The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-09
A NEW CHURCH.
universalist Society Soon TO Have
One.
Total Cost Will Be About SO, ,000-Notcs
From North End.

Aiter many years OF struggling and OF
hopes deferred the Uniyersalist Society Of
Capitol Hill are to have their long desired
new church. The convention of the de-
nomination held day or so ago having
| voted the necessary help TO the society a
new church ediflce that will cost exclusive
OF furnishing 5000 ana with the furnish
| lngs and tho lot on which the new struc-
ture Is 20 be built means an expenditure
OF $40 600 or thcreabouts. The new church
1 VIII De bailt on the lot on which the
chapel now stands on Smith street Just
above the junction of Smith, Candace and
| Orms streets and will be of handsome ex-
terror and interior design. IL will bc 50
feet long and 80 feet wide and 80 feet from
the ground 10 the apex OF the tower. In
| the front Of the upper part of the exterior
] elevation will be q large archcd window
| divided into three parts which will prob
hDiy DC Ornamentcd with rich stained
| glass The main audience room will seat
TWO hundred persons and Is 10 be divided
from the sunday school room, which is of
about the same size, by folding doors SO
that the TWO rooms when desired can DO
made one. Beneath the audience room
ana sunday school room Is tho yestry
and Is 20 be high and well ventilated and
In every way suitable for the holding of
church entcrtainm, nts. There are pantry
rooms of suitable slzc at one end OF the
iloor with the yestry. Work will be begun
vi tiio uoW htTtCtuIc dDJuJ May lSU ana
the new building will be finished Just as
soon rs possible.
The society wishes to dispose of the
chapel now used which would be Of service
Tor many business purposes but in case it
should not be disposed Of it will be moved
onto the adjoining lot belonging to the
GrosNenor estate 1t Is over 20 years since
the hrst service was held by the Uniyer-
salists ON what Is now known as Capitol
mn, Dut The society has been organized
but about dozen yoars. Rev. James 3D.
Iillinghast the present pastor OF the
church has been III charge OF the society
ana during his service has accomplished a
great deal of good and has received the
hearty ana deserved cooperation OF the
society.
HE PAID NO RENT.
Officer Mckenzie made an interesting
discovery late yesterday afternoon and
also arrested fellow named Michael
!-arkin that the North End can do with
out and be none the less prosperous
Many times recently have parties residing
near the Half Way House on the Paw. |
tucket road missed things from their |
back yards. There was "a vacant house |
on the Matilda estate and the neighbors |
looked at it with suspicion thinking per- |
haps that sCme one was making il his |
nome In quiet way. These suspicious
were well grounded for about s O'CLOCK |
yesterday officer Mckenzie found a follow |
roasting some potatoes under an occupied |
barn near the vacant house. The fellow |
had bag OF potatoes and "a good quantity I
OF apples near where he was cooking and |
only few feet away from the apples and |
potatoes were some egg shells that showed
this was favored article Of diet with
l-arkin. The shells showed The eggs had
bccn lald by bantams ana some of the
neighbors have bantams.
l'arkin was taken into custody and the
house and barn searched. In addition 10
the things already named pl,k axes,
shoVels and saws were found, that il Is
presumed he stole When locked IN nj
the station Larkin said he was a stranger
ana had been located at the vacant
house number Of days
HAS A BAD CHARACTER.
William i. Barber a man Of unsayory
was picked up by officer Curley
)n Ashburton street last evening He
was recognized by Lieutenant Murray as
IN old ohendcr and was kept in a safe
)lace until this morning.
NORTH END NOTES.
Rose Moore, an employe of the Amer.
can Screw Company. had one of the
ingers of her right hand badly injured in
! threading machine yesterday afternoon.
Seen prisoners were taken i'm charge
~ the police Of the Second station last
night.
The Irving Literary Club will hold its
Minstrel entertainment ON May g.
Michael McManus. noted resident of
)uhy court made life miserable for his
VIE, who Is not unknown To fame. He
vas arrested by officers Gilfoil and Boss
nu spent the night away from the court