The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-18
BRISTOL.

A pretty wedding was held at st. Mary's
church on Monday forenoon. The bride
and groom were Miss Rosidale Masse,
daughter Of Peter Masse of Bristol, and
Joseph DESCRIBES, also OF Bristol. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Father L. McCabe After the marriage
ceremony they were driven to the resi-
dence of the brides parents on Thames
street, where a reception was held.
The common pleas division of the SUI
preme Court of BRISTOL County convened
here on Monday. The grand Jury came
in at 1850, finding a true bill against
Harry Manley, charged with embezz.e-
ment from the Metropolitan insurance
Company, and against John O'Brien,
charged with breaking into a saloon in
Warren. Manley, being arraigned, pleaded
guilty ana was sentenced to six months
at the county Jail. O'Brien pleaded not
guilty and his case was continued until
next week.
An important will case is that of
Nathaniel L. +. Munro against the PROBATE
Court, IN which the applicant seeks to
break the will OF his sister, Mrs. Hope
Potter Walker, VINO bequeathed the bulk
of her property TO the Home for Aged
Women. The case was discontin red and
settled out OF court, the applicant receiv-
ing $1,000 from the Home forAged Women
through their attorney, Orrln L. Bos-
worth, who recently visited Quincy, ILL.,,
where the applicant Is an inmate of the
Soldiers Home. Matters ere arrangted
by him during his mission West.
The case of Mrs. Grace Del Gregg
against town treasurer George III. Peck
of Bristol, in which the complainant seeks
to recover damages for injuries received
upon a defective sidewalk, was continued,
as the disposition of the parties in inter-
est is to settle the case out Of court.
Contractor job Doran is about to build
a tXvn-Gfnrv hOnap nrnn EprnElfn atraat
near Woo street. The house is to &c OF
Queen Anne design and will be utilized
for his own use.
DIR. Oswald Siegel, Mr.. James T. Nc
Laughlin and Miss Louise Chadwick are
st Newport, the guests of the Misses Mel
vile.
Mr.. william b. DeWolf has a large cot
lection of coins of various kinds in his
possession which hes been in the family
over 100 years. One gold piece Of Por-
tuguese coin, valued at the time ii was
issued from the mint in 1877 at 90 cents,
is "a wei preserved as IL just issued. 1t
was taken by his grandfather Captain
James DeWolf, who had ships in all for
eign ports in the world. and who, in
the war of 1872, had privateers upon the
High seas, consisting of the Brig Yam
KEGS, Masonough aud several others, who
took many prizes from the English. He
was United states Senator to Congress-,
from Rhode Island, during Andrew jack
SON adminisi ration and entertained him
here at his beautiful residence, which
still remains in the possession of The fam
lily ard owned by =. T.. Colt, whose
mother was one of the DeWolf family.
When Captain James DeWolf died he left
an estate valued at s., 600. OO0.
The children OF Mr.. and Mrs. James
Tobin upon Bristol Neck are all doing
well under the treatmennt OF DR.. Daniel
j. Neylan.
The cold yesterday and this morning
caused q mist upon the harbor that re-
semblcd steam and it was quite difficult
to see any distance down the bav.
A tad break occurred this morning in
the main water pipe at Pappoosesquash
corner, leading to Warren. IL has up
rooted the earth for q considerable dis
lance and IL has loaded the trees with
ice, making the branches hang to the
ground. Many of the citizens visited
the scene es it presented something never
before witnessed here. Ii is difficult to
determine at present when the supply OF
water Will be again turned on.
Mr.. Frederick Carter, who was former
ly with f.. A. Chase and Company, has
been engaged by the Brown Brothers.