The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-30
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
MOVEMENT Against PediIsrs of Liquor.
After Buried Treasure.

Liquor complainant Riley has commenced
crusade against the peddlers who have for
some time past been in the habit of carrying
an assortment Of liquors In pint and hslf-pint
bottles with their other goods, and Saturday
he found two OF them in crompton ana or
| dered them out of town, with a warning as 10
the consequences IL they wsss caught again.
This peddling Of liquor from house TO house
through tho valley villages has become the
most important part OF the business of some
| OF the peddlers, and il is not confined 10 any
one class of them, for il some OF those who
have purchased II this way can be believed,
some Of the drivers of bakery wagons, tea
carts, butcher carts and even the delivery
wagons from the grocery stores are making
regular business Of selling liquor TO thoir
customers and adding considerable TO their
pay, unknown 10 their employers. The prac'
tice has had such an effect on the business OF
the saloon keepers that one Of them has his
bartender now make regular trips through
the village soliciting orders, ana the man Is
often told that the liquor can be bought
cheaper Of some peddler. who, of course, pays
no license The liquor dealers, who are pay
ing $3.50 year for their licenses, are becom-
ing tired OF this illegal peddllng OF liquor, and
the increasing number Of kitchen barrooins
and unlicensed places where alo and liquor
are sold on the quiet 10 those who are nc
| quainted with the propretors, and are much
pleased with the stand which the officer has
taken, and for their own protection, If moth
ing else, will assist him 20 the best Of their
ability in putting a stop to the unlawful
traffic.
There is a man at Riyerpoint who thinks he
has struck little KlondilSe right at home,
and lately he has been prospecting industri-
| Ously for tho cold which ha is liea huriad
in the ground on the Bennett farm now occu-
pied by Thomas Hopkins. about a mile from
Lippitt. The gold which he is confident he
will find is not in its natural state, but coined
into good American dollars. and is alleged to
have been buried by one of the former owners
OF the farm many years ago. The farm itself
originally belonged to the Lippitts hut has
| been In the possession of the Bennett family
FOR nearly century, and IL is the first one Of
that family who, 10 is alleged, buried the
money. Nearly twenty years before his death
the man became insane, AMI it was before his
mind became unbalanced as TO make IL
necessary 20 place him under RESTRAINT that he
hid somewhere on the farm bag known TO
have contained several thousand dollars in
coin. The hiding place of tins bag he never
revealed, and its secret died with him. but the
Riverpoint thinks that he has solved tn.
mystery, and lately has spent his spare time
on the farm prodding the earth at a certain
point in one OF the pastures with long sharp
pointed s:eel rod which he had made for the
purpose. At first MIR. Hopkins viewed the
mans actions with suspicion but as he did
not do any damage and appeared to be n much
more harmless kind of lunatic than the man
who is alleged to have buried tho money. he
has not disturbed him. but allowed MIN to
Il IL.
appearances IL has so far been unsuccessful
ana the mystery of the hiding place of the
money remains yet to be solved.
Mr.. Waldo Raynsford is seriously i'll at his
residence on High street at Phenix.
For some time past the pupils of the Baker
street school nj Natick have been acting in an
unruly manner and making life miserable for
the neighbors by throwing stones, filling tho
yards with old tin cans and insulting all who
vontured 10 demonstrate with them. They
have made life especially tresome 10 Thomas
Hacl<ett, who lives next to the school house. bv
stoning his poultry and breaking the glass in
his hen house and when he complained TO the
teachers they seemed indifferent or unable 10
put stop to the nuisance. Mr.. Hackett this
morning laid his before Officer Lewis
and today will have warrants issued.
A woman who appeared to be s;upidly
drunk wandered INTO Thomas M. Holden's
front hall this morning, and seating herself in
| chair, expressed n wish to be taken TO the
hospital and went to sleep. As Mr. Holden
was unable to arouse her. he notified Town
Sergeant Elihu Shippee and Officer Cursor,
who went TO the house and identified the
woman Mary Duffy. The woman has been
/ drinking for the past week, but this morning
she appeared to be suffering from the effect of
some drug rather than liquor. The officers
were unable TO arouse her and she was carried
| from the house and placed in n carriage, and
| Officer Cursor started with her for the Lin.
pitt police station. The cool air partly revived
| her and she begged TO be taken home. As the
police station at its best is poor place for
women, and now that il is nightly occupied By
tramps, worse, IL possible, than usual, the
officer drove her 10 her home at Riverpoint,
and carrying her up the stair lift her in
charge of her mother. When the effects of the
drug which she had evidently taken wears of
she will probably be arrested on the charge OF
drunkenness.
The superintendents OF the valley mills are
preparing for the cold weather. and the leo
tracks have been placed in the trenches of
nearly all Of the mills.
Much dissatisfaction is expressed bv the
taxpayers of the kivorpoint fire district al
the manner IN which some OF the arc lights |
are left hanging at the poles instead of being |
run out over the middle of the street as |
formerly. The ligts are hung on an arm which |
projects from the pole out over tho middle of |
the street, and n rope is attached TO them for |
the purpose of pulling them in and out when |
they are trimmed. Some of these ropes have |
rotted off and the trimmers are unable TO null |
the lights out TO the end of the arm after put. |
ting in new carbons. The cost OF new ropes |
would be very small, but the local electric |
lighting companv, whicn is only branch Of
the United Traction Company. has no rope IN |
hand. and the superintendent il obliged 10 I
make a rcquisition ON the Providence store |
room for all supplies. which he gets when IL |
plcascs the stock clerk tho lights are still |