The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-10
EAST GREENWICH.

Harry Love spent Sunday visiting
Misses Katie Levins and Annie McGet-
trick visited friends at East Providence,
Sunday.
Miss A. e. Blake returned from Attle-
boro yesterday.
While James f. McKenna was scraping
paint from a carriage with knife, yester-
day, the instrument slipped and the point
innicted q deep wound in the side OF his
lett hand. He went at once to DIR. &. III.
Earle's Office, where the wound was
Fred Aldrich was calling on old-time
friends here yesterday.
Miss Emily L. Lombard of Arlington
has been visiting her cousin, Miss Minnie
Spencer, since Saturday.
Theodore Livesey of New York is visit
ing his parents.
The members of the Livingstone pand
speak highly OF their reception by the
Temperance Cadets of Elmwood last Sat-
urday night.
The Grammar School nine are anxious
to meet any nine In the State whose years
do not exceed fifteen.
The show window of William r. Greene
e. Co.'S drug store has taken on the ap-
pearance OF geological garden WITHIN
the past few days and few pedestrians re-
sist the temptation to stop and watch the
antics Of the four baby red foxes that are
their burrows in Summit by William
Capwell of Phenix.
The non-commissioued officers of the
Kentish Guards will be appointed to-
night.
p. S. c. 4. to a social and supper to be
given in the parlors Of the former on the
evening OF the 18th.
Tennis courts are just beginning to
show signs Of life.
Last night was the time for the meeting
of the Business Mems Association, but
there had been no notice given and but
twelve members were present. This af-
forded the first opportunity of enjoying
the sweet infelicities OF the provision re-
Quiring fifteen members for a quorum.
When President Thornley, arrived he
found the secretary's desk locked. lie
spent five minutes trying to fit dozen
doubtless expected to find out some,
thing that would tell him what
had struck him. Clerk Tilley
next took a hand at the lock. He was
hoping to find a certificate of reelection.
Gen. CAace next sought to open it in the
hope that he would there find River
Fidlcr came next in quest Of a new adver-
tising scheme, the Hon. Henry A. Thomas
took turn, hoping to gain an entrance
and discovered q new kind of egg plant
seeds fresh from Uncle Jerry Rusk.
Thomas A. Pierce believed the closed
drama to contain key to the political
situation. j. Warren Lander expected to
discover the third member of the Repub-
lican town committee, j. w. Waugh toiled
long and faithfully in the hope that some
thing within would tell him how he came
tn be member of the Town Council. At
last came William II. Sharpe with a
pocketful of keys, and opened the drawer.
There was nothing in it but the record
book. A majority of the executive COM
mittee was in attendance, and President
Thornley, called them together. 1t was
decided to have Turner's address, deliv-
cred at the last meeting printed in the
Rhode Island Pendulum and copies of it
placed in the archives of the association.
Mr.. Thornly then introduced the sub
ject of electric lights and gave a very full
and interesting review of his labors as
chairman of the committee. His con-
clusion was that the town should own its
own plant and that a proper plant with
capacity to supply all needed street lights
and $50 incandescent lights for CONNER
eial lighting, could be installed
short time the town would receive
sufficient profit from its commercial
lighting to light its streets without ex-
pense. He said the committee was about
ready to report, but that they would nor
do so until alter the June town meeting,
lest their report should be regarded as
being political in it's character and effect
1t was decided to hold meeting of the
association next Monday evening. at
which time the reporS will be read, and it
will then be decided whether or not the
association will Take any action in regard
toit.