The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-03
LATE LOCAL NEWS.
The DOings Of the Day in
I and About the City.
Short Stories of Minor Happen.
ings Among Our People.
Timely Topics Of General Interest Terse!y
Told to Tribune Readers.

The usual drill of the Tower Light In
fantry took place last evening.
The Irish Language League met at their
rooms, Sarsfield Hall, last evening.
A business meeting OF Florence Rebekah
Lodge, /. o. o. F., was held last evening.
Blackstone Encampment, /. o. o. F.,
held the usual sem-monthly meeting last
night.
Hereafter the meetings OF the Thomas B.
Reed Republican Club will be held Tues
day evenings.
Miss Mabel T.. Burnham, daughter of
City Auditor Burnham, has recently re-
turned from a trip to Pueblo, Colo.
Some OF the tools stolen from Contractor
Courtney OF Attleboro several weeks ago
were recovered today at a local pawnshop.
The police are laying for the thief.
meeting OF the Young ladies' Mission
circle OF the Pawtucket Congregational
church was held yesterday afternoon at
the residence OF Miss Adams on Broadway
An oyster supper was served by the la
dies OF the NJ. K. Church last evening and
was well patronized. The affair was in
charge of the members of the Ladies' Aid
Society.
The Sewer Committee meets on Friday
evening, and on Saturday afternoon the
Committee on Street Lighting, Streets and
Bridges, and the Water Commissioners
hold meetings.
The Republicans claim that theiplurality
in this State is just 1000 larger than was
supposed. The official figures are: Nc
Kinley, 37,437; Bryan, 14,45O; McKinleys
plurality, 2,s7s.
Ensign Price of Maiden, Mass, led the
special meeting at the Salvation Army last
evening. Tonight there will be "Musical
Blizzard" led by Captain and Mrs. Grif-
fiths of New Bedford.
The meeting of the Sacred Heart Chris
tian Doctrine Society was ommitted last
At the next meeting officers for the en-
suing year will be elected and the pro-
duction OF a drama discussed.
An unknown boy had a rather narrow
escape from being struck by the train
from Providence, due here at IL 40 Jthis
morning. He crossed the track within a
street.
A meeting will be held .ythisyevening in
the parlors of the Alcazar, relative to the
formation OF an alumni association COM
posed OF the graduates of Brown Univer-
sity residing in Pawtucket and the Black
stone Valley.
Division No z, A. o. H., will meet In
their hall tomorrow evening at o'clock.
Business OF much Importance is to come
before the meeting as the annual reports Of
the secretary and treasurer, and the elec-
tion OF officers will take place.
Mayor Boyle, the members of the City
Council OF Newport, and about 80 guests
have been invited by the assistant Secretary
of the Navy to attend the launching OF the
gunboat named after that city at Bath,
Me-, on Saturday at l o'clock.
Preparations are about complete for the
Christmas sale which will be held tomor-
row at the residence of Mrs. Stephen f.
Fisk, Main street, from to o'clock. Tie
sale is under the auspices of the Ladies'
Circle of the Park Place Church.
Under date of Columbus. Ga, Nov. 2s,
Secretary Howard of the Fall River Spin
ners' Union, who left recently to organize
the textile workers in the South, writes
that he has been well received and is max
ing good progress in his mission. Sunday
he spoke at Phenix City.
There was large attendance of young
people at the reception rendered by Rev.
Herbert b. Hutchins at the Pleasant View
Baptist Church yesterday afternoon. The
children were entertained by Mrs. Hutch
ins, who read "The Birds Christmas
Carol" by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
The conductors and motormen of the
Pawtucket Street Railway Company will
give dance at the Music Hall assembly
rooms tomorrow evening. The following
are the officers in charge: Frank Mont
gomery, chairman; Wilbur Holiday. Sec
retary; Frank Montgomery treasurer:
John Newcomb, floor manager.
The approach OF the annual inspections
OF the various companies OF the State
MALTA as indicated by the Adjutant
Generals preparation of the list OF drill
nights, recalls an experience of inspecting
ofiicer Lieut.. Abbott, u. s. A., last year.
who made mistake i'm the hour for drill
and In order TO be on the floor in time, he
supposed the drill began, climbed a spiked
Uate IN gat I'm ho arroo.r