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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1858
Page
1
A fragment from a Bristol directory listing local merchants and vendors. It names J N Burgess bookseller, B Shuman clothing, Thomas Festeer carpets, Crawford Easterbrooks groceries, Jacob Goodhart embroidery, and many others with shop addresses in Bristol and Providence. The notice invites Bristol friends to call and highlights advertising rates and subscription details.
The Arctic under Capt Hartstein gathers guns and provisions for a two month cruise to defend American shipping. Water Witch arrives at the Navy Yard from Boston with ordnance detachment and orders to sail to the coast under John Rogers as part of a broader fleet reshuffle. Some officers decry the assignment as favoring commanders over lieutenants and hindering proper command in theaters of operation.
New York efforts to run weekly lines Havre and Bremen to Gomence in June involve the Vanderbilt fleet and additions like the Queed of the Ocean. A New Orleans visitor, Hon W S Sayles, heads toward Arizona via Galveston and San Antonio. Pigeons resume roosting in Decatur county after thirty years. Death notes report John F. Scammann aged 72, former Massachusetts legislator and Maine customs official, later U.S. Congress member and 1855 state senator.
Ellis Gray Loring, a respected Suffolk Bar member and ardent anti slavery advocate, died suddenly yesterday morning at his Derne Street residence of typhus fever. He was forty five and leaves many friends to mourn. He never entered public life.
Bishop Eastburn of Boston confirmed twenty one persons at the Church of the Ascension on Friday evening. Three males and eighteen females received the rite before a crowded house. The Rector, Mr Porter, baptized three persons last Sabbath. Fall Reverend Monitor.
In New Orleans on the 15th alt a house was entered and robbed. Police, aided by two bloodhounds, trailed the burglars and arrested them. Both culprits were bitten, prompting a question about the legitimacy of using hounds in police work.
An order arrived at Gosport Navy Yard on Wednesday to discharge all workers in the yard and dock department and the action was carried out that evening. The move will throw a large number of men out of work.
A 19th century editorial advocates for improving girls health through air and exercise and a nutritious diet. It argues against overprotective fashion and excessive piano study that harms the spine and body. Quoted author Mrs. Sigourney urges balanced activity for daughters to strengthen vitality and avert weakness in society.
A seven year old boy at a school truthfully confesses to whistling to prevent punishing another, despite fear of punishment. Master Walters spares him as the boy’s honesty earns admiration and a moral transformation, shaping him into a devout Christian. Twilight Hours.
A weary coastal town mocks a lone stranger with a bundle and pepper and salt attire. He seeks lodging and attention, holds a cudgel, and outwits locals by revealing the misread Duke letter episode. The visitor's dignity prevails as he exits with his bundle, exposing municipal vanity and earning a sharp rebuke from the townspeople.
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