The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-11
The News Of the State.
BRISTOL.
Coming LeCture--New Scarlet
Fever Cases = Basketball.
Town Affairs --Other Notes.

The services on next Sunday at the
First Baptist church viii be in charge OF
w. y. Wilson of Providence. The subject
at the 1880 service will be Some Sunday
School Problems" The subject at
o'clock service will be "The Jerusalem
Convention"
The company shoot OF the Naval Re
serves. whichswas 10 have been held on
Saturday. January 10th. has been post
poned until February 22d.
on Tuesday evening. February sd AT
the Y. NJ. c. A David Bangs Pike VIII de-
liver a lecture on Yellowstone Park MIR.
pike is a prominent lawyer in PROVIDENCE
His lecture has been very facoraoIy re-
ceived whenever given and viii be NUS
trated.
The marriage ceremony OF Manuel ha-
pozo and Miss Enlena Silveria, both OF
This town will take place next Saturday
morning at ST Mary's church.
The infant child of Mr.. aud Mrs. clinton
r. Sherman is critically i'll with pnenmo-
MIA.
Two large schooners coal ladened are at
anchor down the bay badly iced up oound
TO Fall River
An exciting game OF basketball was
PLAYED in the Y. NJ c. A. gymnasium on
Tuesday evening between Bristol ana
Newport Y NJ c. A. teams A large crowd
from Newport accompanied the VISITORS
and both teams were we'll supported by
rooters The game was close and exciting
from start to finish. eventually resulting
In victory for Newport 10 10 u. rms IL
the nearest TO defeat that Newport has
suffered this season. Bristol has another
game with Newport in which they Will do
their best 10 spoil Newports clean RECORD
OF victories the next game Is az Newport
on Saturday evening.
1 Honorable H. u. Shepard delivered an
able address before the st. Mary's t. a.
society, last evening. at the society rooms
| on Wood street, a. full attendance was
present and the discourse was listened to
| with marked attention.
Several new cases OF scarlet fever was
reported at the town clerks ofrice. yester-
| day. among whom were Josephine, WI
! fred. Margaret and Mary Walsh. Twins
on Congregational street: Frank Perry
upon Bay View avenue. DIT siesel ahc
/ Dr Duffy are the physicians.
There Is a strong feeling now manifest
| and II Ia daily growing that many changet
are needed In the affairs Of the town and
one OF the principal matters connecleo
with the affairs IL the reduction or the
school committed Another importan'
matter is the burning OF the strect ngnt'
| during the night and resoihuon w" ~
offered at tho financial town meeting ask
ing of the taxpayers to consider the reso
luton and vote upon II. There were ault'
a number yesterday gathered at NO. i
state street and for while considerapl'
discussion was INDUCED In. many yer!
good ideas were advanced. one gentleman
present saying he thought that the towi
a.ylum should be n self-supporting insti
| tuition and III the people would interes
themselves there were plenty or parue
who would be glad TO take the place AM
| support all the inmates and produc
enough so as TO reduce the running ex
penses OF the place TO merely nothing. II
also thought that II the matter wa
! brought up at the town meeting the mat
ter could be considered from all that ca
be gathered there win be a lively tow
! meeting.
The stea mer Warwick OF the Prov
dence. Fall River and Newport line at tn
present time is running very irregular.
| The funeral OF James McNin, vetera
OF the Civil War who was an inmate O
the Soldiers Home. was held YESTERDAY.
The body OF Stephen A. Seely. who die
I'm Newark. ~ j.. Saturday, was brough
hero Yesterday for burial. Mr.. Seely wa
bs years old. and leaves widow VIII
was Miss waldron OF this town.