The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-21
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Young Men Wi | Fave to Settle For Their
Fun Village Gossip.

The young men who took part in the
fight at the ball game at Washington one
w,ek ago Sunday are not as we'll pleased
with the day sport as they were last week
as Deputy Sheriff Fish paid short visit
TO the office of the Clyde print works
where most of them are employed yester-
day afternoon and notified twenty-five OF
them to call on Judge Warner ana settle
for their little sport.
Three of them did call on the judge and
were let off uheaply, one being fined $40
and costs, amounting to Sl4 80 and the
other two receiving fine of % and costs,
amounting tn -. So The rest OF the young
men who disregarded MIR. Fishs orders
will not escape SO easily as the officers
will serve warrants on them ana take
them before the court when the costs will
be much larger than il they had visited
the Judge voluntarily. The Washington
fracas will probably put an end to Sun
day ball playing in the valley as the
owners Of the grounds which have been
used by the competing clubs have decided
to put stop to the Sunday games with
tho attendant fights and Is. Is. IL.
Knight. who own the Star grounds mt
Riverpoint have announced their intention
of blowing up the land and thus put a
stop TO the Sunday games
Duncan Campbell of Phenix was one OF
examination for admission TO the college
of Mechanics ana Agricultural Arts at
Kingston and left Tor that place this
morning to commence his studies.
Rev. Mr.. Churchill, who has been pastor
OF the Apponaug Baptist church Tor
several years, rendered his resignation at
the morning service last Sunday.
The Coventry Town Council held it's
monthly meeting at the town clerks
Office at Washington yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon Officer William
1ennant arrested two horse thieves at
Arctic Centre and carried them to East
Greenwich. whero they were made to
settle for the love for horsetlesh Earlier
In the day Providence drummer hired a
team of Levi Smith, the proprietor Of the
Phenix Hotel, for the purpose of visiting
his customers in the valley. He hit<hed
the horse at one of the stores in JeriSho
and carried his sample cases into the
store for inspection but when he returned
the rig was gone. He Immediately noti-
fled Officer Ionnant who found the team
and arrested Fred Harrington ana
Chris Kenyon, who were In il, and
carried them before the court where
they escaped with fine of So aud costs
each.
Last evening Officer Charles Cursor ar
rested James Malonev at his home in Cen
treville on warrant charging him with
being a common drunkard. He was
taken to East Greenwich, where he was
arraigned and sent to the state farm for
six months.
James Perkins Of Arctic Centre, is seri-
ously i'll at his home with typhoid fever
Mr.. and birs. A. w. knight, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward pike and Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Nj. smith. started yesterday for a
week s trip 10 New York ANA up the Hud-
sos river.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Haslam of Bidde.
ford, Me-, are the guests Of friends at
Pontiac.
Tho funeral of Clifford B. Bates was
solemnIzed from the Natick Baptist
church this morning at III O'Clock, Rev
w H. Greene, pastor of the cnurch ofiici-
ating. The interment was in the Rock
land cemetery at Scituate.