The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-09-17
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The Naval Reserve Torpedo Company
never made finer appearance than they
dld THIS morning a. they proudly marched
on board the steamer Planet. dressed in
duck uniforms and blue oyercoats. with
haversacks for practice on boardtheunited
| States Ship Miantonomah, now lying at
Newport, They are TO do practice duty
for one week. The ranks were well filled
there being about fifty able bodied men
under command Of Ensign John IL. God
dard. The first two days duty will be
torpedo practice, under the supervision of
| Commander Converse OF the Torpedo Sta
tion. The remainder of the week will in
clude practice with heavy guns at sea,
under the directions of the officers OF the
ship.
| Mr.. George Saunders, the boat builder,
has contracted with parties who have
/ been stopping at Watch Hill during the
summer TO build sloop yawl 20 feet over
all and will begin to build as soon as he
has his railways laid down.
| The large amount of rain which fell
during the night does not prohibit sight
seers from attending the State Fair.
Many are going from here to attend the
| opening.
Rumors are prevalent that one Of our
local politicians here is to receive an APP
| pointment at Providence under the new
| collector of customs.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bourne leave here
| this morning on visit TO their friends
| In Rochester.
The Herreshoff Manufacturing Com
pany have received orders for several
steam yachts to be built during the win
built At these works.
Soup are being caught in large quanti-
! ties. The price still remains high.
The common pleas division of the Su-
| preme Court met at Q o'clock this morn
ing, Judge Douglass presiding. The
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| the grand jury came In at IL 80 o'clock.
| They found no bills, and the court was
adjourned to 9o'clock next Monday morn
| ing.
| The steamer Priscilla, during the dense
| fog of Sunday morning steamed up into
| Bristol Harbor through mistake. All the
| time she blew her whistle until she got
hold of the docks. She then turned and
| went to Fall River. The most remarkable
| part of it Is how she could get around
Hog Island and not run aground, there
being SO many reefs and lodges.
Cranston.
| tough-looking individuals about town
| there was only one arrest yesterday and
that was for drunkenness.
Mr.. George Hill OF Knightsville acci-
dentslly fell and had bis arm broken near
the elbow, yesterday morning.
/
| Court before Judge Palmer Saturday
James t. Egan was appointed guardian OF
| the person and estate OF John McGilly.
Several accounts were allowed.
The N. Y. & N. K. r. X. Co. have caused
a fence to be built across the sidewalk at
Some interesting Developments are ex-
pected as the highway department IL to
chop it down.
Memorial services were held at st.
AIMS Church this morning for Mrs.
Henry Palmer.
Plainfield, Moosup aud Wauregan.
The Democratic caucus Saturday night
was as good as q circus.
One week ago the A. p. A. society was
reported as running the Republican eau
Gus, so the Hibernian element turned out
in full numbers to stand by the flag of
pure Democratic ideas.
No A. p. AS appeared, but in their place
came q strong opposition to the three
BIS. &. b. Montgomery from Packerville
led the opposition to Burlingame and his
post masters, and in spite of the civil
service rules being trod under foot i'm
Burlingame's interest, he was cleared
out, and the Democratic party split
into two factions, which insures the Re-
publicans Y walk over in the fall election.
William Canaan and Hugh Murphy, two
of the new Democratic postmasters, had a
bitter battle of words with q. b.
Montgomery, who succeeded in not only
getting his slate of 16 delegates elected,
but also bringing q damaging resolution
before the caucus his object being not so
much the passage of I he resolution as hav-
ing IL read so IL could be used as a news
paper article, and also to have the post
masters show fight and place themselves
on record rs the offensive psrtisans.
Tho Republicans sit quietly back and
laugh over the fun.
The delegates elected to the distric.
convention were: Fitch A. Carey, G. B.
Montgomery, Andrew Jackson Bitgood,
&. X. Johnson.
River Point.
Thomas McCuskcr fourth son OF Barney
McCusker, died yesterday afternoon
about 1 O'Clock in his 27th year. He was
attending college in Montreal, studying
to be doctor. Consumption set in COM
pellipg him to return home. Ills father
Is foreman of the bleaching department
at Clyde Print Works.
Clyde.
Clyde Print Works, the last three days
of last week, were closed on account OF
water. All the departments are running
today, hut as Hope Mill is closed on ac-
count of the breaking Of water wheel it
is thought they will be unable To con-
tinue. The print works are yerY-hnsy mt
present.
Mrs. George A. Young, formerly of this
place. but now residing at Meridian,
Conn.,, is spending few days vacation
here.