Various Opinions and Social Notes From a 19th Century Ledger
A collage notes Samuel J. Tilden, Cyrus Field, Sisters of Charity, and John G Whittier with a Boston emancipation unveiling. Mentions the French imperialists health, the Princess of Wales, and Prince. Reflects on Corrells of Jay Gould, Thomas Carlyle, and Bryant, with annexation rumors about the Dominion. Names Springfield mayor, Rhode Island ministers to Russia, and various political ethics. Ends with Charles Stewart Parnell’s stance on Irish land rights and US sympathy.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
Parnell
Charles Stewart
Ireland
Emerald Isle
New York 1880 Starts With Deaths and Twain’s New Book
From Our Own Correspondent notes the deaths of Recorder Hackett and Count Joannes as the old year ends. It praises Hackett’s municipal service and Joannes’s eccentric life. Mark Twain’s new volume A Tramp Abroad is in press, with plans for subscription sales. Also mentioned are Armory Fair funds, the Pirates of Penzance, and concerns over Tay Bridge disaster prompting bridge safety thoughts.
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New York
Recorder Hackett
George (Jones
Count Joannes
Falstaff
Hackett
Baron Hackett
Ireland
Joannes
Sothern
Avonis Fairbanks
Canal Street
Hartford
Mark Twain
Twain
American Publishing Company
Germany
Switzerland
Seventh Regiment
Academy of Music
Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund
Tay Bridge
Scotland
Edinburgh
Library annual report notes rich growth and new cataloging
The trustees report for the year ending December 31, 1879, highlights regular meetings, a new librarian Rev Geo L Locke, growing library circulation numbered at 29 555 for eleven months, 1717 active applicants, and extensive cataloging efforts. It cites donations, periodicals additions including The Scientific Canadian and Harper's Young People, and lists financial receipts and expenditures. Mortality and probate entries follow with council actions on estates and a pumping-station petition pending further consideration.
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Secore
Recres Freer Lingary
L. A. Bishop
Geo. L. Locke
North America
Paanxix
Scientific American
Phoenix
Coring
N. Y
H. B. Noyes
Big Flatts
Montreal
Harper's
Moses Wood
Henry S. Wood
Elizabeth A.diman
Sarah S. Wood
William Manchester
Crawford Wood
Alfred Luther
Samuel S. Munro
Moses B. Wood
William M. McKenzie
Mary J. McKenzie
Bond
Albert M. Sparks
John G. Sparks
Clara D. de Wolf
A. Sydney DeWolf
Byron DeWolf
J. Lewis Diman
Edward Anthony, Jr
Isaiah D. Simmons
John DeWolf
Wm. C. Hickcox
Cincinnati
Ohio
Anna Hickcox
Augustus O. Bourn
Andrew R. Trotter
Hannah L.,doty
Mary I. Slade
Elisha M. Wardwell
Allen T. Usher
Eliza Slocum
Elizabeth G. Lewis
Philena Hathaway
George W. Jewett
Eliza W. Mayo
Jeremish W. Munroe
John Gladding
National Rubber Company
F. A. Warner, Esq
Jubilee Singers Delight Bristol Audience With Charms
A concert by the Jubilee Singers last Monday drew a full hall and enthusiastic praise. Highlights included Steal away to Jesus and Lord's Prayer, with critics calling the renderings faultless and of high artistic excellence, comparing them to distinguished critics. Aged town deaths section notes twenty six residents aged 70 plus in 1879 with ages totaling 2040.
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Bristol
Morrarrry
Warren
J. M. Merchant
St coLonr
Tuere
United States
England
Ireland
Canada
Betsey W. Bower
Samuel,Mason
Hannah
Brown
Chris’r Northop
Elizabeth Bugbee
Luther Pierce
William Deaver
Prudence Potter
Mary W. Gardner
Sewell Pailthorp
Mary A. Haile
Jane Pailthorp
Hannah Luther
Seth Sanders
Job Luther
Henrgietta Sanders
Marie Langlois
Billings Salisbury
Jubilee Singers
Jesus
George Macdonald
Dearus Amione
Mary QO. Richmond
Hannah L. Doty
Lucinda Pierce
Panny Reynolds
Thomas Shepard
Moses B. Wood
Ruth Iby
Phillis Smith
Henry Tillinghast
Seth Lincoln
Johanna O'Brien
Rebecca Bosworth
Harriet B. Norris
Thomas Norris
Mary Waldron
Parnell T. Russell
Eliza Slocum
Mary A. Doty
Anna Jewett
Mary S. Douglas
Elisha Hathaway
William Williams
Ann B. Storrs
Sarah Strong
Betsy Munro
Elisa Mayon
Gladding
Lesa
Kine Parr Srean Fine Enerse Elects Officers at Meeting
Kine Parr Srean Fine Enerse held its annual officer election Monday evening. J. F. Stoughton, Chief Engineer, was chosen Chairman, and 8. H. Keating, First Assistant Engineer, was elected Secretary. Other officers for the ensuing year were chosen.
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Kine Parr Srean Fine Enerse (Co. No. 1
J. F. Stoughton
H. Keating
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Bristol Phos
Harpers
Samuel J. Tilden
Cyrus W. Field
Warm Thera
Sisters of Charity
John G. Whittier
Emancipation Group
Boston
Bat
Princess of Wales
Prince
Jay Gould
KG Thomas Carlyle
Our Bryant
Dominion
Uncle Sam
Springfield
Mays
Rhode Island
Russia
Burnaide
van Zandt
Maine
Garcelon
M. T. Bennett
John G. Watson
Charles H. Spooner
G. H. Farrington
Martin Bennett
G. L. Locke
Stephen T. Church
Jas. P. Lane
R. I
P.S
P. i
Tur
Court of Pro- Rate
Court of Probate
Nathaniel 8. Greene
Patrick O’mara
Peter Gladding
Richard S. Pearse
Frederic A. Warner
Catherine O'Mara
Thomas O'Mara
Joseph M. Blake
Hope E. T. Blake
Wiliam M. Bailey
Charles Blake
William Bradford
Albert
Rogers Free Library
J. P. Lane
Fire Department
Board of Prisoners
John B. Taylor
T Clerk
Bristol Ges Light Co
Pocekelan
Shell-Fish &c
Harr’s
Sherman & Co
Marshall, Mich
Bay City
Tribune
Bcp
Providence
Broad Street
Providence Furniture Company
New England
Banrx
Charity
Parsons
John Collins
U. S. Senate
Henry J. van Dyke, Jr
Newport
Congregational
Traveller's Prospectus
Congregational Church
Memorial Chapel
State Street M. E
Advent Chapel
Messrs
Spooner
Goff
Robert N. Church
James Anderson
Robert Lawder
Charles C. Simmons
Charles F. Brown
Denry Wills
William H. Pailthorp
Frederick Mandell
G. A. Mandell
Axman
Joan Moore
Samuel Lee
Peleg Q. Rose
George Smith
William S. Dunnell
WM. H. Richards
Odd Fellows Building
Bradford Street
Westminster Street
Bett
Geo. A. Pike
Hope and
Bradford Streets
WM. Shaw Bowen
Dorrance
K. I
Herman Canfield
Drury
Hope Street
Eetreet
East Side
Held
Constitution
Barnes
M. D
G. W. Easterbrooks
P. M. Wight
Lzovr
Oughs
Uexas
Kingsley
Northampton
Howaate—Hirst
John Huwgate
Ja. Ann Hirst
Jenckes
Barrington
Elizabeth R
John
Ida K. Jenckes
Cameron
Watchemokat
William Cameron
Darling
Cortes Darling
Phoenix Marine J Journal
Port of
E. I
TR. Borden
Mason
Fall Hiver
Kingfisher
Brightman
Tiverton
Jones
Portsmouth
R. Borden
Fall River
Teazer
Borden
Proy
Schr
Whale
Edwards
Bullock’s Point
Cen
Henry Beatty
Johnson
Geo. W. Mitchell
Burgess
Joseph Faulkner
Ante BK. Pearce
Brussels
Great House Furnishers
Jalo
Isroad Street
Wiathewson
Providence, I. I
Bristo
Bel Pio
P. W
Aniistol
Eremia W. Monro
Peramiah W. Monro
Gaid Bristol
Bristol Phenix
Nancy Bakhrer
Franklin Street
Hamburg
B. H. Gladding
Exchange Place Providenceh, R. I
iJlus
Mendall
Druggiste
Orly
Gale
Otis Munlo
State OF
Providence Plantations
Sc L
Ktrmar Corre
BuIsror
Isso Y Mnereas
Leonora Hibben
Said
Suyl
Henry Finghind Hibben
Henry Fingland Hibben
Supreme Court
Wareh
Anid Petiion
Charles A. Waldron
Jalo-Tmhi
Church Street
Itopo Street
D. A. Pierce
Kunze
State Street
Snow & Mason
Snow
GEO, L.claflin. & CO
R. J
Stewart's