The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-29
VALLEY VILLAGES
Installing New Fire Alarm.
Two Funerals Other Paw.
tuxet Valley News Items.

The work OF installing the striking ap-
paratus for the benefit OF tho Warwick
Fire company No. was begun yesterday.
The new alarm is to be In tho tower OF
tho Centrevllle NJ. E. church tower, as
that place IL about IN the centre OF the
No district. At a meeting OF the church
held some time ago ii was decided to give
the district the privilege TO place the
alarm I'm the church towers Yesterday
the hell raised is inches and Is now
above the rail OF the belfry. The tone OF
the bell is therefore made much clearer
and can also be heard much further. The
striking apparatus arrived today and the
work OF Ijacing II IN position viii be con-
tinued until II is completed tho first work
being done today There will also be
three new boxes added to the district two
OF which No will attend and the other
Will be IN the other district Box SS will be
placed in front OF the home OF George
Cookson, No. "A, at the Creme Homestead
plat and No. B (privatel at the residence
OF the pastor OF the ct. Jean-Baptiste
church for She parish buildings. N In an
ticipated that the work will be done In
about a week.
FUNERALS
From his last horne on this earth tbe
funeral service of Hoyatio N cardsr OF
Centrevile was held this afternoon from
his home on warwtok avenue The SER
vice was very largely attended by ths
friends and relatives who gathered from
far and near. The obsequiee were. in
charge OF Rev r.. p. Phreaner OF the Gem
treville M f. church and at the conclu-
sion the remains were taken to Green
wood cemetery. where they were tatd In
their last resting place For more than
half century the deceased had been
resident OF Centrevlle, and during his
earlier days he had conducted O butcher
business, which had hourished unt1 he
became too old to attend to 81. For the
past few years he had been feeble and
had also been almost deaf IL was due 10
this inhrrnity that he WAS the victim OF
the accident about a week ago He was
struck by car near Crompton and wss
quite badly injured He suffered a nervous
shock later and died OH Saturday. just
week after the accident.
The funeral OF Mrs. Robert WiihAms.
who died at the home OF her daughter IN
Worcester on Saturday WAS held this af-
ternoon from the homs of Mrs. Emily
Matteson OF Phenix. Rev. John Movsy OF
the NJ F. church was present and of1cia-
Ted. During the service several selections
were rendered by a quartet Including Miss
Katherine Love Mrs. Il. W. Whitford, J.
Ellery Hudson and r. A s. Reoch. After
the sarvtce the remains were buried at
Greenwood cemetery in the family lot
VALLEY HAPPENINGS.
At the home OF Reginald l. Brown at
Pheuix, last night a number OF his
friends gathered and spent a very pleas
ant evening. The time was spent in play
ing games and IN the enjoyment OF a So
cial good time from about o'clock until
almost midnight, when adjournment
was reached. Refreshments wer< served
during the evening and tho AFFAIR was
deemed a decided success.
The Franco-American club OF Arctic
Centre held their first meeting OF the sea-
son last night at St Johns hall The
meeting was an open one and was we'll at
tended
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