Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-08-11
TERSE TRlBUNEITES.


The game between Haverhill and Paw
tucket tomorrow at Crescent PARK will be
| lively.
The annual Connecticut Peace meeting z
will be held In Peace Grove near Mystic,
Conn, Aug. 15, 16 and H.
The members OF Camp A. X. Tilton, 8.
OF ", went down the river TO Crescent
Park today to enjoy its annual outing.
The funeral OF Frances b. Follett
widow OF Robert Foliett, took place this
afternoon from her late home, 229 High
street.
The excursion committee OF Delaney
Council, X. OF O., met last evening. The
moonlight excursion August 10 Will be a
very fine affair.
To enjoy life we'll you must Join the
multitudes that dine daily at the Main
street restaurant OF y. b. Havens & Co.
Cigars TO suit all smokers.
The funeral OF Charles X. Wall took
place this afternoon from Woodlawn ave.
nue.. Interment was at St. Francis ceme-
tery. Undertaken Manning had charge.
The Pawtucket Steam boat Co. will take
good care OF the big rush OF people down
the river tomorrow and will run an extra
boat up from Crescent Park at 7 80 p. m.
William F. Coffey OF York avenue now
represents the Rhode Island Time Register
Co. II Is a system invented by Mr.. Coffey
and Is considered one OF the best eyer In
use.
Deputy Sheriff Carlos l.. Rogers Friday
served a writ OF attachment upon real
estate belonging to Henry l.. Borden for
bill OF $500, said to be owing to Lodowick
II. Tillinghast.
Box IS rung In about 8 o'clock last even
Ing for slight fire In the "smoke" room
at the slaughter houses. The fire was put
out before the department arrived and
there was was no damage done.
jerome b. Bliss, who has won some
local fame as a swimmer, intends to try
a swim from Silver Spring to Rocky Point
some day next week. He thinks he can
accomplish the feat In four hours.
Notice is to be posted in the American
Wringer Company's mill at Woonsocket
that three days time will go into effect
there next Thursday. Superintendent
Flynn says that the time reducation is
due to lack OF orders, and that 1t will
probably continue for from two to four
weeks.
The plats for restaurants, side shows
and the like on the Washington county
fair grounds will be let Monday. One OF
the features OF the fair will be a pony
running race Wednesday and Thursday
Sept. II and 10. The height OF ponies is
limited to IA hands one inch. The en-
tries for all races will close Aug. %.
A Norton woman was in Taunton on
Thursday looking for a gun. She vented
to buy 1t and was willing to pay for 1t in
honest money, but she wanted II right
away and to use. But she went home
without II, because the police knew her
and headed her of at every store In the
city where such things we're for sale.
During the hippodrome performance at
Crescent Park Thursday afternoon one OF
the woman riders, Mrs. Kempf, while
driving In the chariot race leaned too far
over the front OF the chariot and was
struck on the arm by hoof OF one OF the
animals, breaking the bone. DIR. Hibbard
Of Riverside was summoned and reduced
the fracture.
Excursion to Nantasket on tuesday
next from Providence, Pawtucket, Attic
boro and stations to North Easton, inclu-
sive. August is universally looked upon
as the vacation month, and all the resorts
put on their best attire at this season
Don't miss this outing, for 1t will rest and
"freshen you up" immensely. Special
train and low rates OF fare.
Baggage master Henry Seagraves and
several expressmen had narrow escape
from death at the Attleboro depot yes
terday morning. A truck was being
pulled down the platform when the s :4C
| Taunton train arrived. Accidentally the
truck was turned In the wrong direction
and the second car struck 1t with a ter
rIble crash. The men were hurled some
distance, but escape injury.
A syndicate from Rochester, N. Y, In
terested In the proposed electric road be.
tween Taunton ana Fall River visited
New Bedford yesterday. They came from
Fall River on a special car loaned by tn,
Dartmouth and Westport Street Railway
Company. There were ten In the party
The road was examined and after a stoy
OF half an hour or so they returned to tn,
Border City. Thursday afternoon thii
syndicate proceeded from Taunton to Fal
River by carriage and examined the rout,
OF the proposed road between those two
cities.
Newspaper rivalry is hot in Woonsocket
A few days ago one OF the papers in tn,
northern city displayed a crook mech
squash In It's window resembling swan
Then the other paper showed upa mons
ster corn stalk raised by s. s. Getchell
" hich is 10 feet and few inches In height
The rival paper was bound to sustain II,
reputation, and Friday exhibited potatoes
grown at Mapleview Farm weighing q
pound and halt each, and a monster
corn stalk "raised exclusively for us by
| w. +. Hayward" which was IL feet 8 g..
inches high. With the corn was a sar'
ca site bulletin saying other alleged tai
corn stalks weren't In it. The tempo
rarily defeated publication Is now scour.
Ing the city for a corn stalk which will
make the Hayward one droop it's ears n
chagrtn. hat II hadn't found IL at last &C