The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-29
PAWTvxET VALLEY

A large number OF wheelmen from
Natick visited Rocky Point on their
wheels on Sunday.
The Centreville Junior League viii
hold a meeting in the M. l.. church
next Friday afternoon.
Leo Council. Knights OF Columbus,
will give a whist party in -xSuents
Columbus hall, Natick. this evening.
The pupils of Mr.. +. A. Hills dancing
academy will give a social entertain
ment at the Parish mouse. Phenix. on
Wednesday evening.
Mr.. John #. Northup. of Natick. has
accepted a position as trombone play
er in the National band, w. L. White,
leader
McGregor Post. No. IA. G. A. r.. at
tended memoEtal services Sunday
morning at the Quidnick Baptist
church.
Sunday afternoon special musical
vespers were given at ST. Joseph's
church. Natick.
Ii is desired by the residents OF Gen.
treville that the oft repeated promise
TO remove the battery room from War
wick Hose Co.'S fire station be per-
formed. Ii was to have been done sew
eral weeks ago. The members of the
hose company are badly cramped for
room. and the fire district voted 10 re-
move the battery room. Let the au-
thorties act.
The noise Of the carpenters hammers
are heard upon the picnic grounds, Ma
tick. preparing for the big firemens
muster on Memorial Day.
The meeting of the Phenix Woman's
Christian Union will be omitted on
Thursday afternoon.
The funeral OF Horace Warren. who
was said to be the oldest man in the
town of Coventry. who Il ed at'his home
In Washington last Friday, was held
today from his late residence. Mr..
Warren was SO years OF age.
A young son OF j. p. Agnew of L<p-
pitt was seriously injured Saturday
afternoon while playing near the stone
crusher, being struck by one oa the tip
carts engaged in hauling stone.
An interesting meeting OF the S. s..
Peter and Paul T. A. B. society was
largely attended in Temperance hall.
Lippitt, sunday afternoon. At a later
hour at the same place meeting OF the
Ladies Auxiliary was held at which
arrangements were made for the par
ish concert to be held next Sunday
evening.
Bicyclists still continue to scorch up
on the public streets of our villages
during both day and night. To the dan
ger of both man and beast. but some
times they are the ones that properly
come to grief An incident of this
kind occurred when trio of bicylists
from Fiskeville. riding at headlong
speed. met with disaster, and came
near causing a serious runaway acci-
dent Sunday evening, when scorching
tnl. ~ m tr.
road under the railroad bridge. they
collided with the carriage OF DIR. t. f..
Darby coming in an opposite direction.
and whose approach was not noticed.
The first man ram into IL. the second
escaped 1t, but the third collided also
with the buggy. and was thrown be-
meath the horses hoofs who started ia
run. Two of the bicyclists were badly
cut and bruised, the dasher of the car
riage was bent and thill broken. The
boys were taken home after paying for
the damage caused and medical at
tendance. They were not only scorch-
ing. but were on the wrong side of the
street.
The Coventry Womans club will hold
their fifth Wednesday tea this after
noon because OF Memorial Day oc-
curing on Wednesday
Early Sunday morning a woodshed at
Idppitt caught fire and was entirely
destroyed. Inc person WHO rang tHe
alarm could not have been more. per-
sistant at il. If teh entire village had
been on fire. The shed belonged 10 p
III. Quinlan and the loss may reach
500.
A tip cart loaded with stone ran over
an employees foot badly crushing H.
Saturday afternoon at Lippitt.
A new bank Is to be established at
Arctic. A lot has been purchased al
the corner Of Tebbett'savenue and Main
street and building is to be imme-
dately erected by the directors of the
Centreville National and Savings
Banks. +. W. ID. Clarke has been elect
ed cashier in place of DIR. Fifield, de-
ceased
horse driven by Mr.. Walter Gordon
which was left standing near the cleo
trio car tracks yesterday became
frightened and ran into one OF the
| large Riverpoint cars. smashing two
/ of the car windows and breaking the
shafts of the wagon.
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