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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1866
Page
2
The article rails against prize fighting and says refined minds should reject brutal spectacles. It contrasts veteran soldiers supporting Johnson’s reconstruction with Pittsburg leaders advocating wiser peace. It warns apprentices leaving firms harm workers, shops, and prices, urging labor reform before the next legislative session.
In Boston on September 22, 1866, the missionary ship Morning Star was launched with religious ceremonies. About three hundred Sunday School scholars, who funded the project, witnessed the launch as the vessel, built by Paul Curtis, was christened and floated. The ship is brigantine rigged and coppered to the load line for long service, with a fund set aside for future repairs. The reporter notes the event will interest ship owners and predicts divine dividends for the young benefactors.
A circular from Thomas W. Bicknell announces a three day teachers’ institute in Pawtucket on the 10th 11th and 13th of next month. The goal is to expose state teachers to practical methods of daily instruction and school government. Committees are urged to promote attendance and extend hospitality with free return railroad tickets.
The Philadelphia American notes a large drop in coal shipments this month without trade improvement. Demand remains weak as supply to Philadelphia stays high, with several cargo sales at roughly 50 cents per ton lower. Currents prices on vessel boards range from 3.25 to 5.50 for white ash, 5.50 to 6 for red ash, and 5.50 to 6.75 for bituminous coal by quality.
European papers report the death of Rev Dr Flgar from heart disease. The Northern Whig praises Dr Edgar for expanding the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, noting seven to eight Belfast meeting houses and about fifty worship houses across Ireland owe their existence to his efforts.
Wendell Phillips declines the Congressional nomination tendered by the Workingmen's Convention of the Third Massachusetts District. The decision follows the convention's efforts to nominate him for public office.
In a New York Mail letter from 1866, R. Eb. M. extols baseball as a premier outdoor sport fostering physical development and mental focus. He notes players’ skills, mentions the Narragansetts of Bristol, Empire Club of New York, Waterbury Club, and lauds Charles Wilson and Sam Hosford for left fielding and shortstop prowess.
A Cincinnati dispatch reports record rainfall in the West followed by cold with floods. Bridges on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati rail road Dayton and Michigan road Indiana and Central road and Columbus Piqua and Indianapolis road were swept away. Dayton notes the Miami river rising above 1848 levels, Dayton submerged, McPhersonville ten feet under water, and three men drowned at Piqua. Lake Michigan schooners driven ashore and drownings reported. Vast hog and stock losses in Indiana river bottoms.
Mr. George W. Bilings is appointed superintendent of the Fall River Warren and Providence Railroad while remaining in service of the Old Colony Company whose interests he has promoted.
It is stated that Messrs. A. and W. Sprague of Providence have made extensive land and water power purchases at South Windham New Brunswick and nearby areas with the aim of establishing a large manufacturing enterprise there.
The Alexandria Gazette reports Rufus King Cutler challenging Gen Sheridan via a friend, with Sheridan vowing to eject any challenger. Paymaster General tightens bounty claim procedures, forbidding powers of attorney. Treating consumptive diseases by raw meat and alcohol shows reported gains. Codfish catches expected to fall 20 to 80 percent. An elderly man in Greenfield killed an eagle. Massachusetts churches donate $107,617 for religious purposes in 1866. A Philadelphia family loses and recovers furniture. Thompson arrested. Johnson criticizes Jeff Davis trial prospects. London walls display Walworth Society placards. A meteor-like fireball in Waterford. Fenian talks of fighting in Ireland this year. Rome to be evacuated by French troops per Paris Siecle. Unitarian pastors meet in Syracuse. Major Marshall fights Indians on Owyhee, capturing and hanging 35. A man receives 1800 marriage proposals. Simeon Lee killed by train in Tewksbury. Beecher sermon printed in World. Valise with $200 stolen in Hartford. Dr Sweet poisoned. wife arrested.
The Oil and Kerosene Works of Messrz. William B. Spooner & Son on Thames Street near the depot were destroyed by fire on the evening of the 26th. An explosion, likely from gas igniting near a lamp, hurled the roof and blew walls outward. Watchman William C. Norrs was injured, firemen saved the bleacher area containing two hundred gallons of sperm oil, and losses reach about six thousand dollars, insured for four thousand.
Among last week's patents is one awarded to Samuel G Reynolds of this town for an improvement in machinery for making nails.
An advertisement touts American Life Drops as a quick cure for cholera dysentery coughs calfte? cattle and rheumatism, promising rapid relief across a range of ailments.
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