The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-08
The Doings Of the Day In
and About the City.
Short Stories Of. Minor Happen
ings Among Our People.
Timely Topics Of General Interest Tersely
Told to Tribune Readers.

EOgdI hOBtfs icit tuiS iuoIniuS III
Florida to enjoy two weeks rest.
Wednesday evening will be ''ladies
night" at the Pawtucket Cycling Club.
The regular meeting of the Board of
Aldermen will be held on Wednesday eve
ming.
Miss Della Henry of Lowell, Mass, is
being entertained by Miss Nellie German
of Summer avenue.
The date set Tor the annual church parade
OF Samuel Slater Lodge, Sons Of st. George,
is Sunday April 18th.
At the injecting of the Board of Alder
men Wednesday evening licenses for pool
rooms will probably be granted.
Miss Deborah X. Knox delivered an ati :
dress at the 10:45 o'clock service at the
Baptist Church, woonsocket, yesterday.
The Salvation Army held an entertain
ment at their barracks on Saturday even
ing for the benefit Of the Junior Branch of
the Army.
At q meeting of the Junior Christia n
Endeavor Society of the Pswtucket Con-
gregational Church il was decided to re-
organize the society.
Tomorrow evening the McTammany
voting machine will be exhibited by its
inventor at the rooms Of the Young Mems
Christian Association.
The regular meeting OF the Working
Girls Club was addressed on Saturday eve-
ming by DR.. Jennie Arnold of Providence
on the subject Of Stealth"
Grand Warden Alonzo K. Pierce and his
Board of Grand Officers will pay an
official visit to Narragansett Lodge, No.
IS, next Saturday evening.
The winter has been An unusually hard
one for the Highway Department and the
removal Of snow from the street has made
big hole in the appropriation.
The Ladies' Aid Society connected with
the Sacred Heart Church are preparing to
produce the "Chimes of Normandy" at the
Pawtucket Opera House early in March.
The alarm of fire rung in about 7 30 on
Sunday morning was for blaze in Frank
Newton's blacksmith shop on Broad street
just above the depot. The damage was
slight.
DR.. Nj. A. Walsh, for long time the
efficient managing editor of the Provi-
dence Visitor, has resigned and Is sue
ceeded by Mr.. William f. Kenefick of
Boston.
The wedding of Charles F. Stearns of
this city and Miss Margaret Bucknell will
take place at Philadelphia on Feb. 18th.
The couple will make their future home in
Providence.
Pawtucket parties have purchased the
fair held on the Dexter street ball grounds
last fall, and intend operating the same at
Crescent Park during the coming season.
A rehearsal of the comic opera 'Pirates
of Penzance" was held by the choir of st.
Joseph's Church, yesterday afternoon at 4
o'clock. The opera will be produced in
the near future for the benefit OF the
parish.
Frank +. Hornby, who completed his
twentieth year in the employ Of the David
Harley Company Saturday evening, has
severed his connection with that firm and
will engage in the dry goods business in
Providence.
The meeting for men at the Y. M. c. A.
rooms yesterday afternoon was conducted
by Col. e. II. French, and large audiencs
were present. The lecturer spoke on the
religious customs of India and illustrated
his talk with nearly 200 stereoptican views
Sister Garcinda of st. Joseph's Hospital
whose father, Mr.. Conway, Is q well-known
member of st. Edwards parish, Wanskuck,
is slowly sinking at the hospital. She has
been for year or two In delicate health,
and there seems no likelihood Of recovery.
The monthly meeting of the First Light
Infantry Regiment, Veteran Association,
will be held at the Armory Tuesday night.
The quartery supper will be held at GeIbs 8
Thursday night, when Col. John G. Wy
man will read paper on the trip of the
Ancients and Honorabes to England.
Pursuant to a vote passed a, the last
meeting OF Delaney Council, Knights of
Columbus, this morning at o'clock Rev.
j. r. Sullivan, Chaplain OF the Council,
sang a mass for the repose Of the souls OF
five of the deceased members OF that or
ganization. The service took place at st
Joseph's Church.
The nearly 100000 improvement al
Providence, inaugurated by the Consoli
dated road about four years ago, is rapid,
nearing completion, and IL everything goe
well up to the middle of May next, tn
new station and the elevated roadwa,
will, according to the latest information
ON this matter, be opened to public travel
The speaker at the meeting OF the Social
ist-Labor party last evening was +. w
Teinert of Providence, who was the can
didate of the party for Governor last fal
Mr.. Teinert spoke OF the principals OF tn
principals of the movement and the urgen
need of reform. The speaker also referre
to the want and depiorable condition @
the workingmen OF the country.
The following Pawtucket people regis