Bristol Phoenix in Bristol, Rhode Island

Various 19th Century News Bits Across the U S

Short items report on post offices number and bathing houses in Lowell, delays in the Woodhull and Claflin libel trial, fires in Navasota Texas, papal recovery, a female prisoner escape in Fall River, a Pennsylvania horse rescue, Long Island wildfires, a donor’s beans for years, a soldier’s bounty ruling, British India's population and schooling, advice about insurance, tobacco farming in East Hartford, and stray notes from New London to Cambridge. The entries mix crime, weather, travel, and local curiosities with a quick dispatch style.