J N Burgess Bookseller and Stationer Circulating Library
Advertises J N Burgess, bookseller and stationer with a circulating library at No 125 Hope Street offering reading material and supplies to patrons in the town.
19 Feb 1859
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1859
Page
1
Advertises J N Burgess, bookseller and stationer with a circulating library at No 125 Hope Street offering reading material and supplies to patrons in the town.
A Morpreen’s Prison report follows as well as a melancholy obituary for Valorious, a popular performer in New York and Rocky Point. The piece recalls his humor, music on the accordion, and the warm reception he inspired among locals, especially the city’s youth, before his death. It also notes a Connecticut insanity case and a child’s humorous pear anecdote from Morwahl.
Mixed legislative update includes an act allowing public school funds to support educational journals, another act permitting deposition evidence in civil cases, and a repeal of a pilotage statute. Obituaries note Ebenezer Eaton’s death in Danville at 82, plus regional 1858婚trends and a London leather sole discovery.
An Ohio man driving a single horse wagon was struck by a locomotive while crossing a railroad track. The wagon was demolished and the rider was thrown several feet but remained unhurt, found on his hands and knees two rods away. The engineer halted the train to assess injuries, receiving a drawn out Yankee reply asking if the man would wait until morning.
A young American captain leads the vessel Tyrannicide from the harbor amid cheers as the crew hoists sails and fires a ceremonial salute. A petty miser Mose Gelson bets against liberty, faces crowd anger, and Kate Cringle intervenes to spare him a harsh fate.
Seawall’s Privateer stalks three square rigged ships and engages a British sloop with drags and heavy cannon. After a fierce exchange the English vessel explodes amid a massive blast, while Seawall orders rescue efforts for survivors and sails toward transports.
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