The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-12
OLNEYVILLE.
Pupils OF School Give Entertainment
at Concord Hall.
81 ght Blaze at the Riverside MIL Last
Evening Brief Notes.

The pupils of the School street school.
Johnston. gave very enjoyable enter
tainment at Concord hall last evening.
Ihe hail was we'll filed with parents aud
friends of the pupils.
The program was as follows: Violin
solo, Long Long Ago" MISS Hattie III.
Sweet; reading, selected, Miss Edith Hey
worth; cantata "A Day in the Woods, "
Reading, selected, Miss Heyworth; good
night drill.
Characters of Cantata-Grandma, Susan
Ppains; Fioss,, Marry Norris Madge,
Kitchen; Dolly. Minnie Bommeli; Nora,
Irene Laiaway; Nellie Agnes Murphy;
Maude, Mary Walsh; Ida, Lena Murphy; I;
May, Lydia Midgley; Gipsey Girl, Chris
tine Wiessner Frank, George Nangle;
Joe. John Dempsey; sam, William Cav
anaugh.
Planets-Venus, Bertha Steere; Moon,
Susie Moore; Earth, Nora Buckley;
Uranus. Grace Mills; Jupiter. William
Carty; Neptune. William Trapp; Saturn,
John supplies; Mercury, Henry Hoffman; ;
Mars, Frank Wiessner
ONLY A LITTLE BLAZE.
Shortly after o'clock last evening the
fire department was called 20 the Riyer-
side mills, bnt the prompt action of a
nun ber Of hands who were working over
time and tho working OF the automatic
sprinklers left nothing for the profes-
sional fire fighters 10 do when they ar
rived. The fire didn't amount TO any
thing. 1t occurred in the finishing room
and was started by the accidental ignition
of small quantity of benZine which Is
used for cleaning purposes
The alarm was rupg in by some one
outside who saw the flash of light whom
the benZine took fire.
The only damage was the wetting Of
a few pieces Of cloth.
TO PETITION THE COUNCIL.
A petition to the Johnston Town Coun-
ell. asking that body TO authorize the
numbering OF the streets as suggested 10y
Postmaster Harris at the last Council
meeting, is being circulated among the
tn xpayers for signatures.
1t Is being quite generally signed and
will no doubt contain great many
names when presented next Monday
evening.
Harry W. Carpenter is spending few
weeks at Mount Hope Bay.
Cards are out for the wedding OF Mr..
Fred Bonneville and Miss Agnes Hunt,
which Will take place next week.
Henry Banspach has so far recovered
from his recent sickness as to be out
again.
Joseph Driver has opened a pharmacy
at Manton.
The Johnston Town Council will here
after hold its regular meetings at b
o'clock in the afternoon.
A good thing The News bicycle sub
scription prize Any boy who wants n
wheel should try for 1t.
Valley street between Atwells avenue
and Smiths hill has been put in good con-
dition once moro.
Joseph Donnelly, who for number Of
years was popular clerk Mt Il. Il. Aliens
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ston this morning.
A large contingent of the sporting fra
ternity of Boston make daily trips To this
place 10 attend the races on Stokes street.
Where is Walla Walla, was one OF the
questions put up before the civil service
examiners in Irons hall yesterday.
Just 80 members of the Olneyyille Busi-
ness Mems Association visited the East
Providence Business Mems Association
last evening
Officer Doe of tho Sixth police station
started on his furlough today.
The wife of Mr. James Clark of Howard
street died this morning.
Thomas Harmon. student at st. Lau-
rent College, Canada, has arrived homo
for the summer vacation.
Representative w. III. Randall of Scituate
was arraigned before the Eighth District
Court yesterday afternoon on the charge Of
Indecent assault on Emma Wild tho
eeven-y -year-old daughter of Elder Weed.
Randall pleaded not guilty. and he was
required to furnish surety in the sum of
500 for his appearance for trial June 20.
Chidren's day will be observed
throughout the day ut the Second Presby
teran church, Harris avenue. Mr. Living
ston is to preach to the children at the
morning service. Children's day concert
at .. IN. The church decorations are IN
the hands of the young women.