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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1855
Page
2
The Brown University ceremony honored retiring president Dr Way after twenty nine years of service. Dr Sears became the new president supported by speakers from Harvard and local leaders. The event drew a large alumni turnout and praised the administration while signaling strong hopes for Massachusetts education reforms.
The September term of the County Supreme Court will commence in this town on Tuesday morning next.
The region remains hot and unusually dry with wells and springs dropping. Vegetation shows stress and residents urge significant rainfall to avert farming and water shortages.
The Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry announces a horse and cattle exhibition at Washington Trotting Park Providence starting Tuesday. A grand speed trial runs Wednesday through Friday afternoons. Saturday features premium mares on display and an auction sale.
The tenth annual exhibition will be held at Westminster Hall Providence on Wednesday and Thursday next. All fruits and vegetables offered for premiums must be placed on the tables before 11 o'clock Wednesday. An unusual display is anticipated.
G M Coit left office Wednesday last with three pole beans measuring 23.5 to 25 inches and a group of 39 good sized beans from the Patter equisined pod. The Warren Telegraph notes the unusual yield and bean lengths.
Illustrated content previews pictures of the Russians and Mosquitos, early priming and printers, and a plan for continuation next week. It lists topics on your health money and events and features Mr Slim's experience at sea with various September items.
The Providence Warren and Bristol Rail Company began a midday train running Tuesday, leaving at 10:10 A.M. to Providence by 2 P.M. The service is seen as a public benefit and profitable for the company, with last week’s average five hundred passengers daily, many from Newport. Travel from this place has doubled since the line opened, while Warren likely accounts for the largest share of riders due to limited other conveyances.
A Wednesday evening concert by the American Brass Band drew many citizens and enthusiastic applause though few tickets were sold. The court house windows were open, outsiders enjoyed the music, and a torchlight procession by the Fire Company closed the event, drawing dense street crowds.
The King Philip Fire Co with the American Brass Band and many citizens went to Rocky Point on Thursday for a social day out and returned by 8 9 pm content with the entertainment. The note also previews Horace Waters new music Jeanne Marin or Curry Valley and reports Norfolk’s yellow fever distress with Mayor Wolatus dead and city governance in chaos.
The city is divided into seven districts each with its own physicians and patients are reportedly more comfortable than in Norfolk. The epidemic remains severe with about twenty deaths daily and as many new cases as ever. Dr M left as more physicians arrived, though authorities say more help is needed. Many doctors are young and inexperienced, malaria in the air causing head fever, and no relief until frost halts the spread.
One week after leaving Liverpool, the steamship Atlantic reached New York at 9 a.m. on the 25th with 200 passengers. Reports continue on the Crimean War with details of Sweaborg, Tchernaya battles, and Sevastopol. Russian losses and allied actions are updated, including Riga bombardment and Russian requests for armistice burying their dead.
The Ariel from New York to Shanghai was brought to Charleston by the cutter Allen. Captain Ayer was found murdered in his berth, believed killed by two apprentices Henry Girard and George Anderson. U S authorities take charge of the vessel and crew.
Two young women walking through a Newington pasture were chased by a bull for a long distance. One woman faced the bull while the other hid in bushes until other men appeared, allowing their escape. The report also notes a drop in dry goods imports in New York for the year.
A derailment about three miles beyond the station caused by a displaced rail injured many aboard the Providence car and shattered two first class flats and two second class cars. Benjamin Simmons of North Kingstown suffered near total leg injuries requiring amputation. Other injured include Robert G. Lawrenceson of Boston, William Smith of Harnden's Express, Miss Ann Wise of Salem, Mrs Mary Lary of Salem, and an Irishman with back injuries. Local doctors attended the wounded as passengers for New York remained delayed. The Mercury notes Providence’s rising property values and tax rate unchanged at seven dollars and thirty cents per thousand.
Rev Al fred Lawton son of Hon Edward W Lawton of Newport died in Brookline New Hampshire on the 30th ult in his 28th year. He graduated from Brown University with high honors five years ago and taught in preparing young men for college. He studied theology at Andover for several years and was ordained last spring. He died far from home but was surrounded by his father mother and a brother at his last moments.
The Providence Journal notes a harsh August with a damaging frost after a dry period. Beans cucumbers squash melons and other vegetables suffered extensive loss while exposed corn was injured, marking a record of severe August weather for years.
The Wheeling Intelligencer notes an oversupply with prices unsettled. Dealers have not fixed figures and can only commit to very low costs. small potatoes retail at 20 cents, and superior sorts at 25 to 30 cents.
The Worcester station saw the passenger cars for the first time on Saturday with horses still pulling trains through the city. Omnibuses proved uncomfortable, but passengers expect better service. Two long cars could not seat all who traveled to Bristol Saturday evening. Market Square and Canal Street filled with onlookers as the service completed the last railroad facility. After today there will be three daily trips.
A Norfolk steamer arrives with news of sixty four deaths from fever in the city yesterday. The Herald lists 35 dead on Sunday. Many evacuees seek shelter in the Exchange Rotunda. Portsmouth deaths average ten daily. Citizens’ committee travels to Washington to request transfer of remaining inhabitants to Fort Monroe.
Acciwvent to Tor Steamen CoMmonweatra New York Sept 4 During a storm last night on the Sound the steamer Commonwealth left the Norwich line when off Sandy Point broke her starboard shaft and was towed by the Metropolis of the Fall River line to her deck. The Metropolis reached at 8 o clock after a two hour delay assisting the Commonwealth. The Metropolis carried the largest number of passengers ever brought through the Sound in a single steamer, many Southern visitors bound home. The Plymouth Rock of the Stonington line had not arrived by 11 this A M.
We hear that the managers of our Lowell mills are actively securing all the help that offers and are putting every spindle and loom into motion as fast as they can find operatives to run them. The carpet mills, previously idle, are now busy in every part with a good prospect ahead. The opinion is that factories foresee a good time coming.
Reports detail Santa Anna leaving Mexico City with 1400 troops toward Veracruz after proclaiming a new government in Perote. Protests erupted in the capital with mobs burning banks and homes while soldiers protected officials and a liberal backlash formed. Santa Anna planned departure for Havana but weather delayed, embers of upheaval spreading across states.
The Neapolitan government has appointed plenipotentiaries to arrange a treaty with the United States. A proposed amity commerce and navigation pact aims to place indirect trade on the same footing as direct trade, with similar concessions already granted to Belgium and Sardinia.
The Boston Post reports a once prominent businessman, now in decline, was brought before the police court Saturday and sentenced as a vagabond to four months in the House of Industry. His past days of luxury and status contrasted with his current pariah status and he objected to a less fortunate individual sitting near him in church.
The census taker reports finding a woman in Southac street claimed to be 110 years old, known as Mother Boston among local colored residents. Neighbors say she may be twelve years older, with maiden name Catharine Sheldon, a former slave once owned by Mr. Sheldon of Reating.
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