The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-27
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Toughs Given Deserved Thrashing-
Some village Gossip.

Contractor Tucker has gang of carpen-
ters at work repairing and reshingling
Temperance Hall'at Clyde.
Oswald Prosser has resigned his posi-
tion with the electric light company TO
accept similar one in Providence and
his place has been taken by Frank Lille,
formerly motorman on the electric cars.
The players who are TO take part in the
game OF living whist which will be played
In Thornton's i opera house soon after Eas-
ter for the benefit of St Andrews church
held rehearsal in Temperance Hall last
evening.
term yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Septimas Lambert Is confined TO
her home at Harris by illness.
The news that the officers OF the Phenix
Savings bank had applied TO the Supreme
Court for authority To wind up the affairs
of the bank has caused another ripple OF
excitement and some of the depositors look
as though they had 40 friend left in the
world. All kinds Of stories in regard TO
what will be realized by the depositors
have been afloat for the past week and as
usual the knowing ones have enjoyed
themselves TO the utmost, but IL is not
probable that even the officers of the bank
themselves can make a positive statement
as to how much the depositors will re-
ceive.
Everett Leach who is employed by
Eugene Young in his grocery store at
Hope, while at work In the grain room OF
the store yesterday afternoon, slipped and
fell one of this hands striking piece OF
broken glass, cutting cash 10 the bone
and entirely across it. DIR. Clarke was
summoned and rendered the necessary
surgical assistance.
Mrs james DAremeiux of New York
is the guest of Mrs. Frank Maynard at
River Point.
Some of the young toughs who make
a'practicc of walking the streets OF the
valley and making night hideous by their
cries and oaths, came TO grief at Phenix
last evening, and IL is probable that it
will be sometime before they insult any
ladies on the street again. Two young
ladies who had been calling at Phenix,
were on their way home, and when OPP
posite the Phenix mill two of the toughs
came up behind them and one of them
placed his arm about one young lady
waist. The young lady gave succession
of screams, which attracted the attention
of some young men who were near the
top OF the hill, and they at once started
down the street to find out the cause.
The young lady had in the meantime
broken away from her assailant, and ran
up the street and when she met the young
men told her story The two toughs who
evidently thought they had done some
thing funny, followed her up the street.
but they were met half way by the ladies'
friends and the drubbing which they re-
ceved will probably deter them from
again insulting ladies on the streets for
some time TO come.
About 10 o'clock another circus oc-
CURED in Lippitt and for n few seconds
two men undoubtedly thought that they
had been held up. One peaceable citizen
was on his way home when in front of
Clark's blacksmith shop, where the street
Is not well lighted, he suddenly nearly
fell over n man who had apparently
stopped To fasten loose shoestring.
Visions of highwaymen Immediately
arose before the peaceable mans eyes
and he made reach for his hip pocket
where he had a brand new ''gun. The
other man was as badly frightened as
himself and before he could draw the
pistol from his pocket was sprinting up
the road at three minute gait. After
thinking the occurrence over, one man
at least decided that half of the hold
ups, which have occurred in the valley
were of the same kind as the one in
which he was involved
The local Sons of Veterans will hold
another meeting mt the residence of w.
To take measures for the reorganization
of Francis G. Greene Camp, Sons of Vet
Grams, which was disbanded last fall.
y pawtuxet Valley Assembly, Royal
Society of Good Fellows, will hold its
monthly meeting in Grand Army Hall
Monday evening.
Mrs. Frances Rogers of East Haddam
is the guest of Mrs. Curtis at Crompton.