The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-10
OLNEYvILLE.
Alleged Hold Up Of Fish Pedaler
on the SciIuAte Road.
Annual Meeting Of The Union Aid Society.
Notes From ins sassa1rSS' sas1S


The square was foil Of "hold up' talk yes
tarday afternoon. Henry HAIL. ihe No'o'
scituate stage driyers exported ,ha. ne"sy
Briggs. a fish peddlers had been neu W
three highwsymen, or rather py wv Is
1890. ana one highway boy. This startling
49, - ss,a 40 have occurred at o'clock ON
u.s.,ord ,,,ko near the scituate line. but
=. .,-o,,,d annear that Mr.. Briggs was either
..s.,s ,,,,,, or else thought no more of being
.-saa Gov his money than he did OF being
-.s.a 90, a chew OF tobacco. According 10 all
-..o,nts after rhe men demsnded his money
- 4. sa,issed them that he mad none ne
,,,nt .bopt his business AS II nothing hau
....,o,.a and did not mention the fact 10 MS
customers along the road.
Tbrae touch looking men stood In front OF
IT. w peuney's dsh market yesterday noon'
.nd the last seen Of them in the vicinity was
on IN. Hartford pike, and when the story
Leaked ont that Mr. Briggs had been held up
,he iob waslaid at the door Of the three men,
Thasa same fellows are credited with gong
,r,o the little store OF an Italian woman on
the nike and forcing her 90 give up lot Oh
cigars and cigarettes, and they also caiied
pnon Theodore Rochon, near the oak swamp
and ordered supper, but were refused, anu
,b.v frightened the Rochon family with a voi'
lev ~ shots from their revolvers. The last
seer Of the three men by any one was when
,hev left Mr.. Rochon's yard and went INTO
v.,ernan's woods The police have got an
excellsnt description of the men, but MT
er,oos.h.s entered no complaint against them'
Nsi,her has he intimatoi TO the police tha'
be was the victim Of the highwaymen' Cniet
Of Police Holbrook is at work on the case
UNION AID SOCIETY.
The Union Aid Society held its annual
,neeting at the residence OF Henry u Luther
Yesterday afternoon an d evening, and the re-
norts OF the various officers showed that inc
organization was in most excellent conol'
tion. The election resulted AZ follows; fresl-
don't. Mrs Edwin l.. Thayer; vicepresiden's'
Mrs. George W. Miller and Mr.. Frank Az
wood: secretary. Mrs. William a. fhiiiips'
treasurer, Mrs. John b. Harvey; assistant
trensurer, Mrs. q. W. Miller; chaplain MIS-
David c. Austin: flower committee, mrs'.ar
RE King: burying committee, mrs. oarrie
Reynolds aud Mrs John B. Harvey reliet
committee, Mrs John E. Kenyon ana Mrs
william A. Phillips. The society mas at .he
present time a number OF families tha' are pe'
ing cared for, and during the fifteen years OF its
existence has done much work In reiieving tho
sick and distressed. At O'Clock oountiful
simmer was served, there being no less than
IS TO partake of the same. and the proceeds
of the supper were turned over to the treas
urer OF the association.
A NEW ORGANIZATION.
An organization to be known as Messiah
Company Knights Of Temperance, was instl-
tinted in Library hall last evening by su
rreme Commander Robert Graham OF New
York The members are from among the
scholars of the Church Of Messiah. The fol-
lowing are the officers: Warden, William ,.
steere: yice.warden, William p. Browneii;
sub-warden and drill master, John Fife; cap
tain, Frederick Sable lieutenant, Percy Pat
tersou: ensign, William A. Beane; sentry,
Delaney Jacobs treasurer. Frederick bespe.
GENERAL MENTION.
At,a.so o'clock last evening John Dempsey
Of 40 harold street pulled in an alarm from
ho, ,ye and when the fire department ar
rived they found that there was no fire.
Dempsey saw steam coming from the win
dows Of new house. which was csused by
buya stove which was intended to dry the
plaster.
Ata meeting of the Johnston school COM
mittes last evening Miss Jennie Drwsuap was
appointed as principal of the Thornton schooi'
Miss Edith W. Lee resignnR.
Captain I.eavitt Of the Chaffee street sta
ton has received 36 applications for liquor IL
censes in his district.
The Rev. T. J. b. House will deliver an IL
Illustrated lecture entitled "City Life. at the
Plainneld Street church Sunday evening at
o'clock.
Faith Rebekah Ledge, /. o. .. r., VIII hold
= concert aud social in odd fellows hall, Man
ton avenue. tomorrow evening.
william Donahue and David Fanning, well
known fu this vicinity, won second prize at
the cake walk at the Narragansett Wheel
mems fair last evening.
James Bowman OF New York Is visiting his
parents on Penn street.
horse attached 10 buggy owned by
Henry Cady of 81 sprague street ran away on
Manfon avenue last evening. The buggy was
laf