The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-11-11
0LNEYvILLE,
Well Dressed Woman Claimed
PaCkethOOk Little Girl Lost.
Elected New Town Officials.
Fellow That Ate Most Escaped
Olneyville branch OF the Providence
News at Heffernan's New Store, IS
Hartford avenue. Telephone 4O--West

Yesterday afternoon one Of the many
expressmen in the square picked up "A
pocketbook and he asked a lady who had
just passed him If it was her property,
she said that IL was A few seconds later
two little girls came along and one OF
them was crying and the good natured
expressman asked her the cause Of her
sorrow
Her reply was that she had been sent
TO the store and had lost her pocketbook.
The expressman then ran after the wom-
an who claimed the book and told her
that she had made a mistake. She was
very indignant and said she would call an
officer II he. the expressman persisted IN
insulting her.
About this time a young man who saw
the little girl drop the pocket book came
up and told the woman point blank that
she was not telling the truth and that If
she did not return the book to the child
rem that she would be the one that an
officer would be called for. The woman
who was well dressed and to all outward
appearances was respectable at last gave
up the book, which contained s. to the lit
tie girl and them boarded a car bound for
the city
JOHNSTON TOWN COUNCIL.
The newly elected town council of John
ston met yesterday afternoon when the
following officers were elected: President
or the council j. V Barnes: clerk s. X
Luther collector. II. c. Calef: auditors,
II. c, Calef. w. I. Barnes, William Bur-
ton and Thomas Edmunson; Judge Of
probate court John A. Rothery; overseer
OF poor. John Walsh; pound keeper.
James G. Nichols inspector OF buildings
Hugh McDowell water commissioners,
Harry Guy and Asa Hicks; commissioner
of lights j. II. Hulme; fire marshal
Harry Guy: sealer OF weights and meas
urcs, James McDole; chief OF police. Her
man Kimball :measurers or wood. John II
Mathewson. $. Is. Luther Willis Sweet
and J. J. Hughes; coroner DR. w. T. w.
Worth: police constables. Herman Kim
ball, ]. V Barnes, George a Bates. Il. NJ
Morin. J. W. Angel, Walter Murphy, BY
ron Williams. &. s Potter, O. IT, VII
liams. J. G. Nichols, James Coupe. c. w
Remington, w. T.. Evans. ]. IT, Du-
chaime. II r Gleason and w s Turney:
town physician. Dr II. II. Shaw: commits
sioner Of highway. John III. Walsh: com
mittce on police. Councilmen wood. Dame
and Sherman; on highways sherman.
Wood and wilder; on lights. Bolton Nick
erson and wilder; on water. Wilder. Sher-
man and Nckersor: on town property
Wood, Wilder and Bolton: on claims,
Dame Wilder and Bolton.
Tho next meeting OF the council will be
held wednesday afternoon. Nov %.
STOLEN FRUIT.
\ day or so ago Frank McF'ralin OF is
Rill street. John Chase. q Regent avenue.
and Richard Cheevers OF p Helme street
helped themselves TO lot OF fruit from
n peddler's wagon and then went 10 tho
home OF chum named Muldoon on Val
lev street where they had n feast
This morning the boys. who are about
ten years old. were taken into custody
by the police They could not understand
why young Muldoon was not also taken.
as all said that he ate more Of the fruit
than they did but they were told that
while he had enjoyed tho banquet did not
take any part I'm furnishing tho same.
IN HARD LUCK
George Collins whose family lived on
Allcppo street. was found on tho doorstcps
Of house ON Manton avenue late last
evening bv Patrolman McCrann. lie was
taken 90 the station and from there a. the
Rhode Island hospital iu an ambulance.
Some time ago he stepped on rusty