The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
OLNEYVILLE
HAPPENINGS.
An Important Meeting 10 Be Held
in Textile Hall.
complimentary Soc al-Late Clean ngs
About the Square and Vicinity.

Meeting OF more than ordinary interest
will be held by the Textile Union tornor.
row afternoon and it is probable that II
committee will be appointed to wait on
the managers oi,a manufacturing company
in this vicinity, who at the present time
are causing women and children TO work
more than the number Of hours per day
that are allowed by law. There are one
or two other matters OF equal importance
that will come up for consideration.
COMPLIMENTARY SOCIAL.
Irons hall was we'll filed with the
mem bers and friends Of the Regent Lit
erary ana Social Club last evening, the
event..being a complimentary social. Ihe
affair was in charge Of John +. McCarty,
Peter +. Reilly, James Mack, b. A. Rely,
Thomas A. Armstrong. j.. c. White.
Michael j. Kane, Thomas n. McGrath,
II. A. Reilly, II. A. Brindle, James II.
Connell, W. j. Fife and William y. Me-
Donald.
AN EMPRESS OFFICE WANTED.
A committee from the Business Mems
Association will have conference with
the officials of the express companies the
coming week for the purpose of establish
ing an express office in the square. At
the present time the space in front of the
post Office is all that is visible as an ex-
pressoifics and here oil trunks, boxes
and bundles are left with no ono 10
cara for them, and are making no small
annoyance to pedestrians.
MR.. MABBlTT DEAD.
Thomas Mabbitt died at his home. 2ll
Plainiield street. yesterday at the age of
5S. Mr.. dabbitt was native OF Irow-
bridge, west of England. and came to
Rhode Island when he was but Is years
old, and found employment i'm one of the
many mills in this vicinity. Ten years
later be went into business for himself
and at the time Of 10 death was the pro-
prieto, of an extensive yarn manufacturing
concern at Ii3 Summer street lie was
always hard worker strictly honest and
would at any time discommoie himself to
do fellow being good turn. lie was
held in the highest of esteem and conf
dcnco by those who knew him the longest
and best. He leaves no family his wife
having died about 10 months ago. He
was IA member of Mount Vernon Lodge of
Masons. and OF the order of Alfredians
His funeral will be held Monday at
80 and the interment will be at the
North End cemetery. A complication of
diseases was the cause of his death.
GENERAL MENTION
The prospects are that the labor per-
formed 10y Messrs. Fennessy aud Gala
CHER on the streets yesterday was paid for
by private citizen a one of his teams
carted off the sweeping which according
to the testimony of an expert, make an
excellent fertilizer.
For n month or more patrolman Isaac
Is. Sherman Of the Chaffee strest police
station has been fixing up his guns. fish
ing tackles and the like. for on Thursday
morning he will start on hunting trip
and will 20 among the big game i'm tho
wi,ds of Maine. His fellow officers think
they can see themselves eating bear stoak,
ycDison stow, and now and then 'rab-
bit"
n
sent in an alarm from box B79 for a fire
on tho roof OF mis- barn. 10 Huntington
avenue. which was occupic by 4. Carmody.
The flre caught from n spark from pass
ing locomotive
About 800 persons attended n socialist
meeting In Textile hall last evening and
listened to Interesting addresses made 10y
James II. Maloncy of Lynn, Mass. and j.
II. Mcintyre of Concord, y. II. James
p. Read, the nominee for mayor on the
Socialist ticket presided.
The social held Ivy the Rhode Island
band in Cadets hall last evening was
success. and was I'm charge Of Frederick