Town Meeting Sets Governor and State Officers Election
The annual Town Meeting for governor and state officers is set for Wednesday with polls opening at 10 A.M. Republican candidate Thomas G. Fernex of Warren faces American candidate Sterns N. Mason of Smithfield for Lt Governor. The Providence Conference of the M E Church gathers next week at State Street Church with about 130 ministers and 200 visitors, featuring morning business and evening missions programs.
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Thomas G. Fernex
Warren
Sternsn N. Mason
Smithfield
Turner
Representative to Conceed.- N B Corvey for re election
The article endorses N B Corvey for re election as the Republican and American parties nominee and urges voting for him. It praises Gen E B Dyer for Governor and says other ticket members are suitable, urging broad support and a strong majority.
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N.B Corvey
Congress of
United States
Burnside
Hig
NaThan
Zty B. Dorrex
Eviewa Dyer
Dyer
Zeal and Knowledge Clash in Presbyterian Critique
A local paper rebuts a Presbyterian critique claiming they misstate facts about a case twice deferred. The writer argues the Presbyterian lacked full context and accuses the press of sensationalism while defending the public interest.
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Presbyterian
Debating the Dred Scott Ruling and Judicial Corruption
A citizen defense of criticizing the Supreme Court over the Dred Scott decision. The author argues the judiciary risks corruption when extraneous influence sways rulings, urging readers to defend constitutional principles despite partisan risk.
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Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Warren Telegraph
Telegraph
Snc
U.S
Congress
Rhode Island Political Notes and Local Death
In Rhode Island news Governor and state officers are listed for election. A Lecture by Rev. A L Stone is announced for Park Street Church Boston. Samuel Ball, eighteen, died in New Shoreham after a chopping accident and subsequent illness. The General Assembly adjourned after eleven weeks with a new code of laws to take effect July first and three thousand copies printed for sale.
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A. L. Stone
Park Street Church
Boston
Samuel Ball
John Ball
New Shoreham
Lockjate
General Assembly
Secretary of State
Wes
Massachusetts approves Fall River rail branch to Providence link
The Legislature grants a charter for a six mile Fall River to Warren branch railroad to meet the Providence Warren and Bristol line. Proponents expect high winter use, stock subscriptions, and a potential jump in travel value, with estimated cost about 150000 dollars. The project would shorten the Fall River to Providence route from about twenty five miles by water to sixteen by rail.
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Legislature
Massachusetts
Fall River
Warren
Providence, Warren and
Bristol
Providence
Mansfield
Providence G7 convention nominates slate for General Assembly
At a city convention in Providence on Wednesday afternoon the following gentlemen were nominated to represent the city in the next General Assembly. Senator Thomas A. Jenckes and Representatives George L. Clarke Welcome Angell Albert C Greene Alexander Farnum Captain Paine Oliver Johnson Robert W. Potter Charles Anthony Jesse Brown Jr Preston Bennett Samuel B. Wheaton James W. Winsor.
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Providence
Thomas A. Jenckes
George L. Clarke
Welcome Angell
Albert C Greene
Alexander Farnum
Capter Paine
Oliver Johnson
Robert W. Potter
Charles Anthony
Jesse Brown
Preston Bennett
Samuel B. Wheaton
James W. Winsor
Death of Town Deputy Sheriff John S. Pearce
The town records the death of John S. Pearce Esq deputy sheriff and jail keeper. He suffered pleurisy began Saturday last and died Monday evening after a week of severe illness. He was respected for faithful service and his loss mourned by many.
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John S. Pearce
Providence
Pearce
Wig Curl and Toupee Emporium Ad in Providence
In Providence buyers of perfumery comics brushes and other items are invited to visit T. W. Caxw at 40 Westminster Street. Mr C Very is described as attentive and polite, with a broad citywide assortment of genuine articles.
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W ‘Phose
D&c
Providence
T. W. Caxw
Westminster Street
Mr. C
Accident at Tiverton Oaxom Works Injures Two
A large double cylinder picking machine at the Tiverton Oaxom Works exploded due to centrifugal force while running at four hundred revolutions per minute. The machine shattered into pieces scattering ruins and over a thousand cast steel teeth. Two men nearby were knocked down and bruised but survived without serious injury.
Nonnal School Move Prompts Town Debate on Location
The General Assembly directs the Public Schools Commissioner to relocate the Nonnal School to a village or city with free rental rooms. Bristol is urged to offer satisfactory accommodations quickly. Woonsocket has already proposed spaces. A central location is favored and Bristol residents are urged to vote on Wednesday to express public sentiment.
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General Assembly
Woonsocket
Bristol
Narragansett
Renewed obligation to Rep Durres for garden seeds
The notice states the House of Representatives member Hon. N. B. Durres is owed several parcels of valuable garden seeds under renewed obligations.
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N. B. Durres
U. S
House of Representatives
Goopave & Son Jewels and Accessories Ad
A visiting 7 person is urged to call at Goopave & Son No. 0 Westminster Street Providence to buy jewelry spectacles gold and silverware at low prices. The dealers are praised as fair upright and deserving of patronage by the community.
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Providence
D&c
Goopave & Son
Westminster Street
A Message on Church Modernizing Costs
A letter questions church funding after wealthy members funded renovations beyond their pledges. The writer argues embellishments like cushions chandeliers and frescoes do not enhance worship and asks how soon a similar local case may occur. He notes personal reluctance to contribute to gospel support while benefiting from the project.
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Chia
Church
Anciety
Fathers
Loss of Bark Henry H Crare Reports Survivors and Capsizing
By arrival of the Br steamer Bygland at St Helena we learn of the loss of bark Henry H Crae of Dartmouth and a about twenty lives lost. Survivors Capt Baker and a mate say the vessel foundered in a squall near the night of January 19 near Madagascar. The ship of 199 tons owned by Fucker and Cummings is insured for about 29000 dollars in New Bedford offices.
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Henry H Crare
Bygland
St Helena
Henry H Grape
Dartmouth
Jon 326
Baker
H H Crapo
May
Cape Town
Fucker & Cummings
Madagascar
New Bedford
Gilbert Chase General Treasurer for Eastern District
Ambrose E. Burnside of Bristol listed for Representatives in Congress in the Eastern District with Gilbert Chase as General Treasurer candidate.
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Congress
Nathaniel B. Durfee
Tiverton
Gilbert Chase
Newport
Ambrose E. Burnside
Bristol
Arrival of the Africa with Gold and Passengers in New York
The Africa from Liverpool arrived at New York at 10:30 am with forty passengers and nearly 200,000 in specie. Lord Palmerston outlines parliamentary dissolution plans and China policy while overseas dispatches report Persia treaty signs and commerce terms allowing British consuls to reside in Persian cities. Reuters scraps from China add little new besides earlier edicts and a December seizure of the English Opium Depot.
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Africa
New York
Liverpool
St. John
N. F
Edinburg
Lord Palmerston
China
Ghana
France
America
House of Lords
Lord Granville
Persia
Teheran
Acheprtch
United States
Austria
Sir John Bowring
Description of Canada rail disaster letters reveal sorrow
A New York Commercial correspondent recounts the aftereffects of the Canadian rail disaster. Letters from wives and children, daguerreotypes of loved ones, and messages from ailing mothers accompany the deceased as relief money is found beside the notes. Names of the dead appear in pockets with belongings and letters of loved ones.
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N. Y. Commercial
Canada
Robbery and Fire Hit Staten Island Homes
A Stapleton gentleman’s house was entered by thieves while the family attended church and $300 in silver plate was stolen. During the search a blaze broke out, destroying the house and a yard of lumber, with total losses over $20,000. Similar fires damaged another home in New Brighton.
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Staten Ispano
Stapleton
Staten Island
New Brighton
Sinpleton
New York Mirror
Judge Dissolves Dean and Baker Case In Junction Termination
Judge Davies terminated the injunction preventing Dean from personal communication with his wife and dismissed the writ of habeas corpus. The proceedings drew much interest and were considered unique in their nature according to the New York Times.
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Dean
Baker
Davies
V. Y. Times
Richmond Examiner Advocates Expelling Yankee Pedlars
The Richmond Examiner calls for expelling Yankee pedlars from Virginia claiming it ensures family safety and slave welfare. The note suggests the editor might be unreliable and imitates a satire urging attention to the Vicar of Wakefield on green spectacles.
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Richmond
Virginia
Wakefield
Rhode Island Senate Adjourns After Reed of Laws and Dred Scott Talks
The Rhode Island Senate and House debated amendments to Titles XV and XXIV of the Revised Code, approved the House amendments, and ordered funds deductions from the State Printer. Resolutions praised Gov Hoggin and adjourned to meet in Newport on the last Tuesday in May.
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General Assembly
Senate
House
Joseph S. Pitman
Rhode Island
Swan
Jane
A. Crawford Greene
Committee of Conference
House of Representatives
Manchester
Clarke
Providence
Jenckes
Joint Select Committee
United States
Eames
Brown
Alfred Anthony
Turner
Mesars_ Eames
John H. Clarke
Alfréd Anthony
William Warper Hogpin
Paes
Ead
Knowles
Newport
Parkhurst
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M.E. Church
Jones
Connecticut
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Martha's Vineyard
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Servants of God
the Supreme Court
Elisha Dyer
Thomas G. Turner
John R. Bartlett
Charles Hart
Samuel A. Parker
William D. Brayton
Warwick
Jiarnor
Stephen N. Mason
OF Providence
Sammel A. Parker
Western District
Mr. Barury
Henry Ward Beecher
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W. Potter
Granston
Sirut
Isaac Hall
North Kingstown
Anderson C. Rose
Franklin*j. Dickman
Charles Jackson
Scituate
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