill on Water
man avenue, near Red bridge, up Water
man avenue to Taunton avenue, to Paw
tucket avenue, to centre aud back to
Broadway six corners by North Broad
way, five times around the square d
finished near Judge Bliss on Taunton
avenue. The contestants who finished
the race were respectively as follows:
Mont Scott, Frank Crandall. Harris Hill,
James Foster, Bert Enos, Eugeae Sans
and Napoleon Bedard.
The time cannot be exactly given, as
the timekeeper, Mr.. Perxins. I'm trying to
keep the track clear, had his watch
knocked out of his hand and it was
stopped, and how long 1t caunot be told
exactly.
There was some trouble with some OF
the teams that came along about that
time, as the drivers were "A little intoxi-
Gated and they would no. get out Of the
way.
There was also runaway team that
ra"de some bother On account of being
paced, Mont Scott was barred out from
receiving prize, so the first prize will 20
to Mr.. Crandall aud the others in their
respective order. The prizes were, first,
gold watch: second, bicycle suit; third.
silver cup; fourth opera glass fifth,
overshoes sixth, cuff buttons
At the United Congregational church
the Rev. w. H. Starr preached in the
morning. At the Second Baptist the pas
tor, the Rev. John Stewart preached. At
the Haven NJ. 4. church the Rev. l.. G.
Horton preached in the morning and in
the evening delivered the last ia the
series Of talks on being christian. His
subject being, How shall know that |
am n christian f' Next month the pas
tor will give four practical talks on cur
rent sayings and their fallacies.