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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1855
Page
2
In Bristol on September 22 1855 citizens face water scarcity as rainwater fails and wells run dry. The piece urges building shared wells or piping water to multiple houses, noting dangers of private wells and urging practical provision to prevent future shortages.
Washington officials chose W. D. Briggs lot on Hope Street for a new Custom House and Post Office. Citizens urge a larger building than proposed, suggesting 30 by 50 feet to accommodate future growth and commercial needs in the town.
Fragmentary notice references a Friday evening event in Boston with dust settling and a eight hour period. It mentions a prom or entertainment at Wood's and a place called Hundred Hall with a start date proximate to the second, but details are garbled.
The death of Reverend Desta, aged 73, native of Hardwick Massachusetts, is reported. A longtime Methodist Episcopal preacher, he served in Malboro and surrounding towns, with tenure in 1820 21 and again in 1849 he settled in Malboro. His funeral was held at the Malboro Methodist Church with notable clergymen in attendance and eulogies focusing on a devout life and steadfast gospel work. The community tolls bells in mourning and offers sympathy to his widow and children.
The Oakum Works on Pranklin Street have been bought by Capt O B Davos and will begin operations immediately. He has sold his stock of Dry Goods and will start the new business under favorable auspices, with wishes for his success.
The Sineine Sisters return from an Eastern tour to give a Bristol concert at the Court House on Wednesday evening. Their program includes popular favorites plus new opera pieces, promising a rich and varied lineup.
Eleven inmates held in this town include none sentenced here. All are from Providence, highlighting a regional origin pattern in the jail census.
The Providence Horse Show awarded $100 premiums for Matchless owned by Win B D Wolf and for a first prize pair of matched horses owned by Francis L B D Wolf both of this town. A $15 premium went to King Philip entered by James F O Wall. Also notes the Providence Post’s new appearance and steamship Perry service.
The Boston Herald criticizes the Providence show management and premium awards, claiming unfair handling and bias against Rhode Island horses. It defends the Matchless horse of Wm. B. O Wolf, arguing past winners can still merit premiums if best on ground, and challenges editors wary of Rhode Island horses winning at Massachusetts events.
The Baltic under Captain Comstock reached New York on Thursday morning from Liverpool with seven days of late intelligence. Allies plan another Sevastopol attack while Russians bolster defenses for a winter campaign. Food supplies remain steady as the conflict continues.
The October issue contains fifty eight engravings and sixty four cuts. A superb Cromwell portrait depicts his last interview with his favorite daughter. The number showcases pieces like Blind Minnie by Calla Elm and The Wrong Baby, plus Life of Isabella I, Queen of Spain, and articles on embroidery lace making and flowering.
The Baltimore Sun reports a week of vast dead fish along the harbor due to flood tides and suspected poisonous discharge from a nearby factory. The Health Commissioner ordered removal, eight scow loads gone, but more fish remained and port officials sent ships to clear the scene to prevent disease.
Reports from Vera Cruz and Zacatecas describe Carrera signaling acceptance to hand the Presidency to Alvarez and Temarez's arrest for disobedience. Zacatecas garrison supports the San Luis Potosi plan, clashes ensue, and the Ayutia plan is adopted.
A violent gale blasted Proc torsville at Lake Borgne Saturday night, nearly destroying the town though no lives were lost. In Canton Mississippi the yellow fever tally reached 60 cases in a town of under 1500 residents.
Physicians report Captain Wright out of danger after a stabbing at the St Nicholas. He has passed the critical point and is expected to recover. Mr Dean and his ally Montgomery are confined in the Tombs on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and malicious intent.
The Mobile Board of Health reports four deaths from yellow fever on the Ist. All four victims were women, not connected to shipping, indicating native origin without any relation to imported cases.
Dispatch from Batrimone reports higher deaths in Norfolk and Portsmouth. Norfolk recorded forty five deaths on Monday and twenty by Tuesday noon, while Portsmouth saw seventeen deaths from Monday evening to Tuesday noon.
The Chicago Press notes New Ogreans suffered 282 deaths in the past week, with 150 from yellow fever. It reports Texas and Mexico cattle drive schemes linked to a resident of Linsalle named McCoy, formerly of Kenosha, with twenty thousand cattle on the way.
Captain Tessier of the Emily V. Pierre, Charleston, reports discovering a dangerous rock in the Gulf Stream on Sunday July 15 in latitude 35 14 N longitude 73 21 W. About fifty feet of the rock were visible in the trough with sea weed, the head awash. He made the statement to the U S Consul at Liverpool who forwarded it to the State Department in Washington.
The Paris National Intelligencer correspondence notes five men tried for an infernal machine against Napoleon. Three acquitted, one jailed five years, one sentenced to life hard labor. Four others found guilty posthumously sentenced to death with parricide penalties for Lille executions. Queen Victoria's Paris visit prompted arrests of possible plotters against the Emperor.
The Chicago Tribune notes a large influx of corn totaling 100000 bushels with 60000 by canal and 40000 by tail in one article, suggesting the country once thought drained can still meet demand as drafts continue.
A watchdog owned by P. H. Raymond of Cambridge died after poisoning. On the same day his horse, driven to his Boston shop in Court Square, collapsed and died soon after. The cruel acts are believed to be the work of a malicious individual, with hopes for swift justice.
The item cites events of 1853 including Russia's May 22 1853 Constantinople departure and June 4 1853 fleet orders near the Dardanelles with Besika Bay anchorage. It notes a June 26 1853 Russian army move to occupy frontiers and a September 14 1853 pairing of French and English war steamers to Constantinople. It mentions a Porte declaration of war on June 27 and a November 24 1853 Russia Turkey war declaration followed by a March declaration. It also reports Centre County Pennsylvania residents donating ten thousand dollars plus a farm to support an Agricultural School in the state society.
A letter from Norfolk reports a severe pestilence decimating seaports with rising deaths and fading cases. It describes orphaned children, harsh wages for workers, and scenes of grief including a hospital death and a young girl pleading for her mother’s burial in a coffin.
A Charleston gentleman in Norfolk writes of extreme distress as a family endures multiple deaths in one week. A young man dies after vomiting while his wife pleads at his side, and a grief-stricken father learns of further losses, with the narrator moved to tears.
The Richmond Dispatch reports twenty eight children from Portsmouth arrived under Thos Hime care. Aged from fifteen months to seven years, some were claimed by relatives while others were split up by Portsmouth authorities. They were taken to the Coll and cared for by three Sisters fales, with Richmond ladies providing over five hundred dresses.
The New Haven Register mocks a man named C Barrett a Yale ’51 graduate now finishing theology and seeking a church mission post. It notes his years at sea make him seem fit to command as a sea captain offering moral guidance to seamen rather than pursuing distant missions.
Two baby shows opened in Boston on Tuesday last week. The white group exhibited 160 children, many twins and triplets, ages six months to twelve years. The colored group reported 113 entrants, from one month old upward.
A New Orleans newspaper reports that on August 24 a ten year old boy named Frank was hanged for the murder of Reverend J Weems at Alexandria Louisiana. The day before execution men visited his cell and found his marbles, indicating a child performer in a grim event.
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