Bristol Phoenix in Bristol, Rhode Island

Various 19th Century News Bits From A Long-Closed Era

A mosaic of brief items including Bishop Clark bequests to Methodist societies, remarks on a Sunday collar count, the lone naval survivor from Lake Erie, Paris re building, Massachusetts wealth division, Beecher and Tilton, a white deer in Wisconsin, a Newark poisoning death, Maine governor candidates, a Providence umbrella trick, London population projections, Eaton's Neck oyster discovery, Seward in Egypt and Thebes, a silver mountain near Georgetown Colorado, and a mining rush described with dramatic ore yields.