The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-06
3O'CLOCK
NEWS OF OLNEYyILLE.
A Long Court Trial Follows a SPELL
ing Bee In Johnston.
Delegates Elected to the Republican
Conyention--Other Matters.
The NEWS BUREAU. oLNEYvILr.n
No. Is Hartford Avenue.


The suit for 500 damages against
Charles Potter, Squire King and Edward
Moore, three beardless swains of Scitu-
ate, for defacing a carriage, the property
OF Henry w. Hall and incidentally de-
tanning his Children on the public high
way when returning from a spelling
match on Laurel hill in Scituate, on the
evening of Feb. "a, was the occasion of
every seat being occupied in the Eighth
District Court room this morning.
Hall is the proprietor OF the overland
stage route between scituate and Olney-
vile. Everybody knows him and like
most stage drivers he knows considerable
about everybody else. Today an extra
team was employed in order to bring in
the lads and lassies who attended the
spelling bee on Laurel Hill when, as
Attorney Owens, counsel for Hall, put
it, there was considerable fun and
much carrying on after school was out
ana all the way home. which was the
reason that two hours were consumed In
driving three miles.
Howard ID. Hall was the first witness
and for a boy OF IL summers he was
good one. He told the story OF the start
and finish of the return from the spelling
match; how his older sister drove the
although Henry had received orders to
keep close behind his sister Ada.
This young Potter declined 10 allow
and thus the trouble started. 1t was
brought out that the presence OF Edith
Stone and Josie Gahan were loadstones
that were drowning Young Potter and
Moore who were fooling on the trip with
the young men who were walking along
side their team.
Attorney Farnell has an array of wit
nesses and when the court took a recess
for dinner the evidence was not in for the
plaintiff.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
The caucus OF the Republican electors
OF Johnston to elect delegates to the State
Convention i'm Music Hall next Friday,
wtsoh chooses delegates TO the st. Louis
convention. was held Saturday night.
George Farnell acted as chairman and
John w. Lewis as clerk. The delegates
chosen were as follows: Charles Nj. Ad-
ans, John +. Harlow, George Farnell,
Charles III. Grant, Henry o. Martin and
A. j. Bromley.
GENERAL MENTION.
At the Church OF the Messiah Sunday
floral memorials for the following de-
parted ones were noticeable: Fannie Vim
ton Wright, Mrs. 5. X thornton, Mrs
Lizzie Field Patt, Mrs. Bertha Garrett
Allen, Arthur Amory Gammeil, Frank
Hathaway, Mrs. S. l. knight, Edward
NJ. Winsor, Mrs. Abbie Beane, James
Farrar, John Adams Everett, Burnside
Scott, DIR. a. &. Lawton and wife, James
Gibson, Dwight Nettleton. Charles Lloyd
Brayton, Ellen NJ. Jastram, Miss Eliza
beth COLLISION, Eben and George Perrin,
Arthur Thompson, May Walton and John
Scrimger.
Mr.. Luke Kavanaugh delivered an ex-
haustive address on "Problems OF NUM-
cipal Government before the Young
Mems Literary and Social Club last even
ing. A short literary program followed.
The Johnston improvement Association
will meet at the engine house Wednesday
evening Ii Is understood that important
reports will be made regarding the water
supply and fire service in the town.
cooperative store with shares at S.
has been organized at Thornton. Two
thousand dollars stock has already been
subscribed.
Six hundred and ninety-seven persons
attended the Broadway Baptist Sunday
School yesterday.
The decorations of the altar at st.
Mary's Church yesterday was elaborate.
Electric lights beside floral piece, were
employed. Fred w. Sanborn, who was
arrested in Preston a Browns store on
Dyer street Saturday night, Is known in
this vicinity. He is resident Of Manton.
Sixteen persons received the right hand
of fellowship at the Broadway Baptist
Church yesterday afternoon.