The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-15
FAMTUxeT VALLEY

The board OF directresses of the Benevo-
lent society connected with the Phenix
NJ. u. church held meeting at the
church vestry yesterday afternoon to
perfect arrangements for an oyster sup
per, to be held next Wednesday evening.
The annual meeting of the society will
occur at the same time.
The Narragansett Electric Lighting
company has had gang of men at work
during the past week placing new
brackets I'm position for the street lights.
The work OF clearing ground for the
new public library building at Anthony
has been commenced and the foundations
will be laid as soon as weather permits.
The members OF the Washington NJ. Il.
church held a turkey supper and enter
tainment in the church parlors last even
ing, which proved Il most interesting
affair. The supper tables were well pa
tronized and later a good-sized audience
listened 20 pleasing program.
George Ralph OF Phenix won the final
I'm the pool tourney at the Riverside club,
Phenix. last evening, defeating his oppo-
nent. Lawton Hopkins, in a closely con-
tested game.
The New Century Volunteer band. COM
posed of ladies OF Fiskeville and vicinity.
are to give an entertainment in the Fiske-
Vile town hall this evening.
Rev. +. III. Blount occupied the pulpit
at st. Philips church, Crompton, last
evening. and delivered an interesting
Lenten address. which was listened to
by large audience.
A meeting OF the Carpenters union will
be held in ST. Johns hail. Arctic Centre,
tomorrow evening, when the charter list,
which has been kept open for the past
two weeks for the purpose OF securing
all members possible will be closed. The
union. while not including all the jour-
neymen carpenters of the valley, has a
large charter list and anticipates a large
increase in the membership roll in the
near future. At the meeting tomorrow
evening an address will be given by one
of the organizers OF the union.
A carriage owned by James Gee of Ark
wright and driven by his coachman was
run into yesterday on Pike street and
one wheel smashed. The carriage con-
tained two of Mr.. Gees grandchildren.
but fortunately neither were injured, as
the horse was controlled by the coach
man.
The members OF st. Mary's Holy Name
and Literary society of Arctic Centre are
rehearsing a drama to be given at Thorn
toms Opera House, Riverpoint, in the
near future
Health officer Sprague. who has charge
of the smallpox patients in Warwick. re-
ports the condition of the patient found
at Bedard's hotel, Arctic Centre. We'd
nesday, TO be dangerous. Thus far no
new cases have been discovered. but
those who were in the habit of frequent
ing the hotel and were there at the time
the patient was discovered are given
wide berth by some of the more tmid
residents OF Arctic Centre. Yesterday
one of the young men who assisted i'm
caring for the sick man before IL was
known with what disease he was suffer-
ing, was relating his experience 10 a num-
ber of people I'm saloon at Arctic Centre.
He soon found that his audience had
diminished TO one and that one the pro-
prietor. That gentleman didn't fancy
losing customers I'm that manner and re-
quested the young man TO get out and
remain out until the scare was over.