The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-25
EAST GREENWICH.


Edward Stivers Is quite sick with ty-
A woman was brought In from River
Point by an officer last night and when
taken before the court IL was impossible
to determine whether she was drunk or
crazy, or both. and q she h was lodged In jail
Lewis w. Fiske has rented Capt. John
sons cottage.
Earle Arnold and family have moved
into the Bateman house.
Charles G. Spencer has bought the Sally
Adams house and lot.
Invitations arc out for Miss Blanche
Fuller's piano recital, which will occur
June Sd. She will be assisted by her sister,
Mrs. Grace Fuller Manning, of Bozrah-
Vile, Conn.
Supervisor Dillon is taking out the COW
cred culbert on Queen street, and putting
In an open gutter.
for the race at Kent County Driving Park
Decoration Day.
Thomas c. Greene and family moved
into their summer residence at the corner
of Church and West streets yesterday.
The man who discovered the missing
Perry of Worcester Is "a brother OF George
B. Reed of this village.
Miss Ethel Painter will give piano
recital June 4, and will be assisted by her
brother-in-law. Horace Bray, baritone.
At meeting Of the Kentish Guards at
the armory last night the commissioned
officers were appointed committee to ar
range Communication for the company for
their proposed visit To the Worlds Fair.
Ii was also voted to have an excursion to
Block Island during the summer. On
Decoration day this company will be the
only one in the state TO turn out with a
regulation set or color bearers chevrons.
BY order eff the Adjutant General the
company has been divided into five
| squads with a sergeant in charge of each
| to make IL easier TO call the company out
in case of an emergency. An interesting
| feature of the meet was the reception OF
| 50 90 which was returned TO the treasury
| after an absence of year and half.
| About two years ago the company had
| some dealings with A. Harris, gunsmith.
| When the settlement was made, Harris
| claimed a balance OF 81. so which the COM
| pany declined to pay. He caused u writ
TO be served upon the treasurer and the
| money was paid Col &. j. Arms has
succeeded in causing the money to be paid
back The rolls of the company now
| number fifty eight.
| A special meeting of the Town Council
| was held last night. The first matter
that came up was the report of the com
mittee on the Eldredge memorial bridge.
The committee reported the work com
pleted and resolution accepting the
bridge was adopted without dissent.
The committee appointed by the
Business Mems Association to call
the attention Of the Council
to the unsanitary condition of the town
did not appear, but the town sergeant
was instructed to make thorough exam
ination Of the entire town aud report any
cases that need attention at the mex,
meeting. The health officer Dr. 4. e.
Carpenter, was requested to assist him II
the examination. One case had already
been complained Of, that of 9
cesspool belonging to Edwin NJ. Tilley
and this morning the work of cleaning /,
began. A series of directions for prevent
ing the spread OF typhoid fever was pre-
sented. and by order of the Council copie.
have been posted all over the village. The
necessity OF some proper sewage system
becomes daily more apparent, and th'
feeling that IL must receive immediate at
tention is now SO general that there cal
be little doubt I hat some move in this di
rection will soon be made.