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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1849
Page
2
A damaged OCR passage shows a tense domestic exchange about fruit and boarders. Siblings argue over leftovers and rules while a male narrator contemplates names and a missing hat as they send Hannah on errands and prepare to continue. The scene ends with a tease that the story will continue.
Edward Smith, a gardener and fiddler from Fan Ditton near Cambridge, was prosecuted in the Arches Court for slandering the rector’s wife and condemned to pay 42 pounds costs and read a public confession in church. The largely hostile crowd disrupted services and cheered as he was escorted to a public house after the confession.
A report from Southac street notes the funeral of Washington Goode drew friends and admirers who call the event a foolish demonstration. The Boston Courier criticizes the display as harmful yet the local populace defends it as a proper response to perceived injustice.
An American missionary entered a box of Bibles at the Constantinople Custom House valued by him, Turkish officials doubled the valuation and demanded five percent ad valorem duty. He used a Turkish regulation allowing payment in kind and paid five Bibles for every hundred in duties, afterward facing no further trouble as the officials declined more Bibles.
At about 11 30 p m on the 30th the vessel George and Mary James Johnson master and part owner was lost between Scarborough and Robin Hood s Bay twelve miles from land. A fire ball or similar electrical phenomenon started in the cabin and soon spread to the stern. Despite efforts to douse the flames the ship sank after the crew took to a launch leaving them in a destitute condition.
A farmer claims cutting a potato into a pointed end and a rounded end can yield tubers ready for the table eight or ten days sooner. The small end with eyes sprouts earliest, the middle grows larger and later. The Amherst Cabinet cites this method for early, fine mealy potatoes.
In Monroe County the Supreme Court affirms that money deposited with a stake-holder cannot be paid to the winner on appeal from the Common Pleas in the Malley versus Reese case. The three year case delay stems from informality in the statute declaration.
A violent tornado struck the village of Furst Michigan on May 92, damaging or destroying numerous homes fences and a barn. It tore through the north west approach tearing roofs from houses and lifting structures including the Page residence and Dr Lamond’s new house and barn. The storm swept across the Detroit and turnpike area carrying debris and uprooting trees and buildings as it moved southeast.
Detroit Advertiser reports a cloud of boards shingles and debris as the home of W L Young loses chimney and siding. A Young son was seriously injured by the falling chimney while eight to ten houses suffered major damage within two miles of the scene.
Obituary and memorial notes recount the death of Susan Hates M D, a naval surgeon, after a boat capsized in Mobile Bay. Resolutions by the U S Coast Survey Steamer Walker officers honor his service and mourn his loss, detailing the accident and the search for his remains.
The Court of Probate will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Probate Office on Monday afternoon next at 2 o'clock.
A Monday meeting resolved to celebrate the national Independence anniversary in town with a large committee appointed to arrange events. Citizens are urged to subscribe funds for the expense as the day has not been observed locally for several years. Public announcements will follow with details. Letters from the barque Winthrop report good voyage off Pernambuco on April 12 with ample provisions and no mishaps.
A friendly visitor left a May Basket at a dwelling containing a nasal care item flowers and regalias. In the May term of the Court of Common Pleas the county heard appeals and law questions without a jury. Francia Peck pleaded guilty to theft and was sentenced to two months in the county jail.
An inquest before Coroner B J Munro was held on a body found on the Mt Benjamin Greene farm side of Mount Hope Bay. The deceased, a 20 to 30 year old Irish native identified later as John Lucas, wore a black broadcloth coat and other garments. The body appeared recently drowned after a boat accident on April 20. The Warren Artillery, led by Col Pierce, visited town on Wednesday, drawing praise for their appearance.
Reports from multiple cities detail rising cholera cases and deaths. Baurimone notes two fatalities including John Uredorff at Donovan's slave depot. Nonare records 12 weekly cases with four fatalities, and New York sees eight new cases with two deaths. New Orleans reports 102 week end interments, 52 cholera proper and 48 Asiatic.
Reports say water continues to rise despite efforts to stop the crevasse in New Orleans. Half the city is flooded, residents flee their homes, business activity ends, and a cholera outbreak erupts near the breach with multiple deaths.
D. Van Amburgh & Co's Menagerie arrives in town forenoon and will exhibit this afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock. Citizens are urged to view now, as another such opportunity may not come again for many years.
Publishers Mesars Wilson and Co. New York sent a large Pictorial Brotnen Jonathan for July 4 with many engravings and much matter meant to entertain. California scenes and the General Training Day are noted as especially droll. The oversized sheet, priced at 1912 cents, may be stocked by Mr. Van Doorn at his Newspaper Depot.
The Boston Poet reports Daniel Ayre of Lowell plans to settle over six thousand dollars of debts that were discharged after a prior failure. He intends hosting an elegant supper for the former creditors at the creas ion. Frost on the Penobscot describes a severe cold snap in Bangor causing damage to plants and fruit blooms, with frost reaching inches and ending a harsh winter’s hope.
The Caledonia, Capt. Juhio Leach, arrived at Halifax after a week at sea bringing £66,000 in specie and 11 passengers with six stopping at Halifax. European news centers on German conflicts, Italian and French actions, and unrest across Austria Hungary and Russia.
A large crowd gathered after a brawl between an Irish man and a colored woman led to violence around six o clock. The sheriff and police dispersed the crowd and arrested six rioters.
Inverenpence Mo May 13 1849 Lieut Schenck U S on his way to join the Navy fell ill at Wu'elvek and died next morning of cholera He leaves a wife and child in the city Grim scenes follow as Californians depart and corpses lie unburied along the ground
Conrad Vintner under death sentence in Baltimore County Maryland spends leisure hours on the accordion composing a dirge. He asks permission to perform on his way from his cell to the execution place, a request likely to be granted.
A boat from the U S surveying steamer Secretary Walker upset in a gust near Choctaw Pass. Six men aboard included the surgeon. one man steered the boat away and was rescued, while the rest reportedly disappeared from view as the Cora deck glare hindered search. warrants issued for physicians in Cincinnati for non compliance with city disease reporting ordinances. Arrival news: Pacific Mail steamers California and Oregon reached Panama per telegraph from New Orleans.
A man named Wo Robins ton was sentenced to three years imprisonment in Windsor Virginia for forging and mailing a letter to Font Windsor Cuno bearing a $175 Suffolk Bank check. An agent tracked him to Canada after he spent the money and was recovered back by authorities.
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