The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-02
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Horse Drops Dead While Being
Driven Home After a Funeral.
Sewed Up Cars Lip-Scalding Accident
al Print Works.

The Columbia Whist Club met with
Frank +. Potter at River Point last
evening. The prizes were won ny Miss
Mollie Forsyth and Mr.. X A. 5. Roach.
A valuable driving horse belonging to
George Gilland Of Clyde, dropped dead on
the main street at Quidnock yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Gilland's hostler bad
been allowed 90 use the horse Co attend a
funeral at Washington and was on his
return home when the horse fell and be-
fore he could be Embarrassed from the
carriage, died.
Pardon sAndrews who is agent fer the
Adams Express Company i'm the valley
has cat which he apparently values,
highly. Some time ago the eat after the
fashion of its kind became engaged I'm n
scrap" and rs "a result received cash
i'm the lip which prevented IL from eating.
Mr. Andrews did not wish To sec his pet
starvc, so he procured somV<ether aud
with the assistance of his son the animal
was placed under the influence OF the
anesthetic and the wound sewed up. The
operation was "A success and Mr. Andrews
and his pet are now both happy.
Alexander Mcdonald who has charge of
the boilers at the Clyde print works dur
ing the night was badly scalded while
working about one of the safety valves
Wednesday night.
AT the Phenix school district meeting
about fifty of the Interested tax payers
assembled in the old school house and the
| meeting was called To order by William
! V. Slocum who was unanimously elected
| moderator. The name of George r. shell
| don who has acted ms clerk the past nine
teen years was proposed for clerk. MIR.
| Sheldon positively refused To serve and
| Walter A. Hill was elected To succeed him.
| The reports of the treasurer and trustees
| were read and showed the district TO be in
a good condition financially, although AN
amount of Sl27. 80 still remained due to the
| teachers for salary and the janitor for SER
vices 1t was voted that this amount at
| once be paid and then the question of
| repainting the school buildings and max
| ing some necessary minor repairs was
| brought to the attention of the meeting
| AS usual at Phenix the amateur politician
| who Is a registry voter and according TO
| the law has no voice in the expenditure OF
! the district money, came To the surface
| with questions and kicks but received
| little attention from the taxpayers who
| appeared to think that they were able ID
| expend their own money and finally it
| was voted To authorize the treasurer to
hire a sum Of money not TO exceed $3.50 Tor
| the purpose of paying the overdue salaries
and making the necessary repairs on the
| school buildings. During the past school
year there have been but thirty seven weeks
| of school and the matter was brought
| to the attention of the meeting
| by Mr.. Richard Canavan and after some
| discussion the trustees were instructed TO
| keep the schools open for 40 weeks during
! the coming school year vote of
thanks was passed to Mr. George r.
| Sheldon. the retiring Gle K who has acted
! I'm that position for tie as 10 years. and
| as treasurer Of the distriD1 for the past IL
| years.
| The River Point taxpayers assembled in
the school house promptly on time and
the meeting passed off quickly and
| quietly. The reports of the officers
| showed that the district was in an unus-
| ually good condition financially and "A.
| {. Greene was elected moderator and
| Frank 4. Potter clerk for the ensuing
year. 4. III. Potter was again chosen
| treasurer and Thomas NJ Holden collector,
| and the old board of trustees, John
| Cassidy Thomas Brennan and Harry
| Lincoln were reelected. The question
| of erecting an iron fence around the
| school yard was discussed to some ex-
| tent and Timothy Murphy, L. ~. Potter
| and A. Z. Greene were appointed to ascer-
| tain the probable cost of the impros ement
| and erect the fence il they saw fit.
The school meeting at Arctic was the
! most lively and interesting of the even
| ing and large number of the taxpayers
| were present. Since the erection OF the
| new addition 10 the school house there
| has been considerable feeling among some
| of the voters who, although they wished
| for the addition, appeared to think that
| the committee who had the building of
| the addition I'm charge had expended too
| much money. There was "A movement on
| foot TO elect new board of trustees and
| j. b. Gendron, Il. W. Hudson and
| Charles I'll. Cursor were run in opposi-
| tion TO James Il. McNeilis, Daniel Gorton
and Robert Wilcox, the old board. There
| was considerable feeling manifested by
| somo of the adhercnts of the proposed
new board, but finally the old trustees
| were elected on record vote by two votes.
| Patrick Fitzpatrick was elected moder-
| ator, John L. Deerlng clerk and James
| u. McNeilis, Daniel Gorton and Robert
| Wilcox were elected trustees for the en-
| suing year. The total outstanding debt