The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-01
PAWTUxET VALLEY.
Nsws BUREAU. PAwTUxEr VALLEY,
Begin's Block.
RIvERPoINT.

RIvERPoINT.
AT $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
Mary Ellen, five years old, daughter OF
Patrick Driscoll was drowned by falling
i'm the pond near the Royal mill She was
standing on the fence near the pond when
the wind blew off her hat. She tired TO save
il and fell in. A party searched the pond
and found the body near the gate at 9:30
O'clock last evening. The parents are
crazed with grief over the sad accident.
KENT COUNTY FAIR.
The fair committee, wishing to eclipse
all previous efforts, have sent out the iol-
lowing circular:
"Haying proved the abilities OF the
ladies in the management OF our late
bazaar, we deem IL a duty we owe the as
sociation 20 try and secure their services ior
the coming county fair. We would like
TO have the ladies meet with the fair
committee and form committees OF their
own 10 collect for and take full charge OF
all exhibits in the domestic manufacture,
needle and art departments. For TINS
purpose a meeting viii be held In clyde
Chapel on Friday, Aug. 2, at O'Clock
H. M, which the ladies are earnestly IN
vited 10 attend.
"HENRY l.. GREEN, President,
ga. w. KNIGHT, secretary"
ARCTIC CENTER.
Mrs. Bousquet, who resides near Quid-
nick street, had $500 stolen from her
night before last and she accuses Frank
Bousquet of East Greenwich, her brother
in-law, OF the theft. Bousquet came In
on Tuesday evening and asked to stay
overnight at her house, saying he was TO
take the train for Canada in the morning.
Sometime during the night Mrs Bousquet
awoke and found her guest gone. The
affair is in the hands of officers Lynch
and Tenant.
NATICR.
Charles Fiske, bookkeeper at Messrs. b.
B. & X. knights store, who has been Ill
for some time, is much better.
PONTIAC.
Mrs. Mary Leighton of Norwich, Conn,
is the guest of her cousin, Mr.. &. Il.
Wilson and family OF Central street,
cRoMPToN. *
Rev. G. M. Orpen and wife have arrived
safely at Liverpool on their European
tour.
Saturday. on the Crompton baseball
grounds, will be played game between
the Crompton nine and the Saranacs Oh
Providence.
Warwick Hose Company No. will hold
special meeting this evening TO make
arrangements for an excursion to Rocky
Point onsSaturday.
Officer Riley arrested Peter Trenette yes
terday on complaint from his wife, for
non-support, and confined him at Greene's
Jail
PHENIx.
The w. G. T. u. of Phenix held their regu-
lar weekly meeting this afternoon at the
usual hour.
number OF young ladies connected with
the Ladies' Temperance Society OF S.S.
Peter and Paul Church will attend the ma
tional convention of the Catholic Total Absti-
nence Union at Brooklyn ncxt week. Among
those who porpose going are Misses Nellie
Falion, Mary A Mckenna, Lizzie Quinn, and
Nellie A. Murphy. The Rhode Island dele.
gates will leave Providence ON THURSDAY and
will be expected back ON the following sun
day.
The st. Louis Society are contemplatin ng
| their removal TO a more spacious hall. NO
| special place has yet been selected.
Mr.. w. T.. Smith has been appointed paying
teller for the Industrial Trust Company.
HOPE.
The promenade along the river front and
next to jackson, on which repairs have been
| made lately. IL now ready for use and the
| bellies of Hope will probably avail themselves
| of IL.
Warren Knight and will Clarke returned
yesterday from a six weeks camping expe-
dtion at Campbells Grove, near Oakland
Beach.
Night prowlers seem TO have selected the
Valley as "A fayorite field of action. Last sun
day night they visited Nr. Duff potato field
and Mr. Duffy was the worse Tor IL. Nlgh'
| broke in MIR. Albert Whitman's cellar and
helped themselves TO the BEST cream, tarts
| etc. Constables Rounds and Calvin are look
ing out for them.
Hone band gave an open air concert in front
of Elmer Andrews store last evening.
Mrs. j. Lawton of Worcester Is the guest OF
Mrs. Mary Potter
TIE town of Scituate is having new sewer
rington street. Mr.. Thomas j. Remington Is
experimenting the work.