Town Meeting Adjourned For Afternoon Session
The adjourned Town Meeting will be held in the afternoon at two o'clock. Much business is expected to be presented, so a full turnout is urged.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1854
Page
2
The Power of Home and the Telegraph Line Note
A lengthy meditation on how home ties shape virtue across seas and continents. The piece laments weakened parental influence and urges renewed attention to family affections, then discusses renewed support for a Rhode Island Telegraph line and local music publication.
Senator General James rumor stirs Providence Stock Talk
The Providence Journal reports a rumor that General James did not resign and instead traveled to New York and Washington. A suggested invitation to head a large enterprise proved false, possibly planted by a candidate to hinder rivals, with stock quotations falling last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tre
Senatoria
Rmor
James
Providence
New York
Washington
Providence Journal
Jamestown Senate Representative Trials End Without Clear Victory
The Jamestown election trials show no senator chosen. Oliver Armstrong, a Democrat, wins the House seat by a majority. A third trial yields Jeremiah Hazard Whig with 36 votes and Cotrell Democrat with 30 plus 7 scattering. George C. Carr Democrat holds over. Whig Senate majority six, House ten. Providence Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Jameson
Oliver Armstrong
Jeremiah Hazard
John
Cottrell
George C. Carr
Senate
House
Providence Journal
Rhode Island Verdict Praises Voters Over Dem Legislation
The piece lauds Rhode Island voters for the election results and condemns the Democratic majority in the Legislature for revolutionary laws and archival defacement. It asserts law and order prevail and that demagogues and radicals have learned a hard lesson, with memory preserved of past protests and Supreme Court judgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruops Istanp Ecechon
Rhode Island
Supreme Court
Dorr
Law and Order
Bedford Mer
Calamity Fire Claims Lives on Central Military Tract
A shanty on the Central Military tract road in western Bureau County occupied by Dennis Daily and family burned last week from prairie fire. Mr Daily his wife and three children and a boarder perished in the flames a little girl escaped to raise the alarm but help arrived too late. The boarder crawled from the ruin and died hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Military Tract
Bureau County
Dennis Daily
Priceton Post
Bougder
Chicago Journal
Europe News Tides Stir Markets and Maritime Incidents
Reports from Europe detail Cunard ship Europa’s late arrival and broad intelligence gaps. French fleet work lags behind English efforts while Baltic squadron forms at Brest amid crew shortages. A Havre grain price drop spurred a 12 million franc loan request, with 6 million pledged. The Ann Kemble collided with the Bonetta, four saved and eleven drowned. Provisions stay active as tensions rise, with Russia’s neutrality stance and Denmark’s future course in question. An English French frigate pursues the Russian blockade at the Danube mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Deesorut Smrewereck
Ann Kemble
Pike
London
Cadiz
Bonetta
Pernambuco
Hamburgh
Kemble
Portsmouth
Czark
Europe
London Globe
Russia
Sweden
Denmark
Omar
Danube
Kalofat
Cranston Bank Plate Theft Suspect Plate Recovered
Captain Brennan of the Sixth Ward Police received letters urging theft of the Cranston Bank plate used to forge ten dollar bills. The plate, bearing the engravers Terry Pelton & Co Boston, was taken to Boston where the firm declared it genuine and made for the bank, suggesting theft from the bank or printery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranston Bank
Brennan
Sixth Ward
Terry, Pelton & Co
Boston
Ealling
N. Y. Tribune
Fricutrut Accent to A Percussion Cap Manufactory Accident
A powder explosion at Frederick Maessmar’s percussion cap factory at 57 Ann Street injures two women and one man. Miss Ann McCullogh suffers severe chest wounds. Miss Maria Gordon and Mr. Alexander Leller are hurt. McCullogh’s outlook is grim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Maessmar
Ann Street
Ann McCullogh
Maria Gordon
Alexander Leller
Miss McCullogh
V. Y. Tribune
British blockade to seal Russian Pacific ports amid hostilities
A Washington express letter says Britain will blockade all Russian Pacific ports on hostilities start. Another Grenada letter notes Nicaragua left the Central American Confederacy on March 12 to become a free republic. Celebrations included military and religious ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
The
Express
United States
Pacific
Grenada
Central America
Nicaragua
Amor and wife Arrested in Oldham County Cruelty Case
A Louisville Democrat report states Amor and his wife were arrested in Oldham County Ky for cruelty to his child from a former marriage. The child died the next day after removal from the couple. Gov offered $200 reward for their capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cravetty
Catto
Lousville Democrat
Amor
Oldham County
Cravens the Murperse Taken to Taunton Jail
The New Bedford Mercury reports Clough was moved from the State Prison to Taunton jail on Tuesday last. Upon arrival in Taunton, Sheriff Shearman read the death warrant to him, and he showed no emotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cravens
Murperse
New Bedford Mercury
Clough
Taunton
Shearman
Riot at St Louis over Bakers lynching attempt
A mob of Germans attacked the jail to seize Mr and Mrs Baker amid the Baker case involving the mutilation and shooting of Mr Hoffman. Capt Cousins of the pees was injured and Mayor Howe narrowly escaped a rifle shot as troops restored order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Death of Col Christopher G Perry Elite Newport News figure
The city mourns Col Christopher G Perry who died in Philadelphia yesterday at age 42. He was the eldest son of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, left Newport News two weeks ago seeking relief from illness, leaves a widow and several children, and was noted as a scholarly, modest, gentlemanly man with many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher G. Perry
Philadelphia
Col
Bisa
Newport News
Col. Perry
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
Funeral of Col Christopher G Perry Father of Commodore Perry
The funeral yesterday afternoon followed a residence ceremony attended by the Artillery Company in uniform and many citizens. The procession moved to Trinity Church for a short service before proceeding to Island Cemetery where the remains were laid to rest in the family ground beside Commodore O H Perry. Newport News reports the event dated the 10th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher G. Perry
Trinity Church
Mr. Millett
Island Cemetery
Commodore O. H. Perry
Newport News
Ocean penny postage calls for universal reform
The government establishes ocean penny postage between the United States and Australia with a two cent sea rate and five cent inland rate to Australia. Advocates say the plan, signed by the President, could extend to Europe, boosting cross ocean communication and linking Old World to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Australia
New York
Spintla Nice
Australi
Union
Atlantic
Europe
Globe
America
Late Season Weather Predicts Good Crops and Fruit
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that a late spring often yields favorable outcomes. It cites 1843 as an example with strong hay and fruit harvests, explaining late blossoms avoid frost and hotter summers quicken maturity. Across high latitudes fruit production should rise as summer begins, suggesting cereals and fruit will be plentiful with fewer temperature variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Philadelphia Ledger
Bire or a Mav Doo Remedy Revealed by Veteran Forrester
An 82 year old forester Gastell, in a Leipsic Journal disclosure, details a 50 year old antidote against hydrophobia. He prescribes washing wounds with warm vinegar or tepid water, drying, then applying a few drops of muriatic acid to neutralize saliva poison and prevent onset of hydrophobia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastell
Steamship Wm. Norris Auction Postponed at New York
The steamship Wm. Norris advertised for sale by order of the U S Marshal in New York was postponed due to a disputed authority. The vessel had been slated to cross the Atlantic in six days but faced actions by both the marshal and county sheriff amid ongoing disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Norris
New York
Aneceya Rece
U. S
Senator Douglass Replies to Chicago Clergymen Memorial
Senator Douglass prints in the Sentinel a letter eight columns long defending his debate with New England clergymen and renewing the charge that their memorial was an outrage upon the privileges of a large body of citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Dovgrass
Washington
Douglass
The
Sentinel
Chicago
New England
Loss of the Russell Sturgis Ship and Crew Rescue Report
Captain Snow of the Russell Sturgis reports heavy seas and a worsening leak that forced pumping and cargo dumping. On March 2 the crew refused to proceed westward, planning a return. by March 15 three feet of water filled the hold and pumps failed. The barque Rainbow rescued 50 passengers off the distressed ship, which later sank with seven feet of water in the hold. Captain Snow and crew were landed at Newport Rhode Island. Snow arrived in the city today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smn
Resssut
Snow
Russell Sturgis
Eis
Rainbow
Hamlin
Cardiff
Alexandria
Isaac Webb
New York
Liverpool
Eminent chemists warn of drugged liquors flooding the U S
A public warning cites chemists who say nine-tenths of liquors in the United States are adulterated with harmful substances. It describes methods to imitate genuine drinks, the high cost of real brandy and wine, and argues for a law to prohibit and punish adulterations to protect drinkers and honest sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Atlantic
Hogshead
America
France
Madeira
Fly
Spain
Hu Man
Prayer at Indiana legislature opens session with plea for lawmakers
The Indiana legislature chaplain delivered a general prayer as the session opened. He asked God for mercy and blessing on legislators, urged moral conduct, and urged voters to keep sound men in office to avoid future disgrace. He closed with amen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
King letter from Athens reverses King Otho sentence
A letter to the Boston Board office from Dr. King in Athens encloses a copy of a document he had just received from King Otho. It reverses the sentence against him and places him fully in his former position. The writer notes that at 09 he could have fulfilled his mission with more freedom than today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board
Boston
Dr. King
Athens
King Otho
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