The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-23
BRISTOL.


The will OF Mrs. Hope Potter Walker,
which bequesthed $50, 600 to the Home
for Aged Women, will come up for consid-
Grafton on Tuesday morning, at a special
session OF the Probate Court. Attorney
Thomas II. Crowley Will appear Cor the
contestant. Mr.. Nathaniel L. Fales Mum
70, who rcsies in Quincy, H., and bro
ther OF the testator. A strong case will
be presented by the attorney for the con-
testant, who IL q native Bristolian, and
at the present time IL an inmate OF the
Soldiers Home at Quincy, Ill. He served
three years during the rebellion, and was
honorably discharged. During his SER
vice he had fever, from which he never
recovered.
The Cottage House on Congregational
street was sold al auction on Saturday by
the administrator, Stephen w. Church, 10
Patrick Walsh for s1245. The house
stands on leased land.
proposition has been presented to
the Town Council by the Warren Gas
pipes along the main road.
A game OF baseball was played Satur-
day afternoon upon Bristol Neck grounds
between the Hustlers and Changers, re-
sulting in victory for the Changers of
Ia to 13.
The Bristol Train OF Artillery visited
their rife range on Saturday afternoon
on Pappoosesquash for rifle practice. The
following is the score at 200 yards range:
Sergeant MAJOR Henderson, 5444 3
3 A 4-3S.
Sergeant Mieggs, 3oO2 10000 4.--9.
Sergeant Evers, 2 A 3 2 2 3 o 3-24.
Private u. Garvin, 20 02 0 2 o.
IL.
Private F. Garvin, 8 o 2 900 OO0-7
Private Meyers, o 0 0 o 0 0 O o o 3-3.
Private Thayer, o O o 4 3 O O-19.
Private Fair, 0 90 0 0 0 o 90.
Private Mowrey, 2 8 2 o 2 4-26.
Private Francis, 0 90 003 0 o 0-3.
Several of the Bristol wheelmen ar
entered In the bicycle races at the fair TO
be held at Taunton, Mass, during the
present week. Prizes TO the amount of
$500. are to be distributed to winners in
the various classes.
The steam yacht Shearwater arrived
here on Saturday afternoon with Commo-
dore Z. ID. Morgan and several friends on
board. They came ashore and visited the
Herreshoff's works. After spending sew
erai hours with Captain Nat, they re-
turned TO Newport.
DIR. Thomas Lloyd Patton and wife OF
Patterson, n. j., who have been visiting
enue, returned home on Saturday.
Mr.. John Kennel, Jr., of Passaic, n.
j., is visiting Mrs. James Anderson upon
Bay View avenue. Mr.. Kennell is super
lntendent of the postal department at
Passaic.
Mr.. Water Q. Talbot, conductor on the
Bristol branch OF the New York, N ew
Haven q Hartford Railroad, accompanied
by his wife, daughter and Mrs. Sarah
Morrall left here on Saturday for a three
weeks visit in Montreal and Quebec,
Can.
Quite a number Of strangers visited
town on Sunday, among whom were Mrs.
X. b. Knight OF Olneyville, Mr.. and Mrs.
James A. Reed, Misses Louise and Della
Hartshope, Mr.. Joseph Winsor of Provi-
dence, Mrs. Thomas Furlong and daugh-
ter of Pawtucket.
The wedding of Mr.. Frank NJ. Dimond
TO Miss Gertrude f. Talbee will take
place on Wednesday, October 8. The
marriage ceremony Will be performed by
Church After the cere-
mony a reception will be hello at their new
residence, Just completed upon Church
street, after which they will start upon
heir wedding tour.
The marriage OF Mr.. Timothy Dwyer of |
Providence to Miss Lenna Connery, took
place this a. m. at 10 o'clock, at st. Ma |
-y's Catholic Church. Rev. Patrick Nc |
"a be performed the ceremony.
The marriage OF Mr.. Frank Il. Wilson |
% Mrs. Emily Francis Phelps will take !
place Wednesday, October Is.
Mrs. James Connery and daughter |
Mamie, returned home on Saturday, from |
Boston, where they have been visiting |
riends.
Mr.. j. j. Van Allen is in town, the |
,uest Of Mrs. Marguerite DeWolf.
The annual Harvest Home festival of |
Trinity Church will take place on We'd
lesday evening, October g
The Herreshoff Manufacturing Com
,any resumed work again this morning,
fter vacation of six weeks.
Edwin Bennett, the proprietor of the
Bristol Hotel, fed about 80 transient, be-
ides his regular boarders, and was
bliged to turn a number away who
we're desirous OF stopping over until Mon
ay
The adjourned term of common pleas
.ivision OF Supreme Court convened here
his morning.