The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-27
AT NORTH END.
Young VandalS in a
School HCuSe.
Force the Doors and Revel
in Mischief.
William Riley Thrown From Wagon
and Painfully Injured.


young boys, broke into the Gladstone
avenue schoolbouse Wednesday evening
after $3.50 o'clock. They pried up "a trap
door that loads from the yard TO the cellar
and left their trail pretty we'll over the
schoolhouse interior.
They rummaged the desks and strewod
the contents of chalk boxes and othor
articles used in school work around the
different rooms. They opened the doors
of several book cases and left the books
in disorderIy manner.
Down cellar they did some promiscuous
painting and dnubed the walls in front
OF the furnace with paint OF dark shade.
The janitor, Arthur Carney, discovered
the Job yesterday and reported the case
10 a police officer. An investigation was
begun which will probably lead to the
expenditure of some money by some
parents who have bad sons.
HIS SIDE BADLY CUT.
William Riley, 12.year old lad whose
home is on Manton avenue, was thrown
from wagon on West River street at D
o'clock yesterday afternoon and had MS
side so badly cut that three stitches were
required to close the wonud. He was
attended by DR. Luke Il. Bar tley.
Riley had been left sitting in wagon
owned by Linden Bros. whose place of
business is on Manton avenue and the
horse attached to the wagon had been
carefully tied to a post in front of a
house on the strest named. The horse got
very nervous and made an effort TO free
himself from the post. The gentle words
used by Willie failed to quiet the troubled
spirit of the horse or to reconcile him to
the restraint the rope enforced.
After n few mad efforts to break
the rope or uproot the post, which
proved Intellectual, some busy body who
claimed to know more about the animal
than the man who hitched IL, unfastened
the rope. Then the horse ranaway and up
set the wagon and threw William hard
against the ground.
Tine horse was captured after short
run and the injured lad take TO his home
COLLISION ON DOUGLAS AVENUE.
There was a collision between an cleo
trio car and team opposite 800 Douglas
avenue at $40 o'clock last evening.
The car was No. 800 of the Admiral
street line and was in charge OF Motor
an Adrian II. SanDain and Conductor
H. w. Eldrige and in the wagon were
Thomas Mccarthy and Joseph McGuigan
of Woodville.
wagon by the force of the collision and
McGuigan jumped out. The former
claims that one of his hips and q wrist
are badly injured, but the latter escaped
injury by his timely jump.
The car struck the fore part OF the
wagon and broke the hub of wheel.
There were couple Of passengers from
South Providence on the front seat of the
car, who were considerably shaken up by
the humping Of the two rather tough
vehicles together.
WILL GO TO NEWPORT.
Memb bers of the different councils of
che knights of Columbus of this section
will 90 TO Newport on Sunday next to
take part in the instituting OF new
council Of the order in that city. The
event will probably be one of the biggest
In the annals Of the order in this state
Knights from all over the state, from
Boston and other Massachusetts, cities
will b3 in attendance. All the degrees
will be worked and there will DO an
elaborate banquet during the afternoon.
1t Is expected that the number OF
Knights from this section that will attend
will DO close on 100. The Providence
knights will leave on chartered boat at
Q a. M. The Boston and other Massa-
chusetts knights will 20 at 10 o'clock
from this city and the Pawtucket and
Wconsocket members OF the order will go
on third boat
1t is expected that about zoo Knights
will be In attendance at the installing of
the officers and the degree work OF the
proposed new council
BOYS AGAIN AT WORK.
The shop OF Antoine Christenoyia, cob
bier, mt 13l Holden street was for the
second time broken into by boys last
night. An entrance was effected by prying
of a shutter and pushing up q window
sash.
The boys had just pulled the draw out
from under the cobbler's bench when they
got scared and were seen TO got out the
window and Mr.. r. Is. Scriven was tie
one who discovered the lads, and the
time was 1850 o'cloog. He reported tho
case TO the police officer on tho beat.
NORTH END NOTES.
The police made four arrests last night
two drunks and two suspicious persons
There are some bad places on welt
travelled highways in this section that re.
quire looking after by the city authori.
ties.
There Is talk OF tho addition Of another
to the present long list OF amateur socinl
clubs. The Crescent Social Club will
hold its annu8. outing on Sunday next
ard the team will start from Charles
street bridge at $3.50 o'clock
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