The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-08
RIVERSIDE.
Jones Beat His wife and Was
Later Arrested as a Common
Drunkard.. Other Items.
Items OF news can be left az Cons res
taurant on Bullocks Point avenue and
they will receive prompt attention and
publication.

Sergt Bickford this morning gathered
In Horace Jones. who was later sent up
for six months as a common drunkard.
Jones has been indulging very freely of
late I'm the cup that cheers. and when his
potations were very deep. as they usually
were he seemed TO develop mania for
pounding his wife.
Yesterday he imbibed a sufficient
amount OF booze 20 make him more or
less ugly. and shortly after he arrived at
his home. with his system full OF fire
water, and his heart full of wrath. there
was something doing"
AS usual he proceeded TO pound his
weaker half He got her down and be-
fore. half dead from exhaustion and
fright, and covered with bruises. she had
managed 10 escape from his clutches. sue
ceeded I'm administering a severe beating.
This was nothing new, as Mrs. Jones
has on more than one previous occasion
received the same treatment from ner
husband. but IL was the straw that broke
the csmel's back.
As a certain pitcher IL reputed TO have
gone TO the we'll once too often, so had
Jones pounded his wife once too often.
The police were notified and this morn
ing Sergt Bickford went out and gath
cred In his man.
Jones was taken 10 East Providence
and arraigned before Judge Bliss in the
Seventh district court, where he owned up
TO being a common drunkard. and was
sent 10 the state farm for six months.
FTREMEN WILL MEET.
Narrangansett Engine company VIII
meet tonight in Firemen's hall. AS this IL
the first meeting of the year and there Ia
considerable business to come up, II IS
expected there will be a large attend
ance.
1t is expected the report OF the com
rr1if wb OF
years ball In Winchester hall. which was
a very successful one. will be received
at this time. Considerable other import
ant business will also engage the at
tention OF the members.
RESIDENTS ARE PLEASED.
Riverside people are pleased at the pros
pect OF a widening OF Bullocks Point
avenue. The town council at it's meet
ing last week decided that public con-
venience required the laying out OF the
thoroughfare and appointed John Is.
Champain. L. b. White and Edgar b.
Wood. a committee TO take the pre-
liminary steps.
II will be some time, however. befoSe
the real WORK will begin There is con-
siderable TO be done In the way of seeing
about land damages, laying out the lines
and making the necessary maps and
plans. IL is understood that ell these
things will be attended TO as expeditions
ly as possible, so that the actual work nf
making the Improvement can be COM
menced with as little delay as possible,
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The annual meeting OF the Riverside
Free Public Library association will he
held tonight 1t Is expected the meeting
will be a gratifying one, as the library
Is in excellent condition.
1t has been literally patronized during
the past year. AS Is the case with all
public Libraries a vast majority OF the
books issued have been works of fiction.
but growing call for scientific and clas-
steal works has been manifest.
LOCAL JURORS.
At the laet meeting OF the town council
a good sized contingent OF Riverside men
were drawn as petit Jurors.
Among them were William J. r. Phil
lips. Hon. Levi s. Winchester. William
s. Brown, Benjamin A. Branch, William
Tobin. Dlney A. Thornton and David A.
Yeaw.