The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-15
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
French People on North Branch 10
Have Resident Pastor.
Working on the Burned Cottons-oificers
village Gossip.

MethodistC Church held poverty social and
supper in the vestry of the church last
evening.
Captain John Crowell Of Portland, Me-,
WAS the guest of friends at Howard yes
tsrdsy.
The Warwick Teachers Association VIII |
hold its monthly meeting at the Phenix
school house tomorrow.
The French residents of the north
branch of the Pawtuxet are very mucn
pleased at the prospect OF having resi-
aent pastor of their own and the appoint
ment of Rev. Father Lebel to the charge
of the church of Notre Dame du Bon
ConseiI is q source of great satisfaction to
it's members. The church. which was
erected several years ago, Is attended by
about 800 families, aggregating nearly
1900 persons, ana the membership IL w
creasipg rapidly. There Is psrocniai
school connected with the church con
Quoted by Professor Samson and hereto
fore the church and school have been
under the charge of Rev. Father Pagan
of st. Johns Church at Arctic Center.
Although Father Pagan and his prede-
cessors mt st. Johns have always given
the best satisfaction TO the members of
the church it was the general wish that
resident pastor should be appointed ana
in compliance with this desire Bishop
Harkins has assigned Father Lebel to the
church. The new, parish will comprise
the villages on the north branch of the
pawtuxet from Clyde to Rockiand.
Father Lvbel will commence his pastorate
next Sunday.
The work of removing and opening the
burned cotton bales from the ruins of the
cotton house at Pontiac has been COM
menced. The bales are being removed to
the open lot hevond the east end of the
mill and streams of water are kept at work
| continuously to drown out the lire which
| is smouldering in the hard pressed cot
| ton.
The funeral of Flora, the two year old
| daughter Of John Berard, who died ut her
home at Artio Center, Wednesday, was
| solempized from ST. Johns Church this
| morning, Rev. Father Pagan officiating.
The interment was in the Catholic ceme-
terry on Cough avenue.
McGregor Post, q. A. r., will hold its
| seni.mortnly meeting In Grand Army
hall this evsning.
| Although there have, with the exception
| of that at Pontiac, been no serious fires
in the valley this winter the liability OF
one has not been forgotten either by the
resi- dents or iremen, and the latter have
been constantly on the alert during the
uast few months aud ready to answer the
alarm at any time. The mill owners
| have not been slow to see that In case ol
fire, lives as we'll as property would bs
endangered and all of the manufacturing
establishments have been provided viii
ample fire escapes, but some OF The
property owners VINO have erected large
tenement houses on their land are appar
entity either ignorant or indifferent as e
The fate OF their tenants in case OF fire
and a large conhsgration in some psrt
Of the valley would undoubtedly resul
in loss OF life. Arctic Center, the mos
thickIy settled part OF the valley j
especially liable to fatal confagratlo'
on account Ct the number and conslrnc
ton of a large portion of the building
and this fact has been known for loni
. time. On Quidneck street there is a roy
, of high wooden structures built close to
gether and arranged for stores on tn
ground floor aud teuements above. In thes
, buildings, which sre all occupied, tw
, narrow stairways are the only mean
. which the tenants of the upper hoor
: have of reaching the street, no othe
, means OF escspe in case of fire being pro
yided. and In case of fire ia one of th
4 stores on the lower floor this means {
4 escape would be cut of and loss of III
? would probably follow. The erection {
, buildings Of this class in the valley sti
continues and is causing much CONNER
, and the opinion is steadily gainin
ground that some measures should
!. taken by the Town Council to CONF
the owners to erect suitable fire escsp
on sli buildings Of this kind used as ten
ments.
- Miss NAV Page of Lebanon, N. H.,
the puest uf Mrs. John Ray at Clyde.
J. The annual installation OF officers
Is Eugenia Lodge, ID. OF H., occurred In Oc
I, Fellows hall at Anthony l9tt evenin
. | Ire new officers were installed by ID
~ trict Deputy Mrs. Ida Wilcox and boa
D. OF grand officers.
NJ Warwick Council. q. q. A. NJ, "
n, hold its annual installation of officers
odd Fellows hall at River Point this eve
ing.
"a The entertainment. 'The Ladies'
IN Athena. vgiven by Miss Sadie German,
=. sis,ed by her pupils, in Thorntcn's Ops
'" house Last evening. called out very sni
en- audience ana the sfisif was not a hnsnc
=. success.
at The Indies OF the River Point Cong
,y qationai Church gave very onlotal
stcisl and entortpinmcDt in tbc cbur
re raflors last evening. 1he Gffair vas uns
so ,ue uireetiou of Misses Megaie Msties
lc- snd Emma u. Greene.