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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1847
Page
3
A fragment notes Gardiner Thames Fay of Foun wouth owning a building valued at 5.008 dollars. No further details on location date or other parties are provided.
The piece urges towns in the state to back a public insane asylum plan at Butler Hospital to house all mentally ill residents. It argues existing facilities are inadequate, taxes will fund the cost, and early action can reduce future town burdens and suffering. It notes governor Whitcomb’s Indiana accident and other dispatches before returning to the asylum case.
The article discusses broad civic finance figures and charity totals from 1846 to 1847, noting private and public donations near a million and a half dollars. It critiques a proposed elevated Broadway railway, arguing a proper street paving approach would suffice. Pension renewals for disabled seamen are urged, while a Manchester railroad bridge incident prompts calls for accountability. Market prices from Brighton on Dec 6 1847 detail cattle, sheep, swine, and produce values.
New Bedford market remains quiet for all descriptions with no notable price changes. Whale oil inquiry is higher while crude stock in manufacturers hands is small. A sale of 230 boxes occurred since last note, at 30 5 4 months, with several hundred boxes sold recently at 30 to 32 cents cash.
Henry P. Pierce offers piano and singing lessons from the Episcopal Seminary in Warren with Bristol service calls. warning readers to contact the office or Mason W. Pierce Thames St. Sept 25. Letters praise SARSAPARILLA and TOMATO BITTERS for curing ailments, noting broad popularity and urging further orders. Also promoting PETER'S CATHARTIC LOZENGES for liver and digestive ailments with regional vendor details.
The notice records multiple marriage intentions and matches including Dr. S. Fogg of Dedham and Miss Marty B. daughter of Rev. Thomas W. T in Stonington on the 20th. Mr Jobo Mevsee of Barrington to Miss Mary Ann Marble of Warren. Mr Constant W. Chase to Miss Bagat Slocum of Portsmouth. and John T. Drown to Miss Mligaboth Brownell.
In Providence on Sunday evening General Joseph Hawes aged 75. In Newport Mrs Eliza widow of Samuel Dolbear to her 47th year. In Little Compton Mr William Bailey aged 74 years.
Arrivals and departures at Bristol port across December 4 to 10 1847. Vessels from Providence Fall River Newport Freetown Warren and New York list steamer Bradford Durfee Perry and several sloops with cargoes of lumber timber and timber shipments to A Crandall and other ports. Memoranda note plans for New Orleans Galveston Havana and Jacksonville traffic with several vessels listed in transit.
Record of ships, voyages, and crews including Arat Warren Dee 6th and Phocian Worth NH with sp oil and various vessels such as Geo Washington Barker and Mogal NL. Notes include destinations St Helena Oct 10 and Zanzibar May 26, and details of crews, barrels, weeks, and losses aboard the Neva with Silas Ilavena as first mate.
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