The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-09
FIRE IN A CLOSET.
Bon Ton Clubs Successful Ami
versary Social.
Religious Meetings at North End-A Case
of Poverty.

The Bon Ton Social Club, which will on the
tn inst. round out a year Of successful man
agsment, held a social in What Cheer Hall
last evening. The affair was In the nature Gr
an anniversary celebration, and as such II was
all that the most earnest member OF The ciuo
could desire The Vendome Ladies Orchestra
furnished excellent music for dancing and
the gentlemen in charge Of the floor were un-
tring in their efforts 20 provide their patrons
with good time. That they succeeded, no ono
who attended tho social viii dispute.
The grand march was led by floor director
william =. Ltng'ellow and Miss Mamie
Quinn, who were followed bV about 10
couples. The order Of dances was neat one
and ,hs arrangement was all that could DC
desired Francis l.. Doyle was assistant hoor
director and Robert +. Cullen was CHIEF OF
aids The other aids were William j. Butter
Frank l.. O'Neill, David J. O'Leary and Pat
rick J. Corcoran. The COMMITTEES OF arrange
ments consisted tf Ffancis II. Neilsn, chair
man; David J. O'Leary, secretary; Edward
l.. Fitzpatrick, treasurer, and John L. Con-
ley, Edward ]. Maher, Edward l.. tltzpat-
rick, Thomas Il. Corbett, David j. o'Leary'
Frank l.. O'Neil, Robert +. Cullion. William
=. LongfeIlow, Dennis J. Maher, Francis il.
DOYLE, James l.. Short and William j. Butler.
The reception committee were Frank Dalton,
william ]. Deyine, James l.. Short Frederick
A. jackson, Patrick j. Corcoran and Michael
Il. Giblin.
WILL ne CoHIISCED NEXT WEEK.
60 sncces full have been the union meetings
held by the members OF the Ruggles street
Primitive Mstho list Church. the Park Street
| Free Baptist Church, the United PRESBYTERIAN
1 ha
| Church that It has been decided to continue
| the meetings next week. This order Of exer-
| cises and the sermons to be prea' he'd are as
! follows: Monday evening, at Park Street
| Church, Rev. II. +. Given OF the United Pres
| byterian Church will preach on 'The Pois n
of SIN" Tuesday evening at Ruggles Street
| Primitive Methodist C1urch Rev. T.. q. Wes-
| lev will preach on "The lgnor4 OF Sim
| on Wednesday evening Rev. John Mason will
| preach ON ''The Power OF Sin" at the Second
| United Presbyterian Church; ON Thursday
,ir, 1t Rev. E. q. Wesley viii preach on The
| An ,er of Sin" and on Friday evening at
| Park Street Free BAPTIST Church Rev. W. II.
| Palmer will preach on The Deceitfulness OF
| Sin" All of the meetings will begin at Z $50
| o'clock, and there was a Instant increase in
the attendance at the services the present
| week.
SMALL BLAZE
An alarm of fire was rung in from box l69 at
1915 O'Clock last night for fire in three
and a half story house at II Orms street by
officer j. L. Coyle. The house is owned by
Thomas Quinn and the fire was in clothes
press In the attic. The cause of the blaze Il
unknown and the damage will not exceed SO.
The property destroyed was owned by Peter
McGough.
NORTH END NOTES
Thomas Murphy, an old man who was sicl
and in very destitute circumstances, was
taken from the tenement he called home n
the rear OF 20 Webster street by overseer OF
the Poor Cummings yesterday. Murphy l.
about 60 V. ars old and is sufferinr from blood
poisoning in the lower limbs. He was takei
| 20 the State almshouse and he was found to b
liying in state that II is almost impossibl .
TO describe.
Quite large number of people inspected tn
Mckinley salt train which was at the Brancl
avenue yard of the New York, New Haven
Hartford Railroad.
Providence Lodge, Good Temp ars will Civ
n concert at Ruggles Street Church on tn
18th inst.
team loaded with stone broke down o.
Branch avenue opposite Langdon street yes
I rday afternoon and was taken away earl
this morning
There will be an open air ineetin- in fron
of the Union GOsoi Mission, % Lonsdal
street, one street soath of Haymarket street
Mt $50 u. m, weather permitting. Proachin
IN the mission at 3:45 y. m. by Rev ;.
Harris OF Lynn, Mass, late pastor OF th
Unioa Baptist Church OF that city. speakin,
at y. m. by Brother Eben Creighton {
Brown University. Tho pablo are most COT
dialy invited 70 be present at these meeting