The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-26
ns DOings Of the Day in
and About the City.
Short Stories OF Minor Happen.
ngs Among Our People.
Tinek Topics Of 0eaersl Interest Terssty
TsId to Tribune Readers.

Good sleighing.
Nov for New Years.
Yesterday was the farst "white Christ
mas In many years.
Charles E Chickering Lodge, X. of p,
will elect officers Wednesday evening.
Hon. Henry B. Metcalf spent the past
week in Washington on patent business.
The directors of all the Pawtucket banks
will hold their annual meetings on Tues
day, Jan. II.
The police were presented with ice cream
and cake on Christmas eve by the ladies Of
the Church of Our Father.
Miss Mary f. Hatch, principal of the
East street school, Is spending the Christ
mas vacation at her home in Nantucket.
DR.. Hector Caufield OF Providence will
address the mems afternoon meeting at
the Young Mems Christian Association
tomorrow.
After this evening the Public Library
and reading room will be closed for repairs
till further notice. No fines will be col
lected for books due during that time.
The house, barn and store of Postmaster
Marvel at Rehoboth, with contents and an
adjoining house were destroyed by fire
Christmas eve. Loss 5000, partially in
sured.
The speedway on East avenue was the
rendezvous today Of owners Of fast step
pers, and the good sleighing was keenly
enjoyed by those who could indulge in
the recreation.
Another meeting of the committee hav-
ing In charge the arrangements for the
banquet to be rendered to Mayor Davis on
the evening OF Inauguration day, will be
held on Monday evening.
The annual meeting for the election of
officers and the transaction OF other i'm
portant business of the Young Mems
Christian Association, will take place on
Wednesday evening next. i.
Company ID. Second Regiment, o
Woonsocket, has appointed a committee
to raise funds to enable the command to
attend the Inauguration flPresident-elect
Mckinley on March A at Washington.
II the saying "A ngChristmas. makes
fat churchyard" is true, the year to come
ought to see few funerals. 1t is many
years since 30 much snow and ice has been
found in Pawtuck.t at Christmas-tide.
Rev. Bro. Peter has succeeded Rev. Bro
Dositheus as Director of La Sale Academy.
Bro. Dositheus has been transferred to
New York, to become a member OF the
teaching corps of the Christian Brothers.
Normal College in the Empire City.
The letter carriers and other employees
at the postoffice breathe sigh of relief
now. Their duties were greatly augmen-
ted on account of the popular holiday.
The public has no more faithful, or more
deserving servants than the knights OF the
mail bag.
Edwin Darling is sending out to his
patrons and friends a handsomelcalendar
The little miss and the telephone. story Is
pictured In colors, while at the top there
is fine halftone cut of Darlington. Mr..
Darling will find II a difficult matter to
meet the demand,
At the Cathedral great numbers attended
every service Christmas. In the vestry the
scenes at Bethlehem at the birth of Christ
were represented. In the foreground the
Great quantities of evergreen were used in
decorating the scene.
The second in the series of descriptive
lectures for the benefit OF the Day Nursery,
is to be delivered by Mrs. Emma Shaw Col
cleugh, will be given on Monday evening
next, at the residence of Mrs. ID. q. Lit
tlefieid, Broad street. Tickets may be had
OF anyone OF the management oflthe Nu-
sery.
Many people will confidently make the
usual good resolution on New Years day.
They will, at the same time, start diary
with all the enthusiasm imaginable. The
resolutions are all broken before month
has passed, and the diary, after few days
of glorious eminence, is laid away and for
gotten.
the other day, witness gave the medical
profession sharp cut on its professional
anti-advertising etiquette, when he said
that some physicians who considered IL
s'unprofessional" to advertise in news
papers were very active in joining societies
in order that they might advertise them
selves. Everybody laughed.
Says the Attleboro Sun: ''The local mer-
chants are complaining because OF the ex-
tent to which the trade goes nut OF town
these days. II is too bad people have no
more local interest. Carloads go 10 Paw
tucket and Providence every pleasant day
TO make holiday purchases. But after the
holidays are over and they want to trade
on credit they will call on the local mer-
chants. This sort OF thing is not just"
The Democratic State and City Commit
tees have begun the distribution OF circular
letters TO the forty leaders all over Rhode
Island urging them to secure the largest
registration possible before the end OF the
year. The registration IL much less than a
year ago at this time, and only four days
remain for voters 10 qualify for the politl-
raI coutests of NJ The Democrats intend