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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1859
Page
2
A nineteenth century style New Year greeting notes health progress and hope. The piece expresses sincere wishes for happiness, prosperity, and useful employment, urging readers to find contentment in mind and labor, and to trust Providence for a better year ahead.
Dr CC A Wood ward, a Bristol dentist, will be absent until about March first to attend a course at the College of Veterinary Surgery in Baltimore Maryland. Dr SY has many friends here who value his professional skill and social qualities. It is hoped he will settle permanently in Bristol.
A notice describes The Northern Farmer published by TB Miner in Clinton Oneida New York. It is a neatly printed 16 page monthly journal devoted to agriculture and related topics with low terms of 30 cents per year.
An Irishman named Waomes Grancy was arrested in Barrington for breaking and entering Dariashace's dwelling at night and stealing clothing. After examination he was committed to the jail to await trial before the Supreme Court in March next.
In Xow Bedford last week Frank Roberts Alice Frank Williams and John and James McFar land were convicted of burglary. Roberts received nine years while Williams and the McFarlands were sentenced to three years each in Charlestown State Prison. An indictment for robbing Mr. David A. Pearce’s store was also brought, with Pearce recovering part of the property.
In the barque Muskingam from Warren to Matanzas, Nathen A Bishop and Jeremiah Luther of this town aboard. In the brig Tris from this port to Cardenas Captain Wm H Church and Nes ers John A Frinklin and Byron Boyd of Portemanth listed.
The document lists enrolled militia 16 711 and active militia 1587. It breaks down officers of the general staff 14 officers of the division and brigade 11, other commissioned officers 130, and non commissioned officers and privates 1432.
The grand jury in New York’s Washington Market district declares a cavisance finding. No further details accompany the decision in this brief.
The vestry of Michael's church has arranged for the Society to occupy the Old Methodist Building on a permanent basis until a new church is built. The Congregational Society also offered to host but declined after finalizing their worship plans. The article notes Christian harmony between churches and hopes for future opportunities.
S S Foes editor of the Worcester Spy recovered a verdict for 1660.15 against defendants who defrauded him in the sale of a patent for a horse shot.
The New York contractures supply Bibles to public institutions at thirty cents each while charging a dollar in the bills. At St Paul Minnesota on December 9 10 the thermometer stood at 25 degrees below zero.
A ninety plus year old Newport asylum resident has spent forty four years there and previously six years in the old building. The article notes her long senile period and age while detailing a separate New York based EFA company planning a tug steamers line to tow vessels through the Magellan straits to circumvent Cape Horn delays and hazards.
The United States government has ordered six of Appleton Macy & Co best chronometer gold watches. The company has also received an order for some watches intended for the London market.
Local manufacturers in Providence enter an agreement to use 36 inches as the standard yard length instead of the traditional 37 inches. The change affects cloth pricing and inventory measurements across mills and retailers.
A counterfeit note bearing the Bank of Boston name was found circulating in New York on Tuesday. police warned the public and urged scrutiny of banknotes and suspicious prints.
A local obituary notes the memory of Orville Gardier, a respected shoemaker in Wortchester, who resumed trade after a funding push by Methodists led by Mr Gilbert. Gardner, a Methodist probationer, ran a shop with three brothers and spoke at a religious union in Tarrytown hosted by the Flying Artillery group.
A captain aboard the brigantine Liberal rescued Davids Kinney and crew near Weymouth NS after a breached hull and a broken leg. Captain Cutting advised by surgeons and performed a careful operation on the injured Kinney, who improved after the voyage to Liverpool and began recovery.
Mr Goo Wo Burr a New York Central Railroad clerk died instantly in New York on Christmas Day as a ferry boat neared the pier. Burr was a native of Connecticut a college graduate and formerly a New York school teacher.
Washington dispatch reports the schooner Susan has returned to Pensacola after delivering filibuster cargo to a rendezvous. Telegraphic orders have been issued to detain the vessel, though enforcement is uncertain.
Report states Pete Dawson received a sentence to the New York Penitentiary for assault with intent to kill Win Potts. His wife, described as having an affinity for him, has eloped with almost all of Dawson's money, with his wealth estimated at over one hundred thousand dollars.
Francis Cutting a 2enilor and Vermont native was stabbed to death Saturday night in a house on Roosevelt Street New York during a fight. He had just returned from a whaling voyage.
The Tehuantepec Company is said to have purchased the steamers America and Canada intended for Paraguay and to operate weekly California mail between New Orleans and Minatitlan. New York connections await Florida railroad completion, expected early spring. Rev George W Quincy wins $251 damages from Frederick Eckstein Jr for misforeing belladonna as dandelion in a prescription endangering life.
An account of a severe December storm that crippled the steamship captained by Ludlow near New York. The vessel labored in heavy seas, crew injured, Ludlow fatally struck by debris, and the captain buried in New York after the wreck. A fugitive slave aboard sought freedom, then leapt overboard as captors debated return.
A garbled note from Montgomery Alabama quotes a 24th letter to New York Times about a waiter and a man named in a suspected plot. The text hints at speculators and a steamer named St. Nicholae traveling the Alabama River, suggesting a speculative crime or scheme under inquiry.
Prarcie Heck faced arraignment in Cincinnati three months after a bank job involving a counterfeit note. The court proclaimed the note genuine, reducing the likelihood of immediate remedy as state authorities pursue appeal.
The Sons of New England marked a seven eleven anniversary in the Sudan Cleveland area with Rhode Island Massachusetts and Connecticut pioneers prominent in the event. Franklin J. Dickman, recently departed after years of temperance service, praised the state’s founding principles and lauded religious toleration and Yankee labor led by intelligence in a tone echoing the Journal.
SEATOFF Capt Touwneond of the slave brig Echo left Buston on Monday for Key West under Deputy US Marelinia Freeman and Carleton amid doubts of U S jurisdiction by judges. Steamship collision report: Bay State from Fall River versus Atlas from Amboy near Huston Yard. Bay State damaged, Atlas upper deck carried away.
A bear kept at a Providence area hotel escaped confinement on the 24th, climbed a tree, and frightened a fielding team before smashing a window at Mr Littlefield’s house. The resident fired a shotgun at the animal. The Rochester Union notes a jewelry thief who asked to kiss his wife before jail and, during the kiss, a watch seal was found in the wife’s mouth.
The Rev Dr Tyng of New York refuses to preach at the Academy of Music on Sunday as most attendees come from other churches and visit out of curiosity. He says he will preach there if the crowd is drawn from the poor not in the habit of churchgoing. In Bedford Standard a report notes a woman gifted her master a Christmas present, a baby weighing fifteen pounds and three-quarters ale, on Saturday.
Fragmentary report from Viavana New York December details a ships freight movement and a listed cargo of 25 060 boxes. Mentions various names and locations with broken phrases, offering little coherent action or outcome.
From New Orleans on December 28, reports claim Spain plans to curb a Cuban revolutionary moment with French mediation. Gen W Relevanthig notes strong Spanish moves while Cuban insurgents and many American cave men in Cuba expect success if Tyanco stays out. A Cuban visitor says parts of the people and army favor revolt but worry external intervention.
Report details the San Francisco to St Louis mail route via Tucson and Fort Yuma with treacherous roads from Gila River to Fort Gelknap. Coaches overturned thrice, one near Van Buren Arkansas, and freezing conditions forced long walks. Beardsley suffered frozen feet in a brutal night voyage. A prisoner’s farewell scene to his young wife and child precedes transport to Columbus, highlighting human cost amid harsh travel and punishment.
A farmer along the Wabash harvested cane and produced four hundred gallons of molasses from his crop last year earning about two hundred dollars at a per gallon price. In Flinim a mob formed after two jailers locked a Black man in a room of the Gramard House. The man claimed he was brought back from Canada at his own request due to illness. the crowd dispersed after learning the man sought to sue his wife and children.
A funeral for a young orphan girl cared for by Sisters of Charity in WLeeunge Virginia was postponed due to heavy rain. While a Sister arranged the coffin, the child reportedly asked for water and appeared in a trance, but the downpour likely saved her from a buried alive fate.
Gen Jluvston in his sixth year will retire on March 5 and move to Galveston Bay to take up extensive sheep grazing.
Mr Elisha Whitakar a farmer of Jubneton was knocked down on the Plainfield Turnpike near the Traveller's House Providence Post and robbed of his pocket-book containing a small sum of money on Sunday night last.
The Indie anna case shows Joe Grosh seized by lyvchera and tortured into a false confession for Crawfurdasille robberies. After initial denial he was strangled and coerced into admitting, but the confession proved to be a fabrication and Grosh was innocent.
An unusual warning letter via Providence references a prior fraud and offers to send $100 from the Bank of Commerce New York as restitution. The writer mentions a man seeking a clear conscience and asks the recipient to accept payment with no signature for reasons of privacy. A brief note hints at a fire related context.
Wisconsin sets aside swamp lands income as a fund for normal instruction. The fund exceeds 18 000 dollars and will reach about 29 000 in time under Henry Barnard, new chancellor of the Vacuum State University, Mexico. The Washington correspondent reports Mexican outrages with five American vessels fired and detained by Garza.
A servant girl led Mr McGrew of McGrew & Co to a dilapidated stable where two young girls under twelve scavenged scraps to eat. A hungry mother of seven, drinking and abandoned, was found with a newborn and exhausted child, recounting a life of poverty and neglect ending in desperate acts.
Longtime Lebanon New Jersey resident John Killingting, a wealthy German apothecary, opened his will revealing property in the United States and Germany valued at $790,060. The principal is to be kept in bank and used to educate Protestant Germans in this country.
John T. Prentice of New York announced on Monday he is ready to pay in full all demands against him, after his house was suspended last fall with liabilities near one thousand dollars.
A horse and buggy were stolen in Mulhry Center while the family visited. A 14 year old boy in Southboro recognized the property, pursued the thief who offered him a ride, and helped stop the horse. The suspect, named David Williams, was captured and sent to Worcester jail for trial.
A colored woman about fifty residing near the city line and Knightsville collapsed on Sunday. Richard Knight, a respected local citizen, was found dead in his bed on Monday morning. The cause is believed to be heart disease.
The steamship Ilinois arrived in New York with 1,464,000 in specie after departing from Axpinwall on Dec 10. Reports detail a huge fire at axipamiso causing 3,000,000 in damage and 1,726,000 in insurance. Trade and warfare notes include Peru-Ecuador tensions, guano sales talks, and Royal Navy movements amid Pacific evacuations.
The Christian Intelligence reports a year long revival aboard the USS North Carolina at Norfolk port spreading through the crew. Sailors embraced prayer meetings, received communion, and many were baptized or pledged temperance, led by officers from Mariners' Church and notably Horace Lingram formerly a Methodist preacher.
The case centers on generals accused of peculation during the Crimea campaign. A key witness is a retired French corporal who, after being captured in the Crimea, learned where 100000 roubles were hidden and provided information to Russian authorities.
The Petersboro reporter notes a severely disturbed Otanahee woman escaped supervision to fatally decapitate her fifteen month old daughter. She is jailed. Fire damages about twenty houses in Raymond Maine area, with losses around 250000 to 260000 dollars. many structures were highly flammable. John Haley, struck by a blown hat, fell and shattered his leg, likely needing amputation, and was taken to an asylum for Boston treatment.
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