The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-28
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Manufacturing Establishments Start
Up After Holidays.
The Pawiuxet River Frozen from bank 70
Bank "A Christmas Concert

The Pontiac public schools opened this
morning after q weeks vacation.
the Coventry woman's Club held q
srecial meet ing In its rooms at Anthony
this afternoon.
The Warwick Town Council held its
regular monthly meeting in the town
house at Apponang.
The mills and manufacturing establish
ments throughout the valley which have
bten shut down since Thursday, started
up sgain.t morning.
Pawtuxet Valley Assembly, II. 3. of q.
F.,will mold it's annual election of officers
In Grand Army hall this evening.
Mr.. George Drummond, who has had
charge of the Clyde drug store for sew
eral years has resigned his position, and
will engage in business for himself at
Pawtucket.
James Il. Smith has returned to his
home la New York after visit with his
parents, Mr.. ana Mrs. Edward Smith ct
Lippitt.
jeremiah Mccarthy, who has had
road was first opened, has severed his
connection with the company and his
place Ii being filled by William r. Cham
berlain, formerly of the Jersey City elec-
trio road.
DIR. william y. Rsoch, who is DOW
spending the holidays at his home In
Phenix has been appointed house surgeon
at the Hartford Hospital, and will COM
merc his duties next Friday.
A tube in one of the boilers at the
Clyde print works blew OUT yesterday
morning, but the damage was repaired
and no inconvenisncs experienced from
the acci dent.
| ALI Saints Church at Pontiac yesterday
morning.
The Young Mems Society of All Saints
Church are making preparations for hold
ing q musical and literary on en.ertainment
in the parish house psrlors on New
Years eve.
william Finnsn Of Clyde has removed to
Providence.
The bicyclists who reside In Pontiac
and vicinity are making arrangements
for the formation OF cycls CLUB in that
village.
Misc Ellie: Humphrey of Melrose. Mass,
is the guest OF her brother. W. e.
Humphrey at Pontiac.
A horse attached to one of Dufresne's
meat wagons, which had been left stand
ing nesr the Phenix depot, Satur Day af-
ternoon, became heightened at the cars
and ran away, overturning the wagon
and wrecking the top. The horse was
captured on Fairview avenue before any
more damage WAS done.
The Ladies Temperance Society connect
ed with SS. Peter and Paul's Church gave
a very enjoyable concert ana entertain
ment in Temperance hall at Clyde, last
evening. The hall was well filled with
an appreciative audience and the follow
ing program was rendered by local talent:
Violin solo. James Lamb; dumb bell ex.
ercises by II small girls; recitation, Lucy
McKenna; tenor solo, William HamiIl;
whistling solo, Philip Tisrney; duet,
Misses Annie A. and Annie X. Carroll;
recitation, Mr.. James Corcorsn; oontral-
to solo, Miss Mamie Davis; recitation,
Mrs. k. Fallon.
This morning was the coldest Of the
season in the valley, and for the first time
this year the Pawtuxet Is frozen solIdly
from bank to pank. At Fiskeviile the
thermometer registered 10 degrees below
zero at o'clock this morning and eight
below at Phenix at O'clock. The
farmers and milkmen report II exceed
ingly cold In the surrounding country,
and the plumbers and coal deslsrs sYs
happy and full of business.
The members of the River Point Con-
gregstionsl Church held q Christmas
concert i'm the church last evening. The
choir. under the direction of Mr.. Robert
Reoch, rendered the following program:
Organ voluntary, Christmas Morn,
Paderewski; Christmas anthem, "Glory
BE to God on High" Emerson; response,
"rhe Lords Prayer" Christmas felec-
tion, "Arise, Shine, for Thy Light is
Come" Hadden; anthem, "HaIk What
Celestial Sounds" Lovelsnd; them,
"Hsil to the Day." Disbetti; offertory;
tenor solo, "Psrdoned;" organ postlude,
Coronation March," Meybee
The suit Of owen Uonley against the
electric lighting company for damages re-
ceived from one of the company's wires,
which wes to have been tried at East
Greenwich today, has again been post
ponef on account Of the illness of the
company's witnesses