The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-16
THORNTON.

Rockland on Sunday.
The Union Railrosd Co. are putting In
a switch near Atwood avenue.
Pigeon shoot at Taft's Hotel, August
18Th. Good dinner served.
A whippet race 10 billed for Saturday
between Tom Shaw's 4" i'm and q Fall
River dog named Dewey"
Alfred Dalton returned on Saturday
from the Pan-American Exposition.
Arthur Slater, who has been In Eng.
land for several months, expects to sail
for home on the 26,h.
a lawn party for the benefit Of the base
ball team, will be held on the cricket
grounds, Saturday evening.
The base ball game between the mar.
ried and single men of this place. which
comes off tomorrow afternoon on the
cricket field is creating much interest and
1t is safe to say big crowd will be out to
see the fun.
The Johnston Town Council held a
regular meeting last Friday afternoon at
the Town Clerks off &c.
a hack owner named Goodwin had pre-.
sented claim for $500 for damage to his
hack which was said TO have been
wrenched and strained In all It's parts
because Of wheel being twisted off on
Hartford Pike.
The Council instructed the Town Clerk
TO request the Union Railroad Company
TO place It's rails at Manton, from the barn
to the watering trough, at grade with the
curbing. The town Is preparing TO maca.
damize the surface Of the old Kllingly
road In that section and the rails are now
above grade.
There was another continuance Of the
project to lay out the highway from
Plainfield pike TO the stock house OF the
Victoria Mill Reuben A. Keach opposed
the project. urging that the town should
lay out the road TO Simmons Village
The establishment Of the terminus OF
the Providence and Danielson Railroad on
Hartford avenue near the city line has
created a demand for a restaurant or
lunch room there, and the Council granted
a restaurant license to James +. Cleary at
that point.
ii. ii. Gleason was appointed special
constable. DIR. A. d. Rose presented
bill Of S3 90 for attending Frank KInfeld
and was given leave to withdraw the bill
Benjamin Harris was appointed a field
driver In place OF Abner #. Peckham.
who failed to qualify after having been
elected.
The Town Treasurer was authorized to
have 500 copies OF the town tax book
printed when the assessors complete their
labors.
The monthly report OF the Overseer OF
the Poor was presented and allowed. The
expenditures amounted to S4S7 II, and
receipts $2oo a. The Town Treasurer
was authorized to provide for the balance
of SIS7 81.
The following bills were allowed L.
+. Sibley, $40; Narragansett Electric
Lighting Co, s4o7 n; estate OF Joseph
Newman, SSj ]. ]. Hughes, $40; II. c.
CRlef, S4I o7; S. X. Luther, ego II;
Hiram Kimball, $4s. So; police pay roll.
500; A, f. Luther, $ioj Samuel H. Rid.
ings, SO.
The next meeting Of the Council will
be held on September 3 to prepare the
voting list for the ensuing year.
In the Johnston Probate Court Tuesday
the first account Of VIM. X. Cook, admin.
istrator of the estate Of Ann Whipple.
was presented and allowed.
Petitions for probate and Tor appoint
ment of an administrator on the estate OF
Benjamin W. Whlppe were continued
two weeks.
1t being represented that the estate Of
John whipple is insolvent, commission
was appointed, consisting of Henry W.
w. Simmons. Accounts must be pre-.
sented to these commissioners within six
months~
The first and final account of John Pot
ter, executor OF the estate of Philip l..
Mathewson, was allowed.
The Don't Care Club held meeting at
Thomas Burroughs on Thursday after.
noon OF last week.
John Nanner has the contract for the
a
In the rear Of the Cooperative store.
An overturned lamp In the Ice box OF
Dalton's market created quite liutle ex.
element Saturday morning. No damage
James White, Bryantsville, Ind says;