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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1860
Page
2
The article discusses Governor Banks and candidate prospects, noting mixed support and concerns about his influence. It cites financial constraints, potential retirement plans, and the impact on state and national politics while considering future leaders and public service expectations.
The piece surveys Europe’s unsettled state with Garibaldi advancing in Italy and Austria threatening intervention, while Prussia allies with Austria and Napoleon faces shifting currents. It shifts to Warren Massachusetts noting a sugar refinery expansion, rising housing, and census discrepancies. A theft at the Warren Bristol Railroad Co. office is reported, along with African Methodist camps and a forthcoming Ledge Light House illumination plan.
A dawn collapse at St Michaels Church in Connecticut damaged the nave and side walls when brick columns failed supporting the olerstory walls. Workmen had been reinforcing arches the previous day and the rector’s house and chapel escaped serious harm as walls fell inward. Repairs will take time as investigators seek whether faulty masonry or bad design caused the disaster.
A Rhode Island chronicle ties the Danish sculptor Hertel Thorwalsdon to early colonial lore. It recounts a Icelandic voyage around 1103 to Mount Hope Bay birthing Snorre, ancestor to Thorwalsdon, with speculation the Old Mill at Newport was built by those Northerners during settlement attempts.
The annual Olambake of the South Somerset M. Church will be held at Sherman's Grove between Swanzey and Slade's Ferry on Tuesday next the 4th. A picnic will follow in the afternoon and attendees may enjoy a pleasant ride and a hearty meal while supporting the Society. Additionally readers note fresh fruit parcels including pears from L. D. Kenney, blackberries from Mrs. Holmes, figs from G. M. Colton, and a pogohes sample from Col. O. Wardwell.
The captain of the propeller Jersey Blue, which carried sugar from New York to the Sugar Refinery here, intends to begin a regular sailings in October between New York, New Port, and Bristol pending the needed arrangements.
Advertisement notes a Providence meeting on the 20th at 11 for a public election related to the state committee. Mentions a Rocky Point excursion on Wednesday aboard the Eagle Wing steamer with a music band and 50 cent fare to benefit Noel and attract citizens.
The annual commencement of Brown University will occur on Wednesday next. Several young gentlemen of the town are set to graduate this term.
A journal style narrative recounts a long sea voyage from home across a thousand miles of ocean. The writer describes sights such as nautilus like creatures, pilot ships, and London bound vessels while reflecting on winds, calms, and the sense of distance to land. The entry includes encounters with pilots and ships, mentions of Beard Beachy Head, and a vivid memory of landing finally near Gravesend.
A reunion at a Niagara hotel escalated when a waiter served wine to James Gordon Bennett Jr. and companions. Bennett forced the waiter out, sparking a brawl with African American staff and patrons. The party fled to Canada, were followed, and fought as they returned, with threats of further violence. The Rochester Union recounts a tense scene stirring town fear of bloodshed.
Advices from Madeira via England report the steamer Ganges of the Oriental Inland Steam Navigation Company foundered June 29 at 3510 N 13 W. Crew split into three boats, seven crew reached Madeira after four days amid hunger and exposure. lifeboat with captain and nine men lost contact. The Athena carried those rescued from the first boat.
A Providence bound evening train collided with a wagon at a crossing west of Andover Station. Driver Mr Cook was thrown from the wagon and slightly injured while Mr Anson Tharber, riding with him, escaped serious harm. The train was backed to Andover. Station master given charge of aid.
A Aug 16 letter from St Marys cites the Journal of Commerce noting continued drought in the region. Corn crops in the northern section may fall to half promised yields, with prairie inhabitants suffering water and grass shortages. The Houston Telegraph reports cotton in Toras will yield only a quarter to a third of last year, though of better quality. Rain showers are sparse inland.
The Providence Methodist encampment at Wesleyan Grove ends with conversions noted and a call for affordable lodging. Rents as high as 2 dollars per night and 5 to 10 dollars for multi day stays drew criticism, with pleas to build moderate lodging to serve all, including the poor, and to limit ground rent and tent speculation.
The Times notes vast costs for the Chinese expedition with 119 transports averaging 1000 tons and rents of 178 6d to 22s 6d per ton monthly. Transport alone may total £120,000 monthly, plus large sums for India and England, while French losses include wrecked transports. Also reports on vault disturbances and other items.
A jumble of items recalls robberies in Milwaukee and a mock auction scam in New York, plus scattered notes on naval gear, a piano accident, a priest’s call, and state election dates. Also mentions Archbishop Hughes, Prince of Wales, and odd agricultural ventures in New Jersey and Salisbury.
Mr Richard Clark map publisher sues a number of Litchfield county Connecticut citizens who refused to pay for maps they subscribed to and one subscriber sues him for a suit for not furnishing the promised map.
Senator Clay of Alabama is ill and recovery is scarcely hoped for. Hon. Miles, M. D., from South Carolina, is dangerously ill at Newport.
A Chicago Journal essay praises Thomas Holloway as a philanthropic English philanthropist whose pills and ointments, famed for twenty years, cure wounds ulcers and various diseases. It claims monarch patronage and universal trust across Europe America Asia Africa, with Holloway’s products advertised from the heart of China to remote aboriginal lands.
An old advertisement touts Cayesitel Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia and chest complaints. It claims the bitters can ease suffering and is sold by Hl. Guefford and at every druggist.
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