The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-28
OLNEY YvILLE.
Explosives Placed on the
Car Tracks.
Horse Thieves Capture Dr.. Lawton's
Turnout.
Work Resumed at Thornton rIills
Under 10 Per Cent. Reduction.
THE NEWS BUREAU, orsEyvILLE, Z
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For some time il has been the practice
OF unknown persons to place cartridges on
the street car rails on Plainfield street to
be exploded py passing cars.
Yesterday about noon as a car in charge
of motoman Tourtellot was passing the
engine house on Plainfield street an ex.
plosion occurred, which ratified the vim
dows in the neighboring houses and for
few moments caused considerable
commotion in the vicinity un-
til it was decided that
cartridge on the rail was the probable
cause Of the noise. A dog belonging to
Hon. Samuel Il. Groves was struck by the
flying she'll and received severe cut on
the hip which makes it apparent that tn-
dividuals passing when one OF these ex-
plosions occur ale liable to injury.
DIR. Lawton's Team Driven or.
While DR.. t. c. Lawton was paying a
visit to patient On Linwood avenue,
near Cranston street, Saturday evening,
his team was driven off by
some person as yet unknown.
The doctor at once put himself in commu
nication with the offices of the Fruis Hill
Detecting Society, OF which he is a meni-
ber, and at short notice by telephone and
teams, the country for miles around was
covered, but to no avail.
At about o'clock Sunday morning az
Officer Fred Graben was driving Town
Sergeant Holbrook home they discovered
team, which proved TO be the DOCTORS,
hitched to telegraph pole on Brown
street. 1t had been standing some time and
the horse was very cold, otherwise the team
was all right. A dinner pail that may
lead to the discovery of the guilty party
was found in the team with the letters
"a. E." scratched on the handle.
Eighth District Court.
Joseph X. Linnell was given Judgment
against Thomas Owen for S24.21 and costs.
The attorney in the suits against A. B.
Kapp agreed TO verdict for the plaintiff
in IA cases end six were continued one
week.
DIR. John A. Thoms has removed his resi-
dence from 2U0 Plainfieid street, Johnston,
to SS Wood street, corner Messer. Office,
Olneyville square, as before. Telephone
No. 1914.
Notes About Town.
The operatives at the Thornton mill
resumed work this morning at the 10 per
cent. reduction.
Clinton Il. Walch, the Westminster
street pharmacist VINO went South for his
health is stopping at the River View
House, Jacksonville, Fla, and is reported
as improving.
The new schedule for electric service is
not being run today as announced, owing
to the counter balance arrangement on
College Hill not working as satisfactorily
as anticipated.
AT the Broadway Baptist Sunday school
yesterday the attendance was GAO.
The funeral of Miss Kate Foley, OF
North Allen street, was solemnized this
morning at o'clock from St. Mary's.
John Fallon received scalp wound
from a flying shuttle in the Riverside
Mill this morning which required several
stitches. DIR. Farrell attended him.
Josephine Cavanough, an estimable
young lady of Lewis street, was buried
this morning, at 10 o'clock. The funeral
was solemnized at st. Mary's.