Town Meeting Record from Bristol April 1854
The Bristol town meeting selects Messadore as Moderator and Town Clerk. George B. Meon elected Town Treasurer. Numerous town officers are named or postponed. governor and general assembly results favor Whigs. A lengthy civic reflection urges education, libraries, lectures, and moral improvement alongside growth.
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Messadore
Geo. Bmeon
John N. Miller
John Sayer
Samuel White
Stephen T. Church
Joseph Coit
Crawford Easiy
John Gray
Josiah Gladding
Nathan Bardin
Win
R. Taylor
N. Bullock
N. Bardin
John Peckham
Champlin Bowen
John Norris
James F
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Commachee aNgrit
George’e. Hatch
N. E
Leonard Wright
Wm. H. Manchester
Benjamin Pitman
South
J. N. Hobart
John Adams
Geo. B. Monro
Jonathan D. Waldron
Wm. Paull
E. Knowlton
Wm. L. Peckham
John H. Pitman
Bytin “Pinan
General Assembly
Bristol ‘Imin of Arctillery
Joseph C. Pearse
James Coggeshall
Charles A. Greene
Samuel Reed
Jonathan Bosworth
Seargaiis
Ae Taylor
N. Gladding
Providence Post Election Result Comment Shows Mutual Confidence
The writer congratulates the Providence Post on last Wednesday's election result and defends their assertion as truthful. They ask if the Post will trust their statements and govern themselves accordingly.
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Providence Post
Post
Whig gains in Connecticut election and naval bill vote
Returns indicate Whigs win nineteen of twenty one Senate seats two thirds of Representatives and six of eight Sheriffs with no Governor elected yet. In Congress the Steam Frigate Bill passed for six first class steam frigates and $3 000 000 for the Pupees while the Maine law reconsideration failed in New York Senate.
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Wm. B. Spooner
A. E. Burnside
Spooner
John B. Munro
S. G. Reynolds
Munro
John Peckham
Charles Fales
Stephen T. Church
Samuel Sparks
Billings Waldron
Henry Wardwell
Mason W. Pierce
Nathaniel Fates
Marmaduke Mason
Joseph C. Pearse
Thomas Norris
Wm. Henry Church
Providence Journal
William W. Hoppin
General Assembly
Hoppin
Eames
Shepard
Rew
Connecticut
U. S
Partington
Douglass
Congress
New York Senate
Washington
Burglars Rob House of Stephen A Stone on High Street
The Stone residence next to High Street Church was entered Saturday night by burglars using a ladder and a chamber window. They stole $53.75, placed in a bag between the beds, and chloroform odor was detected in the room. This is the fourth robbery in sixteen months, totaling $176.61.
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Bob Borotasy
Stephen A. Stone
High Street
Stone
Empire City Arrives From Havana With 100 Passengers
The steamer Empire City arrived in New York from Havana after leaving the port on the 29th with special leave to depart after sunset. Trade in Havana was dull and many American vessels had arrived recently. The U S steamer Princeton reached Havana on the 28th. Drought caused extensive damage on the island with twenty sugar plantations burned when sparks from a railroad locomotive ignited dry cane.
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Havana
New York
Empire City
U.S
Princeton
Survivors or ras Steamsafe San Francisco Disaster Pensions
An act of Congress approved March 27 grants to officers and crew of the Steamsafe San Francisco on board during the disaster a sum equal to eight months pay and allowances. If a death occurs from the disaster, a widow or minor children receive six months pay and allowances. Widows and orphans of those who perished or died of disease receive pensions akin to battle deaths.
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San Francisco
Congress
Express train accident near Tivoli injures fireman. two brakemen killed
The Albany to New York express ran over a large rock on the track near Tivoli Friday evening, smashing the locomotive. The fireman was seriously injured and two brakemen were killed in the wreck.
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Rat
Albany
New York
Tivoli
Earthquake Shocks Hit St Jaco Cuba Harbor Violently Shaken
Capt Chase of the schooner Oregon reports as it arrived from St Jaco Cuba that on the night of March 17 severe earthquake shocks were felt there. Buildings and ships in the harbor were violently shaken.
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Earrage Axe
St. Jaco
Chase
Oregon
Cuba
Baltic steamship Baltic reaches New York in heavy ice
Baltic arrived in New York around 4 o clock after leaving Liverpool with 70 passengers. Baltic faced a long ice jam, was two days in an ice pack covering 300 miles, and passed Sandy Hook yesterday. News from Europe notes no major engagements, while France moves troops to Turkey and ships sail to join the English fleet.
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Baltic
HeWde
Liverpool
Pacific
Sandy Hooke
Nicholas
Ji Isphea
Charles Napier
W. Sound
Europe
Danube
Kars
Constantinople
Asia
England
Canrobert
Marseilles
Turkey
Paris
France
Toulon
New York Ferry Chaos Triggers Multiple Collisions
A dense morning fog in New York led to a series of ferry crashes and dockyard collisions. Ferries including South Ferry Bedford Wyandank Transit and others struck piers and ships, causing damage and stopping Staten Island and other routes for hours while rescue and signaling bells aided the chaotic scene.
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New York
Gostham
London
New York Papers
Bedford
Pier No. 2
East River
Pier No. 1
Wyandank
East
Whitehall
Mother
Statensland Ferry
Death of Warwick Man Capt. Stephen Luther at 66 in Apparent Heart Trouble
Capt Stephen Luther of Warwick left his home to visit Appenaug a mile away and was found in his wagon in a helpless state. He died shortly after at home with heart disease suspected. His horse was pulling toward G ants home, implying he turned back when ill. He was 66. Prov Post.
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Suppen
Stephen Luther
Warwick
Appenaug
Gants
Government rewards Antarctic ship owners for rescue aid
The government presented 25 000 to the owners of the Antarctic for rescuing a portion of passengers from the San Francisco. The gift was voluntary and no charge was made for the service, according to the Santa Rosa Mirror.
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Antarctic
San Francisco
V. Y. Mirror
Storm Rips Tennessee Towns Killing Inmates
A severe storm swept Coffee county Tennessee last week near Tullahoma and Normandy. The Stone residence was blown down killing Mrs Stone and Miss Stone. A man named Barton lost his child to the blaze and perished with his family barely escaping before the house blew apart.
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Coffee County
Tennessee
Tullahoma
Normandy
Pirate Action Reported Off China Seas
Pirates overhauled several Chinese junks near the coasts of China. One junk was plundered of specie amounting to $10,000. The vessels had arrived at Singapore in the current season.
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China Seas
Singapore
China
Loss of the Spanish war steamer Pizarro near Cape Mary
Arrival from Baracoa reports the loss of the Spanish steamer Pizarro after striking a reef off Cape Mary on the morning of the 12th. The vessel carried Baracon garrison troops and a 100-man crew, all escaping ashore. Armament was jettisoned to lighten the ship, while the French steamer Lellan and brig Pelay stood by to aid but the Pizarro seemed doomed. A severe earthquake shock was also felt at Perea on Sunday, March 19.
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Pizarro
Baracoa
Cape Mary
Baracon
Lellan
Pelay
Perea
Whippings Publicly Meted in Charleston Labor Theft Case
Two white clerks were publicly whipped in Charleston South Carolina on the week before last for stealing from their employers. Each received twenty lashes in a sentence reported by NE s aid, with the wounds allowed time to heal before further punishment.
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Banpanovs
Clerka
Charleston
S. C
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