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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1893
Page
2
Tex Bristow Phanix is listed at the Bristol post office as second class mail matter with postage paid by the publisher for subscribers in the United States and Canada.
Cable of adjournment filed by Governor D Russell Brown after Senate confirms a House dispute over adjournment timing. The Rhode Island adjournment sets a meeting at the State House in Providence on the last Tuesday in January 1894 at 11 in the morning. The notice accompanies other brief items from the era including political appointments, tax actions, and local incidents.
The piece cites that the next Congress will include twenty seven foreign born citizens with Ireland and Canada leading. It lists individual lawmakers by state and country of origin including Clancy Campbell Cochran Graham Ryan McGann Weadock McAleer Taylor McMillan McCleary Gallinger White Kiefer Bartholdt Barwig Brickner Pasco Crisp Jones Boen Haugen Simpson Stephenson Goldzier Hainer Henderson and others. It also discusses the Geary Law ruling and potential deportation issues without resolution.
The town records arrivals including Mr. George Saunders enlarging his yacht works, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Barns returning from New York, and Rev J Miott to preach at Advent Christian Church. Dog census lists 402 canines with about three quarters licensed. a milk wagon horse caused spills on Metacom avenue before stopping at a post. Bishop T M Clark confirmed nine at St Michael s and four at Trinity, while Congregational Club plans a Memorial Chapel sale and entertainment on June 14.
A woman in New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her life from severe womb and heart trouble. She says doctors gave up, but after taking the remedy she improved quickly, recovered speech and mobility, and now shares gratitude to the product and its sellers. The note promotes the compound and Mrs Pinkham's Liver Pills as sold by druggists.
The Bristol town board met in the Council Chamber on Monday afternoon. Police report for May 1893 shows 8 arrests with 4 drunks and 9 disturbances. several petitions granted for sewer connections and sidewalk repairs under bond conditions. Bills totaling 2,670.10 approved and referred to Auditor. Artillery Veteran Association elected officers and approved year end reports. Home for Aged Women held annual meeting with officers elected for the coming year.
Coupons issued from photographic galleries in Providence may be used at Mossellan's Gallery on State Street as part payment for photographs. Good work guaranteed.
The Time Court of Pronare held its regular monthly meeting in the Council Chamber before Probate Judge William H. Spooner. The estate accounts of Hezefiah W. and Simon D. Liscomb were examined and allowed, several guardianships and real estate sales were granted or continued, and various guardianship and probate matters were continued or set for notice. Dr Oswald Srzeeu was appointed physician and surgeon of the city hospital of Haverhill Massachusetts. An Harper's Weekly June 10 article discusses Chinese immigrants, noting most come from one province and sharing insights from Rev Dr Frederick Masters.
The Dove Service for the 1893 summer season begins June 12 and runs to October 1 with Puritan Plymouth Pilgrim and Providence operating daily in each direction from New York at 5 30 and 6 15 p m Sundays 5 30 p m. Park Square Boston express trains run at 6 and 7 p m to connect with Fall River steamers.
A寄 day trip from Holyoke to Mount Holyoke narrates a spring excursion by a group of girls. They drive through green meadows, board the river ferry on the Connecticut, ascend to the summit, and enjoy hotel views, supper, moonrise, and a thunder storm, ending with fond memories of the day.
A reflective lyric recalls Tam looking out on a wintry sky and bare trees, hearing a brook’s song. The speaker’s thoughts drift to childhood by a shallow stream, where naked feet paddled and water ran cool and sweet, gurgling over rocks and pebbles.
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