The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-13
Lincoln School Committee
Organized Last Evening.
Contract to Supply Coal For the
Schools Awarded Last Night.
ALLEGED Assault at Ashton Yesterday y-Chaptsr 9
ofvshIcuIar AccIdents--l.ocaI Notes.

The Lincoln School Committee met last
evening for organization and the full num-
Der OF members were present.
Upon motion of Mr.. Franklin Man
chester, Samuel A. Lsanard was chosen
Chairman OF the Committee. Stephen o.
Meader was elected Clerk.
IL was voted that the contract for sup
plying the country schools with coal for
the ensuing year be awarded to Cullen
Brothers and the contract for Fairlawn,
Saylesville, Prospect Hill and Lonsdaie
schools be given to Simpson Brothers.
A number of the regular monthly bills
were received and ordered paid. A bill
was received from the city OF Central Falls,
amounting to s540, for tuition OF scholars
In the High School, and was continued ito
the next meeting of the Board, with in
structions to have the names OF the pupils
specified. 1t was then voted to adjourn to
the call Of the chairman.
Assaulted the Jew.
Chief of Police Cotter OF Cumberland is
investigating case of an alleged assault
upon Jew, which Is said to have taken
y
cording to the story Of the Jew he was
riding by house upon which soma paint
ers were at work, and In response to
summons from them he mounted ladder
to buy some bottles from them. When he
reachad the place he claims that he was
struck in the head with a bottle by one
John Shea. When he reported the affair to
Chief Cotter he showed several bad cGts
4 - L ~ lr,.
General, and said that he was from Prov
idence.
Vehicular Accident.
Early this morning there were compli-
cation of vehicular accidents on Broad
street that caused quite lively commotion
for time. William Patterson, the Broad
street druggist, was driving out .of the
yard and the wheels Of his carriage became
locked In those of q wagon which was
standing In front of his store. The result
was that both teams were capsized and
Mr.. Patterson was thrown to the ground.
Mr.. Patterson's daughter was following
her father out of the yard In dog cart
drawn by lively pony, and In the excite
ment drove on to the side walk and COM
ing in contact with the fence the cart was
tipped over and Miss Patterson was
thrown out. The pony cleared himself
from the cart and ran up Broad street, but
was caught before doing any damage.
Fortunately none of the participants in
this exciting dramaswere injured.
Notes Of the valley villages.
John Pickup, the assistant station agent
at Lonsdale, is doing camp duty this week.
The annual excursion of the Saylesville
Memorial Chapel will occur on Saturday,
July 81.
A meeting of the building committee of
the Baptist Church .. will Lbe held this
evening.
The gospel wagon of j. b. Marsh, the
State colporter of the Baptist denomina-
tion, will be at Lonsdale Tuesday and
Friday evenings.
The Lonsdale Botanical Society had an
outing Saturday afternoon to the resi-
dence OF James Moore, a member who
lives at Dodgeville.
The proposed lawn party, which was to
be given under the auspices of Christ
Church at the grounds of Supt. Pratt, has
been indefinitely postponed.
Rev. James v. Chalmers, rector of Christ
Church, will start on his vacation tomor-
row. In company with his family he will
go to Sing Sing, N. Y, and from there to
Rye Beach.
Open air services will be commenced at
Lonsdale next Sunday evening and will be
continued for the next two months. Dur
ing that time the services will be con-
Quoted by Revs. Israel W.. Porter and
Asaph 8. Wicks of Pawtucket.