The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-24
UP THE VALLEY.
All the Cumberland Council
Tickets in the Field.
Republicans Ren0minated the Old
Ticket With One Exception.
Mission at st. Patrick's Church--Reception to
Pastor-Contract Awarded-Notes.

The Cumberland Republican caucus was
held Saturday afternoon in the Town Hall.
Chairman William II. Tobey of the Town
Committee called the assemblage to order
shortly after O'clock, and Hon. A. j.
Currier was unanimously elected Chair
man, with Charles A. England Secretary.
The caucus was a large one, and scarcely
any objections were raised to the nomina-
ton of the following ticket: Town Clerk,
John +. Clark; Town Treasurer, Cyrus
Taft; Councilmen, Andrew j. Currier,
| Thomas Pickup, Jesse A. Carpenter, Os-
borne j. Ballou and John Barnes; Tax
! Assessor, Fred w. Entwistle; School Com
mittee for three years, Thomas w. Hague
| and Wilbur A. Scott.
The nominees for moderators and clerks
| in the various districts are as follows: Dis
| trict /, Albert A. Trask, moderator, Eugene
]. Whipple, clerk; district 2, Theodore
Clifton Perry, moderator, Willing Vose,
| clerk; district 3, Arthur Heathcote, mode
| rator, Joe Turner, clerk; district 4, Thomas
| Il. Harrison, moderator, James 4. Meagher,
clerk.
The town committee was given power to
| fill all vacancies, and then the caucus ad-
| journed.
Awarded the Contract.
| The latter part of last week the contract
| for the new Baptist parsonage was opened,
| and the contract was awarded to Robert
| Il. Collinge of Lonsdale. 1t is understood
that the contract price including steam
heat is about 81 $50. Chauncey l.. Magoon,
Leslie G.. Blake and Alfred Watts were ap-
| pointed committee to supervise the con-
struction of the building.
For the Organ Fund.
| A grand musical and literary entertain
ment will be held Wednesday evening,
May 26, in the Valley Falls Baptist Church
| for the benefit of the organ fund. The
following program will be rendered: Quar-
tette. Messrs. Tracy, Fessenden, Mathew
son and Fleming; Musical Chimes, Mr..
and Mrs. Fuller; recitation, "The Honor
of the Woods" Miss Ida Thompson; song,
"voice of the Ocean," Mr.. FessendeD; i'm
personation, William Henry Smith; duet,
Madeline" Miss Eva Russell and Mr..
Fessenden; recitation, Miss Ida Thomp-
son; song, selected, Miss Eva Russell;
duet, piano and mandolin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fuller; song, "Madam De Fogarty's Dane
ing School," Mr.. Smith; quartette.
Raid at ManvilIe.
| Town Sergeant Pollard visited Manville
| yesterday, and the result of his visit ter
minated in the swearing out of warrant
| against Fred Jackson this morning for
keeping liquor for sale on Sunday.
Notes of the Valley villages.
The auction sale of Foresters' Hall has
been postponed until next Saturday.
The Democrats of Cum berland have
| nominated Thomas Beswick for Town
| Treasurer.
The Keach and Brown establishment of
| Valley Falls has received number of or
ders and will start at once upon full time.
Town Treasurer Taft has received the
check for $50, which the Council sent to
Ballou Past, and which they refused to ac-
| cept.
A slight accident occurred Saturday
| afternoon at the Sneachconnet Park races.
| Two drivers We're thrown but not seriously
| injured.
The Lincoln Democrats will meet Tues
| day evening in the band room of Lonsdale
| hall to nominate ticket for the coming
election.
w. Ii. johnson of Valley Falls has come
| into possession of valuable document. 1t
| is roster of those who served in the
| Stephen w. Olney and Shaw Companies
during the Revolutionary war.
Yesterday afternoon the mission, which
| has been conducted during the past week
| for the women of st. Patrick's church,
| Valley Falls, closed and the coming week
| will be continued for the benefit of the
men.
The members of the Primitive Meth
odist church rendered a reception to
their new pastor, Rev. William Shaw, last
evening in the vestry of the church. The
| Ladies' Aid Society had charge of the
affair and DR.. Torkington made the ad-
dress of welcome.