The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-30
Local Trade Slack Because Of Short
Time al the Mills.
Motorman's Daring ResCus Of Small
High School Alumni.
0lnylle Branch of the Providence News Henans
Store IS Hartford Avenue. Telephone 4o-West.


The merchants in all lines OF trade In
tho square are complaining OF a falling off
OF trade. and the prospects are that this
viii continue 10 be the case so far as mill
money is concerned. The farmers and
other callings appear to be in possession
Of plenty OF ready cash. and are liberal in
their purchases. but olneyville has for the
greater part looked upon the mill help
Tor their largest dividends. 1t is now
beginning TO find that the mills owncd by
the American Woolen company are not
such a boom as expected. Just at this
time OF year all mills are more or less
slack. but those Of the above named com
pany have been that way for noarly Ave
months and II reports are true. they viii
AL be shut down saturday.
The Manton mills are running few
nights a week. but this. 1T is believed is
only to clear up an order. The better
class or help from the mills OF the Ameri-
can Woolen company are. as fast as pos
siSle, taking positions IN Other other mills es
rushing their government order and II is
expected that before this order is filled
that they will receive a much larger or
der. This work is about all that the mill
II doing at the present time. but the lrss-
poets for the future are exceedingly
anx ssh, with arss 1ss Sa%ss for thsy e
looms to produce clay worsted goods. III.
A DARING ACT.
Frank Holbrook.a popular motorman On
the Broadway line certainly saved the
life of child on the square yesterday
morning He was breaking in a new maj,
and was seated on the end of the front
seat. when he saw child run across the
track He shouted 10 the new motor
man TO put on the brakes and at the
ran ahead.
He snatched the child off the track but
not until he had been struck by the car,
however. but not with sufficient force TO
DO him any harm. This is only one OF the
by the majority OF the older employees OF
the road.
LOST FoRTY-Two DOLLARS.
Charles A. Philips. who conducts a sa.
loon near Lymansville is at loss TO know
how he lost y42. The only way that he can
account for II is that on Sunday night ar
ter he went TO sleep some one must have
Droken into the saloon. gone to his sleep
ing roomand taken the money from the
pocket, for yesterday morning he found
that a screen had been torn from one
or the windows of the saloon.
sCHoOLMATEs MEET.
The Johnston High School Alumni as
ISOLATION held their annual reunion and
banquet In odd Fellows hall, Plainfield
street last evening The election re-
suited as follows: President Herbert
Calef: vice president, Lizzie f. Curry:
treasurer. Nancy b. Rowland secretary.
Waiter ID. Carpenter. executive commit
tee. May Wescott. II. T. Calef. Ellen
Sammas, Harry Wescott. Lizzie f. Cur
ry
1T MIGHT BE so.
LOUIS MCGOWAN. so the report goes \.
out OF the fat mans race, that is 10 be
held by the st. Anthony committee ON
July 4. Louis" claims that he is suf-
ferfng with sprained ankle but some
think that fright Is the cause OF the
withdrawal from the race II is also
claimed that while on the square he will
walk like a horse with a bone spawn.
but on his farm he trots about like a
lively youth.
SOLD 1T FOR THREE CENTS.
Gaspard Lareault OF q Sears avenue.
called at the Chaffee street police station
yesterday, and reported that his watch
and chain had been stolen from his room,
As near as can be learned IL was taken
by boy six years old who lives in the
same house. who sold II TO the driver OF
coal team for three cents. The police
are booking for the driver.
GENERAL MENTION.
Everett Jordan OF Progress street was |
quite badly hurt Saturday while playinr |
ball. He - a catcher for the team that "a |
TO represent the Plainfield street church |
on their excursion to-day.
The ball struck him just above the eve
cutting quite cash.
Manager Fellows at Brighton nark ,s
arranging for a monster program for
the Fourth OF July. and among the at
fractions will be "A balloon ascension. and
game OF ball between the Bud of Hone
and the Perseverance two strong am
ateur teams
The class supper OF the Roosevelt street
grammar school graduates OF 1903 Will
oe heid In Mechanics hall on Plainneld
street Wednesday evening.
The officers are as follows: pres,den,
Samuel Garfner. Jr. vice president. ia
mund Brown. secretary. Ethel Brown
the ~. Lukes defeated the pIaluaeid
street church team IN an interestinR
game OF ball Saturday by the score OF q
70 y The fine playing OF Gardner. saun-
derson. Jordan and Rothemltch were
features.
Capt. John Hutchinson OF Hook and
Ladder No. 6, who formerly held the
same position on Hose 10 on Plainaeld
street has decided TO take a house near
er his station.
Doctor Elmer Fiske, who AZ one time
prscuced his profession AT this place
and IL a brother OF Willis w Fiske. for.
merly prominently connected with the az
nrs OF John r1son, but now a resident OF
sotuate. IL dead IN North Dakota
The officers elect OF Court Gen sheri-
Den Of Foresters will be Installed Mon
DAY evening and a committee has been
appointed To arrange a program that will
please all
II IL believed that Victor Lemery who
has been missing from his home on Pru-
oence avenue for some time was seen
m South Scituate. Sunday
The annual excursion Of the PIainneid
street Free Baptist church was enjoyed
today. They went a. far as Fort Adams,