New Year Reflections and Community Resolve in Bristol
The Bristol Phenix issue opens with New Year wishes and calls for civic duty, charity, and careful planning. It urges businesses to balance profits with benevolence, highlights upcoming state and local events, and notes the death of 11 residents over 70, listing ages from 70 to 87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
pHachael Ladieu
Sarah Sandford
Iisaac Waldron
Nancy Munro
Jonathan Slade
Elizabeth Munro
Sarah Munro
Mary Wilson
Willian Munro
Ebenezer Gardner
Jonathan Bosworth
Local Fire Victims Plan Firearms Factory on Summer Street
Mossra Burnside Foster and Bishop, burned out in the recent blaze, have bought property on Summer street just north of Ls C. Richmond Esq. residence and will immediately erect building rigs to manufacture fire arms, or similar devices.
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Mossra
Burnside
Foster & Bishop
Summer Street
Ls. C. Richmond
Robbery at Capt Gladding’s Store Leads to Court Trials
A burglary at Capt Josiah Gladding’s Bradford Street store netted about 20 dollars in bank bills and change. Two boys Witten Shippee and Rufus Shippee pleaded guilty to robbing the Gladding shop and were committed for trial. Their father Joseph S Shippee faced charges of aiding and receiving stolen property and was found probably guilty and committed for trial. Also four related thefts from Spooner’s Bakery were addressed with guilty pleas and bail set for Welden.
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Borotany
Josish Gladding
Bradford Street
Witten Shippee
Rufus Shippee
Joseph S. Shippee
Capt. Gladding
Shippee Nive
Court House
B. J. Munro, Esq
William Shippee
Capt.Gladding
Supreme Court
George W. Welden
Charles H. Spooner
Xney Severity
Welden
Joseph.s. Shippee
Robbery at Deacon Wyatt Store Reported
The Store of Deacon Benjamin Wyatt was broken into on Sunday night last and robbed of clothes and apparel worth about fifty dollars.
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Benjamin Wyatt
Temperance Address At Methodist Church On Wednesday
Clement Webster Esq state Temperance Agent delivered a lengthy address to a large audience at the Methodist Church praising abstinence from rum sellers and arguing they harm workers and families. S. S. Mallory Esq added a few remarks before ending as the event neared its end after an hour and a half.
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Clement Webster
Mallory
Drunkenness Rising in Town Sparks Public Concern
A local notice laments more drunkenness in the last two weeks than in years past. It accuses the ceunsellers of defying the law and letting traffic continue openly, urging citizens to enforce the law and curb the disorder.
Survivors of Dartmoor Prison Hope for Aid Veterans in Congress
The article notes efforts in Congress to provide relief for former Dartmoor Prison inmates from the War of 1812. It highlights Samuel Sparks of this town as the lone survivor, captured in 1813 aboard the Blockade, later imprisoned at Dartmoor, returned home in 1815. Eight Dattmoor prisoners in New York seek relief, described as aged veterans awaiting parliamentary aid.
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Congress
Darmoor
Great Britain
Samuel Sparks
Sweet
James O'Wolf
John Smith
English
Scotland
Mr. Sparks
Crocodile
Plymouth
England
Dartmoor
Sparks
Dattmoon
New York City
Dattmoor
Tribune
Massachusetts
Edward Fales Admitted Attorney at Law in Massachusetts
Edward Fales, Esq., son of William Fales, Esq., was admitted as attorney at law in all Massachusetts courts on the certificate of recommendation from Hon. T G Coffin and motion by N Morton Esq.
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New Bedford Standard
Edward Fales
Wm. Fales
T.G. Coffin
N. Morton
Massachusetts
Duel rumors involve Soule and nobles in Spain
Reports claim American Minter Soule dueled Marquis Turgot with Lord Howden as second, and a second duel occurred with the Duke of Alba. No injuries reported amid sarcasm over Madame Soule’s attire.
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Spain
Soule
Marquis Turgot
Lord Howden
Turgot
Young Soule
Duke of Alba
Madame Soule
Devastating coastal storm leaves ships wrecked and lives lost
The recent storm proves the era's most severe with widespread property damage and many fatalities. Newport and Cape Cod areas report wrecked vessels including the Moselle ashore on Brenton's Reef, with four crewmen perishing after attempts to reach shore fail.
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New England
Cape Cod
Newport
Brenton's Reef
Mr. Bateman
Stanhope
Perry
Joseph S. Ritch
Wellfleet
Rufus W. Ritch
William Wood
New York
George
Lowell
Mass
Merchants’ Esme
Boston
Cape
Yarmouth Port
Chatham
Abijah Crosby
Old Harbor
Glouccester
Procter Perkins
Eastern Hill
Post
Dorm or Snow Depth Reaches New Peak In Woods
The Boston Bee reports snow depth in country woods reaching one level two feet with inches, the largest fall since 1931. No drifts nearby.
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Boston Bee
Seven Days Later From Europe Arrival of the Canada at Halifax
The Canzila arrived at Halifax from Liverpool, while reports claim French British and Turkish fleets entered the Black Sea toward Sebastopol. Diplomats bustle as Russia withdraws ministers from Paris and London. A Paris letter urges Turkey to negotiate an armistice under neutral mediation. Skirmishes resume on the Danube as Russians attack Matschiin. Weather turns severe on the Irish coast with ships Niagem and Pollock reporting incidents.
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Europe
Canada
Halifax
Haliifax
Canzila
Liverpool
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Geat
Constantinople
Czac
Paris
London
Turkey
Russia
Vienna
Danube
Kalafat
Matschiin
Asia
Persia
Sheik
Kher Palenersky
RNC
Ann Rset
Irish
Niagem
Wexford
Queenstown
Std
Shipwreck tragedy at Race Point Elizabeth and family die
The barque Elizabeth from Matanzas via Holihes Hole bound for Boston ashore near Race Point lighthouse in a night wreck. Captain Strout and his wife reached shore in the morning but she died in his arms and their infant, lashed in the rigging, froze to death.
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Elizabeth
Tarrington
Strout
Matanzas
Holihes Hole
Boston
Race Point
Explosion on the Petrel Kills One Man Burns Others
The propeller Petrel, captained by Jones, exploded in Horl Gate flood tide around 7:30 AM injuring several crew. Peter Lynch of this city died. Joseph Anderson and William Peterson, the 1st and 2d engineers, were badly scalded. The hull remained intact and the vessel was towed to New York. A coroner’s inquest was summoned to investigate the explosion.
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Exhoston
Proretten Petre
Petrel
Jones
Horl Gate
Peter Lynch
Joseph Anderson
William Peterson
New York
Frozen at East Described by Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports children frozen in hands and feet while being carried near the Erie break and an infant frozen under similar conditions on a recent trip. Passengers note six miles by omnibus with no Harbor Creek station, exposing travelers to cold winds from the lake. Also included is a notice about Mi ver son Gardner d Kingman, missing in New Bedford since Nov 30, 19th century arrival details requested.
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Culloren
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Erie
Harbor Creek
A New Procervine and Maine Law Action in Boston
The Boston Chronicle reports a suit filed Saturday against a mercantile house to recover 3700 dollars claimed as paid for liquors in violation of the Maine Law. The firm refused bonds, and a deputy sheriff seized the store.
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Boston Chronicle
New Year’s Disorder in New York Streets
The Express reports a troublesome New Year’s Day in New York with unusual chaos and widespread drunkenness. Gangs of men and boys threw snow balls and disturbed Sundays as police arrested nearly 100 detainees at Essex Market Prison and many others at the Tombs and various stations.
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New York
the Express
Essex Market
Mansion replaced by cottage on historic Rehoboth site
The 1712 mansion built by Elder Ephraim Wheaton, founder of the second New England Baptist church, in Rehoboth now Seekonk, has been torn down. His descendant erected a cottage, though the structure, after 142 years, remained largely sound. The house is noted for birthplace of many long-lived residents, nine aggregating 747 years.
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Ernst
Waraime
Abduction Tale Of Elder Dean Prompts Mixed News
The N B Mercury reports Elder Dean was lured into a wagon near County Street, forced to renounce preaching and temperance, drink rum, and travel by foot to Albany, then found in the Albany post office. He shows the aftermath of a distressing ordeal, including injuries and emaciation, with uncertainty over the tale’s coherence.
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Travers
Gardner
Charles D. Burt
Albany
Dean
County Street
Arnold
Brother Dean
Barjona D. Tripp
Elder Dean
Assonet Woods
New Bedford
Taunton
Providence
Patrick McShane
Daniel
Burt
N. B. Mercury
Murder in Brighton: Norton Husband Suspected
A Brighton woman named Norton was found murdered in her home near Boston on Saturday night. The husband, who had threatened her life and fled, is the prime suspect. a dog died in the room and crowds search the area as police warn the public to aid in capturing the alleged killer amid strong citywide alarm.
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Tae Munper
Baicitrox
Mass
Norton
Brighton
Boston
Scarcity of Seamen With Rising Wages Noted
The New York Shipping List reports seamen remain scarce and hard to obtain despite high offered wages and advances. Pay to Liverpool and London is $20 monthly with $40 and $45 advances. to Havre $20 with $36 advance. to the Mediterranean and South America $16 with $28 advance. to East Indies $14 with $28 advance. to California $12 with $24 advance. to West Indies $18 with a one month advance. Coasting at $20 per month.
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New York
Liverpool
London
Havre
Mediterranean
South America
East Indies
California
West Indies
Emigrant Law Revision Talk and Foreign Enlistment Concerns
Washington observer reports Senator Fish aims to draft a broad emigrant law revision with a related bill to be prepared soon. Foreigner enlistment in New York allegedly for turkish causes is viewed by the administration as potential homegrown filibustering, with the Attorney General informed. Britain maintains demand for full participation in the U S coastwise trade, unchanged since last winter.
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New York
Washington
City Papers
Fish
Harvard Depot Master Stricken Shrouds Worcester Trip
Mr George Gerry Depot Master at Harvard fainted while en route to Worcester for a testimonial ceremony to Hon Alexander De Witt late president of the Worcester and Nashua Railroad. He was taken back to Harvard in an insensible state and regarded as not likely to survive.
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George Gerry
Harvard
Worcester
Worcester and
Nashua
Alexander de Witt
Boston Journal
Paris Financier Dinner Uses Exquisite Gold Tableware
A Parisian correspondent for the New York Express reports a dinner hosted by a wealthy Paris financier. Golden forks and spoons bore the family arms enamelled, while the plates and dishes featured arm mosaics in a center set with precious stones.
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New York Express
Paris
Mystery of Casper Hauser Murder Reemerges in Public
Anspach writes that the puzzling Casper Hauser affair is resurfacing as an inn-keeper promises revelations about the murder of the youth. The case once stirred wide public interest and continues to evoke curiosity about his fate.
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Anspach
Casper Hauser
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