The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-30
EAST PROVIDENCE.
Nineteenth Annual Meeting Of Mar
ragansett Engine Co. No. D.
Thrown From His Buggy ana Injured.
A Bicycle Accident.

The 10Th annual meeting Of Narragan-
was held in the parlors OF the company
last evening Foreman Levi ). Winches-
ter presided. The annual reports of the
clerk and treasurer were presented and
showed the company TO be In prosperous
condition, there being present 92 members
i'm good standing and "A comfortable bal
ance in the treasury. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: Foreman, Levi ;. Winchester for
the 10th time; assistant foreman, Walter
Balckom clerk and treasurer, William Is.
Farnsworth; hose director, ;. F.Clement;
first pipeman, Estus knight second pipe
man, George ;. Bell first hoseman, Il.
T. Case; second hoseman, A. Il. Sim
mons; third hoseman, j. Horton; fourth
hoseman, q. III. Sweetland; fifth hose
man, William Hill, Jr. The following
committee were appointed by the fore
man: Auditing, Franklin Monroe, w.
knowlton, Peter Mclaughlin and George
Blackwell; steward. Charles III. Sweet
land: hall committee, George G.. Roberts,
Andrew j. Chapman and G. +. Maxcy ;
equipment committee, the clerk and ;.
r. Clement George w. Case, Jr., and
Franklin Monroe; entertainments COM
mittee g. 4. Roberts, w. :. Balckom,
Il. B. Chace, George Greene and j. .R.
Case. 1t was voted to celebrate the an
niyersary of the company Friday even :
ing April 9, with !. dance and supper in
Winchester hall, and the entertainment
committee was directed 10 make all ar.
rangements for the occasion A vote OF
thanks was given the retiring clerk and
treasurer, Mir. Elmer r. Knowlton. A
committee was appointed to draft "a set
of resolutions of thanks TO Mr. Potter,
supcrintendent OF the electric car house,
for the many fayors received from him
during the fires which have recently oc-
Cured in the Riverside district A COM
mittae of nine members was appointed
to consider the adyisability of holding "A
fireman's muster at Crescent Park this
summer, with full power to act. This
concluded the business Of the evening,
and it was a late hour when the meeting
adjourned.
Last evening Netop Council, No. Z, o.
L.. A. NJ, held "A meeting in Grand Army
hall and added one new member to its
ranks.
Yesterday afternoon a contractor who
resides in this town while driving through
Watchemoket square with "A load of planks
on his team struck the ends of the planks
against the buggy of James Il. Millard,
which was standing on the square. The
buggy was nearly tipped over and Mr..
Millard was thrown out and slightly
injured.
Yesterday Mr.. George Gould, the driver
of the Fall River mail wagon, went TO
his stable on School street to prepare for
his trip, and found his horse dead in the
stable il having died during the night.
The animal was apparently in good
health when left in the stable the night
before
This morning while number of BIZ
cycle riders We're crossing Washington
bridge, coming into this town, the draw
was opened To allow barge from the
Standard Oil Company TO pass through.
The wheelmen crowded near the closed
gate and one young man became wedged
in between an electric car and team,
and before he could remove his wheel it
was completely demolished.