The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-06-11
EAST PROVIDENCE
Town Council TO Hold a Special
Meeting Next Monday.
He Didn't Want TO Be Married.
A Lively Street Fight.
East Providence branch of The News Is
at ! Taunton avenue. Telephone I2-2,
East Providence.

East Providence branch of The News Is
at / Taunton avenue. Telephone I2-2.
East Providence.
A special meeting OF the town council
will be held Monday at 10 o'clock for the
purpose OF appropriating the sum OF $500
to be used for highway and school pur-
poses and the indications are that there
will be no opposition. This has been a
hard season for the highway department.
as nearly $3.50 was spent on Washington
bridge and the severe winter caused an
outlay OF more than $1,000 for the removal
OF snow.
Five hundred OF the sum asked for will
be for Riverside and BIKE sum for Rum
ford The money for school portions viii
be used to change the two largo rooms
at the Union grammar school into -four
and to build an additional room, which all
know Is much needed, for these rooms are
now overcrowded. and will be more so at
the next term.
HE OBJECTED.
There came near being a second we'd
ding as an outcome OF the Ryan Flaherty
wedding Wednesday. In the evening most
OF the guests at the pleasant affair went
TO Boyden Heights, when Mr. Joseph
eastman who acted as "A man OF cloth
was about to join in wedIock Miss Mary
Conarty and Mr.. John Green, both well
known and popular young people OF this
| place. Mr. eastman came near utterins
! the solemn words when Mr. Greer
thinking OF his own true love. arose from
| his knees and cried mot on your life
I've got girl OF my own, and We are tt
| be married later" Mr.. Green called IL
| close shave.
JUST AN ORDINARY SCRAP.
fruit vender and a we'll known char
acter known as Jack" INDUCED In
! "scrape" on First street, near Maurar
avenue at o'clock last evening. and ths
vender was so badly used up that he had
| the appearance OF one just coming out oi
a slaughter house. Jack" did not gel
away without a number OF cuts and
| bruises.
| The row occurred while the police were
being changed from day TO night shifts
and this Is why no arrests were made.
! WILL HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICES.
The Watchemoket FIRE company Will
hold Memorial services In their pariors on
Taunton avenue tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock and the presence OF every
mem Der IL requested. A cordial invitation
Is also extended to the general public to
participate in the exercises, which will be
OF an impressive nature Tho committee
In charge Will COne3def " a rstNOr OF tioS'
who have flowers TO spare Will forward
the same 10 the company. A member OF
the committee will be at the rooms from
O'Clock to receive them.
MINOR MENTION.
About 25 feet OF the trolley wire at the
end of Washington bridge broke down
this morning and when the end OF the
| wire came In contact with the ground
was loud report that caused quite a
sensation. conductor was left to guard
| the wire.
The man who was arrested yesterday
morning on Valley street was fined ~ ard
| costs i'm the Seventh District court this
morning for being drunk. His wife was
| in the court house but refused to make
any charge against him for non-support
| Patrick Fitzstmmons who resided I'm 21is
place about nine years ago. Ia the gues
of his brother Peter for few days. Mr.
| Fitzsimmons when here, was in the EN-
ploy OF Mr.. John Meehan.
There will be large attendance at TN
| meeting for the Massassoit CLUB. this
evening. for there is something little on
of the ordinary to come up.
Farmers coming into the square thi
morning report that there was heav,
forst In some parts OF the town last night
Tomorrow Will be Chldren's day at th
Second Baptist church. A concert Will h
held at o'clock In the evening.