The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-14
WARREN.
W. c. 7. u. TO Hold Is Animal Meeting
Wednesday-Olher Matters.

the Baptist Church Wednesday, Sept. 16.
The afternoon session will be addressed
by the state president, Mrs. M. A. Bah,
cock, also by Miss Elizabeth p. Nichols,
state secretary. Al 7:45 p. IN. M iss Nichols
IN Miss Deborah X. Knox of the Paw
ucket Union, will be the speakers. The
public 10 cordially invited TO attend both
sessions.
Mr.. Il. X. Coomer, who owns O farm on
the main road in South Warren has been
compelled to harvest his crop of Hun
gsrian grass before it had matured on ac-
count of the rayages OF a colony OF army
worms which have invaded his inclosure.
The grass crop has been housed and the
worms are now at work on a field of row.
ings.
Two wheels for the road rolling ma
chine owned by Contractor Gardner @.
Luther were cast at the works Of the War
rem Foundry and Machine Company last
week and were shipped on Saturday to
the Franklin Foundry ana Machine Com
pany of Providence, where they are to be
bored out and finished up. The total
weight of the two wheels is over 5000
pounds.
Not in many years, il ever, has the
opening week OF the public schools
shown such a large attendance at the
nigh and grammar schools. Every seat
In both schools Is taken and chairs are
being utilized where there are not
sufficient number of desks. Eighty are
registered in the higt school and 125 In
the grammar school. This status Is some
thing remarkable in view of the fact that
since the destruction OF the Warren
Manufact uring Company's mills last Oc-
tober our population has been decreased
over 1000.
Seymour Brothers received Saturday a
schooner load Of corn from New York.
The supply of fruit offered for sale In
this marekt, as a rule, is of poor quality,
and the prices asked for it are from so to
100 per cent, above what IL can be
bought for in Providence.
The Warren Foundry and Machine
Company Is making oil the bronze cast
ings and ell Of the large iron castings for
the United States torpedo boat No. 7
that is being built by the Herreshoffs at
Bristol.
Hook and line fishermen are having
great sport. On Saturday Treasurer
Chappell of the foundry, superintendent
Seymour of the Elevator Works, Foreman
Bowers Of the Cutter ManufacturingCom-
pany, and Squire Tompkins caught from
the Elevator Works wharf 614 pounds
of handsome tautog.
The managers of the Warren Driving
Park Association are arranging to bring
of fall meeting when it Is proposed 10
offer a card that will attract large al
tendance of the lovers of good horse
flesh.
Up to the present time IL members OF
the Warren Artillery Company nave quail
itied themselves as expert markmen. In
the first for sharpshooting class, which
requires q record OF 40 out of 80 at 2c0
yards, AZ at 500 yards and 43 at zoo yards
the following members have attained
that distinction. Adjutant Glaoding,
Major Eddy, Lieutenant Greene, Lieuten-
ant Ransom, Lieutenant Sparks and
Sargent White. In the class scheduled
as marKsmen the following mem
Ders have won their spurs:
Sergeant Miller, Privates Crowley, Jones,
Martin, Jog hnson and Church. The com.
pany intends to enter a team In both
clssses In competition for the state
championship prizes to,be contested for
at the rife range at Sassafrass Point on
the 2sth inst.
Contractor Charles B. Frost of Boston
is visiting relatives in town.
Mr., Elwin Chappell of the American
Mschipe Company OF Pawtucset was the
guest of his brother, c. p. Chsppsll,
treasurer OF the Warren Foundry ana
Machine Com pany, Sunday.
Sunday was cold, dull, dreary day,
with a nor'easter, accompanied by a high
wind and rain, prevailing. There were
put few visitors in town. The churches
were fairly well patronized. Rev. Father
Mellon of Washington, ID. O., former
Warren boy, ofiicated at the 1O:3O a. m.
service at st. Marys church. Rev. Robert
N. Turner. Jr., OF Bristol, also a former
Ierlutut hcIe, OulClhteu Hl Cts MhTk
Church at the morning service. The
other pulpits were occupied by the regu-
lar pastors.
Two police officials from Taunton,
Mnss., were in town yesterday looking
up party who had skipped from that
city with lot Of unpaid instalment
furniture.
Mrs. Mary Cornell, widow OF Alfred
X Cornell died Saturday at her South
Main street residence, In the slst year OF
her age. She was native OF the town,
and besides a brother, Charles Cole, leaves
one daughter, Mts Mary Emily How
land, and two sons Charles n. and Albert
Cornell.
II. l.. Hastings OF Boston will deliver
lecture at the Baptis, Church on Tues
day evening. The subject wilt be the
"Truth OF the Bible.p Mr.. Hastings
gained some notoriety by b,ing the first
speaker imprisoned for preaching on Bos-
ton common.
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