The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-09
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Ernest u. johnson, youngest son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Palmer T. Johnson OF Peace
Dale. died very suddenly Thursday morn
ins at Phenix. where he had been visiting
friends.
A Portuguese employed ny Cutting &
Bishop at the new bleach,ry, at Sayles.
vile, had his foot badly cru ushed and
ruised by barr-l of cement rolling on
1t Thursday morning.
Burnside Lodge, No. 81. Order OF Tonti,
Westerly. has 215 members, many
VIII IN w ii receive their money on matured
critic tes November l. Other mem
-bers will be paid in january.
Mrs. Ellen C. Richmond, wife of George
A. Richmond, died at her home on Pierce
street, Westerly, Wednesday,, after u
snort illness. Heart trouble was the
cause of her death. She was 81 years Of
age.
TIE SPAR southeast from Watch Hill
light. wuich was u menace to navigation.
has been removed, 1t is supposed that
il was taken from a sunken sch boner, tie
Elizabeth, sunk in that locality several
years ago.
Patrick Connolly, employed on the
Central avenue sewer. Pawtucket, met
with peculiar accident yesterday after
noon. He was aboht his work when a
part o. the staging fell, striking him on
the nose aud breaking it.
AS Mrs. Elward p. Macomber. sr, of
Portsmouth, was milking a COW Thurs
days evening. she was thrown TO the
ground, and in falling the main bone in
her lef, rist was bro en-. Dr. Benjamin
Greene was called and set the wrist.
Everett Scott. 12 years old, whose par
ents reside on North street, in Johnston,
lost his life vest erday by being burie
under ling mass of sand in which he
was playing near M ,rk Rock, where his
relatives have summer cottage. The
boy was digging in q sand bank when the
fatality occurred.
Aman named Anglis Smell has been
arr s'ed In Newport and taken to New
B dford, where, IL is alleged, he recently
set fire to n large and valuable stable be-
longing to Captain Perry q. Lawton,
formerly of tie Lawton House at Stone
Bird -e. The stabl was loo ted in S nth
Dartmouth aud WAS entirely destroyed.
The recent windstorms caused great
many apples in the ruril districts TO fall
to the ground. In many instances the
tres nave been stripped of half their
fruit aud the gr ,und covered ankle deep
wi. h the windfallrn app es. TIE farmers
have repaired their cider mills which
are now turning out gallous OF apple
juice.
During the small-sized hurricane In
Miekferd Thursday evening AT about s p.
IN. three trees were uprooted at the res
deace OF Henry Heauersol at Bellevil Q
aud two of them fell across the root Of
the ell at the rear OF his h use q some
what crushed it in. Signs and branches
OF trees were also scattered about the
town generally.
The officers OF the Narra2a n sett Cream
cry company or Peace Dale elected for
the ensui gye,r. c mmencing Oct. i, are
Thomas G. Haz ,rd, jr.. sresident: Thos.
A. Gardiner. secretary; John X. Champ
lin, treasurer; Charles IA. Knowles. Ralp
| X nowl s, " llliam n. Conpdon. Samuel G.
Peckham, John B. Eldred, directors;
Thomas A. Gardiner, superintendent.
Mr.. John B. Pearce died at his home In
Bristol yesterday after a very short ill
ne.s. He was born in Bristol January 10,
1888. and when he reached mans estate he
| entered the barnes--making business, In
which he was very successful. His father,
who was sheriff, appoi ted him a deputy
aud later he succy eded his iather as
sheriff of the county. He was app. iute /
postmaster by President Grant and re-
appointed by President G rfield, holdins {
tue Office in | thirteen years. He was "A
stau ch Republican and leader in town
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