The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-14
EAST PROVIDENCE.

Early this morning the fog was <ry
thick, and on Washington bridge objects
ten feet away were invisible. Patrick
Hennessy was driving an express wagon
over the bridge, and in the dense fog
Motorman A ". Martin In charge OF the
Phillipsdale car, which left the city lit
tie before o'clock this morning, ran
him down. The whiffle-tree OF the wagon
was broken. but man and horse escaped
injury.
List of letters advertised at postoffice'
East Providence. X. l., March IA, 1903:
Ladies-Miss Bertha Archibald Mrs: w.
II. Barney. Miss Mildred Barstow, Mrs
George Bell. Miss Mildred Burdick. Mrs.
George Carpenter, Mrs. Mary con, Mrs
c. l.. Bamore, Mrs j. X. Mcleod, Mrs
D A. Potter. Mrs. Elizabeth sjoberg'
Gentlemen-Irving Curtis. James Frye
90. Tony Gughehno. j. Lawerly, j.. 1.
Meegan. Thomas Manoz: Eddie l.. Mcneil,
William III. Rowand, A. Simosson, Au-
kust SyejaSen, Francis Vieira.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Mortgage deed OF James q. sweetlana
from David +. Con TO Marshall r.
Mortgage deed of Charles H. Bishop and
wife TO Bernard Gardner. house and lot
Bernard Gardner transferred the same
to Ida f.. Pierce, $500.
The East Providence high school is get
ting its team together and will epdeavor
TO land the interscholastc pennant TINS
year. Capt. Mccormick has a good sized
squad hard at work trying for the team
! Evans and Dealt; pitcher. Schmidt. AK
eng, Billings; first base, McDonaic
schmidt: second base Coyle, Perry;
Sase' sSs'stSRi Chase Evans; left Aeia' Walker.
Angel; right field. Griswold Bourne;
centre field. Sheldon.
The candidates for the bags are old
| players, but there is uncertainty about
/ the outheld. The battery will be partlc-
u.arly strong this year. and there Will he
no lack of good substitute pitchers.
GAVE PARENTS A GOOD TIME.
! Tinkham's fremont orchestra met at
! the home OF Clifton Anthony. IL Freeborn
parents of the popular young musicians
/ I'm Tinkham's fremont orchestra. The or
chestra put its best foot forward and
gave, most pleasing program. composed
mostly Of opera music. Cake and cream
were served late I'm the evening.
HIGHWAY DEPT. ACTIVE.
Hon Augustus ". Cunningham Is doing
much good work on the town streets and
has worked wonders In improving Water
street This street has for a long time
been Uttered with refuse and filled with
| stagnant water I'm the summer time for
ming a veritabe hot bed for malaria
germs.
The citizens along the thoroughfare
are much pleased with the work done
on the street. The cutters have been
dug out and the hollows In the road bed
filled I'm.
Opposite the quarters OF the naval re-
serves there was a large pile of good
| road material. Mr.. Cunningham level
/ led this and used II in improving the
Mauran avenue approach and the Water
street hollows. The total cost of the
I job was a trne over 800
More men will be added to the force
Monday and the steam roller will be used
on Burgess avenue between Ingraham' $
and Moore's corners The first street
I corner has stood the test this winter
and Is I'm fine shape. also Waterman ave-
nue. near the Red bridge which was put
into condition last fall.
The frost has left the ground much
earlier this spring than II usually does.
on account OF the warm rains. The
country roads are in extra good shape
for this season OF the year and are pref
| ~ well dried up.
POLICE COURT
Catherine German was brought in yes
, terday afternoon and tried on two
charges OF illegal liquor sales. one OF
! keeping liquor, ana one OF Weeping
| common nuisance. She waived exam.
ination on one charge but admitted evi.
dence sufficient for conviction on the
| other.
on the first charge she was fined so
and 10 DAYS for each. and on the las'
charge she was placed under bonds oi
1900.
No one came forward with the money
and she was committed.
Lue Harvey has been under arrest
three times in weeks for drunkenness
and this morning Judge Bliss gave hel
"A year at the farm.
Oficer West arrested her on Purchas,
street last night at about midnight.