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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1873
Page
2
The article laments a sequence of wrecks in the land and sea while urging tighter rail oversight. It questions management of the Stonington railroad and calls for vigilant track inspection as spring freshets rise. It notes two workers burned at their posts yet asserts care for human lives remains paramount.
The piece notes occasional life in New York justice with recent murders convicted and a figure called Boss Tweed kept in reserve like stock for a standard rascal of the era. It worries future criminals may find the Emporium an unhealthy place forty years hence.
A Boston Fast Day sermonist urged that if Ben Butler becomes governor, his first proclamation should retain the word humiliation. The speaker warned Massachusetts risks from elevating leaders who hurt the state's virtue and integrity, noting that exaltation may bring down the state.
A narrative blasts out of a rural scene where Western farmers oppose fuel use in wheat fields and railroads ignoring laws. The piece sketches a tense confrontation with rustic bravado and threatens hard fighting led by the plowman figure Jonathan Homespun against the locomotive threat.
The piece cites about 300000 Indians in U S jurisdiction with 70000 in Alaska and notes official classifications of 50000 civilized 20000 partially so and 160000 not as wild as early explorers claimed It mentions over 50000 officially classed as wild Indians and that those on reservations far outnumber raiding tribes reporting to agencies or missionaries
The passage critiques a proposed salary cut as ineffective for reform and notes an older man eyeing his nephews for advantage in the scheme. The tone hints at political maneuvering and family interests behind fiscal policy.
A fragment expresses political frustration and calls for fault finding with President Grant over postal cards. The tone questions timing and seeks relief by blaming him for the issue.
Gen A E Burnside orders the seventh annual National Encampment to convene in New Haven Connecticut on May 14 at 12 o’clock noon. The National Council of Administration will meet at 11 o’clock the same day.
The Boston Hartford and Erie Railroad is renamed as New York and New England, reflecting a shift in branding. Bondholders prefer the new title, deeming the old one ill-suited and in need of removal, while the reorganized name aims to fit corporate aims and foster prosperity.
The Metropolis reports brokers are breaking and several have fallen through last week. The piece notes how men who profit from others' misfortunes should feel the sting of their own deeds.
The Modocs are beginning to reap the harvest of preparation. The recent massacre will show the government’s willingness to punish crimes of rivals it will treat honorably. Those who reject peaceable terms will face a strong arm in response to generous acts.
A northern reader ridicules Southern correspondents for sending letters about strawberries and garden fare. He laments hot house delicacies while snowbound, predicting a future surplus when their supply ends and urging patience.
Reports from Panama describe a March earthquake that leveled San Salvador after multiple shocks from March 4 to 19. Fatalities and injuries range from fifty to five hundred in a 40 000 population city, with Santa Tecla as refuge. timber construction and aid from nationwide sources are noted. The Stonington railroad disaster near Richmond Switch follows, where a dam breach caused a train derailment and a fiery wreck injuring and killing passengers. survivors recount harrowing scenes and heroic rescues amid burning cars.
The United Train of Artillery of Providence marked its ninety eighth anniversary with an afternoon parade and a grand ball at night. The unit appeared in full ranks and gave a very fine display.
A Mobile trial reveals Williams who committed murder kept the severed hand of the victim in quicksilver and lime as a talisman to avoid detection. The article notes the lingering belief in superstition among Southern Black people as a factor in the case.
A wealthy New York citizen reportedly purchased Kaulbach's famed cartoon "Reformation," once the property of the late R. M. C. Durfee of Fall River, for $25,000.
The Bristol Fire District corporators will hold an adjourned meeting at Town Hall next Monday at eight o'clock. The fourth term of the public schools closed this week, with a two week vacation to follow. Dog license sales offered this month with a one dollar savings.
A grand May ball will be given by the Bristol Light Infantry at their Armory on Wood street on Friday evening May 2. Music will be supplied by Herrick's Quadrille Band of Providence.
Meetings of the Christian Association are set for tomorrow Sunday. In the morning at the Asylum at 10:30. In the rooms in the evening at 5:45. At the North East District school house at 7:30.
The longtime resident, known as Uncle John, who will reach one hundred four in June, suffered a pneumonia attack last week. On recovering, he told a son that the illness would have been fatal if he had been an older man.
A large shipment of fresh fish arrived Thursday at Mr Stowe's market at the foot of Church street. John’s shad is described as level and tip top with a fine fresh lot of fish to supply local citizens, though he promotes his wares aggressively through town.
Mr Thomas C Wright of Warren reported February injuries from a highway defect at the railroad crossing at the town north end. He sought three thousand dollars in damages. The communication was received and postponed for next council meeting. No bones broken.
An adjourned meeting of the Bristol Fire District corporators at Town Hall discussed the act of incorporation and town meeting resolutions. The by laws committee report was not adopted amid a long discussion by local figures including Spooner Brunson Thurston Miller Stanton Williams and Wardwell. The session concluded with a vote to adjourn until next Monday evening.
A firemen's meeting at Town Hall on Wednesday evening elected One representative from each town fire company to form a committee. Captain James F. Stoughton, Captain Henry M. Thompson, Captain Charles E. Card, and Captain Alden B. Fish named to advocate for department needs at the next Fire District meeting. Chief Engineer Earl P. Bowen presided and John V. Lewis Jr. was chosen secretary. The session adjourned at nine after remarks on department needs.
The Bristol Sugar Refining Company is forming with 150000 dollars in stock largely arranged. only about 12000 dollars remains to complete the capital. Brunsen invites subscriptions and a meeting for corporators is set for Tuesday May 6 to organize the venture serving a local trade and guided by experienced management. Shares are 100 dollars each with a minimum of ten shares per subscriber.
The piece notes special interest in the Phenix Sugar Refining Company and the town’s stake as shareholders. It laments insufficient bank balance to invest the remaining needed funds.
John Wilcox died at his son-in-law William Davis’s Hope street residence in his eighty seventh year. Born in Newport in 1787, he was a painter, grocer, and West India trader, later with Fields & Wilcox on State street. His son Daniel Wilcox died of confluent smallpox at age fifty seven, leaving a widow. John was active in the Fire Department and artillary lodge, his funeral held privately at Odd Fellows Hall per Health Board advice, with nocturnal interment at Bristol Neck cemetery and lodge rites observed.
The Bristow scene runs from a new schoolhouse and Warren’s territorial dispute to a rubber-works strike and an onion price surge to six dollars a box. The Central Falls Visitor notes the bit of humor in the town’s nerves and questions where the “staid old burglars” hide.
A wide entertainment troupe including Barnum's Museum Menagerie Hippodrome and Circus acts will perform in Providence on Monday and Tuesday May 5 and 6. An excursion train will run Monday evening over the Providence Warren Bristol railroad leaving the depot at fifteen minutes before six and returning after the event ends.
At a Tuesday meeting the council named officials for the year including Sealer of Weights and Measures William P. Monro and School Committee Rev. W. T. Harlow. It lists overseers, weighers, constables, special and Sunday constables, license complaints, and undertakers with full names.
A long list of students and teachers by class level are named for North Primary, Second Intermediate, First Intermediate, Third Intermediate, First Grammar, Second Grammar, and Middle District Schools. Names include Heber Hill Jerry O'Donnell Mary Gof Willie Bachelor Eddie Hill and many others across multiple schools.
Advertisers claim Dr JFisiar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry cures coughs colds bronchitis sore throat influenza or consumption. The prudent will keep this standard remedy by them.
Hazard Caswell Co markets a sea shore produced cod liver oil claimed pure and sweet. It touts superiority over other oils and notes patients prefer it once taken. Physicians allegedly deem it superior to competing brands.
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