The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-29
BRISTOL.
Reported Sale Of Mount Hope
Park--Big BELOW Fish Got
AShoTe-0ther Items.

Rumors are current upon the streets
that the parties who had purchased II
were from Coney Island. N Y. whose
summer resort had recently been burnt
out. and that these parties intend open
ing up these grounds for a summer resort
which will not be excelled on local waters.
This rumor still lacks confirmation.
Some fine fishing is being INDUCED in
at Little Narrows Squiteague and tau
tog are being caught in quantities. Mr..
John Babcock. who is spending the sum
mer there with his brother, caught on
Saturday evening nearly one hundred
pounds Of silver cells. among which was
one that weighed nearly five pounds II
was proba bly, a sea eel as they occasion
ally are taken here in the FISH traps.
Little Narrows is becoming quite
popular. summer resort, situated as IL is
on Mount Hope bay about two miles
from town, and already about fifty cot
tages have been erected and all occupied.
Among some OF the leading cottagers who
own residences there are ex-Lieut Gov.
William r. G. Wardwell, ex-Councilman
b. Louis Waldron, ex-Councilman Charles
A. Barbour. ex-Counciman and Clerk of
the Courts Henry NJ. Thompson. The
beauty OF these grounds is the excellent
facilities for boating, fishing and bathing.
Yesterday afternoon a large Bellows
fish grounded on the Asylum fats. The
wind was blowing strong from the west
ward and he got in too near the shoal.
About once each season one Of these
huge fish comes ashore near the same
place. This one weighed about one hum
dred pounds. They are a very large kind
OF fish.
Yesterday afternoon about 4:30, as the
freight train was switching preparatory
to leaving for Providence and Boston the
cylinder head Of the locomotive blew out.
Luckily no one was hurt and n despatch
was sent at once 10 the city for an en-
gine to take the train out.
Mr. Roy Flowers. an operator for the
Western Union at the depot, who has
been spending his vacation at his former
home in New York state. has returned
and resumed his duties.
Last evening an electric light wire near
the town bridge set a tree on fire and
partly burned some of the limbs. Mem
bers OF the Hydraulic Fire company took
part in extinguishing the blaze.
Mrs. John Carlin. whose husband was
killed while on duty a fireman in Prov
idence was formerly Miss Nettie Brown
OF Bristol. daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Charles Brown. Her many relatives and
friends express much sympathy for her
in her hours OF affiiction
Last evening "A large number OF people
gathered at Ferry Hill and burned red
and green fire and sent up rockets as the
New York boat passed through the ferry
way on board was Miss Lizzie Brown.
who was to sail today for Europe on
visit to her sister, who resides in Ian
caster, England.
Mr.. and Mrs A. p. Freeman of Spo-
kane Washington. are visiting f. w.
Flowers family on Hope street.
At the regular session OF the district
court held yesterday morning the case
Of John Susana against Natalie Susana
for board bill Of s25.00 resulted In de-
cision for the defendant.
A large number OF strangers are here
from out OF town. mostly friends Of the
tennis players watching the progress OF
the tourney.