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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1867
Page
2
The Bristol Phenix discusses state and national politics with focus on New England races, party infighting, and impeachment talk. It notes Rhode Island Republicans backing gubernatorial continuity, calls for equal suffrage in Connecticut, and remarks on Johnson administration and Congress dynamics. It also snippets public notices, education and civic topics, and a federal land grant summary.
A wealthy donor named Mr. Cornell presents Ithaca with a four story library building costing sixty one thousand dollars. The facility houses post office, bank, and reading rooms and includes an artillery drill room and lecture hall. He adds four thousand dollars in books and pledges fifteen thousand more, preferring to give during life to benefit his town.
The new illustrated weekly edited by Oliver Optic debuts with a highly engaging issue. Lee and Shepard publish this juvenile weekly from Boston, aiming to lead American youth literature in popularity and quality.
A collage of brief items notes poll taxes among Indians in the West, Chinese-led California firms, smallpox in Lawrence and a Gloucester death after a long hiccough. Cable plans Boston to Heart's Content, house fires in Valley Falls, half-time at Brooklyn Navy Yard, and a Four percent dividend in Fall River Company. Boston spends 40k removing snow, a 110-year-old Webster resident’s death, India famine mortality, a New Haven misprint about Doctors, and maritime harbor studies. Also reported are London land prices, a Newport centenarian, Vermont butter prices, Illinois hog counts, elderly Manchester diners, a costly shipwreck, a Pall River suicide, Napolean's Cabinet resignations, a letter writer’s identity, a New Albany abuse case, a fire losses total, a Cairo death by ice, and various notes on public schools and steamship plans.
Captain William Pearse, 94, a longtime merchant, veteran of the Revolution and public servant, died at his Hope Street home. He was a pillar of the town, served in the State Legislature and Bristol County Court, helped found Freemen's Bank, and remained active in church and community life for decades.
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