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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1874
Page
2
The piece argues wealth worship harms tax compliance and education funding. It cites a New England suburb millionaire shifting residences to dodge taxes, critiques underfunded schools, and praises taxes as preventive policing. It notes education costs yield broad social gains and recalls Dr. Livingstone’s enduring legacy and ongoing African exploration.
According to the Dublin correspondent of the New York Tablet temperance is on a rapid rise in that city. One county judge said he had expelled gentlemen allegedly drunk from the jury box. He also noted witnesses lying drunk on tables and a jury so intoxicated during a life and death case that the prisoner was re-tried.
A New York Mail report recounts a woman who gave ten dollars and a box of two hundred invitations to a colored man to deliver for a party. No guests arrived as scheduled, and the man reportedly spent the money on rum and policy, discarding the invitations in the Fifth Avenue sewer. The tale recalls a similar incident from prior times.
The New Bedford Standard urges Congress not to appropriate funds for the centennial celebration. It likens the American eagle to a tired bird and calls on congressmen to curb costly, unnecessary expenditures while considering national obligations.
The Fairbanks scale makers in St. Johnsbury produced 835 scales in a week, including nearly 100 large hay coal and track scales plus beams and frames. The firm reports stock on hand far lower than in years and the town, a growing distribution center connected to the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad, advances toward prominence in Vermont.
The article notes the Mackenzie party's triumph over Sir John A. Macdonald's faction signaling reform support among Queen Victoria’s subjects. It also reports a bold Missouri railway robbery where five masked men hold staff at gunpoint, steal about $2000 in cash, jewelry, and $1000 from express, then flee southward with no violence.
The Charlestown Courier reports rising attention to immigration with public meetings. In Camden a resolution invites good citizens from every state and foreign shores to share in the blessings of the soil and climate, promising welcome and aid.
The Chicago Times attacks Mayor Colvin and calls city hall a nest of intrigue under corrupt hacks driven by whisky and fare interests. It condemns a proposed sale of the dying Siamese Twins bodies as avarice by their families, suggesting humane scientific study instead.
Elder E R Wood of Exeter will preach at Advent Chapel tomorrow. H M Jones will preach at First Baptist Church tomorrow afternoon on The Higher Christian Life. General Assembly sessions have been brief with little business. James C Collins of North Providence was elected Commissioner of Shell Fisheries with assistants George N Bliss of East Providence and Thomas Arnold of Warwick. many notaries public and justices of the peace were elected.
The Bristol Music Society rehearses for a grand concert echoing the Peace Jubilee in Boston with operatic selections and pieces by Hampton students. The program includes quartettes duets solos and ballads and aims to be one of the most varied entertainments for local citizens.
The semi annual report by Col. Henry Staples notes 310 tons of new iron rails and about 7000 sleepers laid, bed raised, rip rap sea walls built, platforms enlarged, rolling stock increased with a new locomotive and passenger cars, and two bridges built. It calls for a double track and hourly trains with a modern Providence passenger station.
The Bristol High School held two pleasant entertainments at Byfield Hall on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. tableaux dialogues charades and plays pleased large audiences with hearty applause. proceeds fund school apparatus and materials.
The PHENIX letter criticizes Hope street sidewalks for not being cleared after Tuesday's snowstorm. Surveyors are urged to enforce owners to remove snow from their fronts. The writer questions why the neglect is allowed to continue.
The Monday session covered probate actions appointing dower commissioners for Lucy A. Gifford and continued will and estate matters for several individuals. Court and council minutes list jurors, audited town accounts, and adjournment to February 16.
The city aims to build the continent’s largest public library in three years. Gift concerts by a dozen leaders, led by Ex-Gov Bramlette, fund collections, galleries, and a blind print project. Proceeds from the third concert expanded books, and the fourth plans Pilgrim's Progress prints and mineralogy growth. Gov Bramlette is praised for the effort.
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