The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-27
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EAST PROVIDENCE.
Supper and Entertainment at Sec
0nd Baptist Church.
Meeting OF Bucklin Post, G. A. R.-Car
Sent on a Wild Run.

Last evening at the Sec cond Baptist
Church q complimentary supper and en-
tertainment were given to the mem bers
of the parish and their friends. At six
o'clock an old-fas hioned bean supper was
served in the dining rooms to which up
wards of 100 persons did ample justice
after supper an hour wss spent in social
greetings. AT 8 o'clock when the com.
pany were called to order the vestry OF
the church was completely filed. Mr..
Arthur johnson, acted as master OF cere-
monies, and announced ths following e
excellent program, which was we'll rem
dered, ana heartily enjoyed: Piano duet,
Miss Mabel and Minnie Perry; reading,
"Katrins's Visit to New York; Miss
Fannie Stacy; violin solo. Harvey Miner,
Miss Josie Miner accompanist; piano
solo, Miss Aunis Weeden: selection, male
quartette, Messrs. Pesrce. Rsad, Wright
and CARPENTER; reading, "Mr. Cobleigh's
Sorrow. Miss Stacy; cornet solo, Arthur
Horton, Miss Minnie Perry accompanist;
soprano solo, Miss Alberta Small, Miss
Weeden, accompaDist: piano duet, Mrs.
Arthur Johnson, and Miss Weeden; re-
marks by the pastor Rev. George w.
Rigler, and Mrs. Anna Rhodes president
of the Home Missionary Society. Singing
by ihe Guoisnce, after which ell were
served with ice cream and cake. The en-
tertainment was under the management
Of Mrs. Mason B. Wood.
The regular meeting of Bucklin Post,
No. 20, GA. r., was held In Grand Army
nall last evening and wss well attended.
a communication was reoei ged from the
committee having in charge the compli-
mentsry banquet TO be rendered Depart
ment Commander William r.. Stones at tie
Trocldero. Tuesday evening, Feb. 8. Also
a communication from Bucklin Relief
Corps, No. 9. announcing the members
OF their conference committee and ex-
pressing their desire to confer with like
committee from the Post in sill matters of
mutual tenent. The commander ap-
poiuted as a conference committee from
the Post: Chaplain, Lewis c. Whittier; p.
c., Thomas NJ. Read; officer of the day;
Daniel II. Oldridge; Comrades William
II. Luther and George +. Curtis. An
hour was thea spent in smoke talk
under the good Of the order. Thers we're
visitors from Prescott Post, No., Of
Providence.
Monday night about $3.50 o'clock while
car 61S of the Crescent Park elcctrics was
standing outside the car house at River
side. some person entered the car ana
finding the ,rinks TO the motor which
were concealed in the car. put them in
position and applied the power. The car
shot up Bullock's Point avenue nj rapid
rate ana had run about a half mile when
near Washington avenue on Pomham
avenue. the troll,y pole broke, ana the
car came to a standstill.
There has recently teen oreanized in
this town club, which has adopted the
classic name of the "Sea weed Club:n il is
the hrst social club so far as is known in |
these parts, thGt ever elected among its |
officers a chsplan, out the location of !
the club being near the shore resorts Of |
the town, they probably realized that
they need praying for.
Monday Councilman Ben janin Msrtin |
and kessrs. Isaac X. Kent, Alexander
Wood and Charles Road of this town left
for Calfornis. via Now Orleans, La, and
Tex, the former on pleasure
: tent and The three latter to-loek after
some business interests on the Pacific
Slope. They expect to bo absent about
two months.
Inf al |
in town this morning by the receipt Of
an opinion from Town Solicitor Mitchell
to the town clerk, in regard TO the voters
who reside on The north side of Water
man avenue and in that vicinity east, as
FIR as Pawtucket avenue. The voting
districts Nos. ] aud 2 are divided by line
running through the center OF Waterman
avenue, from Red Bridge east to Paw
IucSet avenue. and the voters on the
north side OF the avenue, although resid-
ing In the sec nd district nave had their
ramts plsced on the voting list of the
first district and have voted in that dis
rict. Many of them are less than 20JO
feet from the polling place of No. l dis
rici, and ere two miles from the polling
place Of No. district, with conveyance
10 tnnt place but once in two hours from
The town solicitor however
lss decided that IN accordance with the
avs Of the state the board of osnvassers
must put their names upon the list OF
district No. 2, and they must hereafter
'ote i'm that district. This Affects the vote
II more tnsn 200 persons, and IL enforced
will affect the vote OF the town nearly
hat number. Tie only remedy the town
oicitor could suggest was petition to
he legislature to change The boundary line
II the voting district whicn viii undoubt-
dly be done al the pr,seht session OF
hat body.