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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1871
Page
2
Partisan opposition to General Grant centers on Horace Greeley as a vessel for dissent rather than a win. The piece argues a four year single term is insufficient to curb campaign excitement and corruption and favors adding four years to provide stability and experience.
A critical essay argues that Northern and Southern influences undermine governance after the Civil War. It claims slavery bred enduring prejudice among landholders and warns that freedmen face deceit while rebellious whites resist federal authority. The piece calls for cooler heads and wiser leadership to resolve social and political life.
The Hearth and Home article urges the militia’s essential role in a republic. It cites July 1863 when New York lacked militia and saw rioters seize the city, versus July 1871 when militia presence dispersed them in minutes, noting cities suit regiments best for crowd control.
The speaker argues that when officers and men are dispersed there must be legislation forcing rural districts to focus on the issue, ensuring oversight and action across communities.
During a Tuesday storm three Taunton men tried to sail from Rocky Point to Taunton without skill. The sail jibed and the boat capsized a quarter mile from shore. Edward Ryerson George Smith and E C Larned all waded out and pulled the men from the water to a rowboat. One man nearly lost consciousness. They were taken to R M Larned’s house at Warwick Neck for care overnight.
Details of the blast describe damage at a sergeant Cameron’s house about 100 yards north of the magazine where a bed with two sleeping children was overturned and the occupants stunned. Mrs Heningsey and two children south of the site escaped with minor injuries as brick and glass damaged the home and garden.
The Ku Klux in South Carolina are accused of violent acts as two Congressional Committee members visiting to inspect alleged outrages were assaulted in Yorkville. Major Barry allegedly threw a milk pitcher at the lawmakers at dinner, prompting a drawn revolver and hurried removal by friends. The incident’s motive remains unclear.
A stage coach traveling from Centre Harbor to North Conway struck a washed-out road near Madison. The overloaded second coach slid into the bank, tipping eighteen feet into trees and rocks. Nine passengers plus two in the boot survived with only bruises. trunks and the coach suffered as the front wheels and horses detached and the driver was dragged by the reins.
Mr John Gibbs of Washington Missouri bought clams and stored them in a cellar. He sprinkled Indian meat moistened with water over the clams to preserve them. Overnight the mice were drawn by the scent and entered the tub. The clams trapped the mice, each held by the tail.
A sheet of iron vastly thinner than the standard produced for the 1851 London Exhibition is now made in England. Four thousand eight hundred sheets of the previous “iron paper” would be needed to form an inch, while this new sheet measures ten inches by five and a half, weighs twenty grains, and demonstrates remarkable precision in depth.
A Boston newspaper envisions forming a copper company at Half-way Rock between Boston and Gloucester. The piece notes generations of fishermen tossed lucky pennies for safe voyages and compares the venture’s copper and nickel coin vein to solid Wall Street foundations.
A swarm of bees entered Mrs. L. J. Hodges residence in Stafford Ct on Sunday evening and visited every room including the kitchen where dinner was set. After buzzing through the house they departed in a dense mass leaving scarcely a fly behind.
The late Pennsylvania coal strike cost laboring classes about 18 million dollars with capitalists losing many more. Erie Railroad Directors estimate the road alone suffered 1.5 million in losses, and other rail lines of all sizes incurred similar or greater declines.
Across Long Island farmers report crops in excellent condition due to frequent showers in the past weeks. Grain and vegetables show strong growth and promise a favorable yield.
The Boston Pilot addresses the New York riot and argues tolerance may give way to prohibition if public safety suffers. It notes Orange and Fenian displays spark hostility yet urges law and unity, urging Americans to accept a single national flag, the Stars and Stripes, as final.
The Dominion reports a well organized militia and volunteer system with 16 800 men at encampments in Montreal Kingston Goderich Niagara and other points. Sir George Cartier the War Minister plans to mobilize 40 000 men this summer and drills to prepare 675 000 eligible men ages 18 to 60 for camp and marching.
Dr. Anthony Minter of Shelbina Mo died leaving 18 000 to his wife and children and the rest to be divided. The executor found a memorandum directing where in the garden to dig for money. Digging uncovered 9 000 in gold coins buried during the rebellion.
A Wolfboro correspondent reports a late night quake about 11 o'clock on the 24th. The tremor shook buildings and kitchen utensils. The following morning the sun did not appear, and the sky and atmosphere wore an autumnal look with unusual cloudiness.
A novel Massachusetts fashion introduces elm-wood footwear with a leather hinge at the ball for toe movement. The design uses copper rivets and india rubber packing at joints, with minimal leather on the upper. Priced under one dollar per pair, it adapts the European wooden shoe style for American markets.
The Connecticut Fish Commissioners hatched about sixty million young shad at Holyoke Massachusetts this summer. Five million released into the Saugatuck River at Westport three hundred thousand into the Poquonock River at Groton and the rest into the Connecticut River. Survivors will be fit for the table in three years.
Last week a youth working at Davis' slaughter house was attacked by a horse while feeding it. A large dog owned by Davis dragged the boy to safety and he escaped with severe bruises.
Report says many so called Indian outrages are carried out by white desperadoes from Mexico who dress as Indians to hide their nationality. They are said to operate along the Rio Grande near the border, attacking residents on both sides with impunity.
A few nights ago an arson attempt targeted Rev. Mr. Ross's Irish Protestant church on North Fifth Street Williamsburg New York. The church door and stoop were soaked with oil and a large oil can was found in the yard. Damage was avoided.
Local notes recount a girl asking what romantic means at home in Silver Spring. In Warren Rev. Dexter preached at the Congregational Church by exchange with Rev. Lane, while Rev. Dr. Tiffany preached in Newark New Jersey and Rev. Dr. Hamilton spoke in Baltimore in the afternoon.
Reverend Edgar F. Smith, who recently accepted a call as pastor, will begin duties and preach at State Street M E Church in town tomorrow Sunday. He will assume responsibilities and lead the congregation in worship.
At the Metacom Debating Club meeting Tuesday evening the topic is which benefits a community more free lectures or free libraries. The discussion aims to weigh educational reach and long term impact on residents.
An advert calls attention to the sale of Pew No 15 in the broad aisle of St Michael's Church. It notes the pew as highly desirable and presents a rare chance to purchase.
Mr Charles A Waldron of this town recently returned from a Western tour and left Bristol on Tuesday with his family for Big Bethel Michigan to establish a business and make it his home.
Dr J C Gallup found a well preserved Spanish silver coin in his garden. The coin bears date 1800 and represents six and a quarter cents known locally as a four-pence-ha’ penny.
The Warren Gazette last week announced a “regular old fashion ed negro camp-meeting” in Warren. It claimed “in these degenerate times, this is just what we needed” and added “Warren is in luck.” The question asks where Captain held it.
There is no shore resort on Narragansett Bay where parties can better enjoy themselves than at Silver Spring kept by H. D. Maxfield Esq. Shore dinners here are of the best quality and prices are moderate.
Charles F. Easton of this town and Andrew A. Stafford of Pawtucket have relocated to Williamsport Pennsylvania to work with the Pennsylvania Rubber Company manufacturing rubber goods. Easton formerly served as a clerk at the National Rubber Works in this town for several years.
A Rhode Island YMCA convention will convene in this town around October 20. Five or more delegates from each association in the state are expected, with two delegates from each church and many visitors anticipated.
The regular monthly Union Temperance meeting under Mount Hope Temple of Honor No 15 and the Reallura Lodge of Good Templars will be held in Town Tall tomorrow evening. Several churches in town unite in attendance. Rev J P Lane of the Congregational Church will deliver the sermon.
A new enrollment is proposed to reorganize the Old Guard. Ex-commanders and ex-officers along with all honorable discharged past members of the Bristol Train of Artillery are invited to register at the Phoenix office within a few days.
A notice credits Miss Mary Babbitt and Miss Minnie Perry plus other St. Michael's Church young ladies for managing tableaux at Mrs. Colt's billiard room on the 17th. A camp meeting at Church's Grove began last Sunday with large white attendance but has since declined, with about fifteen hundred as spectators at first and poor ongoing turnout.
The Sunday School of the First Baptist Church held a pleasant picnic on Captain William H. Church’s Bristol Neck farm on Thursday afternoon. Rev Dr Tiffany preached an excellent sermon in the State Street M E Church Sunday evening to a large audience. Rev Joseph Trapnell of Petersville Md formerly rector of St Michael’s Church preached last Sunday in that church. Rev Dr M A DeW Howe of Philadelphia formerly of this town preached there Sunday morning. A Masonic banner is displayed in a show window at D A Pierce’s corner Hope and State streets painted for St Alban’s Lodge by Ebenezer B White of Providence.
A Thursday evening event in Town Hall hosted by Marine Corps artillery officers and Providence gentlemen drew many ladies and gentlemen. The hall featured flags, fine music, and dancing that lasted until three o'clock Friday morning, promising an enjoyable time for all attendees.
The Seventy-First New York Regiment arrived in Providence around 11 am Tuesday. Local companies including United Train of Artillery Light Infantry Horse Guards and Marine Artillery greeted them. A parade toured main streets to the Dexter training ground where a grand dinner was served at two o'clock. The event marked the most imposing military display in years and drew many citizens to Providence.
Improvements by Mr. N N Cole on Thames street opposite the Sugar Refinery include a 60 by 36 foot coal building with 500 tons capacity, a 50 by 22 foot storehouse for vegetables, a 36 by 20 foot grain and flour office and store, a rear stable, and a Fairbanks Brown & Co hay scale with 10,000 pound capacity. Cole operates a thriving coal wood flour grain vegetable business from the site.
Trial Justice Munro presided as James Courtney fined two dollars for over indulgence in fusil oil. The day focused on dog law violations with about twenty owners or keepers arraigned for unlicensed dogs. Patrick Mahoney and Dennis Conway went to trial, continued to the 28th.
A letter urges Bristol youths to join the Metacom Debating Club at the Young Men's Christian Association on Hope Street. It argues that weekly discussions and essays train young men for public life, improve town governance, and encourage broader participation in town meetings.
The writer argues town meetings suffer from loud voices and fear, urging young men to join a club to foster virtue and enlightenment. Following a recent annual gathering, praised debates essays and declaiming show how constructive activities can replace degrading amusements and avert ruined character. The elder speaker urges youths to improve their golden hours.
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