Bristol Phenix in Bristol, Rhode Island

Military Education Favored by State Normal School Trustees

The trustees of the State Normal School of New Jersey urge military education in schools in their latest annual report. An Erie Railway complex in Elmira New York burned on Friday evening January 7 causing about 190000 dollars in losses. A gunboat was launched at Mobile on January 31. Four hundred ninety one rebel prisoners at Alton Illinois took oaths of allegiance and were released. The Magnolia arrived at Key West as prize to the steamer South Carolina with 1250 bales of cotton aboard. Kensington reached Port short of coal and disabled. Seven Northern deserters from Pensacola traveled as passengers on the Philadelphia to New York. A man and woman froze to death near Ballows Falls last week with three empty rum jugs found nearby. Col Harvey Brown arrived in New York. Ocracoke Inlet is said to be blocked by stone vessels. A New Jersey soldier sent a rebel bombshell to a friend in Canada. the shell exploded in a hotel window killing Mr Charles Lamell and wounding Remington Ackley. January 8 marked the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans with a salute at Montevideo. A Newark manufacturer received a large order from Nashville accompanied by funds to settle an old account.