The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-20
VALLEY VILLAGES
Coventry Council Net and ST.
psrvIssrs Appointed. Small
Docket al Probate Cuurt.

The Coventry Town Council met as Is
it's want in the councilroom at the town
clerks office yesterday afternoon. AS q
probate court the following docket was
quickly disposed Of:
Estate OF James p. Compton, admins
traitors first and fnal report received and
continued
Estate OF Calvin w. French. petition for
record OF foreign will; received and no.
tice ordered.
Estate OF Sarah f.. Burlingame. notice
was received from Dexter r. Potter, guar
dian OF the estate. of intended appeal to
law from decree allowing account rem
for professional services rendered by DR.
Keene. which the council ordered struck
OF at the last meeting.
As council the following business was
transacted: ~
The clerk was instructed TO ask Alfred
Craven q Co, TO explain their bill. which
was contracted by Leonard Greene while
overseer of the poor.
David Bousclaire, husband OF the wo-
man who presented the bill for services
alleged To have been rendered at the
pest house. where she went while her
husband was confined there during the
recent smallpox epidemic. was present,
as was Or. John winsor. whom the for
mer claimed had promised TO pay his
wife.
DR. winsor said that he had only given
the woman permission TO go to the pest
house but had not promised her any re-
compense for her lsbors. The council
finally decided 10 allow the woman TO
withdraw the bill
Mr. Mathewson was appointed a COM
mittee to investigate the claim of Mr..
Truesdale In regard to damages. which
| the complainant alleges he received, and
| al ~ int NJ he
Warwick and Coventry Water company
and to report the result to the council
| later.
Mr. Whaley was appointed committee
TO investigate the bridge at Coventry
Center. Highway Commissioners whitman
reporting that the bridge had 70 decayed
as TO render II unsafe for travel
The following supervisors were chosen
| for the coming election: District No. /,
! r.. Frank G. Briggs and Leonard J. Win
sor: D., Warren M. Green and Ernest w.
Bowen District No. q r., Ellery e Hud-
son and Thomas j. Colvin; D.. Hugh J.
F, Fitzpatrick and John J. Ford District
No. 3. r.. Edward Herbert and Jesse
Carr; D., Henry Bennett and CLEOPATRA
| Bennett.
1t was voted to allow Highway Com
missioner Colvin in district No SIS over
his appropriation for use on the roads in
/ his district.
The matter Of the road AZ Anthony In
regard to the Hopkins Straight contro-
versary was continued until the next
| meeting
WASHINGTON.
The Livingston mills are now running on
full time and the business about the VII
lage Is picking up decidedly and general
era Of prosperity seems TO have settled
over the place
Sheffield Andrews. who had three ribs
fractured last week by being thrown from
his carriage. is reported as improving
slowly.
VILLAGE HAPPENINGS
Richard Canavan, who has been en-
ployed at the Clyde Print works for the
past 25 years as foreman OF the engraving
department. will finish his duties at the
works In another week. Mr.. Canavan Is
well known about the valley having been
born and residing there all his life
Two candidates were initiated at the
regular meeting OF the Valley Division
Sons of Temperance, held IN Arctic Centre
last evening.
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