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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1857
Page
2
In a May 2 morning column, the piece argues that human labor in soil cultivation sustains all life and culture. It claims agriculture is a divine, political economy driven calling, linking soil productivity to national wealth, independence, and progress for the nation.
The Fall River Iron Works Company buys eighty feet of the head near Potles’s wharf to fill and extend the dock, creating a commodious wharf and a new passenger office and freight depot. Bristol is urged as a suitable site for the State Normal School, with strong rail and steam connections cited.
The Mastering of the Court of Common Pleas for this county will begin in this town on Tuesday morning next.
A fragment describes planting and harvesting potatoes at the S W Church farm. Three rows show robust growth while several plants appear stunted or damaged and some seed pieces are recalled.
The State Auditor's reports praise cutting unnecessary State expenses and urge restraint on expenditures. He argues reduced spending avoids higher taxes and protects the permanent school fund, warning against expanding taxes to balance the budget.
The Lecture Committee thanks a polite correspondent for support and notes the need in Bristol to organize a Lyceum with a building library and a winter course of lectures. They praise public spirited friends and an attentive audience and ask who will start this venture. Me Tinard reports a Kingstown Journal item about a brig bringing African slaves to St Ann's Bay in April.
A discourse extols the United States as a free republic and warns against secret rules limiting speech. It emphasizes public debate and transparency, contrasts national liberty with tyranny, and argues for strong religious and civil institutions to sustain democracy and voluntary religious associations.
Local laborers from Gardiner report discouraging employment prospects after leaving the town for work. They state chances of finding jobs are poorer than before, reflecting broader economic strain in the area.
The New York Mirror reports at least seven hundred people seriously affected by the National Hotel poison in Washington with twenty to thirty deaths. Several remain ill in New York and recovery for Robert J. Walker is doubtful. Senator Hale has worsened under the illness and many fear a deliberate poisoning plot against Mr. Buchanan.
A Worcester Spy report attributes fish losses in the Sciota river near Chillicothe Ohio to strychnine adulteration in whiskey. The piece notes a state law against using the poison in whiskey making and cautions on unsafe Western spirits and pork amid broad debates on adulteration and diet.
Patrick Barron and others faced Justice Collins after forcing the toll gate at Kelley's Bridge and assaulting toll keeper Abner Bowen. Barron fined 8150 and costs in each of two complaints, totaling about 842. Edward Myers Hanlon and others discharged with costs and minimal damages. Warren Telegraph.
An eight year old girl testifies to a brutal incident in which her family was forced from their home by two men. They slept in an entry, endured hunger, and cared for a sick mother while police moved them to a cart. The account ends with the mother resisting departure.
Illinois sheriff of St Clair County lists a public auction to recover a $50 fine for a misdemeanor offense of entering and remaining in the state for ten days. The notice cites the 1853 Black Law and states sale to satisfy the penalty if the fine is unpaid.
Readable fragments show New York liquor law controversy with proponents arguing for total prohibition and opposing licensing, while opponents claim inconsistency in enforcement.
The Main Street property owned by George Cale, once a hotel site, sold Wednesday to Capt. Juan G. Joyce and associates for 10000. Spanning just over seven acres with several buildings, one house housed as a hotel in Cole ancestry days. The site may again serve travelers, marking Warren’s major real estate move in years per the Warren Telegraph.
The Secretary of the Navy has received three elegant swords, given by the British government under a Congressional resolution. The swords honor Commander Henry J Hartstein Lieut H Decatur Trenchitd and Master Morrison of the surveying schooner Vixen for their services in English workmanship.
A Philadelphia-bound Bonner, once associated with McKim, received an April 6 letter from Hollidaysburg Prison seeking help to escape and outlining an alibi plan. The letter, read after a subpoena served on Bonner in Delaware County, implicates McKim in the Norcross murder and details witness strategies.
Eleaster M. Arnold of 3 West Clifford Street lost his right arm in a planing machine incident at Deanie Planing Works. His hand was drawn into the cutter, seven eighths of an inch to the elbow, before he stopped the belt. Dr. Bakers amputated above the elbow after ether anesthesia.
The Rev J S Kalloch received a $2000 check from Dr Jayne of Philadelphia as sympathy for his troubles. The check bore a Philadelphia endorsement and a forged letter. Kalloch learned it was fake and refunded the money, described by the Boston Journal as a dastardly imposition.
Miss Aboy Freeborn of Portsmouth, 23, was badly hurt while riding to Bristol Ferry when breeching failed, the carriage capsized, breaking her thigh bone in two places and injuring three fingers. the driver escaped without serious injury.
Boston trial hinges on James Wood and George Bisley accused of passing altered Liberty Bank $10 notes. The Boston Traveller notes a broad scheme with victims among Hanover Street merchants Saturday. Similar fakes circulated in Worcester. defendants held in $1900 bond each for Municipal Court trial.
A burglar was surprised in the closet of the Mason home at Valley Falls Monday night. Mrs. Mason woke, confronted a large Irishman, woke her husband, and restrained the intruder until Mr. Mason arrived. The suspect was taken into custody by an officer.
Wealthy New Brighton resident Mr. Whittemian was found dead Friday in his New York hotel room after several days. A deep gash over the eye and bruises on the face were noted, with scattered broken glass and disarrayed furniture surrounding the scene. No clear cause of death could be determined from the visible injuries.
The Worcester Spy recounts a dispute over a colored professor named Molineaux who could not obtain a respectable tenement due to his race. A neighboring landlord offered him rent free housing while insisting rent must be paid, revealing political arguments about race and labor in the era. The Prov. Journal notes how parties are accused of supporting such absurdities, while questioning consistency in platform promises.
Levi Gifford of Westport, aged seventy two, traveled to New Bedford seeking work after his son’s failure to repay debts from endorsements. Once owner of a $10,000 farm, the father now faces poverty as the son’s actions left him nearly penniless, though his strength endures.
Washington has ordered the quarters in Fort Adams Harbor to be arranged for reception of Go Artillery. The Mad grader may arrive by the first of May. Other companies are expected during the summer at Newport.
Court action starts in New York next Monday for Eckle and Mrs Cunningham charged with the theft of Bardell. Surrogate investigations about Mrs Cunningham's marriage to Dr. Bar intone sequence have been suspended. Northern Michigan reports great scarcity of Proxigioor impacting state needs.
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