The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-05

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East Providence.
| The regular monthly meeting OF
watohemoket Engine company was held
In Firemens hall last night. Captain John
j. Mullen presided. There was an unusa-
ally good attendance. nearly Is OF the
members being present when the gavel
! fell at the opening Of the meeting.
| The journal Of tho last meeting wac
read and approved, after whaoh the roll
! OF members was called.
| The COMMITTEES on loving cup reported
that they had completed their duties. the
| loving cup having been placed In a hand
| some glass case, which they had procured
| for the purpose and secured TO the wnn
| OF the hall II was voted that the report
| be received and the committee be dis
! charged with thanks.
! The membership committee reported
favorably upon tho names OF Sanford j.
| Ross. j. w. Bower and Thomas L. Nc
| CURE and they were duly elected TO
/ membership.
The committee appointed to make ar
rangements for the transportation Of the
company TO the fair OF the Rhode Island
| Ones at Westerly reported progress. 1t
was voted that the report be received and
! the committee continued.
One application for membership was re-
| ceived and referred to the membership
committee.
The current bills were read, audited
1 and ordered paid.
! The committee on the fair TO be held IN
the spring reported progress and IL was
voted that the report be received and the
| committee continued.
Captain James Coyne OF the running
| team requested the members OF the team
to bring I'm their suitSat the next meeting
for inspection and II was voted that the
property committee be instructed TO call
| them in
| Mr.. Meegan asked how many of the
! members intended TO go 10 Westerly and
| nearly every member stood up.
| II was then voted that the meeting be
/ adjourned TO January 25
GOOD WORK.
| Work on the improvements in the po-
| lice station Is progressing rapidly. The
| lockers for the use of the pa trolmen have
| been completed and part of the doors
have been put on. II Is expected that
| on tomorrow.
The partition which separates the new
private office of the chief from the rest
| OF the station has been completed as far
as il can be until the moulding for the
finish works. which is of special pat
| tern. arrives.
Inc CnanuclierS IN the town nall nave
been cleared and supplied with new burn
ers and the plumbing about the building.
which was defective I'm several respects.
has been put In shape
Nearly all the entrances TO the build
ing have been supplied with storm doors
and other improvements are to be made.
PIPE hurst
Last night II was discovered that a
water pipe at les Ivy street had frozen
up and burst. James Finlan was nou-
| haf
great amount of damage had been done.
PERSONAL.
John Farnum is confined to his home
Robert Otto is confined 10 his home on
Leonard avenue with pneumonia
Henry Waldo is Ill at his home on Ivy
street.
TWO OF A KIND.
There is one local man who Is con-
vinced that two of kind does not neces-
sarily make pair He went to Provi-
boots. He selected a fine pair OF long
legged ones. for which he paid IS, and
had his shoes done up in package.
wearing his boots home
After the boots had been worn two or
three days the purchaser examined them
and was surprised TO discover that he
had purchased two boots. both OF which
belonged on the same foot
He said that he felt that there was
some popularity about them when he
was wearing them. but as they were
-
he had not discovered just what was the
matter until he had worn them nearly a
week
THE SCHOOLS.
All of the schools about town did not
open up for business as per schedule as
all OF the buildings could not be brought
up to proper degree OF temperature for
school purposes. In number OF the
schools several of the pupils showed up
but had 10 go home ngain because OF the
frigId condition OF the school buildings
BROKE DOWN.
Yesterday afternoon a. lumber team
| loaded with building material from Paw
tucket broke down on Sutton avenue. and
| II was some time before IL could be re-
paired. The lumber was all taken of and
put upon the snow. while the repairs were
made, efter which 81 was again put upon
the team and the out1t proceeded upon
| IL way.
INSTALL. TONIGHT.
This evening the regular meeting OF Re-
lance lodge will be held and the officers
! will be installed. After the installation
of the officers the members Of the lodge
and their visitors will partake OF a col
iatlon.
VERY COLD.
Last night was one ~ the banner nights
cold that the frost showed on the badges
| Of the officers about town. In one place
the thermometer registered six degrees
below and in several places about Watche-
moket square Il was four and FIVE degrees
below zero. At O'Clock this morning the
temperature on the square was -four be-
! low
GOT STUCK.
Yesterday afternoon one OF Bakers
grocery teams got stuck I'm the snow In
the Fort Hill district and Il was with
| difficulty that the outht was extricated.
| The driver. after trying IN vain 60 get
! the horse 10 pull out OF the drift for some
time borrowed shovel and shovelled
away enough snow so that the horse could
| get a start.
Before he got entirely out Of the drift
/ the driver started OF cross lots. remov-
ing n section OF fence which barred his
way To where tho snow was not So deep.
THE HORSE RAN.