The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-09
CENTRAL FALLS.

The regular meeting Of the Board of
Firewards was held at the Broad Street
Fire Station last evening. The records of
the last meeting were read and approved.
The following bills were presented and
ordered paid: Pawtucket Steam * Gas
Pipe Company, s300.25; Joseph w. Free
man, $50; r. Plews a. Co., sl455: II. ID.
Morse a. Co., $500: Henry s. Borten,
sl50; II. II. Wilbur, s-i951 James Carroll,
$40; John w. Perry, $500; Elmer Il.
Lent, SO; y. Harding, $3.50; George w.
Gooding $50: Providence Telephone Co,
s23.0l; Fales a. Jencks Machine Co., 81. 10:
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department,
payroll, $50 The monthly report OF the
Police Department was received and the
payroll allowed. The treasurer was au
thorized to hire the sum Of $4,000 and to
issue notes for the amount.
Chief Patt addressed the board on the
matter of increasing the salaries of the
chief and assistant engineers, and the mat
ter was continued TO the next meeting.
Adjourned.
From the police report for the month of
January, 1892, the following is taken I:
Number of arrests. 45, of which two were
for assault; common drunkard, /; drunk,
10; intoxicated, quarrelling and reyelling,
81; vagrant, 1; sturdy beggar |. The po-
lice have attended three alarms of fire,
cared for one stray team, Quilted nineteen
disturbances, secured fifteen store doors,
hung two lights on obstructions, accom-
modated eighty-siX lodges, restored two
lost children and turned off water in two
places. The amount of fees collected and
turned over TO the secretary was sl45.10.
Payroll of the police department for Jan
uary, 1910.
Lieut.. Thomas p Morris Camp No. II,
:. o. V, held a regular meeting last even
ing and voted to accept an invitation eX-
tended by Thomas Il. Steere Camp to visit
them in the near future. A number of
the camp will attend the Division En-
campment at Bristol to-day.
Yesterday afternoon Harry Lull and
companion drove down Cross street at a
rapid gait and attempted to cross in front
of a horsecar. They were not quite quick
enough, however, and the pole of the car
horses struck one of the wheels OF the car
riage, demolishing it. Lulls companion
was thrown from his seat, but the car
was stopped Immediately, and no further
damage resulted.
In the District Court this morning Pat
rick Kern, who pleaded not guilty TO the
charge of drunkenness and revelling a
week ago, and whose trial was set down
for to-day, retracted and pleaded guilty,
and was fined s3 and costs.
Two other persons were fined 81 and
costs for drunkenness. Peter Doonan
was arraigned on charge of breaking
open trunk belonging 10 James w. Pal.
mer, who resides on Hunt street, and tax
ing therefrom a pocketbook containing
SIS i'm money. He pleaded not guilty and
his trial was fixed for the 10th inst.
The John w. Davis club has been pre-
sented by Ex-Governor John w. Davis, in
whose honor the club was named, with n
large portrait of the ex-governor, hand
somely framed. The club has also been
presented with valuable clock and has
had the offer of n bookcase for library
They have already received contributions
of books to the number of about 100.
The Christian Doctrine Society con-
nected with the Holy Trinity Church held
meeting Sunday afternoon and elected
officers as follows: President, John j.
Hicke vice president, William Carlin I;
recording secretary, Walter A. Bacon /;
financial secretary, John Bannon treas
urer, Dominick Mccormick The election
of superintendent and assistant superin-
tendent of the Sunday school was con-
tinued to next Sunday afternoon, and the
standing and truant committees will also
be appointed at that time
f.. l. Frost returned yesterday from his
trip TO Baltimore and other cities and re-
ports pleasant time. He represented the
local branch of the American Fraternal
Circle at the annual convention in that
city.