The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-15
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THE MODERN CLEANER
SAVES MoPs. sloesANo mvss.
All Grqcers. r
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Boy Thrown Out of Wagon by a
Frightened Horse.
Warwick Republicans In Caucus-A Split
In X. OF P. Lodge. 20

::The Phenix public schools arc closed and
the children will have vacation of three
weeks before the commencement of the
new term.
The Phenix st. Johns Society held its
monthly meeting in Grand Army Hall
yesterday afternoon.
Considerable excitement was created in
Iippitt on Saturday afternoon by rum
away horse and for time IL looked as
though boy, who was in the carriage,
would be seriously injured The horse
was owned by William f.. Blanchard and
harnessed 60 AN express wagon was stand
ing in Mr. Blanchards' yard. A boy who,
with hopes of pockctsful of candy, was
helping Mr. Blanchard, climbed on the
seat and attempted to pick up the rcins.
He secured one of them, but before he
could get the other he in some way
frightened the horse, which started out of
the yard at lively pace. The boy became
frightened, and pulled on the one rein
with the result off turning the horse
sharply 10 the left just as he reached the
street. The wagon collidcd with the
fence and the boy was thrown out and
before Mr.. Blanchard could seize the now
thoroughly excited animal by the head he
turned sharply TO the right and capsizcd
the wagon I'm the middle of the street.
The crash was heard by n number who
were attending the Republican caucus in
the assistance of Mr. Blanchard, who had
seized the bride and was endeavoring 10
quiet the horse, and succeeded in unhar-
Messing him from the wagon before he
could injure himself. The boy, who was
thrown out, struck in the soft mud of the
street and escaped serious injury, and
when the wagon was rightod II was APP
parently in as good condition as before
the runaway.
The Warwick Republicans held their
district caucus and town convention sat
urday afternoon and with one or two ex-
ceptions the same delegates were chosen
as last year. :. w. Hines was chosen as
member OF the town committee in place
of William III. Levalley, who decl lined to
serve another year on account of his bus
iDess requiring close attention.
The Phenix Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union held wcll-attended union
temperance meeting Mt the Phenix Bap-
tist church last evening. The speaker OF
the evening was RcY. c. III. Smith of the
Phenix Methodist church, who delivered
very interesting address on THE Growth
Of an Idea. n
The committee appointed at the last
meeting for the purpose of reorganizing
Francis Z. Greene Camp, Sons Of Vet
Grams, held conference with tl division
officers at the headquarters in Providence
Saturday evening and will make its re-
port ut a meeting which will be held in
Grand Army Hall this evening. Those
who are interested in the reorganization
of the camp are anxious to retain the old
name and charter. but il is reported that
the department. officers are not in favor of
doing this and the report Of the committee
tonight is awaited with much interest by
those interested in the new organization
The Warwick Prohibitionists will hold
caucus in the rooms of the Phenix
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
trafr for .af f,,.t
ing representative and senator to the
General Assembly,
The Pawtuxet Valley is probably the
only locality in the state which can boast
of two societies of the same name, num-
Der and designation. Before the burning
OF the Spencer Block at Phenix Narragan-
sett Lodge, No. 3 Is. of p, occupied
Castle Hall in the upper part of the build
ing, and everything was as smiling rs a
May morning. After the destruction of
the building the lodge met for time in
Grand Army Hall, but the accommoda-
tions were unsatisfactory TO some OF the
mombers and finally mt one of the meet
ings it was voted to hire the hall in
Flanagan's Block mt Clyde. This decision
was not satisfactory TO some of the mem
bers who claimed that the vote was taken
after they had left the hall and was not
an indication of the feeling Of the mem
bers of the lodge AS the result they re-
quence there has since been two lodges
of the h. of p, both of whom claim that
they are the real and only One meets i'm
X. of p. Hall at Clyde and has full set
of officers while the other meets i'm the
rooms of the Phenix Wonan's Christian
Temperance Union at phenix Both
have full board of officers and both re-
gard the opposing society with amused
contempt, but as the money which was
the property of the original lodge Is held
i'm the Phcnix bank and neither has as
yet been able to secure it, il is as yet hard
tell which lodge will come ont ahead in
the end. Tho lodge Mt Clyde has been rec
ognized by the grand lodge Of the order
but in spite of this the phenix contingent
has continued to hold its meetings and
last week matters reached climax when
a notice appeared i'm one of the papers i'm
forming the readers that Narragansctt
Lodge, No. & X. of p, of Clyde was the
only lodge i'm the valley recognized by the
grand lodge, and all persons should gov
ern themselves accordingly. As the split
i'm the society has caused considerable talk
in the valley the advertisement created
more than ripple of excitement and now
the members of the opposing lodges eve
each other with contempt and the end is
apparently not yet
The Scituato Democrats held their cau-
Gus for the nomination Of "a senator and
representative and the election of town
committee at the council room at South
Scituatc this afternoon.
The Coventry town council met at the
town clerks office at Washington this af-
tcrnoon.
Mrs. Thomas Monaghan, one Of the old
est Irish residents of the valley died at her
home at Arctic Centre this morning, after
n long illness.