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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1857
Page
2
The Governor of Rhode Island Proclaims Thursday November 26 as a day of public Thanksgiving to Almighty God. Citizens are urged to abstain from unnecessary labor and attend public worship while expressing benevolence. Issued October 28, 1857 under the state seal.
A Monday evening dedication in Bristol celebrated the opening of rooms prepared for the State Normal School. Gov. Dyer presided with Lt. Gov. Turner and Secretary of State J. R. Barnard present as speeches lauded educational aims and local support, with remarks praising Massachusetts Normal School origins and urging Bristol to nurture this model institution.
A town gathering praised the establishment of a Normal School as part of the educational system. Speakers urged teachers’ professional training, cited the link to public schooling, and emphasized education as a sacred civic duty, ending with singing and benediction.
Baltic arrived from Liverpool with 72,629 pounds in specie. Persia from Liverpool brought 200,000 pounds in specie to New York, reports say.
Capt Benjamin Pitman has been appointed first Inspector of the Customs at this port to fill the vacancy caused by the death of A P Dimond Ed.
The text notes heavy pressure on working women in cotton factories and cites many ads from girls seeking domestic work to support themselves during the approaching winter.
The regular monthly meeting of the Court of Probate will be held on Monday afternoon next at 2 o'clock at the Probate Office.
The Court of Common Pleas opened its October term with Judge Sherman presiding. Indictments against Patrick Lance and Charles W Jones for nuisance liquor sales were continued. Assault indictments from prior term were not pursued due to costs. The civil docket moved slowly with many continuances. The town faces winter shelter needs and Fall River plans a public charity relief fund, urging a town meeting to hire the truly needy for road or curb work at fair wages.
The new Post Office waits for occupation after gas fixtures arrived. The building opens for letter delivery Monday and is open tonight from seven to eight for citizens to view. Custom House and Post Office rooms are large and well furnished, with conveniences for staff. Citizens urged to support fencing and sidewalk grading through further appropriation.
The mid day train of cars to Providence will be discontinued after this day and the mail will not be received here until one o'clock P M a bad arrangement.
Mr Abner Midgett holds a twelve and a half cent bill issued at Raleigh in 1817 payable at the North Carolina Treasury under the 1816 Assembly act. He should have forwarded the bill before banks suspended and demanded specie with interest.
Beginning Monday next the steamship Bradford Durfee will depart Fall River at 8:00 A M and Providence at 2:30 P M instead of 3:00 P M as before.
Dr Hawes will be in town next Tuesday to meet those who may desire his professional services. He will consult at a local venue by appointment and address potential patients about available care and options.
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In New Orleans on October 28 a group of masked men attacked residents of St Thomas Street, mostly Irish, killing one and wounding about a dozen others. No suspects or motive are identified.
A vast boiler explosion at the Lidia Rubber works of Nathaniel Hayward rocked the city around 7:30 AM. The four ton boiler blasted through walls, toppled an elm, and scorched the ground for hundreds of feet. Over two hundred workers, many women, faced panic with some injured, but firemen and pumps kept the blaze under control through the day.
A reflective social piece from the Philadelphia Ledger warns that many men ruin themselves through flawed choices. It lists paths to ruin from political ambition to risky speculation, restless relocation, overdependence on others, vanity, and failed personal discipline.
The Norwegian barque Ellen under Capt John son departs for Faimoutng England after complete repairs at the Navy Yard. Capt Johnson leaves with the President's personal regard and Navy Secretary's official praise, echoed by local citizens in good wishes for a prosperous voyage. The community lines the streets as livery men women and children bid him farewell.
The Persia reaches Liverpool bound for New York with about £200,000 in specie. Reports note a global financial panic, unsettled markets, and cautious money demand at 7 percent. British posts warn of war preparations. Delhi prospects and cholera rumors circulate amid European tensions.
Governor Livott proclaims martial law in Baltimore Ot 29 and orders two divisions to report for service Saturday. Commanding officers must deploy troops immediately to preserve peace ahead of the Wednesday general election. Reactions split between support and concern over worsening election difficulties.
The Republican reprints Heber C. Kimball’s Salt Lake City address from August 10 arguing strong grounds to resist federal troops. He urges Mormon children to arm and citizens to store grain for a coming conflict. Kimball proclaims Young as governor for life amid hostility toward the U.S. government.
Reports from Reeseville New York describe high water raising to sixteen feet above low tide causing extensive damage. Bridges mills and factories damaged. Two stores and several buildings swept away. Losses listed at ten thousand dollars and Agers and Co. stock of coal valued at seven five thousand bushels flooded.
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