The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-14
OLNEYVILLE.
Town Council Hollis Long Session.
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Utner NOES Vi lntcTcSt.
The Johnston Town Council held the long
est regular session on record last evening. IL
met at Z 80 o'clock and IL was long after II
o'clock before IL adjourned. Thu greater part
of the evening was devoted 10 hearing what
lawyers had to say in relation To granting
certain liquor licenses, and the only bit OF
comedy TO relieve the monotony of the oven
ing was the request OF Paris Mathewson TO
insert in the call for the financial town meet
ing n resolution providing that certain olec-
trio lights bs discontinued. Then Mr.. Math-
ewson began TO wander from the subject by
saying that he believed that the Narragansett
Electric Lighting Company held 20 years
contract with the town. and ~ such was the
case the town had gone away beyond tho
debt limit. To substantiate his remarks he
pulled from his pocket what appeared 20 be a
portion OF yellow journal. and read what u
wise man OF New York had TO say about con-
tracts, assets, liabilities. etc. Ho talked
called him 90 order.
IL was rough session for applicants for
liauor licenses. There were throe Of these.
John Farrell. Patrick O'Brien and John Il.
McGoyern, all OF whom were represented by
able counsel, but none of them got N
license
1he school ommittee, portion of which
has worked tooth and nail for annexation.
demonstrated that they had but little faith
in their pet scheme being pulled through, for
they had request &c make, and that was
that there should be inserted for the call Of
the financial town meeting the sum OK $4,000
for n new school house at Manton and 5000
10 purchase a site for school in either No.
or districts
The other appropriations were 5000 for the
Office of the town clerk, $500 for the board
OF health, sl4 900 for lights $4,000 for fire alarm
and apparatus, $1,000 for macadamizing Hart
ford avenue, $1,000 TO grade Webster and
Union avenues, 500 to put King street In
passable condition and that Charles Wright,
as executor for the estate OF Hulda Brayton,
be- abated tax on the same TO the amount ex-
ceeding 5000.
The application OF James Il. McCurdy for
liquor license was continued for one month.
Howard A. waterhouss wanted sufficient
remuneration for being injured by being
thrown from his carriage while driving on
the highway Of the town, and his case was
referred 10 the committee on claims.
Frank J. Walsh submitted proposition 70
collect the garbage of the town at the rate OF
s25 per month, and this went over until the
next meeting.
All bills against the town, with tho excep-
tion Of the Globe Lighting Company, which
WIS held fer correction, were allowed.
The matter Of fixing the compensation for
preparing the militia list was laid over until
the next meeting.
As the town will have three meetings in
the near future, il was voted that the Coun-.
Gil meet on tho evenings of May 20 and 20 and
June and canvass the voting list. and at
two Of The meetings count the vote cast at the
previous meeting. These elections are the
annexation, financial end regular town meet
ing. and then they adjourned
The Tuxedo Athletic and Social Club held
its first anniversary bell in Irons hall last
evening and it was n huge success. The grand
march was led by Frank O'f,rien and Miss
Maggie Dunlavy. The following young men
formed the committees: Committee OF ar
rangements, W. !. Brcklin, chairman; Malcolm
Beaton, secretary Henry Mulvaney, treasurer: (:
Felix Leonard and James Kenney; general
floor director, Frank O'Brien assistant floor
director, Peter Deuso: aids, Thomas Kelly,
Michael Conway. Angus Beaton and John
Maroney; reception committee, John sull-
van, owen Dwyer. Edward Briggs, John
Hamill and Cliff Rowland.
A goodly number of the members of Pris
ella Rebskah Lodge, ]. o. o. h., enjoyed
themselves hugely by rehearsiug the degree
in odd Fellows hall last evening
The funeral of the late Patrick McDormott
occurred today from his late residence on
Oh offee street. A high mass of requiem was
celebrated by Father Brown OF ST. Marys
church. The body was laid at rest in the
family lot at 81. Joscphs cemetery.
A ease which is giving the police OF the
Sixth precinct deal Of trouble is that OF the
stealing of the KEYS from three houses on
Joslin street. The case was reported to the
police last night 1t seems that the back door
keys OF three adjoining houses were taken
n ON the doors on the anne night. whether
these keys were pilforod through the medium
of some joker or through malicious intent is
not known.
Forty friends surprised Miss Nellie Feelcy
last evening nj her residence on Lexington
street, Johnston. very ENJOYABLE evening
was spent.