Bristal Notice: Saturday Morning July 29 1865
Public notice appearing in the Bristals Phente dated Saturday morning July 29 1865. Contains local information or announcements typical of mid 19th century reports.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1865
Page
2
General Oliver O Howard Leads Freedmen's Bureau
Major General Oliver O Howard heads the Freedmen Bureau created by Congress to aid refugees and abandoned lands. The bureau coordinates confiscated land, supports former slaves with shelter sustenance and employment while promoting education, with private groups continuing to fund and run programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver O. Howard
United States Army
Howard
Freedmen's Bureau
Gen. Howard
South
Horace James
North Carolina
Turpentine
Green
Beaufort
James
Congress
Bishop Andrewe issues meetings for General Conference delegates
A special dispatch from Mobile reports Bishop Andrewe has issued a notice to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He requests the Annual Conferences hold sessions in the fall to elect delegates to a General Conference beginning in April next, and asks the churches to meet in Columbus, Georgia, for consultation at an early day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
New York Trust
Andrewe Hus
Methodist Episcopal Church
Columbus
Georgia
US Seven Thirties weekly sales total 32.5 million
The seven thirties posted total sales of 32,503,600 dollars for the past week. The report highlights overall market activity and performance across chairs and desks.
New England Governors Honored for Civil War Leadership
Observes four New England governors Andrew, Buckingham, Smith, and Gilmore who were reelected for their wartime leadership and morality. Notes successors by 19th century, with praise for their energy and public service during the Civil War. Also reports Bishop McFarland on Catholic schools, tracing growth of parishes, priests, and schools in Rhode Island and Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Contiguous States
Andrew
Massachusetts
Buckingham
Connecticut
Smith
Vermont
Gilmore
New Hampshire
New Frampshire
Frederick Smyth
Washburn
Maine
Cony
Sprague
St Mary's
Newport
Ker
Francis P McFarland
Conn
Escarcely
Tie
Our City
Rhode Island
Sheenterprise
United States Practice Squad Cruising New London
The United States Practice Squad sails from New London under Commodore D M Fairfns. The squadron includes the Macedonian Murion Winnepee Marblehead and steamer vessels with midshipmen from the Naval Academy aboard. A three month summer cruise trains in navigation gunnery steam engineering. The fleet may stay several days before returning to Annapolis in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New London
Conn
D. M. Fairfns
Naval Academy
Anoapolis
The Praise of Zion Church Music Planned for September
Mason Brothers of New York announce a new Church Music collection The Praise of Zion by Susan Wilder and Frederick S Davenport ready September 1 featuring foreign composers Neukomm Novello and others plus American favorite Chas Zeuner all first printed from originals Retail price 1.50 publishers offer advance copies to teachers or choir leaders at half price post paid
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Brothers
New York
Zion
Susan Wilder
Frederick S. Davenport
Neukomm
Novello
Chas Zeuner
National Lyrics and Rhodes Revenue Figures Noted
Publisher Ticknor and Fields sends the third Companion Piece for the People Nuational Lyrics by Sohn G Whittier with illustrations by White Fenn and Barry. Includes The farewell of a Virginia Slave mother to her daughters sold into bondage and other pieces. Revenue collections for Rhodes from Dec 1862 to Jun 20 1865 total 6 576106 73 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messie
Ticknor & Fields
Bostop
Sohn G .Vhittier
George C. White
Hl. Fenn
Charles A Barry
Virginia
Voice
New England
The
Watchers
Angele
Buena Vista
Port Royal
Brown
Ossawatumie
Barbara Prughia
Post
Death of Arthur Tappan
Arthur Tappan a leading New York abolitionist and early merchant died in New Haven Connecticut at age eighty He long faced anti abolitionist persecution and aided John Janes prison release in Baltimore marking him a notable figure in the antislavery movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Tappan
New York
New Haven
Conn
Deees
Whenrrison
Baltimore
Tappan
Garrison
Alan
Curious stockings knit by 96-year-old nurse at Sanitary Fair
A pair of stockings knitted since June 1865 by Mrs Fanny Burrows, age ninety six, were displayed at the Unitarian department of the Sanitary Fair. A Connecticut native now in Warren Rhode Island, she aided in wartime and again for wounded heroes. The item raised three dollars and fifty cents before passing to Murray Nelson Sr.’s father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Department
Fanny Burrows
Connecticut
Warren
Murray Nelson
Public street horse whip fight shocks Warren crowd
In Warren a tense scene unfolded as a wife used a horse whip on her husband in broad daylight. The husband protected himself for forty to fifty blows while the son aided the mother. Onlookers intervened, the whip was taken, and order was restored as the town crier proclaimed order reigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Flo
Botra
Insanity as a Safeguard in Murder Trials
A historical opinion argues murder and acquittal by insanity threaten public safety. It contends an insane offender in custody would better protect society and that current practices mock justice by letting dangerous criminals roam free after acquittal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saaiaty
Applications for Pardons From Southern Residents in Amnesty Context
The President faces a flood of pardon applications from Southerners excluded by the amnesty proclamation. Applicants show readiness for quick action, signaling that Southern hearts did not support rebellion and that no principle justified it. They seek restoration of constitutional rights and return to lawful life under government protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steader
Governor contests murder conviction in Green case
The Genel Courier reports Governor Andrew argues the degree of murder was fixed by the defendant Edward W Green s own confession rather than a jury verdict, rendering the first degree conviction and the death sentence illegal and unmovable by warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Genel Courier
Edward W .Green
Green
Andrew
Seven Thirty Loan Closed as Subscriptions Reach Total
Philadelphia July 24 The Seven Thirty Loan closed with subscriptions today totaling 300,000,000 three series. Notes will be forwarded from the Department promptly. Bond delivery in large denominations delayed by heavy demand from paid troops, but ships will be shipped as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Department Ag Rapidly Ag Possido
A Pirate Among the Whalers Near End of Rebel Fleet
Bas Francisco reports the whaling bark Milo arrives in twenty eight days from the Arctic with news of several whalers destroyed by the pirate Shenandoah. The Shenandoah, crewed by English and Irish sailors, continues wholesale destruction and may soon strike sixty vessels. Some captured whalemen joined her after last at Melbourne. Lee’s surrender and the rebellion's collapse were known but doubted by the Shenandoah’s commander who awaited Lincoln's inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bas Francisco
Milo
Arctic
Shenandoah
Won
Lee
Lincoln
Melbourne
In the Market Place and Southerners in Dixie Notes
The piece paints dawn markets in the South with farmers selling garden truck apples plums and more. It follows travelers shoppers and a Yankee hotelkeeper as Aunt Chloe Aunt Sally and Mammy figures appear amid postwar tensions and racial attitudes. A brief sketch of Mrs Morris’s Cheyenne captivity and New Orleans confiscation proceedings closes with New York widows and orphans needing aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fife
Boata
Thasa
Europe
Chloe
Lom
Candace
Ethiopia
Richmond
Tesis
Sam
Mira Mary
Tom
Dixie
Sally
Mias Mery
Exid
South
Trannsetson
Misa
Enyage
Praanyv Terry
Gen Carl Schars Tours the South on Emancipation Review
Gen Carl Schars travels through the South by order of the President to observe emancipation effects, white loyalty, the condition of blacks, and the readiness of states for immediate restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Schars
Women Force Liquor Cracking Riot in Greenfield Ohio
In Greenfield Ohio a mob of women armed with hatchets axes and bright guns raided saloons on a washday. They smashed windows broke doors and spilled liquor prompting mayor to read the riot act. Forty seven women were sued for damages and await trial in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Newbeck
Valurgus
Ling
Ohio
Remarkable War Injury Survives as Prisoner
A Worcaster private in the 57th Regiment at Cold Harbor endured multiple wounds from a single battle. A ball fractured his chin and teeth, another hit the shoulder, a third pierced the abdomen, and additional rounds wounded the leg and foot. He lay in a hole all day, was captured, starved for months, yet returned to Worcester in good health and without noticeable limping. Name misrecorded as B P Rockwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcaster
Cold Harbor
Worcester
P Rockwood
Public Lands Sales Show Immigration Headed Northwest
The June homestead and preemption land sales indicate rising settlement in the Northwest. Minnesota reports 21,000 acres filed under preemption, while Minnesota, Michigan, and Nebraska record 10,000 plus acres under homestead, including 21,000 acres in Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Minnesota
Michigan
Nebraska
Postmaster General Tightens Rules on Unauthorized Mail Carriers
The Postmaster-general vows to stop using steamers not in regular service to carry Jetters to Finrspe by ship. No vessel will be allowed to carry letters in a ship's bag and the rule will be strictly enforced. Consigners of ponds will also be affected by the new policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Young Man Arrested in New London Conspiracy Murder
A New London man was arrested Wednesday on a conspiracy charge with a girl to murder Mrs Charles Wheeler to rob her home. The girl confesses the man induced her to join in the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Charles Wheeler
Lincoln Fund Subscriptions Ceased After Massachusetts Rhode Island
The Boston Transcript reports the Lincoln estate including Massachusetts Rhode Island and New York additions totals one hundred thousand dollars and notes that active subscription solicitation has ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Lincoln
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
Lincoln Fund
Prices fall on leather and timber goods in markets
Bouts and shoes sell at lower prices while leather prices have dropped about one third from last fall. Hemlock sale peaked at 48 cents per pound and now sells at 32. Oak hops declined from 60 to 45 cents, with other qualities following similar cuts.
Heavy hailstorm damages crops in Houston Me
The Houston Times reports a heavy hailstorm Tuesday over the area. Hail stones as large as pigeons eggs piled up to a foot in depth in drifts. Buckwheat and potato crops were completely destroyed in places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Prince of Wales Helps Fight Marlborough House Fire
The Prince of Wales distinguished himself by joining the effort at a blaze at Marlborough House. He removed his coat and waistcoat and helped in the fight like a volunteer fireman, returning victorious though blackened and begrimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Marlborough House
New York
Fishermen Reap Vast Haul After Lantern Lure Off French Coast
A recent descent of an electric lantern from the vessel Andalouse off the French coast drew numerous fish to the area. Fishermen, extending lines from nearby boats, reported a miraculous catch as the light attracted diverse species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Murder Stuns Sandgate as Elderly Man Is Slain
In Sandgate Vermont an elderly resident David Kioeman was killed with an axe in a neighbor’s house during an early morning visit. Police report William Pendulph Jr. as the accused killer who robbed the victim of six dollars. authorities believe the man carried five to six hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Kioeman
Sandgate
Wm. Pendulph, Jr
Unbleached Domestics Prices Fall in City Trade
The Jackson Mississippian notes local cloth prices dipping from seventy to forty five cents per yard while the Vicksburg Herald jokes about a fall from eighteen hundred dollars to zero per head for unbleached domestics. A young woman dies from excessive laughter in New York. Gupey's Lady's Book August remains equal to past issues in engravings and reading matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Gupey
Varied Civil War Era News Clippings Overview
A broad summary of scattered items notes counterfeit currency from Canada appealing to tavern keepers, rural disturbances in Ohio, a fatal mowing accident in Ballville New York, a New Hampshire court ruling on mail COD deliveries, Treasury staff demographics, and war conduct critiques. It also covers colonial era figures such as Gen Santa Anna, French travelers, Barnum plans, and political notes from Reconstruction era states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canada
Focal Astros Sunday School Excursion Ends Pleasantly
The State Street Methodist Episcopal Sabbath School held its annual excursion on Thursday at Juniper Hill near the new Cemetery. A large crowd attended, with swings for children ice cream and candies by ladies, a clam chowder dinner by Naniel Tanner Esq. and a sing along from the Sunday School songs. By five o clock a hearty picnic supper refreshed the group and many headed home tired but content, thanks to a committee of ladies and Burgess Evy the Superintendent for their tireless work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
State Street
Juniper Hill
New Cemetery
Naniel Tanner
Burgess
Sue Day
Due Notice Sales Promises Bargains at Cheap John Store
A large lot of Fan Goods and Notions will be sold this evening at the store on State Street next to First National Bank. The sale promises a wide range of items and humor while music entertains shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sucticn
State Otrel
First National Bynth
Enderfeld
Contributions to Soldiers' Friend Society Aid Freedmen
The Soldiers' Friend Society records collections from May 33 to July 25 totaling 16.07 dollars, plus 1500 dollars for Freedmen. Individuals donate cash and items including sewing materials, clothing boxes, linen, shirts, socks, and calico, with multiple boxes forwarded to Freedmen and hospitals. Secretary U. M. Suepagp notes June 9 and June 27 shipments and a June 22 box valued at 75 dollars with 100 yards calico and 50 dollars in money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers’ Friend Society
R. Roger
Martha Foste
Friend
Job Monroe
Barnett Morse
Peter Bradford
Leonard Wright
Trady Taylor & Symonds
Alex. Perry
Fanny Alden
Freedme
Washington
Portamouth Grove Hspital
U. M. Suepagp
Town Registers One Hundred Eighty Dogs And Licenses
One hundred and eighty dogs are registered in the town. One hundred thirty seven owners have licenses while forty three dogs are at large and unlicensed. The list includes names such as Carlo and Tigar with several variants and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlo
Tigar
Fido
Spot
Carleto
Gyp
Grip
Jack
Iaon
Punto
Crib
Charlie
Leo
Major Nero
Flarry
Hunter
Bepta
Jiffy Jeff
Jacko
Mac
Milo
Neddy
Neptune
Obe
Pinkey
Pomp
Richard
Romeo
Buffy
Spring
Spark
Specky
Lanco
Santy
Snap
Skip
Scott
Taylor
Tambo
Bige
Keto
Veatch
Ward
Ear Crooked Lane Widened by Rock Removal Near Dani Cemetery
Ear Crooked Lane has been widened and improved near the Northward turn to Dani Cemetery by blasting and removing rocks on both sides of the Inna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ear Crooked
Dani Cemetery
Fishermen Return From Prudence Island Skirmish
A rough report describes a party of gentlemen fishing near Prudence Island on Monday evening. They landed forty sharks and recalled Uncle Joe noting our town was struck by a heavy shower the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudence Island
Joe
Cooree
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the Freedmens Bureau
Rhodes
Green the Murderer
New Orleans
Slidell
Tle City Comptroller
the Public Lands
Ballville
N. Y
James C. Gundy
Treasury Department
Committee On
Butler
Fort Fisher
Cunard Steamship Company
Atlantic
Santo Anna
St Thomas
I Ue
Benjamin
Davis
Paris
le Ia
Joseph Jennary
Vergennes
Otter Creek
Buffalo
Costa
Tao
Germany
Wondatuck
Trusburg
Tavelling
Boston Gazette
Boston Common
Norfolk
Nolle
Rochester University
Mercer County
Barnum
Jack Robinson
Internal Revenue Department
Perry
South Crolina
South Carolina
Utah
Kentucky
Bud Bates
Fitch W Taylor
Navy
Gildead
Farragut
Thirtford
Gulf
Emerson Etheridge
Iov. Wright
Indiana
Berlin
Saxonia
Namburg
Corinth
Great Britain
Mexico
Secretary of the Treasury
Focal Astros
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