The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-15
BRISTOL.



The Council held special meeting o.
Tuesday afternoon to listen to plans frotr
engineer Chase, relative to necc sary ~ Y
pairs at the corner OF State Hop1
street. MIR. Chase, not being TO b a
present, was granted q continu.
Mr.. James Connery appeared * i've ~
a settlement regarding contrs 30 had
made OF crushing 1000 tons OF lone too
town use. The matter Was satisfactorily.
explained by him and was held fox cone
Barge Tulip arrived with 600 tons oe
coal for Wardwell Lumber Company.
The annual meeting Of st. Michael'o1
Episcopal Church was held last evening
and the following officers were elected
Thomas j. Usher; junior warden, Edward
5. Babbjtt; assistant wardcns, Herbert r.
Bennett, John II. Pitman, II. II. Cabot
William Il. Z. Wardwell; vestrymen, Will
lam L. Z. Wardwell, John II. Pitman,
Jams, Raymond +. Taylor, George r.
Stanton, samuel Norris, Jr., Frederick r.
Gladding, Ii. II. Cabot, Charles B. Kocles
well, Henry H. Card and Thomas Hender>
son; delegates to convention, Edward s.
Babbitt, John II. Pitman, Samuel Norrisv
Jr., Mark A. DeWolf Howe, Frederick r.
Gladdingj substitutes, Edward Anthony,
Charles M. Kerstien, John Campbell, Ray.
mond +. Taylor and thomas Henderson,
delegates to convocation, Edward 3. Babs
bitt, Walter A. Potter, Isaac X. Williamss
Frederick w. Sandford and Henry Il.
Card; substitutes, William Russell Bogert,
Wallace ~. Howe, George +. stanton, Jos
siah +. Warren and Charles b. BridghamS
treasurer, Herbert f.. Bennett; secretary.
Frederick r. Gladding; organist and
musical director, 4. j. Valentine; janitor,
David Magee. VA
The following named comprise the ap-
plicants for licenses:
Henry r. Manchester, Henry Opits,
John j. Cunningham, Rudolph Yaiser,
Dennis Ryan, Hugh Murphy, Telesford
La Forrest, all on Thames street; James
M. Peters, NJ v. Newton. Oliver w. Cole,
Thomas Nj. Morris, Oalty McCallon,
Henry Serbst, Thomas Clark, all Of Brad
ford street; Robert New bold, Jr., Owney
O'Neil, James Murphy, on Wood street;
Edward III. Chadwick, Wardwcll street,
A small lot, situated upon the east sido
of the late John B. Pearse, was sold By
auctioneer b. M. Lincoln to Michael Kerr
| for 1910 on Monday.
Captain Job Terry of Fall River has
contracted with A. s. Van Wickle to en-
large nis pier 80 as to enable him to have
room for his sailing yachts and his steam
| yacht.
The warm weather. for the past two
days has given q wonderful impetus to
| farming and onion and potato crops OF
the county are being rapidly put in. The
| acreage OF these two principal crops Will
be about the same as last year, despite
| the low prices which have prevailed.
Sloop yacht Marcia, owned by Mr.
Walter A. Potter, was launched from
| Saunders yard on Monday.
At a meeting of st. Andrews Guild OF
Trinity Church held Monday evening the
athletic..commlttee were instructed to are
range for field day to be held May 30.
birthday anniversary held . meeting at
| Giles 8. Congdon's residence on Court
| street. A literary and musical entertain.
ment will form part of the program.
The Harborview Hotel is fast nearing
completion, the interior is being nard
pushed by large gang of workmen un-
der direction Of contractor Leclair. The
interior is receiving the second coat Of
| paint, and the entire front walk which II
several hundred feet long is being con-
cretcd. The hotel has been leased to q
man who has been in the bustness many
| years aud Is well known as a successful
hotel proprietor. The work 10 being
pushed go as to have the opening June 1.
| The outlook fs very promising for =
remarkably lively season for yacntsmen.
Ten 30-footers have been built by tho
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company.
soon as the weather will permit They
are all built OF mahogany and are OF the
| same model.
| The concert given at the opera house
last evening for the benefit OF Arthur
Moore, who has large number OF
scholars here, was well patronized. A
| prize was given to the one In the class
selling the most tickets. 1t was glass
mandolin. Miss Mamie Burgess secured
the prize, selling more than the entire
| class combined.