24 Apr 1880
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1880
Page
1
A letter mailed to the Handsomest Young Lady of Maine arrives in Bangor and is temporarily displayed, sparking crowd intrigue. Maiden contenders rally to demand the envelope while suitors and recipients weigh who should claim the document amid a tense office predicament.
The poem paints spring’s arrival with fields growing green willows waving gold and emerald woods. Bluebirds sing while April showers fall as spring dances over the sea and blossoms brighten windows and orchards with perfume.
In 1834 off Galway a smugglers brig captures a boat and its crew. The captain condemns the old smuggler to die and the boy pleads for mercy. The old man dies, and the son vows vengeance as a storm-driven wreck ends all aboard. The boy finds the captain’s body among wreckage, vowing revenge fulfilled.
An elderly Connecticut widow traveling west on the Northern Pacific tracks learns her late son’s child, a half Indian, has been found with a local tribe. She pays $50 to locate the squaw and agrees to raise the boy in Connecticut civilization, departing with the child after gifting six sacks of flour.
A brief item notes candidates for seats amid concerns about the treatment of female workers behind counters. The piece highlights hardship faced by clerks and calls for fair practices and better supervision. Authorities and local groups are urged to monitor conditions.
A contemplative reflection on humility and moral conduct. The piece asserts that love of good and rejection of evil define the right path regardless of creed. It envisions charitable acts as laying up treasures in heaven and notes God’s nearness to the faithful.
LaPatrie reports favorable French experiments substituting hardened glass for type metal. Moulds and machinery can be used with little change. Glass type preserves cleanliness, wears better, and prints with sharper lines. Broken glass crumbles, preventing defacement, and toughness can be increased since transparency is unnecessary.
A Baptist Weekly piece argues against stingy austerity and wealth worship. It champions living within means, self denial to a tolerable extent, and independence as the true measure of character rather than wealth, urging economy for personal confidence and happiness.
The New Orleans Times reports dredge boats at Spanish Fort uncovered a curious iron torpedo boat from the Civil War era. It lies bow up on the canal shore, with a wooden pole socket, air pumps, fans, and a screw driven by two workers. Likely built in 1862, it never saw action and may have been abandoned when the city fell.
A San Francisco Chronicle item notes whispers that Queen Victoria has joined Spiritualists, citing Mme Van der Wever’s seances at Windsor’s New Lodge and the trend of royal interest in occult science among crowned heads, with comment on religious permissibility under Protestant succession.
The article surveys Henry C Work of Brooklyn born 1832 and his family’s wartime legacy. It details his father Alanson Work’s imprisonment for aiding fugitives, Work’s rise from a poor printer to wealth after travels in Europe, and his Vineland NJ land ventures. It notes family values and abstinence, culminating in Nellie Louisa as the lasting blessing.
An English soldier jailed in India endures a sleepless night as a giant Mistling snake crawls over him. He crushes the creature with a stone at dawn. The junior Lieutenant reports the scene to the Colonel, who forgives him and rewards with five rupees, warning against drink.
The note reflects a traditional belief that wedding bells assist the bride and groom by symbolically blessing the union and guiding the ring ceremony. The couple embraces this custom as part of their wedding preparations.
An out-of-town man riding a Boston borgé-car pulled the bell-strap vigorously and rang the bell at each end. When the conductor asked why, the man replied that he wished the thing to stop at both ends.
Doctors gave up on Mr. Godfrey but he reportedly recovered entirely in ten days using only Hop Bitters. A bystander hears of the cure and plans to obtain Hop Bitters for a sick relative named George, praising hops as beneficial.
The January 1880 session enacted CHAPTER 801 altering General Statutes Chapter 184 to add actions for possession of lands sold under mortgage or court order to Special Courts of Common Pleas. Repeals inconsistent acts and sets the act to take effect upon passage.
The act limits liability of incorporated hospitals funded by charity for negligence by officers or staff while preserving remedies for wrongful acts. The measure takes effect upon passage.
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