The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-06
OLNEYVILLE.
Search For a New Gambling Place.
Cases In District Court.

A well known member OF the sporting fra.
ternity OF Providence has been here for sew
eral days searching for qusrters for q gam.
bling joint.
OF course, he Is confined In his search to the
Johnston hde Of the line, where the gambling
colony has been so long established, and right
there it is difficult to find suitable rooms.
And then there is another obstacle in the way
of those who would establish new institutions
Of this kind.
The present Joint proprietors are regarded
as natives Of the soil and are treated as SUCH
They enjoy the greatest immunity and their
business is never interfered with except by
civil process. and in this respect 1t does not
differ from other lines Of business. Only a
short while ago an action for debt was begun
against one OF the proprietors of the we'll
known Tar bridge joint. An attachment was
placed on his interest in the club room Just as
one would be placed on grocery, and the
constable left keeper there when he departed.
The games were allowed TO go on in the
presence of the keeper just the same rs be-
fore, but the representative OF the law was
not permitted 10 handle the receipts, rs would
be the case In an ordinary attachment II
this latest prospector is no more successful In
opening his room than were the last ones who
were here, he will save money and time by
dropping the scheme.
IN COURT.
Alpheus Fl. Sylvester of Scituate was
brought before the Eighth District Court yes
tcrday afternoon by Liquor officer fernando
Rounds. Sylvester was arraigned on two
warrants, one charging him with selling
liquor and the other with keeping for sale
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case and furnished surety for his appearance
for trial on the 18th inst.
Albert Green, another denizen of Scituate,
was before the court charged with larceny.
He was accused of stealing a pocketbook con.
tanning $3.50 from Henry Curtis house.
He was adjpdged guilty and sentenced TO 30
days in Jail.
GAME SOCIETY MEETS.
The Rhode Island Society for the Protection
of Fish and Game held n meeting last evening.
There were twenty candidates elected to ac-
tive membership and the following names
were added to the honorary list: Hon. Elisha
Dyer, Hon. Nelson ". Aldrich, Hon. Melville
Bull, Hon. A. b. Capron and Captain John r.
Bartlett II was voted to support the law de-
signed to protect the song birds.
These game officers were elected Thomas
Smith. Smithfeld; Orlando Follett. Cumber-
land; II. @. Pollard Lincoln. and William
Boardman, Central Falls.
The Saylesville Gun Club joined the associa-
tion in body.
BRIEF ITEMS.
The funerals of Mr.. Michael Dockery Of
Willow street and Mr. John Shay. Oak street,
were held from st. Marys church today.
Mrs. Margaret Seward, an old resident OF
billiard street. was buried today. The fun
eral service was held at ST. Theresas church.
A horse owned by a man named Gray ran
away on Hartford avenue yesterday after.
noon.
A coal wagon belonging TO John r. White 81
Co. broke down on Bennett street yesterday
afternoon.
Members Of the Woonasquatucket Encamp-
ment, i. o. o. T., held an outing at Fields
Point yesterday.
The funeral of Richard Wilson was held at
Thornton yesterday.
Henry Spaulding who was formerly mo-
torman on the Manton avenue street car line
but who has been officer at the state prison
recently has resigned his position and will
start for the Klondike gold fields at once. Mr..
Spaulding's old associates wish him good luck
and it is thought some of them may follow
him.