09 Aug 1845
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1845
Page
1
Public sale terms and advertising rates published for a Saturday edition. Readers are warned of billing for missed insertions and arrears. The notice outlines penalties and limits on yearly advertisers and local business listings.
The steamer Louis McLane carrying over eighty passengers and crew escaped disaster near Brownsville after a hurricane struck, tipping the vessel on its side but not capsizing. The captain and engineers acted quickly to regain control as passengers suffered injuries and the ship required weeks of repairs.
A skeleton buried among ruins from a recent explosion is found with discolored bones, a skull fragment, a lock of hair, and a clutch of charred ledgers and gold. The victim, presumed an employee, saved his employer’s books and gold before escaping with others, a scene described in dramatic terms.
A distressed voice questions harsh whipping of a crying child and argues for humane comforting methods. The speaker describes infant grief, a broken toy, and the child’s distress, contrasting old and new ways of soothing a distressed infant.
A section notes personal security during thunderstorms advising distance from metal objects and tall trees, then reports on the schooner Alfred arriving from Baltimore for the whale fishery under Capt. Davensport, praised for its model and potential to chase the whale along unexplored coasts. A cat and kingbird chase anecdote closes the item.
A young man Ashwick once employed as a bill distributor for the American Museum receives word from England that a relative there has left him a $30,000 fortune. The legatee plans to sail on the Great Western to claim the inheritance.
In May Graham's Magazine, Emma Alton recounts Emma’s wedding day and the hopeful morning by her father’s cottage. Years later Reuben Fairfield’s drinking destroys their marriage as poverty and death follow the elapsing ruin of their family.
A narrative recounts Reuben Fairfield luring a stranger to a cave with promises of wealth, killing or maiming to seize money, then dumping the victim in a cave mouth and escaping. The stranger is found alive as villagers pursue justice. Reuben is captured and sentenced to ten years hard labor. Emma, the victim’s companion, returns home devastated.
A fragmentary text references a dying or dead person named Emana and a shrine scene. It reads as a mournful, cryptic reminiscence with garbled phrases. No clear event, date, or full names are established.
Annals of Bristol detail town meetings from 1750 to 1754. Jonathan Peck and Shearjashup Bourn elected deputies to the General Assembly. Freemen admitted including Geo Coggeshall and others. Multiple votes establish town officers, gates, rope walks, and exemptions from taxes, with later references to workhouse matters and a colony-wide poll tax for debts and poor relief. The text mirrors colonial governance notes and parish concerns.
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