The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-21
THE FIRST SOD
For BallOu Society Building to Be
Turned Wednesday.
Early Morning Accidents -Latests News
From the North End.

On Wednesday evening there will be a
service of unusual interest To the members
of the Ballou Universaiist Society and to
Universalists Of the whole state. |. This SER
vice will precede the turning of the first
sod for the erection of the handsome new
religious structure that the society finds
itself. after years of energetic labCrs, In "a
position to puild on Smith street. Capitol
Hill. Work on the new church will not bs
commenced for 10 days or more and the
last service will probably be held In tie
little chapel on Sunday July 4th. After
the last service the pastor, Rev. MIR. Ill
linghast stated last night there would Le
what he termed an undedicatory service
as IL did not seem proper that chapel
that bad been dedicated TO prayer and the
worship OF God should be without any
ceremony transferred TO other uses
through there could be no doubt that any.
one who afterward worked In the chapel
would feel the blessings that must cling
around the place where God had been SO
long and earnestly worshipped.
The service on Wednesday evening will
be preceded by n salad supper given by the
Ladies i'd Society OF the church While
the new church is being built services
Will be held in hall on. Gladstone
avenue.
Last evening the annual children's SER
vice was held In the chapel and the attend
ance was very large. The platform was
handsomely decorated with potted plants.
palms, roses and other cut flowers. The
recitations OF tho young members of the
sunday school were credit TO the pupils
and TO their earnest teachers The order
OF the service was as follows: Prayer. Rev.
Mr.. Tillinghast; chorus, 1.-The Day Has
Gomez" address, Miss Eva Sykes; address,
Master Allie Smith: Come TO the Smil-
Ing Meadows" sunday school chorus;
duet, Tho Rose" Ruth Stranger and
Sadie Aldrich; recitation, June Roses ="
Come" Ruth Strange; rose class greet.
ing by l6 young ladies; ''The First Child
rene Day" Miss L. Brown; recitation,
1.-The Lord in His Garden" Fulton
Blaine; chorus, Rose of sharon" school
recitations, Faith" " Hope, T" "Lcxs?
ter; song, Promise Wreath Of Roses -
eight young ladies; solo, Marion Baxter;
recitation, $50 Labor On" Bertha Cot.
trell; chorus and solo, Flowers Of the
fleid, Eva Sykes, soloist; recitation,
Heavenly Garden" Marion Baxter
address by pastor, closing anthem; 30
Praise the Lord, by congregation Rev.
MIR. Tillingbast made an apt comparison
between the beauty OF the rose and it's
parts and TINT OF good living persons and
the union of the church.
EARLY MORNING ACCIDENTS.
This was not lucky Monday morning
for couple of teamsters Louis Lip
schitZ got started with his horse at
about 5 :25 o'clock this morning and the
horse being unusually frisky started on a
run that surprised it's owner. Tie horse
only went far enough up Charles street to
break one Of the wheels Of the wagon TO
which 1t was attached.
One Of Earl, Carpenter & Sons ice
wagons broke down on Charles street.
naar the foot of Orms street at $3.50
O'Clock. The cart was loaded with Ice and
not only was car travel delayed but lots
of storekecpers got angry as the. ice did
not show up at tho usual time. Tho
rear axle of tho cart broke and that was
tile cause of the vexatious delay,
CHAIR CAUSED SOME TROUBLE.
There is n boarding house or Rebecca
street where the hoarders are said 10 have
peculiar habits, for those that sleep in
the same large room always want TO have
IA conference over the days doings bc ore
they go TO Sleep. This would not be
strange If the bonrders retired at the
same hour, but some Of them, especially
on Saturday night. have tire habit of
coming IN verv late, and they insist upon
waking up those who havo been wiser
nn6 gone Co ted early IL Is said tnit