The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-14
OLNEYvILLE.
Town Council Meeting Yesterday A.
ternoon--locaI Notes.
TIE NBws BUREAU.

Inc Town COuncii Vi Jonns.on no.o
which the application Of William Crow
ley for liquor license played promi-
nent part. This same application has play
ed Q part in recent Council meetings.
The decision was reserved until the close
when q proper ballot was taken which re-
suited one aye and six nays.
George Smith was granted a liquor
license.
John Blakely granted transfer OF his
liquor license.
A petition signed by thirty or more citi-
Eens was presented against the granting
of victualling licenses to places that kept
open Sunday to do Q general business
under them, and also to have the gongs
on bakers teams, ETC., stopped from ring
ing on Sunday. Robert Hesketh and L..
II. Osborne were given leave to withdraw
their petition for victuslling house IL
censes.
Herbert Kimball presented q claim for
$500 for injuries received to himself and
property by defect in highway known
as Milestone Hill on June 18th. The
claim was referred to the town solicitor.
The report OF the overseer OF the poor
was received.
Several other bills were ordered paid.
petition signed by hundreds OF cit
zens, asking the Council to assist them TO
obtain from the Union Railroad Company
the extension OF the Thornton line TO
Turks Head with five cent car fare
was presented. The Council voted
to send the petition with an
accompanying letter to the officials OF the
company, and also appointed President
Brown, Mr.. Dunn and Mr.. Tillinghast q
committee to confer with the officisls.
Settlement was made with the heirs OF the
| Waterman estate on Hartford avenue, In
| regard to the curbing bill.
A petition to change the grade OF Hart
| ford Road at this point was granted.
w. A. Carroll called attention to the
| foul condition of the sewers in Plalnfield
| street and the Council ordered them
cleaned at the expense of the abutters.
Horace Kimball and James N. Smith
were appointed special constables to en-
force the liquor law.
George Bates and James N. Smith were
| appointed special constables under the
| tramp act and Christian Anderson and j.
j. Marshall were appointed special police
John Welch, John Ccug him, Jr, Herbert
+. Adams, Lewis o. Winsor, Curtis f.
Adams and Henry B. Gleason were drawn
| jurors.
1t was voted to provide window awnings
| for the Council chamber and the town
clerks Office and to lease private tele-
phone wire for the town clerks office.
Locals.
Postmaster Walch has authorized Attor-
ney Lee to serve q writ upon Henry Hall
in q criminal action, based upon bis
words in his remonstrance against the
granting of the Crowley liquor license
The writ will be served today.
The following persons sailed from New
York last Wednesday, July IL, on the
American Line steamship New York
Edward Abbott, Samuel Wickes, James
Howsrth, Moses Pollard.
John Sidebottom sailed on the steam
| shin Chester last Saturday.
Miss Annie II. Shaw and Mrs. William
B. Stubb will sail from Boston on steam
ship Payonia next Saturday, July n.
Miss Annie Clune and Mr.. and Mrs
George Crabb will sail today by Cunar'
Line from New York.
Mr.. Thomas Wood sails July Is on tn
White Star Line steamship Germanic.
Lawyer Ripley and Mr.. Lonso Film
sailed July II on the steamship Majestic.
Steerage tickets to Europe now down +
$40, or t25 for round trip tickets. Appl.
to Kennedy Il Cough.