The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-10
PAWTUXET VALLEY.

Another case of scarlet fever has
made it's appearance at RiSerpoint, the
patient being the -year-old son of
William Lyons, who resides on Young's
avenue. The house has been quaran-
tined and precautions taken to prevent
the further spread of the disease.
The members of the Quidneck Bap-
tist church have extended call to Rev.
A :. Putnam. of East sutton, Mass. to
become pastor of the church. Mr.. SUIT
ton is a graduate of Brown University
and the Newton Theological Seminary
and was recently ordained TO the min
istry.
The Ladies Temperance Society con-
nected with s. $. Peter and Paurs
church held n meeting i'm Temperance
hall, at Clyde. last evening and made
arrangements to hold the first parish
gathering and concert this season on
the last Sunday in this month.
The steel for the new bridge, which
Is 10 be built across the railroad tracks
at Westcott by the electric railroad
company. has arrived at Riverpoint,
but has not been unloaded from the
cars as the railroad company refused
TO allow il to be unloaded and left in
the freight yard and the electric rail
road campany has no place to store the
steel until the abutments for the bridge,
on which work has not yet been COM
menced. are completed.
The Phenix st. John Society met in
Grand Army hall yesterday afternoon
and transacted considerable important
business.
The members OF the Riverpoint Con-
gregational church held their annual
harvest concert in the vestry of the
church last evening and there was an
To-. att rEa to
was exceptionally good and the concert
was one OF the best ever given in the
church.
A boy named Joseph Bushee was bad
ly injured while chestuuting with a
number of companions in the woods
near Westcott yesterday afternoon.
Young Bushee with a number Of COM
panions was throwing stones and clubs
no into n tree for the purpose of knock
| ing down the chestnut burrs. when a
| heavy stone thrown bv one Of the bows
struck o limb and bounded back strik-
ing Ruehee, who was looking up. full
in the face and knocking him down
Two OF his teeth We're knocked out. his
lip was sDlit omen and an ugly cash cut
iu his law bv the edge Of the stone He
was aseiste1 to his home In Arctic
whore his wounds were dressed by a
phvs'cian.
\ horse belonging To Phliu c. Sweet
ran away AZ WASHINGTON Yesterday az
terroon and for time caused consid-
ernhle ev"itemert I'm that usually nuiet
village The carriage 10 which the horse
was attached was occupied nv Mr.
Sweet with his wife and son and the
accident was caused bv the breaking Of
the whnletree. The horse ran down
tho main street and I'm sDite &C the ef-
forte of his driver =" control him can
stood the carriaoe. The occunants were
all thrown ont brt fortunat talv escanad
serious injury although Mr.. Swoot's
son was badly bruised and cut about
the face.
mir sc ho~ges oyvnad and d~i,-on
bv George Rreckirhrid~e bee" mo f~ioht-
oucd on tho rOr1 h~'v-oo0 Notif'- o~d
Oakla Vn Yesterday = ftor~oon aud dash e
inV down the hill "nt'1o1 with nost
throwing NJ Urectiuh~idge a~ainst p
stora wall Sislooatiro his shoulde~ and
hvaaring his ripht avn near the olhovv
rhn horsee wern stop0ed neq~ N"ti"tS
nreo'tiuhridge ,vps token 30 hts home
~ C~"0stoO where his injuries were
attended to hv physician.