The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-22
EAST PROVIDENCE.
Townspe0ple Wondering About
Those Telephone Poles.
Police Work on Sunday konk's Town
Meeting Warrant.

me C1t1ZeDs OF the Town are wondering
what the poles 0f the Nixon Telephone
Company were set all over town for. IL
Is now about a year since they were
planted, or set out, but no service has as
yet been rendered 10 the large mum Der OF
subscri Ders. Somo people nave suggested
when representatives in Congress are
sending out samples of trees. that the
town council communicate with them,
with a view to getting something OF 8
climbing vine nature. tnat would look
we'll on unused telephone poles. AS the
matter now stands the poles are neither
useful nor ornamental.
Yesterday Officer Taggart arrested Amos
Maynsrd on Valley street for being
drunk. This morning in the Seventh dis
trict court he pleaded guilty and was
fined S2 and costs, which was paid. This
is the first case of simple drunk which
has been before the court this month, the
police business thus far being very quie:.
sOficer Taggsrt also suppressed a dis
turDance yes erdsy afternoon on Valley
street. Ibis disturbance ct one time bid
fair to develop into riot. 1t appears
that q resiIent of that street. A MIR.
ComstocK, In some manner incurred the
hood, and yesterday a number of them
gathered in front of bis house, and bAgs
an onslaught upon his domici!e with
snow balls. tie says more than a hun
dred balls were thrown into his front
hall. MIR. Comtstock, put on his over
snoes and gave chase to his assailants.
He captured boy named Llrvin, and in
the tussle both struggled in the snow,
and Mr.. ComstocE lost his overshoes. The
women of the street then turned out with
br 1oms and sticks ana beat the man off,
aud rescued the boy. At this juncture
the police appeared, and every oooy ex-
tep' the man Comstock disappeared. No
arrests were made, and the man recovered
his overshoes and returned TO bis home.
Mrs. George Lyons OF New York is The
guest of Captain John c. Silva and wife
of Wslnut street.
The wsrrants sre posted for the annual
town meeting of Seekonk 10 be held next
Monday IN the old Central school house.
The most important matter mentioned on
the wsrrspt is whether the town shall
build q new town house or not. This
clause has appeared regularly npon the
warrant for n less thsn ten years and is
o nearer solution than q decade ago.
Saturday afternoon Augustus Fosr-
sy,he, a man in the 74th year of his age
died ut tie residence of Mrs. Grover on
Water street W here he bad b,a dsd for
number OF years He was taken i'll a
week ago with grip, and IL rapidly de-
veloped into serious nature and termi-
mated as above stated. he was native
of Salem, Conn. He has re ided in this
town about 10 years. He was never mar
red and was always a very industrious
man aud quite eccentric in his nature.
Saturday evening his remains were taken
to Salem. Conn, by bis nephew, where ne
will be inferred in the family lot at that
place.
Mr.. William l.. Sunderland. has been
quite i'll at his residence on Darlington
Road fer the last fortnight. lie was
threatened with pneumonis, but by per-
tist mt medical att. ntion was able TO
avert that dread complaint. Saturday
he was able TO ride out little while.
Miss Jennie Cook OF his town is spend
ing few days with. Mrs. L. Il. Ayles-
worth at Nsticg, X. |.
Miss NJ. Edna Lanpbesr of Warren
avepae Is the guest of Mrs. J. II. Smith
at the Lsnphear homestead, Phenix, II. 1.