The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-27
late local NEWS
The Doings Of the Day In
and About the City.
Short Stories OF Minor Happen.
ings Among Our People.


Timely Topics Of General Interest Tersel
Told to Tribune Readers.
Bishop Healey of Portland, Me-, ha
been guest of Bishop Harkins at th'
Cathedral the past week.
The annual spring vacation of one week
has again rolled round, and the pupils in
the public schools are proportionately glad
The illustrated lecture on Temperance
elivered at Central Avenue Baptist Mis-
sion last euening by e. j. Damon, was well
attended.
A meeting of the Democratic City Com
mittee will be held next Tuesday evening
for the purpose OF discussing plans relative
to the coming election.
The waving flags over the schoolhouses
yesterday signified the granting of the
Pawtucket city charter March u, 1885 to-
day being the anniversary.
Missionary work in Japan was the sub
ject Of an address by Miss Apnis Atkin-
son of Warren at the parlors of the First
Methodist Church last evening.
Supt. Z. A. Corbett of the Sunday
. Breakfast Mission has chosen as the SUBJ
ject of his address tomorrow morning,
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The members of st. Joseph's T. A. and
B. Society will go to holy communion in a
body Mt the O'Clock services at st. Jo-
seph's church tomorrow morning.
Kennedy, Cough d Murray announce
$50 reduction on steerage tickets ON fast
boats by White Star Line to go into effect
today. Bee their advertisement in another
column.
Miss Sarah Martin of Bristol, ,rwho has
been q guest at the residence of p. j.
Manning OF School street, returned to her
home today.
II you have not filed your naturalization
papers, and 1t Is necessary for you to do
30, do It before o'clock this afternoon, or
you will not be entitled to vote at the
coming election.
John Burns d Son are finishing monu.
ment OF very handsome design, to be
erected In st. Francis cemetery, to the
memory of the Rev. John j. Galligan, a
pricet Of the diocese of Erie, Pa.
The preparations In order for the CON-
ing grand ball of the Chrysanthemum
Club auger that it will be the great social
event Of the season. The time has been
set for April 23d at.InfantryiHall in Prov
idence.
The Pawtucket Spiritual Association
have arranged for Mrs. A. j. Pettingill,
the psychometrist of Maiden, Mass, to
speak at the meeting of the association to
he held at st. Georges Hall tomorrow
evening.
The friends of Edward Connor of 81
Hamilton Street paid him a surprise visit
Thursday evening and passed the time very
pleasantly. On this occasion JohnlHuLt
in behalf OF the party, presented to Mr..
Connor nice easy chair.
1.-The new business block at thelcorner of
School and Main streets is about &C m
pleted, and the stores in the building have
all been rented, and tho parties intendin z
to locate there Will soon move in.
The funeral of James Dougherty, the
aged man who died at the Rhode Island
Hospital Thursday from the..effects of
fall at . Canal street lodging house in
Providence, was held yesterday from the
residence of his son n-in-law, John Devlin,
on River street.
Many Of the former friends and pari, h
ioners OF the Rev. Emory III. Porter, who
was formerly rector of st. Paul's I'm this
city, but Is now pastor of the Emanual
Episcopal Church OF Newport, attended
the services at ST. Paul's last evening. Mr..
Porter officated.
The Massachusetts Bicycle Club have ex-
tended an invitation to the Rhode Island
Wheelmen to be their guests on April 10,
Patriots Day. 1t isa holiday in Massachu-
sets, and the captain has arranged run
TO Lexington, which will take In the hi,
toricai points along the route.
The famous old boundary line town OF
seekonk, which is partly in Rhode Island
and partly in Massachusetts,, will have
town hall. A committee consisting OF
Shubacl Con, ii. T.. Palmer and Herbert
Z. Gushing has purchased a lot, costing
$50, on the corner OF Providence and
Taunton turnpike, for the building. II
has . commanding view and IL in the
towns geographical centre.
A large party Of friends OF Mr.. and Mrs.
B. y. Keith were at the Park square Sta.
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