Liberty in Kansas and St John the Baptist Day Observed
The issue discusses Kansas politics and the Free State violence linked to Gen Lane and Col Jenkins, criticizing government policy while condemning ruffian violence. It also covers Bristol St John the Baptist Day celebrations with Masonic processions, lodge contingents, church services, and a large luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Ecopa
Kanagi
United States
Lane
Col. Jenkins
Lano
Montgomery
Diffiulties
Liane
Free State Party
U. S
Exhibition of Rhode Island Horticultural Society in Providence
The Providence exhibition, guided by Secretary J F Driscoll, showcased superb fruit, including strawberries and grapes from A Duncan Jos H Bourn and others, a large roses display with over a hundred varieties, rare house and garden plants, and notable peaches from Blackstone Massachusetts. The vegetables were modest but creditable with Capt Benjamin Pitman’s potatoes winning first premium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island Horticultural Society
Providence
J. F. Driscoll
A. Duncan
Jos. H. Bourn
Benjamin Pitman
S. W. Church
First Providence Municipal Election Reports Quiet Result
The first city election since transferring control from the City Council to the people took place on Monday with little excitement. The entire Republican ticket was elected as voter turnout remained light, suggesting a temporary respite from political campaigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Providence
Benjamin M. Greene Injured in Wagon Accident
On Wednesday morning Mr. Benjamin M. Greene was thrown from his wagon on the main road near Gorham fords. He sustained a badly cut head and bruises but none of the wounds are considered dangerous. The mishap occurred when a wagon wheel struck a large stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin M. Greene
Gorham Faror
Accidents at Gardner's Steam Plane Works and Thames Street Incident
At Gardner's Steam Planting Works John F. Munro fell against a saw and suffered a left hip wound. Dr Ellisa treated the injury. Earlier, Thomas Connaughton was shot in the left thigh by a young man who fired at a cat on Thames street. the offender fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Munro
Gardner
Ellisa
Thomas Connaughton
Gas Crouse
Thames Street
Washington’s Tomb Redeemed by Bristol Ladies Event
A Providence group and Bristol Ladies benedict the day with oratory on Washington’s legacy. Speakers including Rev George M Carpenter and Col Van Zandt praised Free and Accepted Masons and civic virtue. Steamers left at four and trains at five, ending a brief gathering with few details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brosun
George Brastram
Providence
Bristol
George M. Carpenter
Grand Champlain
Grand Lodge
State of
Rhodend
Ward Hooker
What Cheer Lodge
Col. van Zandt
Roy
G. M. Carpenter
Rhode Island Freemasons Elect Officers for Year Ahead
At the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island the following gentlemen were elected to offices for the year ahead. James Hutchison of Providence is named Grand Master with William B. Snell of Newport as Deputy Grand Master and Jarvis R. Smith of Glocester as Senior Grand Warden. Additional officers include John Eldred of North Kingstown Fantor Grand Warden Jason Fiitae of Sirus idence Grand Treasurer Wm. C. Barker of Providence Grand Secretary Leonard F. Wright of Bristol Senior Grand Deacon James L Jones of Pawtucket Jum Grand Deacon Rev G M Carpenter Providence Grand Chaplain Benjamin J re Providence Grand Pursuivant Jeroma B. Borden Providence Hee Eeetan Atnch Warwick Grand Standard Bearer E B White Providence Grand Tyler Wm. Green Warwick Grand Marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Wm. B. Banding
Royter von
Union
Pawtucket
R.I
Nathaniel Fairbrother
Morning Star
Woonenocket
Emerson Goddard
Friendship
Glocester
Stephen Eddy
St. Albas
Bristol
Philip B. Bourne
Masher
le Manchester
Coventry
Whipple A. Arnold
Mount Vernon
Ezra
Dodge
New Bedford
John B. Baylies
Monster
Mount Hope
Fall River
Mass
Robert C. Brown
King David
Taunton
Masachusetts
Washington
Warren
Henry A. Bowen
Harmony
Pawtuzet
Henry Butler
Cmail
St. John’s
Newport
Nathan H. Gould
Jerome B. Borden
Polar Star
New York City
American Brass Band
Lerder
Royal Arch
Adoniram
James M. Cook
Oliver Johnson
Grand Lodge
Rhode Island
James Hutchison
William B. Snell
Jarvis R. Smith
John Eldred
North Kingstown
Jason Fiitae
Sirusidence
Wm. C. Barker
Leonard F. Wright
Jamea L Jones
G.M. Carpenter
Benjamin J. Re
Jeroma B. Borden
Hee Eeetan
Atnch
Warwick
E. B. White
Tyler
Wm. Green
Richmond Knights Visit Providence in Grand Commandery Welcome
The Lodge of Sir Knights of Richmond Commandery No 2 arrives in Providence and is greeted by St Johns Encampment. Grand Commanders Barker and Gill respond. A procession proceeds through the city, followed by a lavish dinner with Gov Dyer, Mayor Rodman and other dignitaries. Toasts and speeches conclude as the party departs for Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Knights of Richmond
Richmond
Virginia
Providence
St. John’s
Rail Road Hall
Wm. C. Barker
E. H. Gill
Gov
Dyer
Rodman
Hoppin
Bishop Clark
L. W. Glazebrook
Moses Kimball
Richmond Knights
Boston
The Atlantic Monthly July issue at Burgess's Book Store
The July Atlantic Monthly edition is available at Burgess's Book Store. Contents include The Catacombs of Rome Three of Us What 2 Wretched Woman said to me Songs of the Sea The Kinloch Estate and how It was settled A Porlous Bivouac November April The Gaucho Mademoiselle's Campaigns The Swan Song of Parson Avery The Denslow Palace Myrtle Flowers Chesuncook The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table The American Tract Society Note to the Catscombs of Rome Literary Notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Montary
Burgess’s
Rome
Kinloch Estate
Mademoiselle
Parson Avery
Denslow Palace
Myrtle Flowers
Chesuncook
Indebtedness Noted to John Norris of Birmingham
A brief acknowledgment of debt to John Norris Esq of Birmingham England for late English papers delivered by the steamer Persia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Norris
Birmingham
England
Persia
Daily strawberries from Providence garden attract readers
Gifford is daily supplied with strawberries from Dr Millar of Providence. The notice also mentions Dr Smedley in a separate column for those troubled by cluttering or stammering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Gifford
Dr. Millar
Providence
Magnificent Michigan rose bush admired on High Street
A large Michigan rose bush at Mrs. Pitman’s South High Street residence drew attention a few days ago. The bush stood covered with hundreds of brown roses and buds and appeared truly splendid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Accidents and Notices From Local Newspapers
Report of a fatal shooting near Eliot Maine involving two 17 year olds, another accidental shot in York Missouri, and a disastrous loom accident in Lowell. Also mentions Mr McKeon’s letter on the Panchita seizure by a British warship and a U S District Court ruling on probable cause despite conflicting testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKeon
United States
Africa
State Department
United States District Court For
N. York
Trabune
Editor Criticism of July Oration Results in Damages
Linet Svir Mitchell Sanford recovered three cents against the Pough keepers Telegraph editor for a severe criticism of a July fourth oration. The judge held editors may critique printed or spoken addresses but not attack individuals, leaving the jury to decide if the piece crossed the line from fair comment to personal attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Sanford
Poughkeepers Telegraph
Friend Barter at Cape Cod and Harwich Observations
Correspondent Lamon from Cape Cod recounts trout fishing with Quincy, Cape girls’ allure, Harwich’s six villages and a February liquor store destruction vote. He notes Mackerel fishing economics, local oddities, and a peculiar 70-year-old resident paying in Mosican dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phenis
Cape Cod
Hagwies
Jane
Quincy
Diggins
Cape
Harwich
South Harwich
East Harwich
Congregational Church
Crops Expected Abundant Despite Early Season Croakers
Weather favors crops across the United States and reports from New York journals suggest no imminent surplus or shortfall. A Cincinnati firm notes the West’s crop fears have subsided with expectations of large hay and oat yields and generally strong corn prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Journal of Commerce
New York
Cincinnati
West
Ohio
Michigan
Scioto
Indiana
Pineapple tract near Monrovia yields abundant fruit
In Liberia ten miles north of Monrovia toward Cape Mount a pineapple tract covers ten miles. The fruit buds in April and ripens in August and September. Apples are shipped to Monrovia at about two for a cent. Wild pineapples grow in the woods and thousands are within half a hour's walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tares Freto
Liberia
Monrovia
Cape Mount
Fury of New York Thunder Storm Ruins City Streets
A violent storm hit New York Monday afternoon lasting about thirty minutes. Widespread damage followed with uprooted trees, wrecked awnings, capsized carriages, and flooded avenues. Hunter’s Point glass works were destroyed injuring and killing workers. city parks and streets suffered heavy tree loss. several buildings and church structures were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Herald
Union Square
Tomkins Square
Fifty-fourth Street
Hunter’s Point
L. I
P. F. Slane & Co
Boston
McGuire
Bernard Slane
Thomas Gill
James Harvey
Edmund Slatterly
Thomas A. Meehan
Establishment
the Tribune
Goddess of Justice
City Hall
Nineteenth
Twelfth Ward
Second
Third Avenue
Episcopal Church
Third Avonues
Ralph Hoyt
Seventeenth Street
Thirteenth Street
Richmond Encampment of Knight Templars Visit
The Richmond Encampment of Knight Templars arrived at 6 pm after hospitality in Providence. They were met by a De Molay Knights committee and escorted to the American house as Light Artillery fired a 16 gun salute. The Bristol visit announcement was premature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostox
Richmond
Providence
de Molay
Boston
Bristol
The Artic Reaches Havana After Fast Atlantic Run
The Artic, dispatched to locate the British vessel Styx, arrived off Havana in twelve days. It completed a remarkable four mile per hour voyage under favorable wind and weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artic
Havana
Reward Offered for Rail Wrecker After Express Smash
The Manchester Mirror reports an express train from Concord was stopped from a deadly wreck last Friday when four sleepers blocked the curve near Martins Ferry. An up freight narrowly prevented the disaster. Superintendent Mr. Gilmore offers a $500 reward for the culprit’s capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N.it
Concord
Martin’s Ferry
Gilmore
Providential Escape of Foreman From Loom Shaft
Mr Rafual Merriam foreman at J A Fay Co woolen machinery Junction Shop was drawn into a shaft by a belt yesterday forenoon his clothes were stripped from him and he was carried around the shaft more than fifty times He kept his head near the shaft to avoid a fatal fall and survived with severe bruises on his feet and legs and a bad fracture near the knee He is now recovering slowly in Worcester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rafual Merriam
J. A. Fay & Co
Merriam
Worcester
Local barter fuels La Crosse building boom
The La Crosse Democrat notes labor, lumber and lots as the town currency. Workers receive lumber and building lots in exchange for labor, while lot owners hire labor and pay with wood and materials. The system accelerates construction with little cash needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brsixess Rx Wisonsix
la Crosse
Wis
Democrat
Manine
Massachusetts Crops Forecast From Weather News
The Worcester Spy reports cooling showers have shaped the New England crop outlook. Potatoes look well and corn is advancing after a cold wet season. Fruits promise excellent yields with apples full of fruit and pears above average. Wheat delayed in the West, but replants may yield well by July 1. In the South, wheat corn and potato crops are encouraging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Worcester
Arrival of the Persia and Atlantic Fleet Update
Three days after leaving Europe the steam yacht Victoria boarded the royal Mail steamship Persia off Cape Race and arrived in St. Jonas New Brunswick. The Atlantic Telegraph fleet left Plymouth under sail on Thursday the 10th, with favorable weather forecast for cable submergence and expected Niagara arrival around the 29th at Trinity Bay. Local weather and incidents include a thunder shower in Tatnuck killing two cows under a maple tree, a horse and carriage damaged near Gates, Lincoln spire struck for 100 dollars, and a large tree struck near Tarbell’s house with Tarbell knocked down but unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Persia
St. Jonas
N.F
Victoria
Sluyter
Royal Mail
Judkine
Cape Race
Plymouth
Judkins
Trinity Bay
Liverpool
London
Coneels
Worcester
Summer Cook
Tatnuck
Gates
Unitarian
Lincoln
Charles Tarbell
Tarbell
Boston Journal
Tornado Fury Hits New York and Brooklyn Homes
A severe storm battered New York and Brooklyn on Monday afternoon. A new house belonging to Thomas Pitbladdo was blown off its foundation and left nearly upside down. Mrs. Duhane of Greenpoint died from fright after the storm. Lightning struck Central Road causing injuries. Goxatal houses unroofed, trees uprooted, and a schooner sank in Gowanus Bay. The brig Leontine from Salem was sunk after a collision with the U S store ship Release off Cape Cod. The crew survived and were aided by locals and the Seamen's Aid Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redkoet
New York
Brooklyn
Thomas Pitbladdo
Eentral Road
Atrestly
Goxatal
Gowanus Bay
Colllision
United Starss
Salem
Greenlaw
Philadelphia
Highland Light
Cape Cod
United States
Madeira
Revenge
Yihhoum
Nauset Light
Seamen’s Aid Society
Leontine
Mesers, Web& Brothers
Boston Journal
British steamer fires on brig near West Africa
Captain Kempton of the whaling brig Amelia reported from Muttapoiett that off Cohen da West Africa on Oct 5 a British steamer Lexo fired on his vessel without warning. A launch with ten men boarded, questioned the crew, then departed after demanding the brig’s papers. Several boarding party sailors were former Amelia crew, casting doubt on the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marraroisett
Baio Bosarnep
Bririsa Staagep
Charles W. Kempton
Amelia
Muttapoiett
Cohenda
Africa
Lexo
Kempton
Neil Bedford Mercury
Disastrous year mark in city population drop
The New York city directory reports nearly 4000 fewer names than 1857 signaling broad losses in permanent residents. The note says this is the first such decline since the last war with England and suggests many affected are family heads and business residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
England
Boston man gives Smithfield $10000 for town support
Wm Evans now of Boston donates ten thousand dollars to Smithfield as a tribute for the town's assistance to him and his parents in infancy and childhood. He is said to have been a native of Peterboro and his family once paupers in Smithfield, aided by the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hero
Cape
Boston Journal
St. Bruker
Barnetable County
Specia
Icnaxsop
Wm. Evans
Boston
Smithfield
Peterboro
Troy
York
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Thureday
St. Alban’s Lodge No. 6
Frao
Mazons
B. Durfee
New Clifton
Taurston
William Greene
Robert C. Topham
A. B. Gardner
Albert Eddy
Burton
Lodoes
C. C van Zant
St. John's Lodge
van Zandt
JW Dearth
Esq
Peter Glading
High Street
Franklin Street
Franklin
Hope Stroet
Hope
DeWolf House
Ile
St. Alban's Lodge
Jerome B. Burden
William B. Blanding
Lodge
Washington Lodge No. 3
Knight Armington
St John’s
Knights Templars
William C. Barker
Tne Pictorian
Brornen Janathan
Goo W. Easterbrooks
Hi Spinney
Eliot, Me
John R
Hill
Spinney
Wm. Dill
Chapman
Catharine McLear
Lowell
Wm. Quinn
Harrisville
Burrillville
Pattrick
Wiliam
Liberty Market
Westminster and
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