Town Meeting elects officers and funds for year
Democrats pressed priorities at the town meeting as Whigs stayed away. Voted to levy 9500 for town needs and fund public schools roads asylum and debt reduction. Appointed fire wardens and a bell fund, expanded the North burying ground and set tomb rules, with lots bought and sold for family use. Weather mild and wet. Memorial death noted for Rev James W Cooke.
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James Fales
Crawford Bassee Pon Chames Diwan
Angum
Samuel White
Rank Ope Coll
B. Monro
Eeemes Coggeshall
Tawn Crier
John Sayer
Accents
Peter Church
Wm. Paull
R. Taylor
Tate
Samuel S. Munro
Charles Fates
Commissioners of Public Roads
Henry Goll
John Norris
L. C. Richmond
Sehval
Eer
Josiah Coggeshall
Congregational Church
Wm. R. Taylor
Sumuel Norris
Jacob Babbitt
Josiah Gladding
C. Easterbrooks
Richard S. Pearse
M. T. Bennett
Meena
Appointment of Postminster at Newport Reported
CF Joseph Joslin receives the Newport post with George Turner, Esq. expected to be named, but the appointment goes to Joslin amid disappointment.
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Joseph Joslin
Postminster
Newport
George Turner
Death of Rev. J W Cooxn Episcopal Missions official
Obituary note for Rev. J W Cooxn, longtime Episcopal pastor and secretary of the Episcopal Board of Missions, who died suddenly after seven years of service in the community. The memorial lauds his compassion, leadership, and tireless preaching, noting his influence and the loss to fellow workers and congregations.
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J. W. Cooxn
Episcopal Board of Missions
Pacific
Christ
1% Govey's Lady's Boos for May Spread May Delights
A May issue features varied amusements and fashions with pieces like Attacking a Crowned Head A Dogged Artist Embroidered Note Case Not for the Hair and Music. The engravings and embellishments are praised as splendid and worthy of the journal's praise.
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Govey
Harrgr's New Montany for April at Newspaper Depot
Harrgr's New Montany for April has arrived at Mr. G W Easterbrooke's Newspaper Depot. The popular magazine boasts a monthly circulation over 115000, with rapid growth, signaling a work of extraordinary merit and unmatched appeal among periodicals.
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Harrgr
G. W. Easterbrooke
Funeral Resolutions for Rev. James W. Cooke
A church vestry meeting notes the sudden death of Rev. James W. Cooke and passes condolences and resolutions. It praises his ministry, missionary support, and character, vows to notify family, publish the minutes in church papers, and appoint officers to carry out provisions.
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Janes W. Cooke
St. Michael's Church
New Y Therner
Chagres
Central America
Cooke
Ata
St. Mic Sete
Goa
J. W
Jehovah
James W. Cooke
Church of Christ
Cause of Missions
Missionary Board
Christian Witness
Bristol Phenix
Joseph Trapnell, Jr
Yellow Substance Seen On Water And Sidewalk After Rain
On Wednesday last after rain a yellow substance resembling brimstone appeared on the water surface and sidewalks in town. The notice mentions similar sightings countrywide after rain storms.
Mr H Clark to Open Writing School Monday
Wartine Schoor notes Mr H Clark will open a Writing School over Col William R Taylor's Store on Monday morning. For details refer to handbills.
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Wartine Schoor
H. Clark
Col. Wm. R. Taylor
Whigs win four seats in Newport election
Newport voters on the 12th elected four Whig representatives to the House with two seats still undecided in a Sunday poll. Senator results show Marcy 502 and Hazard 339 with Williams at 176. local reporting notes no outright Senate election. Representatives Cranston Hammet Mumford elected. Anthony McGregor Greene elected. Hunter Newton Lake elected. Bateman Gmy Allan Scott partially tallied with Scott undecided. Meeting adjourned.
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Newport
House of Representatives
Newport News
W. H. Cranston
Elgge
Marcy
Hazard
Williams
Cranston
Hammet
Mumford
Anthony
McGregor
Greene
Hunter
Newton
Lake
Bateman
Gmy
Allan
Scott
Horsewell
Carr
Peckham
Murders Wife in Fall River. John Murphy Sought
In Fall River last night John Murphy, an Irishman, murdered his wife in a brutal act. He bound her, forced vitriol to swallow, and threatened the children. He escaped. a $200 reward is offered. Jealousy is alleged to have sparked the crime. Police describe a man about 40, 6 feet, 150 pounds, light hair and complexion, wearing a dark sack coat and striped pants with blue overalls.
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Hone Murpha
tIn Fall River
John Murphy
Vitrol
Pune
Boston Journal
Booth Clothing Store Fire in New Bedford
The Pine we Newee Gin from the New Bedford Mercury reports a Sunday morning blaze gutting George F. Booth’s Union street clothing shop in Pullman’s block. Booth’s stock worth 1000 was destroyed. Matthes who slept upstairs escaped smoke. Kelley’s adjoining shop damaged. Ellis building insured at 1000. robbers suspected.
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New Bedford Mercury
George F. Booth
Pullman
Union Street
New Bedford
de. F. Matthes
Jona W. Ellis
Booth
Basten
Widespread unrest and disasters reported in Europe and beyond
The papers note a harsh weather period and a surge in Irish remittances to friends in Ireland. A Blackburn riot prompted military callout, a fatal coal pit explosion near Wigan killed about 30 to 40 workers, and emigration to Australia America and Germany rises. A Milan failure dampens agitators, Prague courts punish demonstrators, and Pope Pius IX gifts a relic tooth to Emperor Austria. In Milan Pascal Marchetti 21 was executed for armed crime. Russia and Turkey resolve part of their dispute through Menschikoff’s modified terms. Despatches in Paris and London confirm the Sultan’s acceptance of changes.
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Ireland
Blackburn
Lancashire
Euch
Arley
Wigan
Australia
America
Germany
Milan
Mhe
Prague
Kossuth
Libenyi
Austria
Peter
Pascal Marchetti
Turkey
Paris
Russia
London
Prince Menschikoff
Arrival of the Prometheus and maritime news
The Prometheus from San Juan via Charleston arrived at 7 this morning. Golden Gate brought 450 passengers to San Francisco. Brother Jonathan reached San Diego for coal and then departed for San Francisco on the 17th. Sea Bird sailed for San Francisco seeking the missing Independence. The Golden Gate’s Panama passage took 11 days. A huge mail and newspaper cargo accompanied the vessel. The Isthmus arrived with 275 passengers. A silver vein was found near St Johns Monterey, with multiple veins discovered in the county. Crimes include killings near Kanacka Creek Nevada county, a shooting at French Creek, and hangings at Eureka for murder. Joaquin the robber offered bounties. a pursuit led to a fandango near Sonora and clashes with casualties. A man named Glasscock was shot near Buena Vista Ranch. John Boyd killed a man in Colusa and was hanged by locals.
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Prometheus
San Juan
Charleston
Golden Gate
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San Diego
Sea Bird
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Atlantic
Pacific Mail Company
Knight
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Monterey
John Harvey
Maine
Kanacka
Nevada County
Robert Barker
French Creek
Delman
George McDonald
Sandwich Islands
Eureka
Humboldt Bay
Mitchell
McDonald
Mary Ann
Osborn
Vallecite
Glasscock
Hannibal
Buena Vista Ranch
Harrison
Wisconsin
Nevada
California
Joaquin
Sonora
Joayal
John Boyd
Colusa
Umbrella Linked to Morper Craanore Case
A store umbrella found at Mr Rinks on Chesnut Street is identified by the Ragan family as the one sent to Spring on the murder day last winter. The find is presented as another murder link to him.
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Anon Morper Craanore
Sraine
Philadelphia Bulletin links Arthur Springs to Hope murder case
The Philadelphia Bulletin reports strong reasons to believe Arthur Springs guilty of killing Mr. Hope ten to twelve years ago at his Philadelphia area farm. Springs was at the farm the afternoon and evening before the discovery. He now faces charges in four other deaths besides his wife.
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Srnine Caaneen
Philadelphia Bulletin
Arthur
Mr. Hope
Fulton Arrives at Mobile with Vice President Aboard
The United States steamer Fulton from Matanzas Cuba reached Mobile at noon today carrying the Vice President aboard. His health is described as exceedingly poor.
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New Onlaans
United States
Fulton
Matanzas
Cuba
Mobile
So Board
Steamers Empire State and Stonington Line Fire Incident
Passengers numbered about 240 aboard the Empire State were able to save life by life preservers as a fire broke out in the kitchen after the vessel ran near Huntington. The Commodore stood by to rescue everyone and towings delayed for about two hours. damage estimated at 150 to 200 dollars.
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Empire State
Stonington
Ork
Huntington
New York
Boston Journal
Law Enforcers to Apply the Rumseller Law to the Letter
In a vow from the Temperance Advocate, supporters celebrate a strong majority in the General Assembly and a decisive placement of the law in the statute book. They call on prosecuting officers to enforce the law vigorously, rallying petitioners and voters to sustain it, and challenge rum sellers to accept the public verdict or face consequences.
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General Assembly
Ibor
Temperance Advocate
Isabel Arrives at Cuarteston After Havana Voyage
The steamship Isabel reached Cuarteston from Havana on the eighth. The prisoners’ lives were spared but they were led to the scaffold where their pardon was read.
Public School Funding Bill Sparks Baltimore Demo
Baltimore on April 11 reports a heated debate over a bill seen as Catholic led for distributing school funds. A town meeting is scheduled for tonight to protest the measure.
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Baltimore
Mint Ends Three Cent Piece Coinage for Silver Drives
The Director of the Mint announces discontinuation of three one piece coinage and its distribution at Mint expense to boost manufacturing of new silver coins. Over thirty six million three cent pieces have been coined.
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Tarek Cent
Survivors of Dartmoor Prison Form New York Association
A group of remaining Dartmoor Prison occupants from the 1812 massacre era met in New York City and formed an association to pursue claims before Congress. Speakers recalled the massacre while Mrs. Small donated a flag from Perry’s ship at Lake Erie bearing the motto Sailor's Rights and no Imprisonment.
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Dartmoor
New York City
Association
Small
Perry
Lake Erie
Premium on small change drops after law change
The letter notes a one per cent fall in the premium on small change and predicts a continued decline toward par following Congress's act altering silver and gold standards. It cites New York activity and a transfer of ten thousand dollars in small change to the city as demand rises. Hoarders are urged to spend before the new coin arrives.
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Swan Chanae
New York
Cin, Gaz
Island Cries: No Criminal Case In 18 Years on Martha’s Vineyard
The Martha’s Vineyard courts have not tried a criminal case for eighteen years and no liquor has been sold on the island during that span, a remarkable record cited in local discussions.
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Martha's Vineyard
San Juan Arrams On British War Vessels Orders
A San Juan correspondent to the New York Herald reports orders from the British Minister in Washington authorizing English warships to open the Transit Company. The statement remains unconfirmed.
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San Joan Correst
New York Herald
Washington
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