The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-15
OLNEYVILLE.
Gray Hairs Save a Culprit From
Deserved Punishment.
Contractor Place Meets With an Accident.
General Mention.

treatment of a little girl between and
years by a feeble old man named
Potter, upward OF 20 years OF age.
A few days ago Mrs. Orrin Fenner OF
Waterman street sent her little daughter
to a fish market on Plainfield street,
where Potter acts as salesman. The
child was gone longer than usual, and
when she returned she was much agitated
and crying. To her mother the child
said tnat the old man in the market had
taken her in the back room of the store
and asked her To remove her clothing.
She would not do SO, brt the man held
and kissed ber. Her race showed signs of
his kisses, which had apparently nearly
amounted to bites. On her body fish
scales were found, which had come from
his hands. MIR. Fenner arriving home
soon after, took the child and went to
| identify the man who had insulted her.
When tho offender was pointed out, the
| father asked him about the affair, and 1t
was only the tottoring form and gray
| hai frs of the culprit that saved him from
| a thrasbing.
| The old man at Arst tried to deny the
child's story, but finally begged for
mercy. He has been discharged from
| the position he held in the market, but
will probably not be prosecuted because
| Of his feeble health anc old age.
MR.. PLACES MISFORTUNE.
William III. Place, the well known con-
| tractor, met with an accident late yester-
day afternoon that is causing him
much pain.
Mr.. Place about 4 o'clock visited a
house on Broad street, near Baker street,
where he had several men at work.
While walking about the building he
stepped upon large chisel that lay upon
the floor. As his foot touched the end
of the chisel partially balanced across
scattered chips on the floor, the blade
flew up, striking him on the ankle,
causing deep wound an inch deep and
| two inches long. The blood flowed
profusely. Peter Leonard, foreman for
Mr.. Place, conveyed him 10 the office
OF DR.. Deming, who dressed the cut,
eight stitches being required. He was
then removed to his home at 10 Bowen
street, Johnston. Last night he could
not obtain rest on account Of the pain
| which the wound caused him. This
morning he is a little mora -comfortahl BILE.
Mr.. Place has been very unfortunate
recently. Only few weeks ago he re-
ceived an electric shock on the premises
of George +. A. Beane which threw him
| to the ground with much force and caused
him to be under the care of a physician
for several days.
NO TIME LIMIT TO THE JOB.
At the Council session Thursday at
tention was called to tree on Plaintield
street that obstructed the side walk and
which John Walsh was paid $50 to re-
move. The highway comm ittee were in
siructed to see Mr. Walsh about it.
1t now appears that Mr.. Walsh has never
been paid any money for the removal of
the troe, that he is to be paid S50 when it
| is removed, but no time WAS stipulated
| when il should be done. Mar. Walsh said
| that the men abandoned WORK on the
| Job on account OF the excessive heat.
FUNERAL OF AN EsTIMABLE YOUNG wo-
MAN.
The funeral of Miss Mary l.. Cushing
| Of as McDonough street occurred from
| St. Mary's Church on Broadway yester-
day afternoon. Rev. John Sullivan off,
| ciated. Burial occurred at st. Francis
Cemetery. Miss sullivan was a sister OF
Sister Pioncia OF York Convent of York,
Pa. Ihe bearers were her brothers,
| Thomas Lawrence and Patrick Cushing
and cousin, John Holland.
The Council committee on water waited
| upon the city water department at IL
| o'clock today in relation 10 a more ade-
| quste supply for Johnston. 1t was decid-
ed to have larger volume OF water at
| the Odd Fellows square watering trough.
| The water pressure of the hydrants is to
be investigated.
| A horse owned and driven by George
| Bach, Johnston farmer, fell on Olney-
vile square this morning. The animal
was attached TO an express wagon loaded
1 with apples. For a time it looked as
though Dobbln would never rise again.
! When Ii was suggested to Bach that the
animal would not get up again he re-
piled, "On, yes, be ALWAYS gets up" A
| few moments later he did.
Joseph Delaney, William Mahar.
James Burke, Henry Kirwin and Robert
| Ray, VINO have heon spending their vaca-
tion caml lag at Mark Rockswill pull up
their tents and rtturn home. this evening.
MIR. Richard McGrsth, a meaical stu
| cent in the offices of DIR. j. I. and II. W.
Farrell will spend next week at Block
| Island.
Miss Daisy Barber. one OF the postotiice
clerks, will spend next week at tho Vine
| yard.
Frank A. Spratt of the Johnston High
School Is spending his vacation at Her
man, Me-
". z. Steere, principal at the Concord
school, is spending the summer at Green