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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1869
Page
2
A 1869Bayard Morning piece argues against single person power and urges citizen action to curb despotism. It warns that few men shaping elections erodes public recall and calls for widespread participation to balance power and protect liberty.
In 1856 forty German settlers bought 1200 acres in Los Angeles County and laid out 20 acre plots. They irrigated, cleared, and prepared squares for corn and vines. By 1861 each householder owned land worth $56,000 total and produced wine, averaging 10,000 gallons yearly since then, with a projected 500,000 gallons this year.
A Washington letter warns the new ten dollar counterfeit is the most dangerous yet found with branded and unbranded notes causing experts to differ. It notes plate wear and matching plates as near impossible to reproduce and that some experts refuse to declare a note counterfeit. Also reports a Portland woman burned by a faulty artificial switch near a stove and a separate incident in eastern Canada near Montreal.
The National Institute of Teacher's will hold sessions in Trenton New York August 16 to 20. Notable American educators will lecture on diverse educational topics as six days of councils. Hotels charge 2 dollars daily and private homes about 1 dollar daily with many ladies to be accommodated gratis. Travel options list steamship and railroad tickets totaling around 6.65 for round trip.
Chronicle reports wrecks and losses at sea as Hamburg American steamship Germania and Anglo American Cleopatra perish. San Jacinto runs ashore near North Carolina with no deaths. Vessels wrecked off Newfoundland near Cape Race and Trepassy Bay amid dense fog and atmospheric disturbance during an eclipse period.
The New York Times reports that monopoly and profiteering coal operators have overreached, provoking public agitation for relief from a system that favors audacious combinations. The call is to widen competition by linking Nova Scotia coal fields with Pennsylvania mines to curb extortion and ensure fair prices.
The National Freedmen's Association of the District of Columbia appeals for food aid for the need and disabled in Washington. Since April 1 about 560 families monthly receive relief averaging two persons each, with monthly allowances just over two dollars per person. Some are perishing from lack of life’s necessities.
A letter to the Treasury describes $3,300 in five twenty bonds burned in a bacon-house blaze. The wife started the fire for smoking bacon, reducing the bonds to ashes. Treasury experts salvaged the charred pieces to confirm the amount and the owner will soon receive replacement bonds of equivalent value.
A three by four foot stone, six to eight inches thick, quarried near Salamanca, New York, bears hoof prints of horses and an ox, a dog's prints, and a naked left foot with distinct toes. The very hard blue clay like stone, crusted with moss, was sent to the State Museum of Natural History in Albany for deposition.
A granite block quarried at Monson measures 350 feet by 14 feet by 4 feet, totaling 15 400 cubic feet and weighing 12 83 1/3 tons. It will be cut from the rock with 11/04 holes drilled along the front edge and sent to Albany for Capitol building construction. Winusz Hureningon of Dummerston died in Boston last week from a head blow by a baseball causing concussion of the brain.
A sprawling summary notes shootings in Port Jervis, a judge’s possible companion in politics, Maine weather extremes, Mormon emigration to Salt Lake, a wagon tragedy in Colebrook, and a host of scattered items. It covers industrial accidents, discoveries, and curiosities from Hartford to Nova Scotia, with brief mentions of Niagara suspension bridge concerns and agricultural fortunes in Delaware and Ontario.
A miscellany from August 14, 1869 covers rail disruptions near Moberly Hell Gate obstructions, Fall River coal trials, and a vast American land area. It notes a tunnel under water in Marietta, a chair factory in Iowa, droughts near Boston, a large landslide in Stockport New York, and the Rochester Century Plant's blooming show. Also recounted are a murder suicide, moral lectures, deaths at encampments, a boy's snake encounter, Cuba blockade plans, and a Chinese laundry boom in Chicago.
The new street sprinkler made its first appearance on Hope street Tuesday and works well. Sweet corn sold in town as high as twenty five cents per ear last Monday. The Bristol Train of Artillery plans an excursion to Silver Spring next week. Blackberries are plentiful this season, but whortleberries are scarce.
Seventeen of the Wood Sewing Machines advertised in another column are in use at the Rubber Works.
Work laid out to finish on High street between Church and Constitution will greatly improve the road once completed.
The highest number of visitors to the east shore Bay resorts in a single day this season occurred on Tuesday, indicating a strong midweek turnout for coastal destinations and suggesting favorable weather and holiday patterns drove the surge.
The Surveyor of Highways has made essential repairs on the south side sidewalk of State Street between Hope and Sligh, improving safety and passage for pedestrians.
The large steamboat wharf, deserted by the New York steamers, serves as an ideal site for fishermen to spread and dry their seine nets.
Two new structures are going up on the west side of Bourn's avenue a two and a half story dwelling house and a barn for Mr Daniel Ryan.
The college informs teachers of the National Institute notice and highlights affordable trip facilities offered in connection with the program.
A man is described as holding a cat with his left hand and a six shooter in his right as he fires every barrel, yet fails to strike his intended target. The account questions whether such an ability should qualify him as a good marksman.
The hearing for persons charged with selling liquor in violation of law, which was to be held last Monday evening, was postponed to next Tuesday evening.
Citizens packed the junction of Hope and State streets for an outdoor Cornets concert last Monday evening as interest remained high. The event drew a large crowd despite earlier concerns.
The solar eclipse in this vicinity on the seventh was obscured by clouds about one third of the time. Observers turned faces to the heavens, eyes watery, as the sky darkened until sunset closed the scene.
Residents report nightly thefts by fruit thieves. Last Monday an apple tree in a Constitution Street garden was stripped of all its fruit on the side away from the house, highlighting ongoing depredations in the area.
A new Narragansett court along Court street near High has opened on the south side. On its east side, three large tenement houses were erected for the Richmond Manufacturing Company, each two and a half stories high.
We are indebted to James IW Perry Esq for a pamphlet copy of the Premium List of the N E Agricultural Society. The Sixth Annual Exhibition will be held in Portland Maine on September 7 8 9 and 10.
Burglars entered a Barrington store connected with the post office on Sunday night and robbed it of about two dollars in cents, a cigars set, and other articles. Suspicion falls on the same individuals currently jailed for the Warren postoffice break in.
Mr. George W. Simmons takes over the cabinet making establishment on Church street opposite the common, previously owned by the late John S. Weeden. He will operate cabinet making, upholstery, and furniture repairs with special attention to undertaking, drawing on twenty years of experience at Weeden's.
The town hears of plans to test pituminous coal as a steam generator due to anthracite costs. A National Rubber Company cargo is being landed. An anonymous letter about Mrs. Handy is deemed insufficient evidence. Post No 4 G A R publishes Decoration Day address. Warren post office robbery leads to arrests Samuel Childs Florence Haile and Charles Andrews jailed on bail requests. examinations pending.
Song words and music by Maj Alfred Little published by Oliven Ditson & Co Boston. The fragment recounts a class, Professor Crotchet conducting a swig, and Quaver at the organ with AL for the dutilee in a period musical vignette.
From Watering Place Notes Bristol, R. £. is described as idle yet wealthy and cautious with investments. The Bristol Base Bane CLI beat Newport Club 63 to 48 in the first match on July 6 and improved by 14 runs in a later game, finishing 62 to 27. Twemly and pitchers receive praise for strong play. crowd later seeks refreshment as the Bristol team edges Newport in a tight finish.
Mrs. William Hughes was struck by the cow catcher while walking on the track near High Rock and Vue de lIea. She suffered a severely cut left arm a broken left leg bruises and a head contusion. The engineer signaled and she moved off then stepped back into the track and was hit as the train slowed to four miles per hour. She was removed to the Silver Spring House for care with medical attendance pending.
The annual clambake for the benefit of St Pan Pathitch, Provideita, was held at Bristol Ferry on Thursday last. Proceeds supported the church charity and local community programs, drawing attendees from the town and surrounding areas.
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