The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-11
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
A Case Of KOndike Fever--They
Escaped Injury.

Mrs Charles Lindsay Of Clyde sailed
from Glasgow on the Anchor line steam
ship Furnessia last Thursday and is ex-
peoted TO arrive home next Monday.
Two young men who reside In the val
ley have of late been reading the reports
from the Klondike and have the gold fever
in the worst form, and the reports OF
the precious metal being recently found
in neighboring states has worked them
uD TO such q condition that tho glsten of
a piece of tin OF n broken bottle in the
gutter is enough to cause palpitation Of
the heart Evory suspicious looking stone
is eyed clrefully for traces Of gold and
last Sunday when the young men took
q trip through the woods and fields in
the direction fof Fronchtown FOR tho pur-
pose of picking herrie they carefully
noted every rock and bank In the hope
of finding the yellow metal. Toward
night two very excited young men turned
up in Cronpton. They had no berries nor
anything TO say but the secret was too
great to keep and finally one of the older
residents was taken into confidence and
informed that they had found gold and
lots of it. AS their story was not believed
one of them drow from his inside pocket
q piece of quartz and after handling it
lovingly for moment handed 1t to the
old settler for inspection.
One look was enough for him. He had
seen that same kind OF gold thirty years
ago and knew where he could get wagon
load with little work and so he handed
the quartz back with the remark that
iron pyrites was "a drug on the market
and that "Dick'' Howard at, Al pponnug
had discovered the same mine before they
were born.
But they were not to be convinced by
an old fogie who was years behind the
times and this morning they started for
Providence To get the opinion of an ex-
pert as to the value of their rind. 1t is
probable that when the hard hearted
assayer gets through with them their
dreams of wealth will have vanished END
stock in Rhode Island gold mines taKen
great drop.
Laundry, Joseph BertraD, John Damasse
and Joseph Parento had n narrow escape
from serious injury near Rocky Point
yesterday afternoon. Earlier in the day
they hired horse and democrat wagon
at Calvin Coles stable ut Phenix for
trip to Rocky Point. When near the
Rocky Point depot bicyclist shot ncross
the road in front of the horse. frighten-
ing him and causing him TO break into q
run. Damasse. who was driving, was
unable to control the horse which turned
n sharp corner in tho road, capsizing the
wagon and throwing the occupants out
All of the occupants were badly bruised
and their clothes were torn. Tho horse
continued on his run with the front wheels
OF the wagon and was captured by Joseph
Verit, who followed him on his bicycle
Tho wagon was a total wreck and the
horse was somewhat cut about tho back
legs.
The funeral of Elisha Tew, who died at
his homo in Hope Saturday, was solem-
nized from the Hope Methodist church yes
terday afternoon, Rev. Il. >. Hammond
officiating. The intermeDt was in Green
wood cemetery ut Pbenix.
Mr. and Mrs. William Blanchard have
returned from n weeks vacation. which
was spent in driving along tho coast from
East Greenwich 20 Quonocontaug beach.
The Riyerpoint Hand Engine Company
have decided to attend the flremen's
muster mt Crescent Park tomorrow, and
the engine was shipped TO that place by
rail this noon. A meeting Of the COM
pany will be held this evening and the
uniforms will bo distributed and the final
arrangements made. The men will leave
on the eight o'clock train tomorrow, and
il is expected that there will be about
sixty TO man the brakes
The annual clambake was held at Kent
today, but the attendance was not as
large as usual on account of tho threaten
ing weather.
Miss Mamie McGeough Of Worcester is
rho guest Of Mrs. Patrick Carroll at
Clyde
a heavy four horse team loaded with
wood ran over and killed small dog near
Fiskeville this morning.