Appointments and public works orders from 19th century court
The document records multiple resolutions appointing committees and authorizing expenditures. It names Thomas P. Shepard as a meeting site committee head for court records, Seringe Penegy and John T. Bush to install gas pipes at the county house with up to 300 dollars, and Stephen P. Slocum with Robert R. Carr to supervise jail area work with similar funds. It also appoints George W. Rhodes and Joseph G. Jokavou to examine Pawtuxet Turnpike Corporation books and report expenses and conditions at the next General Assembly, with authority to summon papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Bush
Abe Count House
Stephen P. Slocum
Robert R. Carr
County of
Newport
George W. Rhodes
Joseph G. Jokavou
Cranston
Pawtuxet Turnpike Corporation
General Assembly
A. Potter
North Star sails for Europe amid cheers andsea trials
The steam yacht North Star, Commodore Vanderbilt's vessel, left the Brooklyn Navy Yard at eight last evening bound for Europe with the Commodore his family and select friends aboard. The ship had just undergone dockside checks after minor copper and keel damage with no serious harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Stan
Commodore Vanderbilt
North Star
Europe
U.S
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Yard
N. Y. Cour
Eng
Ill-fated William & Mary crew recount captain's retreat and boat scene
New York Sun interview with two William and Mary crew members describes the long boat condition, captain Stinson's withdrawal to the life boat, and signals between captain and mate. Sailors recall passengers' terror, the sinking ship, and the long boat's rescue about 13 miles away amid a Gulf watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Stinson
Dan
Gulf
Untitled fragment on ship crew and morale
A fragmented report describes sailors referring to a case of spair or cowardice amid malarial conditions, noting the ship and crew left with no winds or waves to move and the witness accounts.
July Fourth Oration Plans and City Progress
The Bristol prenix notes E P Waitrie of Boston will deliver the Fourth of July oration and a Fort Adams band will perform though expenses require citizen subscriptions for fireworks. Newport voters have adopted city status by 460 to 328, while rain has aided vegetation. a new state register with full listings is praised for business use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Waitrie
Boston
United States
Hovey & Co Flower Seed Catalogues Offer Varied Selections
The article urges cultivating a true love of flowers for mental benefit and alongside notes Hovey & Co. seed catalogues. It highlights six hundred flower kinds with details on duration color height flowering months and prices, plus a two hundred varities of Dahlias from their Cambridge nurseries, with stock sourced from Europe and the US.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hovey & Co
Messrs. Hovey
Cambridge
Europe
United States
Hoveys
Messrs. Hovey & Co
Boston
Pleasant Weather Report Brightens Readers Day
The report notes warm sun and fine weather at the moment. Readers are advised to enjoy outdoor activities as skies stay clear and temperatures rise into a comfortable range.
Brother Jonathan Promote July Festivities in New York
An old friend B H Day issues a large weekly sheet for the 4th featuring humorous engravings and historical sketches. The Brother Jonathan, praised for mirth and broad appeal, costs one dollar annually via post paid subscription to B H Day at 48 Beekman Street New York. Pictorial available at Easterbrook's State Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan
B. H. Day
Benjamin
Beekman Street
New York
Brother Jonathan
Easterbrook’s
State Street
Fine Fire Works and County Inspectors Named
Advertises Holden & Cutter selling fire works and fancy goods at fair prices for Independence Anniversary celebrations. Lists Providence County inspectors Rev John Boyden Jr and Rev C F Otis among others for the new school year. Reistol and Evewport Counties are also noted with Reverend Temas Steer and Rev Oud ties Ty Drooks serving as inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jucy Fourra
Messrs. Holden & Cutter
Providence
John Boyden, Jr
C. F.otis
John W. Willard
John B. Tallman
Reistol
Temas Steer
Evewport
Oud
Ty Drooks
Atlantic steamship news and global political updates
Reports from Liverpool and London detail arrivals and departures including the Froklin near Sandy Hook and the America at Liverpool. London notes Stowe's reception at Stafford House, corruption inquiries into the Derby cabinet, and European tensions with Austria Sardinia and Bourbon prospects. Reuters from Paris and Rome mention Italian and Hungarian displacements and China notes from Canton via the Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
lLiverpool
London
New York
Sandy Hook
Washington
Cowes
America
Liverpool
Arctic
Manchester
Holyhead
Stowe
Stafford House
Ith
Women of
England
Earl Shafesbury
Mr. Beecher
Board of Admiralty
Derby
Austria
Sardinia
Vienna
Turkey
Russia
Barcelona
Spain
China
London Times
Canton
Nankin
Hong Kong
Diplomatic Appointments Announced by Wagsindon
The May 23 notice lists new appointments across the world including ministers to Brazil Chile Peru Netherlands Sardinia Bolivia and Hawaii with Shelton Lake as Commissioner to the Hawaiian Islands. It also details consul postings in Acapulco Alexandria Basle Bermuda Bordeaux Bremen Cork Dublin Dundee Genoa Havana Hong Kong Lahaina Liverpool Melbourne Paris Panama Rio Janeiro St Thomas Talcahuana Trieste Trinidad de Cuba Valparaiso Venice and Zurich. Pay scales: Envoys $9000 outfit secretaries $2000 yearly minister resident $6000 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagsindon
Central America
Fred’k A. Belier
Penn
Brazil
Win
Trousdale
Chile
Samuel Medary
Ohio
Peru
John R. Clay
Russia
Austria
Switzerland
Thomas S. Fay
Berlin
Mass
New Grenada
James S. Greene
Missouri
Hawaiian Islands
Shelton F. Lake
Virginia
Luther Severance
Maine
Acapulco
Charles L. Denman
California
Alexandria
Edwin de Leon
Basle
David S. Lee
Iowa
Bermuda
John H. Howdin
Bordeaux
Alfred Gilmore
Bremen
Wm. Hildebrand
Wisconsin
Cork
Dennis Martins
New York
Dublin
M. J. Lynch
Ill
Dundee
Henry O' Wolf
Bristol
Genoa
E. Felix Foresti
Hamburg
S. M. Johnson
Michigan
Havana
Alexander M. Clayton
Mississippi
Hong Kong
James Keenan
Pennsylvania
Honolulu
Benj. F. Angell
Lahaina
George W. Chase
Liverpool
Nathan Hawthorne
Melbourne
James M. Tarleton
Alabama
Paris
Duncan F. McRae
N.C
Panama
Thomas W. Ward
Texas
Rio Janeiro
Robert G. Scott
St. Thomas
Charles H. Helm
Kentucky
Talcahuana
William B. Plato
Ilinois
Trieste
Wyndham Roberston
Trinidad de Cuba
John Hubbard
Valparaiso
Reuben Wood
Venice
Donald G. Mitchell
Connecticut
Zurich
George F. Grundi
Turkey
George P. Marsh
Vermont
London
Tangier
Tunis
Tripoli
Beytout
China Treaty Ports
Arrest in New Orleans for Perjury and Estate Fraud
Nathaniel I Edson has been arrested in New Orleans for perjury in swearing to the death of Mr Espy and securing appointment as administrator of Espy’s estate. He allegedly collected a large sum of money due to the estate while Espy remains alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel ‘I
Edson
New Orleans
Espy
Boston Courier
West and Georgia arrive with California dates to May 1
West from San Juan and Georgia from Aspinwall arrived this morning aboard Star of the West. California dates extend to May 1, delayed by steamer Pacific. Adams & Co. express office at Mormon Island near Sacramento was robbed on the 29th at midnight of fifteen thousand dollars in gold by eight men who gagged the clerks. Patrick Freeman of Roxbury was killed on the 25th by falling into a well. In the Legislature Gov Bigler sent a message warning of attorney and auctioneer collusion against the tax on consigned goods and said the Attorney General would pursue the matter. auctioneers withhold over fifty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
San Juan
Georgia
Aspinwall
Star of the West
California
Pacific
Express
Adams & Co
Mormon Island
Sacramento
Patrick Freeman
Roxbury
Gov. Bigler
Steamboat Captain to Lead New Vera Cruz Pioneers
Captain James Lawless, former commander of the Texas, sails tomorrow from here to New York via Louisville on the Eclipse. He will supervise building two new steamships for Harris and Morgan: one for the Vera Cruz line named Vera Cruz, the other for Galveston and Matagorda Bay. Both vessels should be completed by next November as Harris Morgan push ahead in southern steamship enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lawless
U.S. Mail
Stoamer Texas
Vera Cruz
New York
Louisville
Eclipse
Messrs
Harris & Morgan
Here
Galveston
Matagorda Bay
Lawless
South
New Orleans Picayune
Whale oil theft and prize catch near the Condor in New Bedford
The Condor arrived at port yesterday near the gulf stream and towed a ten barrel sperm whale. A boat from the Condor also struck a thirty barrel whale but was stolen by the whale’s crew after the boat was damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Condor
Gulf Stream
New Bedford Mercury
Taunton Man Awarded 7 Date Damages in Railroad Crash
Mr F B Williams of Taunton Mass receives 7 dates and costs after injuries on the Portland Saco and Portsmouth Railroad. Combined with Ryder damages the total reaches 13 500 dollars. Accident occurred in September 1951 when a bridge was removed for repairs and a Portland train plunged into a chasm, killing the engineer and fireman and injuring passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Williams
Taunton
Mass
Boston
Portland, Saco and Portsmouth
Ryder
Portland
Navy suspends extra pay distribution for Mexican War sailors
Secretary of the Navy halts distribution of extra compensation voted by Congress for naval service on the California coast during the Mexican War. He cites reasons to believe large treasure had matured and forged documents were prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Navy
Conress
Caliornia
Hermes Fights Pirates in China Seas Capture of Junks
The steamer Hermes pursued a pirate fleet after a surge of sea robberies in the China Seas. Pirates resisted with stinkpots, one junk blew up and another sank, while three others were captured with 65 men, 11 wounded. Five women and children on board may serve as witnesses in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pisares
Cura
China
Hermes
China Mail
Lightning Strikes Congregational Church Killing One
A thunderbolt hit the Congregational Church during services in Lockport injuring several choir members and killing Luther Crocker Jr. The steeple strike sent electricity into the gallery where 12 to 15 people were affected and many suffered burns.
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Providence
Congregational Church
Luther Crocker, Jr
Samuel Durfee
Mary Place
George Place
Francis Holmes
Case of Bark Empress Owners at Bristol Brings Salvage Dispute
The Empress owners and cargo consignors won against opposing claims in Key West on September 9. The Havana to Boston schooner crossed Florida Reef and was salvaged for $9000 by wreckers, while a dispute left the court with neither side receiving the claimed sum. The decree directed the amount to be paid ashore as agreed before sailing from Havana with one party asserting salvage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
R. C
Key West
Havana
Boston
Florida Reef
Suit Filed Over Horace Mann Passages Libel Case
Boston businessman B B Mussey sues critic George T Curtis Esq over passages in Mussey edition of Horace Mann Speeches. Liser Suit named counsel John P Hale and Richard H Dana Jr represent Mussey in libel action arising from reflections on Curtis conduct as U S Commissioner under the Fugitive Slave Law.
Monster Syaxe Snake Report From New Bedford Area
Mr John Davis on Squire Giffords farm in the citys northwest reports sighting a large black snake. He measures the creature as eighteen and a half feet long with about a foot and a half in circumference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Davis
Squire Gifford
Accident From Carelessness At East Townsend Unitarian Frame
Boston Post reports a Friday accident in East Townsend Massachusetts where 26 workers on a unsteady staging loaded with sharp tools toppled from a 25 foot height. The collapse sent axes adzes chisels hammers and heavy lumber crashing to the ground leaving twelve men senseless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
East Townsend
Mass
Woods Fire Near Attleborough and Cumberland Inferno
A Sunday forenoon blaze near Happy Hollow burned 400 to 700 acres of young woods between Attleborough and Cumberland. High winds fed the fire and large trees with dry bark and moss were scorched. Squire French of Woonsocket and Timothy W. Dexter of Cumberland reported substantial losses including seventy acres burned and cordwood destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Fine
Squire French
Timothy W. Dexter
Cumberland
Dexter
Pawtucket
Sudden Lake Micaican tide shocks Chicago readers
The Chicago Daily Tribune reports a dramatic atmospheric shift near noon the prior day at Lake Michigan. The lake rose as if an ocean tide for about twenty minutes, then peaked three feet above normal with a heavy external swell, suggesting a strong northern storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Micaican
Chicago Daily Tribune
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Thomas P. Shepard
Court of Common Pleas
George Adams
Washington Street
Dry Island Register and Business
Rhode Island
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