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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1876
Page
2
The piece rails at Ezra D. Winslow’s escape to Rotterdam as a vast swindle exposing silent accomplices among Worcester merchants and clergymen. It warns that unchallenged crime thrives when business and church figures hide wrongdoing, urging active reform and public accountability.
An obituary notice misquotes a phrase about the late Mr tracing it to a correction reading he was a noble and big hearted man. The Adver tizer reports dry goods trade in Boston with steady cash business despite general depression. Railroads in Missouri Kansas and Iowa show wide nonpayment of dividends, deterring Eastern capital.
The London Pictorial World argues Cinderella stems from real events, citing Strabo. It recalls Rhodopis, an Egyptian king’s sandal tale, her beauty, marriage, and the Rosy Cheeked Queen two millennia before Christ. Separately, Louisville Courier Journal reports a Texas mob hanged Anthony Smith after abducting him from Cameron jail and torturing him to death, then shot his charred remains.
The Providence Journal reports Detectives Swan and Waldron traced a rich, young heiress of about ten who privately rented a theatre box for four nights, bought furs, diamonds, and hired hacks up to 165 dollars daily. She misled guardians claiming gifts from a wealthy gentleman, revealing precocious deceit and sparking blame of shopkeepers for selling to a minor.
A rough looking Confederate veteran in Botetourt county Virginia sought Gen Eppa Hunton in Congress at the Capitol. He claimed to carry the musket of his war service and demanded a good place from Hunton, saying the musket must be given to him. The outcome of the interview was not reported. The Fall River Wes notes England orders to Fall River manufacturers for 10,000 print goods weekly.
The St Louis Republican notes about 180 to 190 people and others professionally practice astrology as a livelihood. It discusses Winslow and a Dutch team, then shifts to a court ruling in New York about pistol possession and its dangers, urging legislative limits and caution for the timid.
The winter term of public schools closed this week. Elder Augustus Durfee to preach at Advent Chapel tomorrow. Y M C A holds Sunday meetings at the Asylum and rooms. Trinity Church services Sunday at Odd Fellows Halls. Y M C A board meeting Monday at 8 PM. Town Council and Court of Probate meet Monday at 2 PM. Dr. Geo P Barnes has opened at 106 Hope Street. The iron steamship Algiers to be launched today. Connecticut Fire Insurance Co. misprint fixes unpaid losses by 50000. Y M C A President invites active members to meet Monday at 7 1/4 PM. Moore death: Mrs. Abby Waldron, 74, died last Sunday after sudden illness. daughter of Capt Jeremish Diman. widow of Thomas Waldron. widely esteemed.
The annual gathering at two o clock in Providence honored late President John H. Clifford and reviewed the eighteenth directors report for the year ending November 30 1875. Gross earnings 108300 26, expenses 79144 70, with decreases tied to Fall River traffic. Gen A E Burnside nominated to fill the vacancy on the board. Directors elected include Samuel W Church Bristol William R B Robeson Boston Henry Whitney Boston William Goddard Providence Thomas P I Goddard Providence and brothers AL Weld Boston Ambrose E Harrisdie Bustow (sic). Officers elected: President Henry A Whitney Treasurer B B Torry General Superintendent A A Folsom Superintendent Clerk and Engineer Waterman Stone.
An appropriation of 2000 was made in April for interior town hall renovations. Bunn & Davis won the contract. work began Monday under a committee of Bennett Wardwell and Wardwell. Separately, reports from Portsmouth Navy Yard and the Board of Supervising Inspectors discuss the Herreshoff Safety Coil Boiler.
A Navy board reports on the Safety Coil Boiler by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co after testing a steam launch at Norfolk harbor. It details design, alleged anti incrustation claims, and initial test observations, noting limited interior access and awaiting final deposits check. The account covers safety, lightness, higher pressure capacity, economy, and rapid steam generation claims with cautious conclusions.
The town tests a new water apparatus to fight fires with ten thousand feet of iron pipe laid through streets and twenty new hydrants. A Knowles pump with a Herreshoff coil boiler generated steam in five and a half minutes, reaching 100 pounds pressure. The trial showed full operation of the large pump within about ten minutes, with hydrants on Wood Street delivering 100 to 125 feet high jet lengths. Officials and citizens observed, praising the system as among the best in the nation and suggesting insurance rates should drop accordingly.
A short devotional verse contemplating fallen humanity and the hope of salvation through grace. It alludes to the Saviour's face and the Most Holy Comforter as sources of divine mercy and spiritual rescue.
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