The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-05
BLACKSTONE VALLEY.
PAWTuCkET.
The Colobrattou.

PAWTUcKET.
Tho Celebration. /,
The celebration of Fourth of July In
this city was rather quiet. The public
at 8 A. NJ, noon and 6P. M, the parading
of a fife aud drum band In the early morn
and the firing Of salute.
Tho Y. M. c. A. Cameo
The amateur athletic contests at the Y.
M. G. A. grounds on Prospect street fur
nished recreation for some yesterday. In
were badly handicapped. this being done
to secure full entries in the different
events. Winners I'm the different contests
were ~ follows: 100 yards dash, two
heats, d. Pollard, 10 3-5 seconds; putting
tbrow",s tbr s~Io, Z the % hammer i lbs. Ponist, sl
feet; quarter mile run. w. Schora, 80 4-5
seconds; one mile bicycle race, Dawson,
minutes, Seconds; running long jump,
Bray, 10 feet, 4 inches; hop, step and
jump, Ponitt, 40 feet; running high jump,
Pollard. B feet, 4 inches; howard race. A.
Pollard, 10 seconds; high kicking, Amos
Bray, 8 feet, 10 inches; pole vault, Ponitt,
8 feet; mile run, w. Schora, minutes,
Is 2-5 seconds.
The Pawtucket Boat Club Races.
A number'of the members of the Paw
tucket Boat Club went to Lake Pearl at
Wrentham yesterday and rowed two
races. Frank G. Appley beat George j.
scull race. and John Fox beat A. w.
Bensley in the open working boat
The District Court.
In the district court Sunday morning
four persons were fined 81 and costs for
drunkenness and revelling, and Charles
McDermott was fined 81 and costs for
assaulting John Morris. In court yester-
a
costs for refusing to aid an officer. Two
men were fined "a and costs for drunken
ness.
In court this morning Patrick Camp
bell was sent to the State Workhouse for
six month as a common drunkard.
William Hasty was fned 81 and costs
for the larceny OF stale beer from the bar
rels around the freight depot.
Points Of Interest
The concussion from large cannon
cracked large plate glass window in
Chantler Bros. dry goods store in the
Benedict block Saturday evening.
Several gates and bill board were
sacrificed to the flames by boys on bean
hill early yesterday morning.
Safe deposit building was broken Sunday
by the falling of transom over the win
dow.
At tho Pawtucket Congregational
Church, Sunday morning, eleven persons
were received into fellowship, four having
the ordinance of baptism administered.
Five alarms OF fire were rung in yester-
day for slight fires caused, in all but one
case, by fireworks.
A young grocer of the East side made
about 200 small boys happy yesterday by
distributing orders for fireworks promis-
cuously.
The residents of the Fifth ward were
treated to display of fireworks last even.
ing by Charles Stuart on closing his
store.
Academia.
Saturday night Joseph Benedict re-
ceived a painful injury on the side of the
face by the explosion Of cannon cracker.
thrown by another person.
Last night Daniel Murphy. an cleo
trician at the works of the Dunnell Man
ufacturing Company, had his hand
badly burned by the premature discharge
Of handful Of sky-rockets.
Died at the Asylum.
Ann Barrett, whose sister died sudden
ly last week, and who was sent to the
Little Sisters Home and from there to
the State Insane Asylum, died there
Sunday morning.
A Fugitive Caught.
Frank Small, fugitive from justice,
was captured by Officer Nemitz yester-
day, and this morning returned to Gran
ston.
CENTR FALLS.
In the District Court this morning six
persons were fined 81 and costs for drunk
enness.
fhe Veteran Firemen kept "open
house" at the Cross street fire station
yesterday, where they made their friends
welcome and regaled them with light re-
freshments.
The Business Mems Association has
adjourned until October.
lONSDAlE.
Independence Day was celebrated in a
rather quiet manner in this village yes
terday. The day was ushered in by
parade of the Union Flute and Drum
Corps, the ringing of bells and the firing
of national salute. The chief attrac-
tions during the day were the baseball
games and the picnic. The Villagers de-
feaie6 the Prospect Killers by score of
IL to 16, and the Outfitters made % runs
to the Printers 25. The Baptist Sunday