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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1850
Page
2
Miriam Temple confronts a bold storeowner, Kinkum Loftus, who pushes toward a proposal. A sudden family reunion with Alfred and William shifts the mood as news of a ship and a lost Mary ties the scene to a broader, tense arc.
Fragmentary text shows dialogue about Tem Temple Alfred Littia and a character tempted by a great brick house and a corner B street. The passage hints at business talent and family notes but lacks coherent events or clear names for a fuller summary.
Bristol temperance advocates urge revival of the cause after a deadly incident linked to alcohol. They call for funding lectures by Dr. Jewett and propose a Monday Society meeting to plan actions against illegal vending and drunkenness on Water Street near the market.
The Iowa event will start Tuesday morning next the 12th with Wm H Towle editor of the Massachusetts Common School Journal attending the institute.
In Bristol the carrot crop estimates exceed 100000 bushels for the season. Average price around 13 cents per bushel yields about 13000 dollars to producers and traders. Carrots, valued like oats for horses and cattle, are in strong demand with several large cargoes shipped to New York and other markets.
Mr DeFreest of Troy New York will open a private day school for both sexes in the former Wooster room at the corner of Hope and Church streets on Monday next. He graduated two years ago at Williams College and is highly recommended as qualified to teach a classical curriculum.
Albion G. Ghapen of Lawrence received a three year term in prison for bigamy.
A Rochester matter known as the Hochester Knockings has drawn public interest for three years, with families reporting mysterious raps believed to be communications from departed spirits. Public committees investigated using tests but found no source of ventriloquism or fraud, while observers visit sites to verify the phenomena.
The adjourned Town Meeting will be held this afternoon at two o'clock. Residents are urged to attend as agenda items include local matters and community updates.
The Bristol Total Abstinence Society holds its monthly meeting at the Methodist Chapel on Monday evening at 7 o'clock. The event invites members and interested individuals to attend the session.
The community mourns the death of Rev. H. A. Graves aged 37 after weeks of illness. He graduated from Middlebury College at twenty-one and served as pastor in Springfield and Lyne before editing a Boston religious journal. He spent winters in the West Indies for health and died surrounded by family amid reflections on heaven.
A reader recounts interviews with alleged invisible guardians and their responses during the Rochester knockings. Witnesses claim names arise from an alphabetic guessing method, aligning with spiritual origin theories, while another correspondent nuances that many investigators felt compelled to accept spirituality, despite plain phrasing.
The General Assembly adjourned after a four day session at East Greenwich with public business finished and some private matters settled. It approved funds for the Reform School and prison improvements, discussed bank commissions and state house alterations, and reported on elections and voter procedures amid a cordial session. The body adjourned by the governor to meet again in Providence on the third Monday of January.
Nov 6 dispatch from The Empire City reports the California leaving San Francisco Oct 5 and New Orleans Oct 7 with hundreds aboard and millions in gold. News notes distress voyage losses near Acapulco, a San Francisco fire destroying offices and widespread mine rumors. California bill joy sparks San Francisco hopes for statehood while loans and overland emigrant reports reflect distress in the era.
Remains of General Taynon g Remama ap Louisville were brought ashore on Nov 1. A gun salute and mourning bells marked the arrival as crowds filled the landing and streets. Governor Crittenden and the mayor led a lengthy funeral procession to the family plot seven miles from the city.
A major early morning fire at the Boston and Maine freight depot between Canal Street and the main track destroyed the two story brick complex. About fifty bales of cotton goods and hundreds of carloads of freight were consumed. Harrod & Fernalds wood stock and valuable mahogany inventories were largely lost. Estimated damages reach $250,000 with limited insurance coverage. Firemen battled the blaze for rapid spread and extensive ruin.
Charlee F. Rhodes, a Perry hand, was stabbed Thursday by Ann Sullivan who alleged seduction and a broken marriage promise. Sullivan encountered Rhodes at the Alhambra on South Main, loitered then challenged him with a dirk, inflicting a deep wound. The 20-year-old woman has a reputation for honesty, and Rhodes showed no regret. The incident follows Rhodes’s reported refusal to interview.
Michael O Brien pleaded guilty to an unspecified offense after shooting Ryan Cowl and was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction in Lowell.
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