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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1860
Page
2
The piece argues that slaveholders fear a Republican win will ruin slavery but deny it harms the South. It contends abolition would enrich and strengthen the South, with free labor improving economy and education. It predicts the South leads in embracing universal freedom while defending slave interests.
One year James Crowley, about thirteen, of Irish parentage, was arrested Saturday and jailed for petty larcenies committed in town. He frequented stores for food and clothing, stole a pair of spectacles on Thames Street, and sold them for six cents. arraigned Monday before Justice Afunro, he was convicted on all charges and sent to the Reform School in Providence for two years, taken Tuesday morning by Constable Penree.
Direct notice urges sectars to attend a Clam Bake and Picnic in Tocust Grove next Wednesday hosted by the Ladies of St Michael's Church. Proceeds fund a new chapel. The piece calls for broad support and notes festival spirit at season’s start.
The Warren Ladies Seminary celebrated its twenty sixth anniversary with morning exercises at the Baptist Church drawing a large crowd. Rt Rev Bishop Clark delivered an address on female education praising discipline, drill, and character formation while pupils received graduating honors and an evening music exhibition concluded the day.
This great gathering will run from August 22 for one week with about five hundred tents on the ground. S P Coffin of Edgartown will again oversee operations ensuring good order. A temporary house will host visitors before the meeting opens, with tents to be tastefully fitted out. Grounds are in fine condition due to substantial improvements for visitor comfort and convenience. The event promises to be one of the largest gatherings at the venue and aims to yield much good.
The article notes a severe storm Monday night causing no local damage, followed by unusually warm weather. Crops are thriving with a likely large hay harvest and potatoes doing well, as farmers anticipate a strong harvest season supported by impressive potato specimens from local growers.
On Thursday night around 9 o clock Mr L B D Wolf riding home in a light buggy drawn by two spirited horses struck a cart in the road. He was thrown to the ground and sustained a broken rib and other bruises. The horses and buggy were badly damaged. The next day he was somewhat more comfortable and recovering slightly.
Tar The Invito Marker at 35 States street has been replenished with meat provisions groceries and more. Former proprietor Mr B S Simmons remains as salesman and vows to please customers with neat orderly premises and fresh quality goods. Call to patrons.
Gover Lan's Book for August showcases fashion plates embroidery patterns receipts and music with affordable Jaw price. Indies readers receive unrivaled magazine value. Miss Slimmons Boarding House still lives and Jessie Turner's Fortune has finally been attained.
The steamer Great Elstern sails for home on the 16th of next month and will be closed to the public on Saturday next. On the 30th inst she will make a three day excursion to Cape May with tickets priced at ten dollars. Directors praise reception in this country and say visit goals were fully attained.
The whaling ship Bratas of Warren was sold at auction on Wednesday last for 975 dollars. It was bought by parties in New York and will be fitted for the merchant service.
The writer recalls arriving in Boston after a long journey by chartered carriage, boarding a ship, and sharing farewell with friends. The scene shifts to packing, packing up in a Tremont House stay, and awaiting sail as storms, telegraphs, and ship routines unfold. The captain and crew are praised, and the wife of the captain is noted for warmth and care during a 35 day voyage.
The narrator describes arriving by carriage in Paris and checking into the Hotel des Strangers on Rue Vivienne. He details the bustling city scene on a Sunday, observations of Parisians, sights, sounds, and the contrast with Bristol Sabbath, ending with a passport inquiry by a servant and a growing sense of unease.
A letter from Sanford to the Saco Democrat describes the town's Friday hail and rain storm the severest in the area. Hail two feet deep coated David Goodwin's valley farm and N Chadbourn Jr's fields. Corn and grain crops were ruined across several farms with stalks bent and leaves shredded. General Bodwell reported a Will side crop of corn and potatoes nearly washed away.
The corn crop south of Muscogee Railroad in Chatahoochee Marion Stewart and parts of Muscogee counties is nearly ruined due to minimal rain since May. Most fields yield little more than two bushels per acre with only rare exceptions.
Recent advices from Europe and South America have completely unsettled the hide market. No compromise appears likely between holders and buyers until English markets show stability. Leather supply is large with no price changes. sales to manufacturers are dull and there is little appetite for speculation in hides or leather.
An ancient building at College and Benefit streets in Providence, once a police office and lock-up, is slated for demolition to make way for a new structure. Built in 1723 by the First Congregational Society, it later served as a town meeting house and hosted sermons by Rev. Enos Hitchcock and Rev. Murray, Universalist pioneer, with various denominations holding services within.
In 1851 Edward Murphy killed engineer Robbins aboard a steamboat by stabbing him in the heart after being ordered from the engine room. Murphy then wounded second engineer Thomas Cummings, jumped ashore, and was captured with a brutal head and jaw injury, later escaping custody. Cummings later joined Chicago police and identified Murphy in Detroit. Murphy faced a city court sentence nearing expiration and will be returned to Detroit for trial. principal witnesses survive.
A shooting occurred last night at Heenan's Malta saloon between United States Deputy Marshal John Dogan and a man named Patty MacDermott. The assailant was hit four times but is not believed to be fatally wounded. The day also notes drill by the Zouave Cadets at the Academy of Music by invitation, and tallies crowd counts for the Great Fustern visit.
The Times reports a ten ton steam wagon with seven foot iron driving wheels and seven inch tires that grip the ground. Four wheels per side, only one touches ground on grades unless mud or sand require more. A pilot wheel in front connects to the fore wheels. The engine resembles a double locomotive with about twenty horsepower.
The Norwich Aurora reports that the Legislature unanimously passed a resolution thanking the proprietor’s agents for presenting each member a bottle of Dr Sweet's Infallible Liniment. They endorse it as a sovereign remedy for fleshly ills.
Since the year's start six months have brought heavy losses with over a hundred lives dead or missing and about one and a half million dollars in damages. Three explosions occurred, forty four boats snagged or burnt, and twenty steamboats lost or damaged by storms. One hundred nineteen barges and other craft also lost. total serious accidents reach two hundred twenty one.
A subscriber warns that young girls wearing straw hats with bells may develop eye malformations within three months. He urges parental attention to the issue as reported by the Long Island Democrat. The Titus Scudder store in Trenton New Jersey was robbed Thursday night of $25,000 in silks.
A scan of scattered reports notes costs for a New York City joint committee visit to Japan totaling 100000 with 20000 to police in four cities and nearly 14000 to the New York force. Other items include failed 1860 Cheaster county apple crop, a Florida peninsula rail trip cut to fifteen cars, a 103000 defaulter at Apalachicola logs to bank under 75000, smuggling snuff to Galway, Haiti crop disease, Baltimore population rise to 300000, Harrisburg census 14862, Whittier’s honorary A M, and emigration totals to New York through July as well as a ten thousand dollar libel suit by John P. Male against the Boston Courier.
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