The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Christian EndeavOr ConventlOn-Tried to
Suppress the News.


was held at the RiyeTpoint Congregational
church last evening There was n large
| attendance and considerable business OF
interest To the society was transacted.
| The annual election OF officers resulted in
| the choice of Rev. Walter Greene, OF
| Frenchtown as president, Rev. Daniel
| Chambers, of Rockland. as vice president
George w. Edwards, of Washington as
secretary and treasurer. and Pardon +.
Bowen of PLenix as corresponding secre-
| tary.
Rev. H. X. Wickett, of the Franklin
Congregational church OF Pottaconse't will
preach at the Riyerpoint Congregational
church tomorrow in exchange with Rev.
h. III. Adams who.will occupy the pulpit
at tho Franklin church.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pcllctcr of It.
James, Canada are the guests of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Joseph Lebree at Phenix.
Another furry of excitement was
caused in Phenix yesterday by the sur
vcying Of the ruins of the Spencer block
and the placing of studs for the cellar
! line. At first some Of the residents were
I inclined TO think that this was only
! another bluff. but as Eugene Baxter has
been instructed to draw plans for new
! building at once tho block will probably
he rebuilt ana another eyesore removed
from the business centre of the vills.e.
! Two men became engaged in fight i'm
| front of Chagnon's drug store at Arctic
! Centre last evening but settled their diff
] Guilty Eefore an officer arrived. Judging
! from the obscene poetry which was writ
ten in memorandum book dropped by
one of the fighters. he should have been
arrested even IL he had not become in
volyci in fight.
Leon Howard died at the home Of his
J grandfather Rowell Chappelle at APP
| ponaug yesterday afternoon after an i'll
ness of several weeks
Mr.. Hugh Watson for many years pro-
prietor of the Natick Hotel, returned
home yesterday from an extended visit
with friends i'm Saitville, Va.
The race between John G.. Coniey's Ben
wilkes and Henry Cushing's Nicotero
| which was to have taken place at the
Pawtuxet Valley Park this afternoon.
has been declared of
II is reported that the Charter Oak
Hotel which has been closed for some
time Is To be reopened by John Briggs of
Apponaug.
The Jew pedoler who attempted 20
assault "A woman at Jericho, an account of
which appeared in last evening sspapers
has taken a new way OF suppressing the
news and last evening N ade trip
through the village saloons and tore out
tho article from the papers. He did IL
very quietly and was not detected but the
owners Of the papers are looking for him
today aI d there will probably be smother
story when they lay their hands on him.
The choir uf st. Andrews church
assisted 10y a nun ber Of soloists will rem
der the Angel Trio. from Mendslssohp' 5
oratorio of Elijah, 81 Will Lift up Mine
Mseraatur" at the evening service to-
morrow.
The Warwick Wheelmen gave their first
social this season in 81. Johns hall at
Arctic Centre last evening. About three
hundred persons were present and tho
social was one Of the most en- joya bio ever
given by the club. %
! Miss Annie Bennett of Arctic Centre
! had just returned from the ball of the
Warwick Wbeelmen last night and was
preparing to retire for the night when the
| flame from the wick Of her lamp ran
down into the oil tank and in an instant
! the oil in the tank was on fire. Her
screams aroused her brother, who ran t.
| her assistance and threw the lamp out of
the window into the yard, where it ex-
| ploded.
Tho rerently organized Kent club
opened its rooms In Flansgsn's block at
Clyde last evening. There were over a
hundred invited guests and members of
the club present and an enjoyable recep-
tion was hold in the early part of tho
evening. After the reception supper
was served. during which speeches were
made 10y DR.. A. u. SpragUe. Hon. Henry
l.. Greene Judge Eugene l.. Warner and
Robert Reoob. a. the conclusion Of the
speeches the clubmcn and guests nd
iourneu to IL. of u. hall. where dancing
was indulged in until midnight.