The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-25
EAST PROVIDENCE.
Meeting Of Ballou Society OF Univer-
salist Church.
Ladies' AID Society Supper-Naming and
Numbering OF Streets.

was held in the vestry of the church yes
terday afternoon. 1t was voted To hold
an orange social in the church parlors,
Monday evening, April 3, and Mrs. Orray
Butts, Mrs Thomas Rich and Mrs.
Orland Freeborn were appointed COM
mittee to make the necessary arrange
ments. 1t was also voted TO present the
F'lora's Dream,' In the A. Il. Hoyt hall
Wednesday evening, April H. In tho
evening after the business meeting the
regular family supper was served to
large company who enjoyed clam chow.
der. After supper the young people had
"a rehearsal Of the operattas.
The Y. u. G.. ". Of the church held
business meeting in the church parlor,
and the pledge committee reported a neat
sum, the proceeds OF the entertainment
given two weeks since. The following
persons were elected chairmen Of tho
various committees and were authorized
TO select such members as they wished
Devotional committee, Miss Annie Peck;
lookout committee, Miss NJ Gertrude
Mowry; social committee, Miss Annie ).
Davis.
Last evening the Ladies' Aid Society
of Haven NJ Il. church gave supper in
the vestry of the church, which was liDer-
ally patronized by people who showed
their appreciation of good meal, prop.
erly served. The ladies who constituted
the supper committee were Mrs d.
George +. Allison, Mrs. Ezra Bowen,
Mrs. Win Chase Mrs. George III. Club
buck, and Mrs. Daniel Chace. After tho
supper very excellent entertainment was
given in the church, under the direction
of Mrs. Ida Chase, Of which the follow.
ing is the program: Piano solo, Miss
Grace Dyer; tenor solo, Henry Broadman
of Riverside, Miss Gertrude Broadman as
accompanist; reading, 1.-The One-Legged
Goose Miss Hattie Woodward; bone
solo, Joseph Slingsby of Riverside, Miss
Broadman accompanist; tenor solo, MIR.
Broadman; reading 1.-The Ministries s
Story Miss Woodward; bone solo, Mr..
Slingsby The entertainment concluded
with temperance dialouge, The Child 8
Appeal" by Frank Rounds and Miss
Jennie Cook with chorus by quartet, COM
posed of Mrs. Ida Nickerson, Mrs. Ida
Chase, Harry Perry and James X ID.
Oldham.
King solomon Senate No. 1858, knights
of the Ancient Essenic Order, which was
TO have been organized and instituted in
| this town, il is now learned, will not be a
| local senate, but will be instituted in
| Providence Monday evening, March 18th,
and will hold its meeting at No l4l Wcy
| bosset street. Col George c. Campbell,
| Supreme Deputy organizer has been at
| work in this town for several months, and
| the new senate will organize with nearly
| sixty members, a large number of whom
| are residents of the town and include
| many of our business men, but the num-
| ber of members residing in town was not
| sufficient 10 encourage the organizer to
| locate tie senate In the town so he added
| "A number from the city, and it will he
| located as stated, but should sufficient
| announcement be given later, the senate
may be removed to East Providence.
| Squantum tribe of Improved Order OF
| Red Men. which was organized at River
| - ha, h.at fnH al nj :
organization, has taken into its member
| ship many braves from the Watchemoket
| district, and now 1.-THE tail has grown SO
large that it wags the dog, so to speak,
| for the Watchenoket members outnumber
the Riyersiders, and their tribe have re-
moved to Watchemoket and secured a
Wigwam in Pythian Hall, and will hold
its first meeting in the new reservation
| tonight.
Another question which is occupying
| the minds of the residents of this town, or
| at least the Watchemoket district Is when
| that free delivery of mail matter Is to
| materalizeg 1t was given out that 1t was
to be the first of February, and in fact the
| council were asked to use all possible
| haste in naming streets and numbering
houses so as TO be ready when Uncle
| Sans gray suited men with brand new
mail bags should start out from the new
| postoffice said TO have been leased by the
government. The streets have all beer
named, and neat signs placed upon them,
so the letter carriers may not get lost. The
houses are all adorned with pretty silver
! plated numbers, the town has performed
its part of the work and it Is we'll done,
| and it is nearly the first of April and We
hear not the skrill whistle of the letter
man, and the sign ''To Let still
| decorates the windows of the postoffice
that was tn be- Is there not something
that can induce Uncle Sam TO get move
| onY
Last evening Albert Tyler who reside,
at 81 Summit street, visited the police
| station and informed the station officer
that his wife, Olive b. Tyler, who II
slightly dcmented left his home about
three O'Clock yesterday afternoon and wa'
last seen near the corner of Taunton
avenue and Summit street, since which
time nothing has been heard of her. Mrs
Tyler is about 40 years of age, small II
size, has short hair, light complexion, rathe
thin face has blue eyes, was dressed In
short brown coat, black shirt and wore I
bonnet. When she left home, she carried I
large sized photograph album with her
The station officer T.. W. Adams, tele
phoned to the city police station, but re
ceived no word that Mrs. Tyler had beer
seen. Nothing has been heard of the miss
ing woman this morning and Mr. lyle
has gone TO Easton, Mass where siste
of Mrs. Tyler resides and he Thought sh'
| 1nlRHb ntiNt ROht tntIt
Officer Comrie reported a large hole II
the sidewalk between the bridge ON Water
man avenue, which was dangerous place
Ii was protected and this morning high
way surveyor Barney was notified ant
promptly attended To IL. 1t was caused b.
the rain storm.
Last evening Canonicus Lodge, A. O
II. w, held IA meeting In Odd Fellow
Hall. An invitation was received and ac
ceptcd from "a Providence Lodge To Joil
them in fraternal visit to Sowamset
Lodge, Warren. April sth. One applica
tion 10y Clarence Card was received.
Howard Lodge, No. L., X. Of p, hel
its regular meeting last evening, and wa
, n very enjoyable occasion. Grand Chan
ccllor levi II. Winchester and board {
grand officers made en- official yis
20 the lodge. Past Grand Chance
lor Warren of Maine, Gran
Master lat arms, A. y. Cunningham
Deputy Grand Chancellor Balcom Z
pawtuckot and Supreme ReprcseDtatiN
Charles \. Lee of Pawtuckct were present
and made flattcrng remarks. Riversio
Ledge was also present In body. Lat,