The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-01
OLNEYVILLE
HAPPENINGS
Town Sergeant Mann's House Vis-
ite1 by a Burglar.
An Interesting d bat:-Chnrch Auniver-
sary- Otnsr Notes.

The residence of Town Sergeant Mann,
80 Mill street. was entered 10y burglars
between auc O'Clock last evening,
while Mr.. Mann ana his family were at
church, and every room In the house was
ransacked, but the burglars only sue
ceeded in getting on the second floor, and
here he found everything topsy turyey.
every pocket i'm each OF his garments mad
been turned inside out. but so far as he
know nothing was taken.
AN INTERESTING DEBATE.
Textile hall was well filled with the
friends of the Crescent Debating and Lit
erary Club last evening when the subject,
"That Capital Punishment Should Be
A Abolished" was argued. Edward j. Kelly
and Patrick p. Curran took the aflirma-
tive side, Vincent L. Mahor and Thomas
Rowan the negative, and the latter now
have the victory. The debate was followed
by an excellent concert in which the
Misses Cora Burke, Nellie Gibbons,
Lille Holdgate, Bessie J. Hunt Lizzie
Drungc ole, James Il. Kirwin. Mir. Valen-
ira took part.
CHURCH ANNIVERSARY.
The 33d anniversary Of tie Broadway
Baptist Church was Observed yesterday
with the following exercisei AT lo:45
the Sunday school was addressed by A. Is.
McCTillis, president of the RhCde Island
Sunday School Association; in the after
noon by an anniversary sermon by the
pastor. j. V. Osterhout, and in the even
ing by a concert by the members OF the
Sunday school. at which time there Were
addresses made by DIR. George A. Will
liams of Brown University, the pastor
OF the church and the superintendent OF
the school, q. w. Calder. also recitations
by the Misses Ethel Mathewson, Cora
Bower, Bertha Steere and Nellie Under
wood. There was i'm attendance at these
services nearly 500 persons, each being
presented with "a booklet, entitled 1.-The
Scarlet Thread, as a souvenir Of the oc-
casion.
THE TOWNS FINANCES.
Just where the financial muddle of the
town of JADston will end, no one seems
TO know. but there Is one thing certain,
that the farmers AMI "a few allies from
this end of the town will in the future
vote down all appropriations and the
debts will still pile up, until such time
as some creditor Will want Al settle
ment and the town will not have the
money, so the supreme court will be called
upon to make an assessment, and should
such thing happen at the present time
it Is estimated that tax OF 81. 80 on 500
would be necessary to pay tbs present in
debtedness outside of the iqynded debt.
Each financial meeting has been more
exciting than the preceding one. and the
next one will be more so. At present it
looks as if annexation was the only
way out of the matter. and tha senti-
ment is very strong in that direction, and
many of those who strongly opposed it
some time ago are now in favor of it, as
{ hey believe that it is the only way in
which the town can prosper. 1t has been
clearly demonstrated tbat residents in
thickly settled portions of the town want
much and those OH the outskirts want but
little, and tho landowner on the outskirts
whose plumbing and drainage consists of
a short piece of lead pipe running from
the sink OF his kitchen to the outer parS
of his building, does not and will not,
unless made to by the courts pay Tor any
more sewers in the thickly settled portion
Tn one feature against annexation is
the present debt, and it is thought that
the farmers will come and vote To pay q
portion Of it for the sake of having their
freedom and the land owners in that por-
tion are more inclined to assume the debt
than when the subject of annexation was
talked of before.
!. Just at present there are but few houses
or stores to rent in the town, but building
IS practically at standstill, and build
ing is what the merchants deserve, and
they do not relish seeing other towns en-
ioying booms that do not offer the induce
ments that Johnston might il the
financial problem were settled. At any
rate. the annexation question Is being
agitated and il is not improbable that
move will be made in the matter during
the early part OF the winter, for as one
well-known real estate owner told News
representative, I'VE either got TO do SO or
move out of the place for the two factions
can never come together and the sooner
the move is made the better for all. F"
GENERAL MENTION.
Luke Hauloy always has an eye for
business and finding that there are no
vacant stores i'm the vicinity of his house
at the corner OF Plainiield and Latham
streets has decided to raise his house that
is located at that corner and put four
stores under it. two Of which are said TO
le rsnted all ready.
Blue heron is on exhibition in tho dis
play windows Of 4. y. Pcnny's fish mar
\ numtcr Of candidates will receive