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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1867
Page
2
Northern cities hold meetings and raise funds to aid Southern states facing destitution after the war. Governors and clergymen describe widespread ruin from raids, burned towns, and destroyed farms, urging continued Christian philanthropy and national unity to help those at home.
A Washington dispatch notes the March public debt statement will show little change from the prior report. Customs receipts appear heavy while internal revenue remains modest. gold balances rise by several millions to cover 1040 interest. Rhode Island Senate and House actions cover Providence river navigation, Pawtucket magistrates, Cumberland dissolution and Woonsocket incorporation, school attendance, and judicial salaries set at 3000 dollars.
The Democratic State and District Conventions are scheduled to meet in Providence on the 14th. Delegates will organize for state and district nominations and policy discussions amid a regional political gathering.
Monumental Ciuren and the Meth odists plan a Washington church costing 200000. It will be a grand structure with seats for the President Cabinet judges and generals. Chief Justice Chase and General Grant sit on the Board of Trustees with other top national figures among contributors.
A regularly visiting, well dressed man delivers letters at the West Union Telegraph Co below the Astor House then walks away with an air of dignity. He believes his messages reach Cabinet sessions and that Grant and Lincoln read his thoughts. He once aided Republicans in 1856 and is now regarded as a maniac by locals.
A critique of Spain attributes its decay to mass illiteracy and poverty with a note on historical expulsions and the Inquisition. The piece contrasts Spain’s mineral wealth and fertile lands with failed governance and wretched rulers despite noble harbors and geographic riches.
A Peruvian expedition reports the upper Amazon navigable for about thirteen hundred miles and within ninety leagues of the Pacific. Uvayali Pachbiteac and Palcazer tributaries are steam navigable. cannibals observed on Ucayals.
Springfield talks of building and a home for deserted husbands. Great Eastern sails from Liverpool to New York on the 20th. Tennessee runs thirteen cotton factories employing over 900 workers. The tax bill imposes five percent on incomes with a $1000 exemption. A four year old girl dies from burns in Fall River. Planters and colored laborers begin spring work in Louisiana. Jeff Davis is lamented as forgotten by Virginians. A flying machine in San Mateo aims for a 24 hour New York trip. Grant urges signing the reconstruction bill. Rev Josten Boopy, 94, paralytic, in Durham NH. Belgian cattle plague grows. France bans meat. Wheat crop looks good, bread may be cheap. Three brothers wed three sisters in Burlington IA. Parsons nominated Rhode Island U S Attorney rejected by Senate. Peruvian surgeon in San Francisco offers foot amputation for tiny feet. George G Brown of Jersey City dies en route to wedding.
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