The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-31
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The DOings Of the Day in
and About the City.
Short Stories Of Minor Happen.
ngs Among Our People.
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Told to Tribune Readers.

Poll taxes are now being. paidiat the
ONCE Of the City Treasurer.
The number of voters registered yester-
day at the Office of the City Clerklwas 443.
8ChATles H. jerks, president Of the Com
mon Council is spending a few days In
New York city.
The National LoomHxers Association
will hold it's annual convention at North
Adams, Mass, on Jan. 8.
The marriage intentions OF Thomas
Herman and Miss Sarah A. Cannon have
been fled with the City Clerk.
The Christmas exercises of the Sunday
school OF the Church!of the Good Shep-
herd will be held at the church tomorrow
night.
II is said Ethat the Pawtucket High
School Debating Club will have series Of
debates soon with the Woonsocket High
Schhl Lyceum.
The friendship degree will be worked at
the Auditorium thisgevening, under the
auspices of Enterprise Lodge Of this city.
A banquet will follow.
watch meeting will be held at the
Broadway Evangelical Church thisIeven-
ing. The pastor swill be assisted by the
Rev. G. w. Wilson of Providence.
The comrades oflTower Post, No. I17,..G.
A. r., will hold their customary swatch
night" meeting this evening, and the
"boys" will make II point to be there.
Miss Mary A. Bowe, resident of the
East Side, died early this morning at her
home, 81 French street. Miss Bowe was in
her 34th year, unmarried, and was highly
respected.
Prof. Charles +. McCloskey is arranging
for his departure for Florida, where he will
pass the winter. He will be member of
the orchestra at one OF the leading hotels
in Florida.
The installation of the newly elected
officers of Pawtucket Lodge, No. 1, Sons of
Father Mathew, which was announced to
occur next Monday evening, has been
postponed until Jan. H.
The scholars of the Sunday school OF the
Bethany Mission were given their annual
Christmas festival last evening at stheir
rooms on Wayland avenue. The eAaning
was passed very pleasantly.
Prof. Charles Il. McCloskey's reception
of his dancing classes at Milford, Mass,
occurred last evening atlKnights OF Col
umbus Hall in that city, and was one of
the social events of the season.
Mayor Greene OF Woonsocket has ac-
cepted the invitation to attend the COM
plimentary banquet to be rendered Mayor
Davis, which will take place atTthe Bene-
dict House on Monday evening.
Thomas Harrop of 13 Beecher street, was
adjudged insane this morning in the Dis
trict Court and later removed to the State
Asylum for the insane. Harrop is mill
operative and aged about 22 years.
There was but little business done in the
Providence courts this morning. The
case of Peter Healy of Pawtucket against
Robert ii. Kirk & Son was heard, and the
jury are now considering the evidence. IN
Samuel Grant, who lives inIthe rear OF 21
Harrison street, while chopping wood in
South Attleboro yesterday, accidentally
drove the axe into his right foot, cutting a
cash that required ten stitches to close.
Mrs. Abby Fiske Sweet died this morn
ing at her residence on Washington street
Central Falls. Mrs. Sweet has suffered foI
nearly two years with lingering illness
She was the mother of DIR. Sweet OF this
city.
As far is known, none OF the organiza-
tions of this city will attend the inaugural
ceremonies at Washington on March 4
An inquiry from Washington as to what
organizations would lattend was received
here yesterday.
The Providence Veteran Firemen's AS
sociation held their annual meeting las,
evening. James Burdick was elected
President, George Hunt, Foreman. 2iTht
reports of the officers showed the organ.
ixation to be in healthy condition.
An entertainment will be given at the
Young Mems Christian Association to-
morrow evening at 1880. 1t is intended te
make the entertainment for the junior de.
partment exclusively. The rooms of tn,
Association will be open all day and unit
10 i'm the evening.
The committee in charge ofithe arrange
ments Of the banquet TO Mayor Davis ol
the evening Of Inauguration day will lhol'
meeting this evening. About 100 accept
ances have been received by Secretar
Bucklin to the invitations sent out, an
the event promises to be very successful.
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