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THE CHURCH THEMES,
President Capen of Tuffts Gollege
Here,
OTHER ABLE SPEAKERS.
The Sermon of Bishop Grafton of ¥Fon-du-
Laoc-~Mrs. Spencer's Address on the
Work of Miss Dix and Dr., Howe -
Other Practical Discourses,
The Rev, E. H, Capen, D. D,, president
of Tufts College, preached yesterday fore
noon at the First Universalist Church.
His text was found in Phil. iii., 13 and 14:
** Brethren, I count not myself to have ap
prehended ; but this one thing I do, forget
ting those things which are behind and
reaching forth unto those things which
are before, I press towards the mark for
the prize of the high calling of God in
Jesus Christ,”
Dr. Capen said : Christianity is a religion
of progress. The Christian religion intro
duces a new element of progress into the
Christian world, This {)rinclple of pro
gress consists in the ability to cut loose
from the thraldom of the past. The de
velopment of individual progress takes
place by this same law. This prlncl&!e of
progress is seen in the future it sets before
men. All the movements of the intellect
have been in the service of humanity.
Our moral efforts for the regeneration of
locietf and the soul are based on the idea
that in the next half century great
changes will take plage. Only by putting
the {:n behind us shall we win the prize
set before us. Every one may have the
prize of virtue b{ gressing forward to
wards the work of the prize of the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus,
Bishop Grafton’s Sermon,
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Grafton of Fon du
Lac fil:ached on ‘“The Nature of God and
His Relation to Man and the Universe,”
at St. Stephen’s Church, yesterday morn
ing. He said in part: “These words
come down to us with the stamp of in
u[:mmon u{)on them, ever blessed may
they be, full of help and strength, We
thirst for knowlod(re of the Divine Mind,
His force is around and about usg, There
isone great energy which Yervndes the
universe, one supreme intelligence, It
speaks in a universal lnu‘nuage. This
fmt eternal addresses itself to our souls.
tis itself an intellectual force and an
eternal one. It has no antecedents. The
mind cannot gr:;s the idea of a physical
cause having produced the universe, It
must have been a will force. Science
brin? its great light and teils us that
this is true. No cause could have preceded
God, but He, the final cause, has evolved
all from Himself. Thisgreat eternal force
behind the universe is a conscious force
and a remnal one, Itisn’t condemned to
eternal solitude, but it hasin itself the
fruition of being. Then as soon as the
soul grasps after God it exclaims, ‘My
ao(::’l ’is athirst for God, even for the li\'ing
“God bhas not made His creation as a
carpenter would perfect his handiwork,
but He has produced it by His own will.
What is this existence ourside of God
which we see? We are the courts of God
made eternal. He did not cast us off alter
He made nus. He lives in us. He moves
in His creation. He pulsates in it in every
breeze that blows and every flower that
turns its fece to the sunshine. God unites
Himself with His creation. I cannot utter
a word or think a thought without God
ucungiln me,. We are united with the
eternal energy at every point. We start in
Jife with more knowledge than we ever
acquire afterwards. We are not born, in
deed, with abstract ideas, but we are so
constituted that the fausal elements of our
mentality come direct from God., We cau
not prove the great laws of induction. We
must and do begin with them in our fiest
intellectual Yrocessos. We continually
use the eternal law of causality, yet whence
came it? We are everywhere united to
the infinite mind, We caunot think un
less we move in barmony with the eternal
God, We do not know how t, distin
,(uislu:luht..!:om_\caong, our conscience is
in us already formed., It is true we are
byour very nature Christian and linke. 1o
the Eternal by a thousand chains, As we
feel these pireat trutns more and more we
cry ont; ‘My soul is athirst for the Liv
ng God"”
Dorothea Dix and Dr, S, G, Howe,
A large and interesied audience as
sembled in Bell street chupel yesterday
afternoon to listen to the lecture by Mrs,
Spencer on Dorothea Dix and Dr. Howe.
Dorothea Dix was born ia 1802 and in her
early years was d«-{vrived of the advan
tages of ordinary children by a fanatical
father, but finally ran away from home
and went to live with her grandmother,
who was of the sturildy old Puritan stock
of New England, She early manife od a
desire toteach children who were iess for
tunate than herself and in later vears
consecrated her life to the care of helpless
classes. She is cuietly known as the
woman who had charge of the
nurses in the Union Army during the
war, but as much opposition was inspired
acainst her cn arcount of jealousy she
always hoped she wonld not be judgel by
that nart of her 11 ¢ =he was 60 years old
at the time the war broke out and had
comp cted work eno.xn to be the life wor:
0L any woman in revoiutionizing the care
of the insana all over the country. Sue
bey.;‘mxf wm; the .~sltlaleiu( Massachuseits
and after thoroughly inspeciiug the case
of the imbeciles ail ovel?et Al suate she
sent a memorial to the Legislature pray
ing for a grant of land and money for the
better care of such unfortunates, She was
successiul mainly through the efforts of
Dr. 8. . Howe, who was then a member
of the Legislature. After she made the
same efforts in lwent( other States and
was successfal in all. Up to this time the
insane patients hal been treated like ani
mals and their disorders were considered
as a result of the infilnence of Saten, but
Miss Dix proved that good medical atten
tion was all that was needed 11 some cases,
She afterwards went to Kngland and
Scotland and perfornied the same arduous
labors there. ‘
After the war was over she was asked
to come to several Southern States and
assist in that work during the process of
construction, and stitiing her feelings
toward those who sought to destroy l‘fu
Union she went with her usual success,
Dr. Howe had a remarkable career. tie
was a fine younyg wan of frmt strength of
{)urpnse. and his mission in life was to re
ieve the unfor.nunate wherever he found
it. His assistance to Greece in the stru?-
rl(-, for her imlarelulence. his casting hLis
ot with Poland and the month he passed
fu prison for this are all a matter of his
tory, but it is at home in his character of
benefactors to all the uafortunate classes,
whether eriminals, paupers or imbeciles
that the real hero shows itself.
Words of Good Advice.
“l was glad when they said unto me
let us go into the Louse of the Lord" was
the textof the sermon preached by the
Rev, J. W, Atwood yesterday ferenoon at
St James' Chureh,
At first. thought said the rector, one
would think that these words referred to
the 'W of Jerusalem, but per. aps they
referred to the judyament seat of Solomon.
If an edifice is cold and unadorned like a
Quaker meeting house or large and ma-
Jestic as was the temple of Sc:‘lennmn itis
still the house of the Y.ord. It matiers a
wood deal if our religions homes are cold
in architecture, KEsthetics and ethies are
closely joined together. A Dbeautiful
church may contribute much to the faith
of wouhlmu.
Now w the n‘mnory of the dedica
tory service is still in our minds I want to
bring out a few poiuts in regard to the
present and future of this church.
M{ feeble hands can do but little if I do
not feel the congregation behind me, We
must work fn unity, We must not be too
critical, As me gon of one household
we must. have trst charity towards each
other which will, if it needs be, cover a
multitude of fanlts.
After being fully installed in our new
church we must not be content to told our
bhands and rest a while. We must not lose
sight of the fact that this building cannot
stand alone. This must be a Ilvimi,
breathing, true church for a livin¥ God,
and it must by faith in Jesus Christ,
What are you to do with this church? Is
it to be a Kow«r for good in the com
munity ¥ The answer depends on you
youm{vet. You have the power to make
this parish the noblest in Providence,
This church is planted on this hill for a
purpose. It is a free church., Nospecial :
seat, belon'lgu to one person more than
another. The stranger must at all times
be welcomed, He must feel that he is
tarrying in his Father's house. This
church must stand in the future for the
full and perfect equality of all who wor
ship here. It must be known as the peo
ple’s church. Let this church seek to be
the centre of the religious and social life
of this community, May men and women
seeking after eternal life find here all
comforting assurance. Weshould not be
content to come here one day out of
seven for religious services, but we should
always carry this church in our hearts,
The Recital at Grace Church,
The refiula.r weekly organ recital at the
Grace church was given last evening.
Prof. N. B. S‘»ra.gue. organist, was at his
best and remdered the ‘i{ogrum of varied
selections in the style. The program was
as follows:
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B—"Fearnot ye, O Israel......ccoooovestsnvssnes
Miss Matthews.
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Postlude,
A GRAND CONCEPTION,
The Design for the Contemplated Ca-
thedral of St. John the Divine.
We present herewith a sketch of the ac
cepted design for the contemplated ca
thedral of St. John the Divine, which is
to be erected in New York, at the corner
of Morningeide avenue and One Hundred
and Tenth street, within two blocks of
the Hudson river, and less than half a
mile from the site of the Grant monu
ment. Our picture is from the accepted
design of Messrs. Heins &La Farge. The
site is in the most elevated and pictur
esque portion of New York, and the ca
thedral will occupy, when completed, an
eminence which will give it great con
spieuity. The plans contemplate a stric
ture with an attitude of 525 feot, which
will make it next to the Eiffel Tower,
THE PROPOSED CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOH)N
THE DIVINE.
(Design Copyrighted by Messrs. Heins and
LaFarge.)
The following will be the dimensions of
this great structure: Total external
lemgth, 520 feet; width across front, 190
feet; width across transepts, 200 feet;
height of central spire, 442 feet from floor,
and 542 from level of the city, the differ
ence being explained by the fact that the
building will occupy an abrupt eleva
tion, as approached from the city, 100 feet
higher than the street; width of front
towers, 057 feet; height of front
towers, 240 feet; width of four flanking
towers, 43 feet; height of four flanking
towers, 160 feet ; total exterior diameter of
ceniral tower, 116 feet; total interior di
ameter of central tower, 86 feet; height
of the vaulting, 250 feet; depth of chancel,
120 feet; width of nave and chancel to
centre of piers, 60 feet; length of nave,
180 feet; width of front vestibule, 27 feet;
height of nave vaults, 105 feet; height of
chancel vaults, 115 feet; height of front
gable, 156 fect.
It is scldom, says Frank Leslie’s Weekly,
thut the distintion of designing so impos
ing a structure has been achieved by such
yvoung men as Mesnsrs, Heins and LaFarge,
neither of whom is yet thirty-three years
of age. They won the prize in competi
tion with some seventy odd architects,
including the best known designers of
churches in the world. Their plan was
eclected finally out of four designs which
were regarded as speeially worthy, Mr.
LaFarge, of the firm, is son of the famous
American artist, John LaFarge.
Paderewskl coaxes, persuades and faseinates the
plano to give forth the most varied and beantiful
tones: he compels it to yleld up its whole soul in
immense volumes of sound.—~New York Times.
WVRREN.
Mrs. Horace Handy of Providence was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Sparks
a few davs since,
The Chase Elevator Company of Fall
River, which has united with the Manton
Ship Windlass Company, has settled npon
the machine company's property on Water
street, and will erect a plant there,
George T, Greene Jr. and wife are visit
ing friends in Newport, A 5
A sleighing tg‘arty from Providence
sugped in town Saturday evening,
A conundrum supper under the au
spices of the Epworth League is to be
given in the Methodist Church Frld:‘y
evening, following which the Rev, J. S,
Wordsworth will give a lecture upon
“The Passion Play.”
An entertainment both instrumental
and vocal will be given Thursday night in
the chapel of St. Mark's Church.
EAST PROVIDENCE, '
The Nev. E. E. Muarygraf of Valley
Falls, uurnliecl the pulpit at the First
Universalist Church yesterday,
The Rev. Cyrus Hamlin delivered a ser
mon on mis<ionary work at the United
Congregational Church.
E. Fowler has returned from his trip to
1 '!P ““"'0
.\'m;‘rrms were provided with shelter
and lodgiogs at the police station last
night,
Queen Vietoria is pretty well along
inyearsand may not live to see 1803
ord or®, Gothisyear—~for nothing,
maybe, Read about the free wrip on
page <,
THE PROVIDENCE NEWS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15.
POINTS ON PAWTUCKET.
The Writ of Quo Warranto in the
Carroll Case,
COL. VAN SLYCK CONFIDENT.
The Celebration of St. Patrick’'s Day -
A “Sacred Concert”—ln the District
Court—An Exciting Runaway The
Funera] of Charles W, Flagg.
A writ of quo warranto against Mayor
Carroll has been ordered issued by the
Supreme Court, The decision of the court
a week ago overruling the demurrer filed
by the Mayor was considered at first as
virtually settling the case in his favor,
since, while overruling the demurer, yet
it practically sustained the Mayor. The
electors, however, were determined tha'
the matter should be thoroughly sifted,
and in accordance with this determination
their counsel, Col. Nicholas Van Slyck,
made a motion before the court Saturday
that said writ be issued, with the result
stated. The writ issued will be return
able at the Btipreme Court next Saturdu¥.
when Mayor Carroll will have to file his
answer or ask for time to do so, when the
court will fix upon a date for filing it.
Col. Van Blyck is confident that Mr.
Carroll will eventually be ousted.
The original action was not upon a %uo
warranto writ, as had been asserted, but
merely upon information.
The complainants averred that Mr. Car
roll was wrongfully holding the office of
mayor of Pawtucket and tbe{ filed certain
information to back up their allegation;
but failed to fully substantiate by facts,
the flrool that the election of Deec. 5 was
not held in accordance with the law, or
that any election was through fraud or
fault debarred from voting on that day.
The court uugguted the completion of
the record, and Mr, Carroll’'s counsel
agreed to file the information early in the
lust week. '
Theg failed to do so, whereupon Col.
Van Slyck, who had business in the
Supreme Court on Saturday last and who
by accident found Mr. A. Brown of the
respondent’s counsel there, waited
until there was an opportunity to
attract the attention of the court and made
a motion that a writ of guo warranto—the
first one in the case—be Issued, citing the
fact that the respondent had failed to
keep his agreement as to the later iufor
mation,
The court granted the motion and this
noon Deputy Sheriff Gardiner_left Provi
dence to serve the writ, The whole thlnsf
was done on the spur of the moment, an
was a comf)lou surprise to the counsel for
Mr. Carroll,
The writ was made returnable at 1
o'clock rex: Saturday morning.
The Celebration of St, Patrick’s Day.
The dem.mtes from various societies for
the celebration of St, l’t“g:k‘.- Day as
sembled last evening in rsfield Hall,
Six additional delegates were }{)reuont—
James J, Chandley’ Jeremiah Ring and
John (?anu)l)ell, representing Division No.
17, A. O, H., of Lonsdale, aud Josurh K.
Kelly, Patrick Horan and E. H. Lavio,
represent ing Holy Trinity parish,
The letter of declination from Dr, Kelli
her was accepted and a vote of thanks ex
tended for his check for #25. William F.
Meagher, Dr. L. J. Keenan, Patrick Cur
ley and James P. Brady were nominated
for chief marshal, which nominations
were laid temgornrily on the table to al
low for the taking up of other matters,
The sum of &0 was then pledged by
each society, the parishes and anumber
of out of town societies being exempted
from giving a gledge, to defray the ex
gensel of the celebration, and Herman V.
abeock was elected treasurer,
The election of chief marshall was then
taken up. Messrs, Brady and Curley
withdrew, James Murphy was umninmed).
and the i)ulloting was proceeded with, a
pluralit beinfx an election. The ballot
re.ultod,nl follows: Whole number cast,
34; Mr. Meagher had 14, Mr. Kiernan 12
and Mr. Murphy, 8 and Mr. Meagher was
declared elected. A committee of three
was lp?olnted to wait upon him, and dur
ing théir absence a number of songs were
sung and a few remarks made., The com
mitiee returned and reported that Mr.
Meagher declined to serve,
It was then voted to qrocoed to the elec
tion of a chief marshall, and Dr. Kiernan
and Mr. Murphy were nominated, Dr,
Kiernan was elected by a vote of 20 to 13,
and hiselection made unanimous. A com
mitree was elected to wait on Providence
societies next Sunday, also a committee to
notify Dr, Kiernan of his election. The
committee reported that the doctor ocen
pied the {)msrtion. and the meeting ad
journed till Thursday evening next,
Funeral of Charles W, Flagg.
The funeral of Charles W, Elagg was
solemnized yesterday afternoon at Park
Place Church, of which the deceased had
been an earnest member and constant at
tendent. The services were conducted by
the Rev. J. 8 Woolly, who fllpok(- of his
personal relations with the deceased, de
claring that he had always found him to
be a man in the fullest scuse of the term.
He also spoke of the dangerous life and
often unexpeoted death of railroad
men, and also addressed words
of commendation to the members
of the mystic brotherbood, the Odd Fel
lows, who were present, and of which
order the deceased was a member, The
remains were escorted to Oak Grove Cem
etery by Good Samaritan Lodge and Man
chester Encampment in charge of Mar
shall Major Alex Strauss, and a detail of
railrcad men. The bearvers were P, C., P,
J. A. Chandler and Willilam Harvey, Jr.,
of Manchester Encampment: C. H. iilomi»
good and Henry T. Cheetham of Good
Samoritan Lodge,
Conduetors Peckham and Brown of the
New York, Providence and Boston Rail
road. The floral tributes were many and
beautiful, and included among other
pieces a massive floral passenger car con
structed of different colored pinks, with
the lettering: "N, By 82 BB B
“Conductor’”; also two large pillows,
marked *Conductor’” and “Uncle' respec
tively.
Knights of Honoer at the First Baptist
Church,
Hope Lodge, No. 180, K. of I, attended
divine service at the First Baptist Charch
last evening in goodly numbers, A
special order of service was provided as
follows: Organ veoluntary; invocation:
anthem:* Scripture lesson, Phil. iii., 1-8;
h{mn; ‘O, Brother, Life's Journey Degin
ning; prayer; ofirrtur’y: hymn, “Wuaile
the l’)uyl are Going By:" at the close of
which the pastor, the Rev, A. 5, Coats, de
livered a sermon on “‘Self Abuegation in
Honor,” taking his text from
Romans xil.:10, “In Honor Pre
ferimj One Another, The aim of
his address was to impress the fact that
self-abnegation in honor was a principal
peculiar to Christianity, absolutely beau
tiful, absolutely tnec«ana.rH«n man’s happi
ness, yet absolutely unifftainable hy tlhc
patural man without divine aid, The
services closed with singing “God Be With
\;nn" and the pronouncing of the benedic
tion.
An Exelting Runaway,
Yesterday afternoon as John MeNally
was driving a hack belonging to McNally
Bros, down Broad street ‘jnst‘ below the
railroad crossing, the bells of the gate
rang, announcing the nrpruuch of atraun,
The horses hecame frightened and started
to run. The driver was unable to eontrol
them, and they turned from Hroad street
into Main street at topmost pace, over
tumlmr\he hack and throwing McNally
from his peat,
The horses continned down Main strect
dragging the back on its side, aud when
in front of Westeott’s store the earrh:o
collided with one of the iron poles of the
Street Railway Company, breaking the
sole aud freeing the horses, who kept on
own the street and over the bridge and
were captured pear Cavanaugh's stable,
The lower rortlon of the hack was badly
damaged, the forward whells were broken
and one of the lanterns broken off,
Dr. Fuller's horse was standing on Main
street, étut. Ifilow Park place, attached to
a sleigh, and when the runawu{ passed
the horse became frightened and started
to run, There was a young lady in the
sleigh, and, trying in vain 1o control the
animal, she jumped out. The horse was
captured near Havens’ restaurant.
Scenie Concert in Musie Hall,
Walshe's famous scenic concert was
flven in Music Hall last evening before g
ull house. The audience was enthusias
tic and demonstrative in its manifesta
tions of aflection,
In the Distriet Court,
Michael Conlog, alins Sewer Mike, was
arrested early Sunday morning charged
with breaking and entering the house of
Charles Lawton iast Tuesday and stealing
therefrom articles of wearing apparel. In
court yesterday morning he ‘»leaded not
guilty to the charge and will have a trial
next Thursday. Conley bears a strong
resemblance to the man who pawned the
goods,
In the court terday two other per
sons were uno& and costs each for
drunkenness and revelling, A man from
Attleboro who was found early Sunday
morning nearly frozen was discharged.
In the court this morning a man who
pleaded not gullt{ to the charge of drunk
enness and revel lng Saturday, retracted
this morning, pleaded guilty, and was
fined #2 and costs,
Points of Interest,
Pacifigue Roundeau, in the employ of
the sewer department, while at work on
Cunliffe avenue Saturday swasaccidentally
struck by a fellow workman with a pick
age, the pick enuflnfi his leg between the
knee and the hip. The wound is severe,
though not dangerous,
The display of Aurora Borealis Satur
day evening was very brilliant as seen
{‘rom this city, and was visable for over an
our,
The Business Men's Association will
meet this evenlu&aml listen to an address
by the Rev, F. W. Hamilton on the sub
jeet: “A View on Socialism.”
The Rev. Alex. McGregor, pastor of the
Pawtucket Congrel&utiouul Church, ex
changed with the v. A. 8, Coats of the
First Baptist Church yesterday morniong,
and delivered a sermon in memorial of
the late Charles H. Spurgeon,
The machine shop of the Jackson Shell
Roll company is to be enlarged.
The Rotch Spinning Co., of New Bed
ford, has placed its entire order for cotton
picking machinery for its new mill with
the Potter & Atherton Machine Co.
The Sacred Heart Christiaxyy Doctrine
Society were to make a visit to Attleboro
ina purtf sleigh this morning, butowing
to the fallure of the climate to keep its
contract, the affair has been indefinitely
postponed,
CENTRAL FALLS,
The Elite Club of Pawtucket held a suc
cessful sacred concert in Tewmperance Hall
last evening before an appreciative audi
ence, The entertainment consisted of an
o‘peuing chorus by the club, songs by the
Rogers brothers, readings by Miss
M:Soney and Mrs. Bride of Attleboro,
banjo selections and songs by Miss Lottie
Monteith, songs by Miss Maggie Mack,
songs by Mr. Hoftman, piano duets by the
Dolan sisters, violin and piano duets by
the Smith sisters and selections by the
Elite Club Quartet. George Slocum acted
as accompanist,
About forty of the Central Falls Tem
perance Cadets went to Providence in an
open sleigh yesterday, and attended the
funeral of Sergt. McCaw, of the Emmet
Cadets of that city.
I'he banquet committee of the Temger—
ance Cadets held a meetiugeyesterdny, ut
owing tothe small number present no
business was transacted,
Overseer of the Poor Gilchrist is pre
paring a notice to serve upon delinquent
school tax payers, to the effect that all
who have not rendered an account by the
14th of March will have their property, or
a sufficient portion of it to cover the
amount of the tax, sold at publicauction.
In the District Court .\‘umluf' _morning
three persons were fined £2 and costs for
drunkenness,
The Democratic Town Committee held
a meeting yesterday, and decided to hold
the first Democratic caucus on Tursday,
the 25th inst,
WOONSOCKET.
The executive board of the High School
Association met Saturday evening and
perfected plans for the annual reunion
and banquet next Monday evening.
Mayor Pond was a guest at Lhe&lyon’
Club of Boston S&lurgny.
Dr. A. H. Eeccleston of Wood River
Junction has removed to this ecity and
will sncceed to the practise of the late Dr.
H. W. Stillman. He holds an appoint
menty as surgeon on the New York, Provi
denee & Boston railroad and is president
of the board of pension examiners, with
oflice in this city.
On account of the non-arrival of gas
fixtures, the Baptist church people were
unable to wm'nhl{) in theirnew church, as
was expected, It is now thought that
everything will be in readivess for the
supper andentertainment, which will be
given next Wednesday evening,
In the Globe church yesterday morning
the Rev, J. L. Maile of Boston, represent
ing the New West Education Society,
occupied the pulpit and presented his
cause,
- Watari Katashima, a young Japanese
student, fa\*e an interesting lécture in the
Universalist church last evening.
A most magnificent view of the aurora
borealis “was ,witnessed {rom the ciwy
Saturday evening, many persous being
deceived by the fiery appearance to think
ittobea lal;fie conflagration.
Matthew Marty and I. S. Weeks, Sr,,
were the speakers at the mecting of the
church temperance society yesterday al
ternoon.,
The St, Charles Christian Doctrine So
ciety will hold their annual banguet this
evening at “the Monument House. The
program will include a supper and toasts,
with Frank P, Lally as toastmaster, sing
ing, ete. A number of guests from out of
town are expected,
LONSDALE.
Saturday forenoon a young man named
John Veiteh, who is employed in the cal
ender room of the bleachery, met with a
very painful aceident. He was busily en
gngel in clenning a calender when in some
manner his right band was caught be
tween two gears that were in motion; the
whole hand and wrist was fearfully
crushed, Physicians were summoned and
atter making an examination the patient
was removed tothe Rhode Island Hospital,
The forearm was amputated four inches
below the elbow, .
Patrick Salllng:r while at work on some
steam pipes in the boiler house of the No,
4 miil, Bundag‘.morninu. fell from a boiler
-ifllk'lng on head and fracturing his
skull,
At the annual meeting yvesterday after
noon of the young peoples missionary
no('iet{’ conuected with the irst Baptist
Church, the following officers were chosen
for the ensuing term: President, Sarah
Meaden: Vloa-i’midem, Bella NeNeal;
Secretary, Lottie Ross; Treasurer, Bessie
Pilkington.
For the best work In catalogue and general print.
Ing st moderate prices call on Tue J. J. RYner
Co., successors to The Kyder & Dearth Co., 146
Westlnster steogt,
THE PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Condition of the Republican Party
in Warwick is Good,
THE DEMOCRATS DISCOURAGED.
Cutting Tee Under Dificulties—Funerals
Down the Valley—A Very Sickly Sea
son—The *‘ Chain Gang"—Miscellanous
News Down the Valley,
Warwick, Feb. 15.—~The Democratic
politicians are now marshalling their for
ces, as they readily perceive that they will
have to fight the fight of their lives, this
spring. The Republicans are jubilant,
while the majority of voters who belong to
the Republican party is very large. That
the present Republican town officers will
be re-elected is the verdict of the ones who
know,
Three persons were accommodated with
lodgings at the police station by officer
Smith, Saturday night.,
Notwithstanding the law in regard to
coasting on the highway, many narrow es
capes were made by the i)oys by being run
over by parties out nleighin% yesterday af
ternoon, as nearly every principal street
inthe town was used for coasting pur
| oses,
The many friends of the Hon. Enos Lap
ham say that the picture aud sketch which
appeared in the NEWs last week were ex
act in every respect.
CENTREVILLE.
The funeral of the late John Martin
was solemnized at his late residence on
the Centreville road leading from Afl)o
naug to this villufe this morning at 11 a.
m., the Rev. W, 1. Wood of the Natick
Baptist Church ofliciatlnr. The remains
were conveyed to the Natick cemetery for
interment. Bl L AN
~ The picture which the NEWS presents
to its readers to-day is that of Owen Mar
tin, principal musician of Narragansett
Tribe oi Red Men, No, 9, of Natick. Mr,
Martin will present a number of new
names for membership at the lodge meet
ing to-night. naving already brought 20
new members into the lodge room. The
lodge now is the second largest in size of
any in the State,
WASHINGTON.
The ice dealers of Anthony and Wash
ington are now having ice cut at the
Maple Root Pond, a distanes of four miles
awu(, the ice being very transparent and
ten inches thick.
The NEws will be torsale by Dr. D, P,
Baker every evening at the Post Office.
Mys. John Perkins is seriously 111,
There never wng 80 much sickness
known in the Valley as at the present
time. While the numerous cases of grip
are reported as being fewer, there are
more cases of other forms of illness, such
as diphtheria, puneumonia, heart failure,
ete,
NATICK.
Karragansett Tribe No. 9, Improved
Order of Red Men, will hold an important
business meeting in the wigwam this
evening and several applicants will be
admitted to the tribe, e
A large sleighing partg, consisting of
about fifty persons from Providence, sur
griuod Mrs. Alfred Sherman at her resi
dence on Main street on Saturday even
ing. Miss Hattie Place of Providence and
A&red Sherman gaue some pleasing selec
tions on piano and violin,
A French ball under the ausplces of the
French orchestra was given in O'Donnell’s
hall on Saturday night, about sixty
couples being present, Music was furn
ished by Monroe's orchestra.
The drama, “How Charlie Won His
Wife,” is shurtlg to be played by the
{oum‘(ludios of the (!mwiufi room of the
Natick mills in the Natick Hall.
Tlr NEWS will be for sale every even
ing tztléq B. B. & R. Knight's stores Nos,
l A\
+ osequies of the late Mrs. Lewis
(i;fil. ‘who died suddenly from heart
failure on Friday evening, were solemnized
at St. Joseph's Church this morning at
7:30 a’vlock, mass being said bf' the f&ev.
Father Meenan. pastor of the church. The
remaits were conveyed to the new Phenix
(‘mneter{. under direction of Conductor
Gofl for interment.,
RIVER POINT.
The members of the ‘‘chain gang” are
again at work. A horse and Inwg‘)"ewith
two occupants was stopped by members of
the gang in front of Sinnott's clothing
store, Arctic Centre, last night, The need
of a special police, appointed by members
of the Warwick Council, is apparent,
The Rev. Frederick Adams, pastor of
the Congregational Church, has received
a large number of pictures and sketches
from his son who is travelling through
Euypt and the Holy Land,
I}bo NEWS will be for sale every evening
at John Urgubart’s and Isaac Chase's
news stands, < :
Preparations are being made by the
members of the Congregational Sunday
School for a winter course which will
soon be held in the church,
‘l'he‘enlnr‘.(ed edition of the News is
meeting with great success through the
varions villages of the \'ullez au.(s sub
scriptions are being received by the dea
lers daily.
PHENIX,
In conversation with the members of
MeGregor Post G, A, R,, No. 14, It was
told the NEws man yesterday that Com
mander Josu\»h Holmes who is also n pro
minent member of the Improved Order of
Hed Men, wo'tald be placed as a Pawtuxet
Valley candidate for the free trip to
Europe this week.
Have you property to sell? Investors
read the “News.” A 10-cent ndvertisement
may make a sale,
A man never knows how many
friends he has till he rans for the
NEWS' free trip to Europe,
DAY WACES, TOO.
Whose day wages? Why, yours if you
gO. Your friend’s if he goes.
Goes where? What a question! Every
body is talking about it. Read about “A
Free Trip to Europe,” Page 2.
THE PROVIDENCE NEWS.
.
Would You Pick Up a Dollar from
the Sidewalk?
You would go considerably out of your way if you were
gure of finding even a little money.
DANIEILS'S
18 but a little way from where you are as you read this, and buy
ing of him is like finding money, and this is the season for the
greatest bargains. Look at these: <
A Fine Black Walnut Set.....coiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiininss e 835,00
A Fine Antique Oak Set......cocviiiiviiierrnssassssnssess 18,00
A Fine Plush Parlor Set........ccooiviiiiiniiiiinsnsnsees 305,00
The Best Extra Super Carpet, made and 1aid......... = 95
Easy Chairs, Rockers, Lounges, etc. The great Household and
Artisan Grand Ranges the best made. Come, buy and be con.
tented, for contentment is better than riches; but if saving
brings riches you can have both by trading at
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]] ANIELS S 124 and 126
. North Main St. -
SIGN OF THE BIG FISH.
S. B. PIERCE & SON
Respectfully inform their patrons that they have purchased the
FISH MARKET formerly occupied by W. H. Payne,
36 Central Street, Central Falls.
SMALL PROxII3- «UICK RETURNS.
BRISTOL.
The fire at the greenhouses of Giles 8.
Congdon, u‘mn Court street, (‘n Sunday
forenoon will result in a total loss, as tar
as lmildl%and plants are concerned, of
about #1,50, on which there is a slight in
surance, The origin of t.ge flv is as yet
unknown. His houses wer® in the rear of
his dwelling house and were visited by
nis wife an hour before the alarm was
given, and overytning appeared all right.
There seems to be gonsiderable anxity
about what the com ion of tha Demo
cratic delegates will as oon:f time ago
striet orders were fi\'en to send none but
Hill delegates to the convention from here
but since those orders were issued there
has beéen a ¢lean back down and the Chief
tain with his few warriors are now hunte
ing new reservation grounds. The feeling
te-day in the Democratic party in town is
strongly anti-Hill. There are men in the
part{ to-day who are exem;l)lary men who
would leave the party if Hill was its Pre
sidential nominee, N T
The arrival of the steamer City of Ber
lin in New York Clti_ou Saturday brought
us passelln‘gers Isaac F, Williams, Jr., and
Charles I, Chase, who have been sojourn
lng in Eurol[w the past three months.
"he Baptist Church was filled to its ut
most capacity on Sunday ehening, to
listen to the address of Hav, S, D. Moxley.
His sub{act was: “‘His Recollectson of the
Rev. C. H. Spurgeon.
There will be services in Bt, Michael’s
Church to-morrow evening at 7:30 o’clock.
The Rev. George 1.. Locke will deliver a
discourse reviewing the twenty-five years
of his rectorship. A reco(fi)tion wl?l be
held in the chepel Weduesday afternoon
and evening.
The reports that wepe circulated upon
the streets yesterday vegm‘dinF the council
ticket are without any authority what
ever, » It is part of the stock in trade of
certain heelers to create all the animosity
they can between parties, When the time
comes there will be a ticket in the field
that will win. j ¥ J
Jeremiah Murphy’s infant daunghter
died very suddenly on Saturday vight. It
was Slnced in bed us usual by the mother,
and during the night expired without the
knowledge of the parents,
It being the last night of the bazar of
Babbitt Post there will be dancing and
amusements of various kinds to-night. It
is exrect,ed there will be a number of visi
tors from abroad. RNI g
Quite a number have received invita
tions to attend a bum{’uct to be given by
the Mount Hope Club at their hall this
evening. Lrh - g L 3 i
Benjamin R. Wilsou the seedesman lost
a valuable thoroughbred Jersey cow on
Saturday,
A new steel steam yacat is now under
way at the Herreshoff Works in Bristol,
It is being built for Mrs. Ellen Newbury
of Detroit, Mich., and will be used along
the coast and on the lakes. Thecraft is to
be 131 feet lmm[l She will have 131 feet
beam. The finish will be white mahogauny
and butternut,
Except for a mahogany deck-house, the
yacht will have a flush deck. She will
nave an electrie lightim‘ plant and will be
provided with a steam launch. She will
be read¥ by the middle of the summer.
The Herreshoffs have taken an order for
a thirty foot water-line fin keel entter for
a Boston man, in addition to the twenty
one-footer for that ecity. A twenty-four
foot &wl for a Providence yachtman has
just been put on thehooks.
Villa Lots,
Desirable residence lots for sele, fronting on Nar
ragansett Day: splendid scenery; excellent draln.
age. For terms, apply to HENRY M. GIBSON,
Bristol, R. 1. (I S
WICKFORD.
At the meeting of the Epworth League
&'wr’day evening several reports were re
ceived, ) RN L SR o e TR
Fdgar S()R[iur while getting in ice
Saturday for J. . Braviman made an m{ly
wound in the palm of his left hand with
an lecepick.
Uneas Encampment, 1. O, O, F., and
Silas Casey Camp, 8. O. U,, hold regular
meetings at their respective halls to
morrow evening.
A smutty nose hereabouts is taken as an
indication that the owuer Las been squint-
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" PAWTUCKET, R. I
ing at the spots on the sun rather than
attempting amateur minstrelsy A
The Royal Arcanum and ‘llmmon’l }
halls are open every week day evening for
the use of the various fair committees. s
Town Clerk Crombe has just made his
report of the vital statistics of ‘%}p town.
The following items are rlen. there
from: Number of births, nclujingthm S
pairs of twins 80, males 41, fe fi O
native paternal parentage 67, maternal 56;
of foreign paternal parentage 10, mhtnd .
21, It is noticeable that the fyreign-born
fathers and mothers in every case came
from the British Isles ‘or some of the
American dependencies thereof.
The marriages were 36 in number, 34
grooms and 31 brides were natives of this
country, while 2 grooms and 5 brides were
foreign born., The oldest groom was 60
and the youngest lfityenrs: while the ages
of the brides ratged from 59 to lb&ofll.
The number decedents was 45, males
and 24 females. Of these 42 were native
and 3 were t‘urci;Trn born.
The oldest male decedent was' Samuel
1. Stith, a,sea captain, born in this town
54 years ago, v
The oldest female decedent was Mari E.
Fnderson, 87, born in Scotland, the oldest
born in this town being Anna Cottrell, 86,
Of the causes of death ouly one was given
as ln grippe, at 66, .
Mrs. Peleg Noyes is quite ill at her resis
dence on Main street,
A business meeting of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union will be h:ld
on Wednesday afternoon., 2
Two new houses on Pleasaut street and
a commodious barn in the near vicinity
on Fowler street are desirable additions to
that portion of the village. ’
The new midoight train tro{s Provi
dence makes it possible for ickford
shoppers to stay over to the theatre.
Hands Like Lobster Claws,
Children have come into the world
sparsely provided as regards the mmm
of the hand; some with but a thumb
index finger, others with no thumb at all,
or with hands like that of Mr, Cmsar, who
represented Herefordshirve during the lase
century, which was as nearly like a lob
ster's claw as a specimen of humanity
could be expected to carry, a specios of
malformation he shared, according to the
records of the Berlin Academy of Sciences,
with a whole family of negroes dwelling
near Paramaribo in 1759, —Chambers’ Jour
nal,
The Surface of Gold.
The surface of any given quantity of
gold, according to the best wthddfla
may be extended by the hammer 310,
times. The thickness of the metal thus
extended appears to be no more than the
506,020 th part of an inch, Eight ounces of
this wonderful metal would gild a silver
wire of suflicient length to extend entirely
around the globe.—St. Louis Regublie. f
Valne of “Job's Tears.”
In Mansfield, 0., many years ?fi.-
generally believed that the seeds of *J
tears,” worn around the neck, would
zoiter, as would amber or gold beads. Up
through New England teething ohildren
were presented with the same charm,
which was kept at the drug stores, to
ward off sore throat and diphtheria, -
Washington Star. i
Pensions for Injured Pirates,
On boarl the famous pirate Roberts®
ship a man who was erippled in battle
received LBOOO out of the common 3
and a proportionate sum was I'fl“-fi %
lesser hurts. lLowther nl‘l:w-d £l5O for
the loss of a limb, and other eaptains &
stituted a sort of tariff of md G
extended to ears, flugers aud b X
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