The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-17
WARREN.
Democrats Make Nominations for
the General Assembly.
Severely Injured by Fan From a Stag
ing Town Notes.

There was Democratic caucus In the
district court room In the town building
last evening TO nominate candidates for n
senator and. representative TO represent
the town I'm the next General Assembly.
jeremiah Golf was elected chairman and
William III. Smith secretary. Daniel B.
Luther was nominated for senator and
Jessie nj. Monroe for representative.
There was no opposition and the vote was
unanimous.
Mr.. John Bell who resides with his
family on North Main street, and is en-
ployed at the brick yard In harrington,
met with q painful accident Yesterday
which will confine him to his house for
number of weeks. 1t was about clock in
the afternoon while engaged at work on
staging, he accidentally fell and fractured
an ankle bone He was brought TO his
home and DR. r. q. Morrisseau was called
who reduced the fracture and made the
patient as comfortable as possible.
Among the guests at the Baker street
tramp station Monday night was man
about 80 years of age who said his name
was William Barrett, claiming To hail
from Boston. During the night he was
taken seriously i'll Yesterday morning
the attention OF the oyerscer of the poor
Mr. John III. Brown was called 10 him
He called DIR. q IL Church who prescribed
for the man and diagnosed the trouble
Of pneumonia, The man lay on the floor
Of the station all day until last evening
when he was removed TO an adjoining
building, known as the hospital and pro-
yided with bed, where he remained dur
ing the night. A tramp has been secured
as nurse and the man will be kept until
he RECEIVERS.
The members Of the Mechanics Fire
engine company, No 2, have received
their new uniform caps this week, which
completes their equipment which will
enable them 10 make handsome appear
ance on parade should it occur on July
4th or in honor of the l50th anniversary
celebration.
ON Friday the Warren foundry and
machine company will cast five cylinders
for the United States government torpedo
boats which are being built by the Herre-
shotfs at Bristol. A special mixture OF
metals is required by the contract for the
construction of these castings and on that
day special heat will be run for this pur-
pose. The fire cylinders will require about
5000 pounds of metal.
About 10 days ago the ~ Y. Herald,
reported that the schooner Carrie 8 Hart,
Captain Smith, had sailed from Newport
News for Warren, had sprung leak, re-
turned to Newport News and gone on the
dry dock for repairs. The Hart arrived
here Monday night, and Is discharging
cargo of 200 tons of soft coal for r. M.
Martin & Son. Captain Smith takes ex-
ceptions TO the above report and desires
IL corrected, and says that after loading
his cargo he went TO the dock To have
repaired two horse pipes which had been
broken. The vessel did not go on the
dock, neither was she leaking He sailed
from there Thursday, March 4, aud had
very rough passage. On Friday last
when between Barnegat and Fire Island
run into "A southeast gale which lasted for
eight hours, split his foresail and ruined
a brand new jib He anchored at the
mouth of the river Sunday night, and was
towed up the river the next evening.
Considerable alarm was felt by the owners
of the vessel and the family and friends
of the captain over the report. The
schooner and her captain are well known
in these waters and has never met with
any disaster. She is a staunch vessel and
was built at Fall River in 1873, by the
wcll-known ship builder of this town,
Mr.. Jerome Cady, and her captain claims
is today as sound as the day she was
launched.
Two hundred and seventeen tramps
We're lodged at the tramp station on
Baker street last week.
Mrs. Susan j. Waterman, widow of
John o. Waterman, who has been in
failing health for II year,-died at the
family residence on Broad street yesterday
at 5:30 aged so years One daughter,
Miss Carrie +. Waterman, and one son,
John Waterman, survive her. Funeral
Friday afternoon at gals.