The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09
EAST PROVIDENCE.
Sold Peanuts in Payment OF An
Election Wager.
Knocked Senseless by a Stone-Olher
Notes About Town.

A few weeks sgo o number of yonne
men of this town entered into a heated
debate as to the probable result of the
presidential election. Two of them, more
enthusiastic than the others, were will
ing to wager almost anything within
their means on their candidate, SO II was
agreed between Mr.. Jeremish Sullivan,
an ardent champion OF Mckinley, and
Mr.. Joseph Cloutaire, a Bryan enthusi-
asst, that whatever candidate was defeat
ed. bis supporter should purcns.e a
bushel Of peanuts, put them up In pint
bags and peddls them out on watche-
moket square, any time the winner should
designate, the price to be Ave cents per
bag. Saturday night was the time APP
pointed by Mr.. Sullivan ana at o'clock
on that evening Mr.. Cloutaire appeared,
with a basket strapped aboot mis- neck,
and the peanuts neatly put in bags as per
agreement. He sold them TO the pedes-
trians OF the square, ana being marked
Mckinley peanuts, 1t Is needless to say
they sold 80 fast, Mr.. Cioutaire was sorry
il was not bet of ten bushels instead of
one.
Saturday afternoon one OF Joseph Nc
Cormick's large stone teams came from the
quarry and drove on 10 the scales at his
place on Taunton avenue. The team and
load weighed "a, 40 pounds and when
it drove out on Taunton avenue every
wheel sank to the hub in the mud OF the
street. 1t required over an hours time
and additional horses to extricate the
team.
Saturday afternoon Irving Smith, lad
who resides on Walnut street, was playing
with q number of other boys on Boston
street when someone threw a stone and
struck young Smith on the head, and
knocked him senseless. He remained in
that condition some time and every
thing was done for him that could be
done by the people in that locality.
Finally he recovered consciousness and
was removed 10 his home, where q
wound two inches long was found in the
scalp. This is the lad who, q short time
since, was knocked into ditch by q
runaway horse and the horse fell on him.
Last evening William Gray, who resides
on Valley street, rushed into the police
station and complained that row was
In progress in the tenement house In
which he lives. Special officer Clark was
sent to the place. On his arrival be
found the battle was over, but the result
WAS plainly evident. Broken furniture
was lying around and the msn and wo-
man who occupied the tenement hao
bloody faces. AS the trouble occurred
on private property, the officer aid not
feel warranted In making any arrests,
but the police win invest igate the matter.
Aloysus Mccormick, son OF John Nc
Cormiok, died atthe Butler Asylum for
the Insane Saturday. lie was committed
70 that institution from this tow about
two weeks since. The young man was
well and favorably known in this town.
He was a member of the A. y. Hoyt
Grammar School and was consid,rsd I'd a
smart and active boy. His
funeral will take place Tuesday morning
1t $3.50 O'Clock.
The annual harvest concert OF the First
Baptist Sunday School was held in the
,nurch last evening and was one OF the
most pleasing exercises ever given by |
hat society.
MIR. Thomas Hudson, who has been |
conductor on the Crescent Park Hire of I
'ars since its opening, has resigned to |
'ccept position with Foster Il Bailey,
manufacturing jewellers OF Providence.