The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-29
BRISTOL.
Special Town Meeting to BE Held on
Evening Of April S.
Gas Company Begins TO Lay Pipes-G:n-
eral Notes About Town.

The Bristol Gas Light Company has COM
menced excavating the main road so as to en-
able them to lay the pipes and make the con-
nection from the Warren line to the Bristol
gas works. About 25 men are at work and all
from here. The work Is under the direct SUI
pervision Of the general manager and super
iutendent of the gas company, j. Howard
Manchester.
The petition circulated for signatures for
special town meeting 10 demonstrate against
the action of the Town Council in granting
the reluest of the electric and gas consolida-
tion t. layi ing pipes on the main road has been
fled with the town clerk. Town Clerk Ben
nett has decided to call the town meeting for
Monday evening. April 5. IL il expected it
will be a lively meeting as several important
questions are to be asked, among them, why
the matter was railroaded through so quickly
and why the meeting OF the Council was kept
so quiet.
The launching of torpedo boat No. !. TO be
officially known as the Dupont, will occur this
afternoon at 80 O'clock The government
will be represented by Commander George a.
Converse, u. $. A., who has charge OF the tor
pedo station at Newport aud ha, had charge
of the construction. Secretary Long has
written TO Miss Lillian Shelby Converse, the
third eldest daughter OF Commander Con.
verse, to christen the vessel.
The salary of the pastor OF the Congrega-
tional Church has been fixed at $500 per
year, with the privilege of occupying the
parsonage ON Bradford street. The salary was
formerly sl6O0 per year and the parsonage.
A match race has been made between Ell.
ward W. Brunscn's gray flly Breeze of this
town and the bay eelding owned by DIR. G. III.
Conkin Of Warren, TO take place on Dccora.
ton day at the balf-milc at the Warren Driv-
ing Park Association at Warren, for purse
of $50
The so-callcd Jack the Ripper" has re-
sumed his dirty work Of skulking behind
trees and frightening ladies. Several weeks
ago this was nightly occurrence, but it had
subsidized in a measure for the past three
weeks. Saturday evening the miscreant made
his appearance again on High street and
caught hold of n lady whose screams frighten.
cd him away.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Il. Herreshof returned
home on Saturday evening from Washington,
ID. c., where they have been the past week.
The many friends of Philip Brady, who has
been confined TO his home, were pleased to
learn that he had SO far recovered rs to be
able to DO out on Sunday.
The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company is
setting up 70-foot water line steam yacht for
New York parties similar in construction to
the steam yacht Eugenia. which is used as a
private yacht by ]. b. Herreshof, president
of the Herreshoff. Manufacturing Company.
There was mucr ex xcitement ut the Bristol
Opera Houss Saturday afternoon during the
| performance of the monkey show. Nearly
| every seat in the house had been taken, mostly
| by children. As one of The attendants was
saturating with naphtha ring through which
one of the performing cats was To jump, quite
n quantity was spilled upon the stage. AS
| the ring was ignited there was n fash and a
| large sheet Of flame was seen 10 rise, while
| there was a rush To the door by 100 children
and older persons The flames were soon ex-
| tingui he'd with blankets and water, and with
the exception of the attendants and two other
persons who were slightly burned, no one was
| injured.