The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-22


classes will be held on Wednesday eve
nings for the purpose OF teaching gym
nastics and dancing On Friday evenings
Will be held the Business sessions and
during the coming months in addition II
is planned to have lectures, entertain
ments and musicals.
The classes will start work early In
October and II is expected that the COM
inC year will be successful I'm every par
tlcular. Next Friday evening there VIII
be a meeting followed by a social and II
is anticipated that large number OF the
members will be present.
ONE MORE MUSTER,
The Pawtucket Veteran Flremen will
| make one more effort 10 win a muster
| prize this year. After the experience or
! the Hay Cart az Bristol the members or
the local organization felt somewhat dis
cCLraged and there was feeling that
the. would attend no more musters this
| year. but at the meeting which was held
I'm the rooms on School street last eve
ming. the invitation TO attend the big mus
! ter I'm connection with the Brocbton fair
was taken up and accepted Before this
was done, however. there was long dis
| cussion. There were several members
/ who strongly opposed going 10 Brockton
/ fhey believed that II would be better 20
! put the old tub up for the remainder OF
| the season But there were others who
| remember the good times they have had
! az Brockton In past years and they did
not want 20 miss the one this year. The
matter was gone over very thoroughly
and then when II came 20 a vote those
I'm favor of making the trip were In the
majority.
Ar efficient committee was selected 10
make full arrangements for the trip and
now II Is decided that the tub is TO go.
n l. believed that all OF the members
will join i'm for the purpose OF getting
some OF the prize money
a FAREWELL SERMON.
Tomorrow the pastor and congregation
OF the Weeden Street Congregational
Church will hold their last service in the
edifce which from the time OF the or
eanization OF the society has been its
home. A week from tomorrow the SER
N.-es viii be neld In the elegant new home
on Smithfeld avenue, which has been
I'm course of construction for about year
and from that time the society will be
known as the Smithfield Avenue Congre-
gational society.
The pastor OF the church will deliver a
sort OF farewell sermon and his topic will
be Hitherto" In the evening the sub
ject will be Hence" and IL is the pur-
pose OF Rev Mr.. Lindh TO give
his congregation a pretty full Idea
of what has been accomplished during
the years the society has been in exist
ence.
The new church which will be entered
for the first time next Sunday is built
Of Harvard brick. laid i'm white cement.
I'm Flemish bond and trimmed with In
diana limestone, except for the grass
course. which is of rock-faced granite
The new edhce is OF the early English
Gothic style, with a massive tower at
the corner and two smaller towers, into
hA nff1f f1xT aaIy
main room is the Sunday school room, the
entrance 10 this being through the owen
avenue tower. Each room. with the gal
lery. will seat 800 persons. or a total of
1000
Eight arches rise I'm the auditorium TO
for man octagonal DOME and the in
terror. through this arrangement Is well |
lighted The finish OF the interior Is OF |
cypress making a pretty and most ap-
propriate appearance for house OF wor-
ship The Sunday school room and the |
auditorium can be made one by pushing
aside folding doors. Part Of the Sunday
schol room is arranged so that il can be
converted into smaller room for prayer
meeting purposes.
CHURCH TO REOPEN.
After being closed to public worship
for period of several months, during
which time extensive changes and altera-
terror the High Street Uniyersalist
church will reopen tomorrow at the regu-
lar hours OF service and Il is expected
that the members having had no home
OF their own for such n long time will
be present In large numbers. The pastor,
Rev Mr.. Barney. will preach at the regu-
lar hours and as an innovation which has
long been favored by the pastor, there
will be congregational singing
SOLD FOR TAXES.
There was sale OF four estates yester-
day at the city hall. I'm satisfaction OF
the claim OF the city held against them
for taxes. the owners having failed to
pay the taxes according to the assess
ment. After the four estates had been |
disposed Of the sale was adjourned TO
Nov. at the same time and place
DISTRICT COURT.
James Mulvaney was arraigned before
Judge Tuck in the district court this
morning on charge OF being common !
drunkard. Mulvaney has made his rec
ord I'm hurry. He was arrested Wednes.
day because IL was alleged that he was
drunk, but the charge was not pressed
In the court. Then on Thursday. having
had such good luck the day before he !
tried IL again Once more the police were |
lenient and all he got was n nights lodg-
ing. Friday he was again found In an |
intoxicated condition and the police con
cluded that patience had ceased TO be a
virtue. Today he was given a six months |
sentence at the state farm.
Ellen Hodde got drunk and was making |
much noise last night that the police |
were called In. Today she paid s. and |
costs for her fun.
BOYS STOLE PockETBook.
couple OF boys were locked up at the |
police station last night and the charge |
was that they had stolen pocketbook |
containing a small sum OF money from a
girl named Mary Bardsley. whose home is |
on Parker street in Central Falls. Ac- |
cording TO her story she was carrying the !
pocketbook I'm one OF the downtown |
stores when a boy grabbed IL and ran. In |