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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1873
Page
2
Editorial warns Reading Railway gains could create a coal monopoly harming consumers in New England. It challenges middlemen cuts, fears higher prices, and cites Credit Mobilier links and bribery risk, noting the burden on the poor and the lure of ill-gotten wealth through speculation.
Lord Lytton Bulwer died leaving a mark on English literature for fiction and drama. He drew criminals with appealing traits in some works, while others retained a healthy tone. His personal life lacked pleasant domestic relations, clouding his historical standing.
The news from Europe states Bismarck’s retirement from the premiership was due to ill health and claims the remark comes from his own lips. The piece notes the possible gap between his political sentiments and the Emperor and reflects on the mystery surrounding governance and the lives of rulers.
The winter has been unusually harsh in the West with storms sweeping large areas and causing hundreds of deaths. Ağa wind hurricane and heavy snow have blocked routes, and New England also faces heavy snow and deep cold. Spring will be welcome with blooming flowers.
A narratorial rail journey with Josh Billings as a seatmate shows that much of his talk is forgettable. The lasting fame rests on a few sharp lines, which popularize him while most remarks fade.
Information from the Treasury Department reveals extensive frauds in importing wool and wool skins. Undervaluation and under classification cause revenue losses and harm legitimate commerce, centered in Maine and Vermont, especially Maine. A special investigation is ordered immediately.
The late George Law of Woonsocket Rhode Island left 5000 dollars each to the Children's Friend Society Rhode Island Hospital and for the benefit of the freedmen 3000 dollars each to the American Bible Society and Rhode Island Home Missionary Society 2000 dollars to the Home for Aged Women 1500 dollars to the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and 1000 dollars each to the Missionary Society of the M E Church New England Industrial Society Tract Society of the M E Church American and Foreign Christian Union American Tract Society of New York and the American Peace Society.
Professor C A Young of Dartmouth College spoke on Our Present Knowledge of the Sun at Cooper Institute. He quoted a sun distance near 92 million miles with a large possible error, and described solar diameter around 860000 miles and temperatures from 20000 to 7000000 degrees.
The Nautical Gazelle reports the Providence and New York Steam Boat Company has purchased two side wheel steamers. The Kelso weighs 1,480 tons and the Frances 988 tons. They will be placed on the Providence to New York route.
The article extols rapid and beautiful handwriting and praises Prof. Gaskell, head of Bryant & Stratton College in Manchester New Hampshire, as the leading penman of modern America. It notes his self instructive mail copies, priced one dollar per package, with full instructions and numbered explanations, mailed prepaid. Thousands of readers and top teachers have ordered his materials for home study.
The Hon. Robert B. Cranston, formerly a member of Congress from this district, died in Newport last Monday morning at age eighty one.
Severe winter makes roads nearly impassable for lumbering operations this spring, limiting timber movement and increasing scarcity across Vermont.
Mr David Duncan of Providence died Sunday in Cannes France from Brights disease. He was about 35 years old and had been abroad a year for his health. He was the son of Alexander Duncan of London and leaves a wife and several children.
The Secretary of the Treasury has contracted with the Jay Cooke and Morton Bliss & Co. syndicates to negotiate the remaining three hundred million dollars of the five percent funded loan. The parties agree to take the entire amount with terms similar to the former syndicate, adjusted in the government’s favor.
On a Friday around nine o'clock Thomas Negus, returning from Mr. William Wanton’s residence near Stone Bridge Tiverton, was fired at by an unknown man near a wall. Negus fled home after a second shot. the assailant’s identity and motive remain unknown.
Water and ice surged at the Genesee River mouth as Lake Ontario sent a sudden tidal wave. The river, frozen solid, saw the harbor ice crack while water rose over three feet in minutes, then subsided to calm as the scene returned to normal.
The deceased left property valued at 250000 in her own right and about 800000 inherited from her brother. Her will provides 2500 to the Female Orphan Asylum and 2500 to the National Sailors Home in Quincy Mass and to the Sailors Snug Harbor. Five thousand is set aside for soldiers of the late war and a 600 annual annuity is given to each of her servants.
The House accepts Senate amendments to abolish the franking privilege with 148 yeas and 48 nays. The changes set July 1 1873 as the effect date and deny postage allowances to Senators and Members. Stamps for official correspondence are removed, making the measure a pure repeal.
A Taunton Gazelle remark recounts a poverty stricken man who borrows a two cent read and travels for a euchre party, while editors say they would write free sepulchral inscriptions but are blocked by his time pressed children.
The former garrison dated to 1740s and stood in a valley by Pearl Hill. James Devine and his three children slept inside when the log dwelling burned, leaving only a feather bed saved. The site, once on the Boston Montreal route, saw Indian encounters and a historic defense by a lone woman.
The Boston Journal argues that investigations from Congress into Credit Mobilier to state legislatures examining vote prices and Toledo water works are costly luxuries. It says officials should avoid scrutiny by maintaining upright conduct to prevent fraud charges.
The Commonwealth reports Brassy an English contractor with a fortune of forty million dollars who argues American production is cheaper due to labor costs spurring invention. He notes US iron wheels endure more wear, thin rainwater pipes contrast England, and American workers earn double wages yet export hardware to nations with much lower artisan pay.
In Exeter New Hampshire reports describe Shute's suspected year and a half of stock dealings with losses. It notes a 1871 Pine street house sale for six thousand dollars and a bank package, reduced from ten thousand to eight thousand, plus the wife’s actions and family sympathy for Nathaniel Shute.
The January 29 order limits Federal officers from holding local elected offices such as Alderman or Councilman while allowing service on education boards libraries and other state or municipal bodies that do not count as offices. It permits unpaid fire department service and military ties if duties remain unaffected. daily labor in arsenals or yards is not an office. department heads decide interference.
A California correspondent dated January 20 reports unusually pleasant air likened to a June day in New England. He notes green countryside, six inch high grain, and a winter kitchen garden full of beets cauliflower celery lettuce while fields show plowing sowing and potato planting underway.
A Delaware post office handles a letter traveling ninety five miles to reach the next office two miles away, where it is converted into three distinct mail bags before final delivery.
Indiana residents describe vivid rainbows seen in frigid air with temperatures at twelve degrees below zero as a rare atmospheric display. Officials caution viewers to stay safe while observing the phenomenon from sheltered positions.
Religious meetings continued at South Christian Church this week. Jar Skiff and Gaylord’s Minstrels performed Wednesday evening in Town Hall to a crowded audience.
The second lecture of the Library Course will be delivered Thursday evening by Rev. William Miller.
Early Thursday morning thermometers across several localities recorded eight degrees below zero as residents faced a bitter cold spell.
Meetings have been held each evening this week in the Advent Chapel with preaching by the blind preacher Elder S C Hancock.
To Rev. David H. Ela of East Greenwich will preach in State Street M E Church tomorrow morning and afternoon summarizes a church service with services scheduled for Sunday.
Elder S. C. Hancock, the blind preacher from Bristol, Connecticut, will preach at Advent Chapel tomorrow in the morning afternoon and evening services.
The town’s yearly tax for 1872 has been collected in full by Tax Collector Mr. Paull with only five persons or estates outstanding in payment.
Edward Meiggs of Wilsons Lane suffered severe fingertip injuries when his hand was caught in a whirling grindstone a few days ago. He sought medical aid for the accident and is listed among local injury cases.
The regular monthly gathering of the Town Council and Court of Probate will convene in the Council Chamber next Monday at two o'clock in the afternoon.
The Metacom Debating Club invites members to a session next Tuesday evening to discuss which option best serves the states interests: commerce or agriculture. The event focuses on how each path could influence growth, policy, and regional welfare.
The Gen eral Assembly approved the act to incorporate the Name for Aged Women in Bristol. The measure moved through concurrence and passed in the House of Representatives on Thursday last.
A new cloth folding machine at Richmond Manufacturing Company can fold fabric or injure a finger with equal facility. The operator reports potential risk to workers and calls for safety review and safeguards.
The YMCA Library adds Romance of French History and At His Gates and Doctors Daughter among new bound volumes. Also available are Our Young Folks volumes from 1871 to 1872, Oliver Optics 1871 and 1872, and Scribner's Monthly 1872.
Notices announce Christian Association meetings scheduled for Sunday and discuss the new school building on the Common. A commentary urges consolidating schools under a single supervisory principal to improve efficiency and connectivity across grades. Also included is the Providence Warren and Bristol Railroad annual report noting increased travel and plans to add locomotives rolling stock and track upgrades, with Boston and Providence Railroad investors gaining control.
Directors convene to reshape management with a focus on railroad links among Providence Newport and Fall River. John H. Clifford of New Bedford elected president. Waterman Stone re elected treasurer and superintendent. By law change lowers board size to not less than five.
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