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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1855
Page
2
A 1855 prospectus extols Bristol's climate sea breezes and beauty. It highlights mild winters and cool summers, safe waters for sailing, and rapid rail and steamboat links to Providence New York. It invites settlers with plans for streets schools telegraph and new housing near the water.
Fragmentary OCR text provides limited readable items. This note captures the palpable uncertainty around a contested matter and hints at employment or enrollment context without clear names or dates. Further readable lines are needed to form a precise headline and summary.
A passenger car engine and tender arrived by rail from Providence on Wednesday. Officials say a regular train service will resume in a few days.
Assessors of taxes finish the assessment reporting total property taxed of 3 369 700 dollars with real estate 1 924 400 dollars personal property 1 445 300 dollars and a tax rate of four dollars per thousand. Earth in the area refreshed by recent rains improving crops and vegetation looks finely.
The corner stone for the new Congregational Church on High street will be laid at 2 o clock on Monday afternoon. Ceremonies are not yet announced. People with historical sketches to deposit under the stone should hand them to the building committee Monday morning. Also, two prisoners escaped from the jail Tuesday night by sawing bars. local stores on State and Thames streets were burglarized for small sums and confectionery.
A two masted yaw boat with sails and joins belonging to Captain William H. West was stolen from Bayley’s wharf on Tuesday night. Police suspect the same burglars who broke into Mr. Stebbins confectionery as responsible for the boat theft.
James H Dickinson who broke open the O Wolf family tomb in May 1842 was executed for murder at Cleaveland Ohio last week. Thus ended the life of a bad man.
The individuals who committed the assault mentioned last week were tried before Justice Munro on Wednesday and fined five dollars each plus costs.
Local improvements boast clothing establishments large and stylish. Waldron’s Hope Street Emporium expands with a new furnishing goods store and skilled cutters. M W Pierce Jr opens a tailor and furnishing shop on Hope Street promising speedy service and low prices versus Providence. Citizens need not shop abroad for fashion.
The Woonsocket Patriot edited by 8.8. Foss is now issued semi weekly in a neat style. Citizens of Woonsocket praise Mr Poss for tact industry and ability as the paper earns respect among local exchanges.
An advertisement notes the De Wolf House on Hope Street is now open for visitors. It claims the house and its site rival any public hotel in the state, with about fifty large airy rooms and tasteful furnishings. Proprietors Vara s and Son are highlighted as capable caterers and hosts.
Massive riot erupts as Mayor Neal Dow orders soldiers to fire on a mob guarding a city liquor store. Five killed, several wounded, coroner cites gunshot deaths. calls grow for Dow to resign amid clash with liquor trade factions.
Regotirat or Ngau Dow Nea l Dow was acquitted on a charge of keeping spirituous liquors to sell. Judge Carter ruled no agency was established due to no appointed agent, but found the statute did not specify purchase timing and that liquor turned to the agent undermined proof of criminal intent.
A crew member from the fishing schooner Flying Cloud reports rapid vessel fill and a large, high quality mackerel catch this year Southward. Coves and harbors are swarming with fish, suggesting a bountiful season.
The Salem Register reports a 310 pound halibut landed at Salem on Thursday night. The fish measured seven feet four inches long and five feet broad, one foot thick, and was hailed as the finest halibut yet landed in Salem. It was caught on the Middle Bank by Joshua Bowden of the schooner Oud Fellow bound for Marblehead. Bowden fished alone and spent time at the bottom before securing the catch.
Viator extols Hartford Connecticut as a flourishing commercial hub at the Connecticut River head of navigation. He highlights Colt pistol and Sharp rifle factories, Rogers silver plate works, nearby Retreat for the Insane, Deaf and Dumb Institution, Trinity College, Miss Draper’s Seminary, and the city’s educational and architectural appeal. He urges CT residents to visit for hospitality and culture.
Boston Transcript reports last evening a New York Express train bound for Boston derailed after a stone was placed under a rail near Worcester. The engine and tender remained upright but the baggage car overturned scattering mails and specie valued at 800 000. Passengers escaped serious injury and blame falls on the perpetrators, who are sought for punishment.
A historical notice reports a deadly outbreak in New Orleans with 381 deaths in the week ending May 27 and about 500 in the week ending June 3. Dr McFarlane notes cholera and smallpox as epidemic and yellow fever present in the city with 80 000 to 90 000 inhabitants.
The Savannah Republican reports an abundant harvest outlook across Georgia with northern Georgia and Tennessee wheat set to be the heaviest yet. It notes a likely heavy corn crop and unusually promising cotton and corn in the southwest of Georgia and in southeastern Alabama.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a victim and a supposed killer described as a destroyer, with a corpse found the next morning near a New Orleans locale. Names and details are unreadable.
The Providence Journal summary notes acts approving the Bristol Gas Light Company and the Barrington Land Company, charter amendments for the Sowamset Bank, and the Dime Street Methodist Church. It reports House and Senate actions, appointments of clerks and sheriffs, and a June adjournment with warrants for state claims.
A recently deceased Toronto figure, William Maclure, allegedly left $300,000 to support diffusion of useful knowledge and instruction. The will directs funds to be used for libraries clubs and meetings aiding the working class across institutions and libraries in the United States of America.
Fragmentary report notes Wasmineton City election results with a council majority and loss of six councilmen and aldermen. The text references a party and joint ballot and mentions a general ticker reading 553.
In Lambeth England the newly offered Bishop of Sierra Leone refuses the title My Lord Bishop, accepting a temporal designation instead. The change reflects a shift in ecclesiastical protocol as the bishop proceeds with his duties under a secular title.
Fragmentary text hints at a political gathering with references to a general assembly and ministers. Content is garbled with missing names and places, making precise summary difficult.
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