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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1860
Page
2
A bold Princeton speaker challenges the belief that modern progress guarantees brighter times. The piece argues present advances do not ensure a better future and urges caution against exalted rhetoric while warning of potential calamities.
A Friday night storm caused extensive damage in Boston with the Elm Tree on the Common nearly toppled and parts of a new brick church on Boylston and Arlington streets ruined. Lightning struck multiple spots as awnings and blinds were torn. baptisms were performed, and residents prepared to repair. The event drew a large crowd and prompted continued effort to preserve the church and area for generations. Names mentioned include Stephen A. Douglas Gen. Jo. Lace and Col. Orr of South Carolina, with Newport room engagements noted.
The eighty fourth anniversary of Independence Day in Bristol featured a large outdoor celebration with a parade led by Chief Marshal James D-W Perry Jr and the Bristol Train of Artillery. Speakers, music, and prayers at Town Hall culminated in a civic reflection on liberty and national strength, ending with fireworks and a band concert.
The forty ninth annual gathering will occur at the Redwood Library in Newport on Wednesday. The annual discourse will be delivered by Dr. J. J. Ellis of this town.
Dr. Durfee acknowledges thanks from Mr. Bayley for delicious peaches and goodwill. The note also returns thanks to numerous friends for liberal contributions of traits flowers and other kindnesses, which will be remembered gratefully.
The Thursday service at Gray's Wharf Boston honored the departure of the Spring Hill for Dr Hayes Arctic expedition. Governor Banks and Mayor Lincoln spoke, praising American enterprise and hoping for Hayes's safe return with findings from the north. The vessel sailed the next day amid high public support.
An item from the Metropolitan Bank Note Reporter lists dangerous counterfeit non bank notes in the state including Centreville Bank Warwick with a female seated against a bale and “Washington” on the left hand, and Merchants and Manufacturers' Bank Providence with a 20e altered mark.
The crew of the ship Jara from New Bedford report a bear of about 1000 pounds killed in the Cchotak Sea and stuffed for display. A live pig with a single head and two joined bodies arrived at the port from Munritus, with two complete bodies and matching legs.
The admission price for visitors aboard the Great Eastern is fixed at one dollar. On Tuesday the first day of her expedition only fifteen hundred people visited, suggesting prices were set too high to attract a rush and prevent the harvest of dollars the managers anticipated.
The letter dated January 28 1860 from Witt H. Seward expresses gratitude to Michigan Republicans and urges immediate organization under convention approved candidates in Chicago. He vows to support the cause from home while awaiting a future meeting and stresses loyalty to the patriot band.
Albany Evening Statesman reports farmers in western New York optimistic as the June 25 observations suggest the wheat crop is advancing beyond danger from pests. A favorable season is expected to yield a handsome surplus and high quality wheat, with Geneseo flour recalled as a standard of excellence.
The Morning Star of New Haven, bound for Porto Rico, lost its foretopmast head and all upper spars after a gusty flood of wind. Seaman Enoch Hall of Yar mouth Nova Scotia was killed by a falling spar. Captain Hillard steered to New London for repairs, where the vessel will remain.
Queen Victoria by Privy Council advise proclaims measures to curb vice and immorality to uphold religion and old manners. Judges to present laws against dissolute conduct. peace justices to report violations. Also notes Milford death of Gershom Twichell and wealth found posthumously.
Reports from Linn County Iowa Cedar county describe a girl carried six miles by winds and found unharmed on a feather bed inside a ruined house. A Burges settlement boy survived after being swept with a tree. A man near Mount Vernon was unrecognized, likely carried across the Cedar River. London witnesses saw two men and a colt lifted through the air.
The Providence and Stonington line runs twelve trains daily each way with all trains stopping at Kingstown depot. Freight is heavy in both directions, evidenced by a through train carrying twenty four cars last week. The Wall Street bull dues are cited as supporting the Groton Bank wharf project, which has already consumed about fifty thousand dollars despite still being in early stages.
The Staffordshire Advertiser reports a robin entered a Colwich school during Easter week and built a nest between two book parcels on a shelf. Despite nearly a hundred boys daily, no one disturbed the bird. The female hatched her eggs over five weeks while the male fed her from outside, and all young finally fledged.
The vessel Tosnace or tox Great Eastern measures 18 900 tons five times the Pennsylvania and six times the Great Britain. Moving its timber would need over twelve thousand horses, and iron weight exceeds Niagara's tonnage. A single Great Eastern would dwarf all Scotland’s full grown cake.
Mrs. Dr Lydia Sayre Hasbrouck recovers and edits Libyl while a ten day old boy sleeps nearby. The piece contrasts with Daisy's absence and mentions a 1775 dal cartridge from Lexington march era tied to Col Bigelow’s Salisbury block site and antique pewter collection by Peter Johnson known as Lame Peter.
The Boston Traveller reports a turning tide in breadstuff exports with about thirty thousand barrels of four common grade taken from city stores and shipped to European ports in the last fortnight, predicting a large seasonal increase if similar foreign news continues.
The body of Mrs. S. H. Williams of Memphis, a Ben Lewis disaster victim, was recovered with jewelry stolen and a severely lacerated finger from pirates trying to remove a gold ring. The corpse was found clinging to an oar, still warm, suggesting robbery occurred before death.
The article notes Europe borrows heavily with Ryssia seeking 2 loan of 1,000,000, Sardinia 30,000,000, Paris 30,000,000, England 60,000,000, totaling 160,000,000 for public works and fortifications. It mentions ongoing market activity and a treaty dispatch from Washington.
Victor Emanuel sent eight scarlet edged Serbian horses to Fontainbleau in care of the kingdom equerry. Taunton population near 15,000 makes it the second largest town in Bristol County. A regatta at New Haven saw two boats capsize in a squall. a Meriden girl drowned but was recovered. Madam Zolaski of Brooklyn died. Usal Knapp monument in Newburg. Gaw jailed for assault. Conley house stones in Dover Tennessee. Cincinnati teacher Mrs Medkesk honored for heroism during a tornado. Worcester tomb opening suspected to reveal steam engine model. World news: large sheep counts in Saxony, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. self scaling envelopes adopted. Burned by broken lamp, George Webber dies. Japan embassy funds unused. Havana death by fire from rum bath. 1500 Chinese river thefts reported in Jus Hore. Storm losses tallied by Town City Reporter. Texas rail damages and a clock from 1751 noted. 1670 Spanish coin found in Dock Square. New York property value up to 577 million with rise. Sing Sing cabinet shop fire. Great Falls profits noted.
The late Lord Londesborough’s study was sold by Tattersalls and realized $305,000. The four stallions brought $20,000 $16,000 and over $3,000, with the remaining lot averaging above $1,500 each.
The Taanton Manufacturing Co declares a 20 percent dividend for its child firm while Dean Cotton and Machine Co also pays 20 percent. Phenix Manufacturing Co pays $100 per share with a par value of $375. Tannton Oil Cloth Co pays 12 percent as reported by Taxnton Telegram.
Capt William Clapp of Rochester grows to 7 feet 1 inch this season in a noted athletic display. The piece also touts oxygenated waters as miraculous cures for dyspepsia asthma and indigestion with sales through H N Gifford Bristol and other druggists.
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