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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1872
Page
2
The Western press notes Chicago’s rapid reconstruction after ruin with new buildings and hotels. It praises free institutions and notes energy, while criticizing sensationalism and political division led by Mr. Greeley and his Tribune.
The author denounces lawyers for Stokes and their defense in the Fisk murder case as contemptible and unprincipled. He argues the murdered Fisk did not die by suicide and warns that attacking juries and legality harms justice. He calls judges and counsel to restraint and condemns professional degradation.
Norfolk Virginia dispatch reports three white and two colored men drowned Wednesday while attempting to rescue the crew of a wrecked schooner at Body Island.
The letter-writer portrays Hon Caleb Cushing as a versatile and experienced diplomat who unsettles British observers with his influence at the Genevan Conference. The piece hopes he can return home before wider political turmoil ensues and urges caution in transatlantic policy actions.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes that the United States urged changes to arbitration terms during the Boundary Question with Britain. Britain rejected modification then and now faces a duty to uphold its own established precedent, refusing to undermine past English lawmaker actions.
A stabbing affray occurred in Tiverton on Saturday night in a building near the stone bridge. Charles Rose a Portuguese resident fought with the store proprietor. his son intervened and was stabbed twice in the back by the elder Rose. A doctor attended. initially feared fatal, but recovery expected.
A woman 25, daughter of Tiverton's Mr Boomer, stepped onto a Fall River line near the Tiverton stone bridge and would not move for the engine. The train halted in time but she leapt into the water at Borden's wharf and died. She had recently suffered severe illness.
The New York Herald notes light snows east of the Mississippi and heavy snows from the Sierras to California with deluging rains. It predicts spring and summer may compensate for winter deficiencies, and that the plains to the Pacific will provide enough moisture to carry farmers and miners through the dry season.
Mr Nash of Plymouth Indiana expresses gratitude to fellow citizens for helping by pitching household goods out of doors during a small barn fire near his home last Friday. He notes his house remained safe despite the goods being badly smashed.
The Worcester Gazette reports a Monday morning gale destroyed the brick gable end of the new Dudley High School, wrecking parts of the structure and causing damage estimated at 500 to 600 dollars. The building had been erected last spring.
New York Herald reports the pope elevates Father Hendricken of Waterbury Connecticut to Bishop of Providence Rhode Island. The Rhode Island and Connecticut diocese will be divided with Bishop Mc Farland to reside at Hartford.
The March term of the Supreme Court for Bristol County will begin in this town on Tuesday morning. A social will be held this Saturday evening at the Young Men's Christian Association rooms, starting at 7:30 PM.
The tide in our harbor ran lower on Tuesday and Wednesday than in many prior years due to the sustained north-westerly winds.
The Ladies I. A. Club held a grand leap year ball Thursday evening at Armory Hall on State Street. Attendees reported a very pleasant and enjoyable time.
The Town Council and Court of Probate will hold their regular monthly meeting in the Council Chamber on Monday afternoon next, commencing at two o'clock.
The Town Hall event staged Thursday and Friday by the Congregational Church ladies was highly successful with gross receipts exceeding four hundred dollars.
The hay burned last week on a Ferry road lot was insured with the Connecticut Fire Insurance Company of Hartford. Loss adjusted and paid promptly by their agent Mr. Skinner.
Rev S F Smith of Newton Centre preached to the Young Men’s Christian Association at First Baptist Church last Sunday evening. The sermon defended the authenticity and value of the Holy Scriptures.
In the Senate on Thursday last Mr. Smith presented the petition of Hon Samuel W Church and one hundred eighteen others residents of this town for a prohibitory liquor law. the petition was referred to the special committee on that subject.
Rev. James F. Sykes, former pastor of the First Baptist Church, preached last Sunday forenoon. Rev. Dr. Smith of Newton Centre, Mass., occupied the pulpit in the afternoon.
The Young Men's Christian Association holds meetings tomorrow in three locations. At the Asylum at 10:30 A.M. at the Hall of Steamer No 1 fifteen minutes before six P.M. and at the Middle District school-house at 7:30 P.M.
The regular quarterly meeting of the Metacom Debating Club will be held next Tuesday evening at 7:30. All members are urged to attend as officers will be elected and the Secretary and Treasurer reports will be presented.
The Town Hall in 1871 operated over sixty nine evenings. It hosted twenty nine evenings of lectures sermons and public readings five for party political meetings five for regular and adjourned town meetings and thirty for festivals fairs concerts and other entertainments.
A Democratic meeting convened in Armory Hall on State Street Wednesday evening after an anonymous notice. Lieut. Col. E. Horton presided and C. L. Baker addressed about fifty attendees on prevailing political questions.
A local shop at the Rubber Works produced custom rubber shoes for a wearer, featuring an inside sole lining of twelve and three quarters inches in length and four and three eighths inches at the widest part, described as nearly large enough for pontoons.
At an adjourned probate court meeting Captain Samuel 8 Munroe was appointed administrator in Rhode Island on the estate of Charles Sherry Jr of Norwalk Connecticut deceased. Bond ten thousand dollars. Appraisers were Charles H. R. Doringh Lemuel A. Bishop and William T. C. Wardwell.
The National Union Republican State Central Committee calls a convention at the State House Providence on March 14 to nominate state officers and elect delegates to the Philadelphia convention on June 5 for President and Vice President nominations.
Church services are held in St Michaels Chapel on multiple mornings and evenings this week with a variant schedule. A suburban resident reports a white hen clinging to his wagon as he returned home on Hope street after a late ride. Revival meetings at State Street M E Church attract large crowds with many conversions reported. A large barn on State street between High and Wood owned by John Diman and used by George W Easterbrooks burned Thursday night, likely incendiary, threatening nearby homes including Aaron Easterbrooks. Firefighters and residents fought the blaze. barn contents and structure destroyed with no insurance found. Around 11:30 p m the Easterbrooks house basement caught fire from embers but was saved by neighbors and watchmen.
February 6 incident near Warren to Barneyville ends with Lewis Johnson alias Stout shot by George D. Arnold after forcing entry. Inquest verdict murder. Arnold jailed awaiting March Supreme Court trial. Arnold recounts Johnson’s prior trouble and threats amid tense confrontation with residents and visiting daughter of Jonathan Simmons.
The account describes Lewis Johnson threatening Arnold at his home, Johnson’s arrest, and Arnold firing a gun in self defense. Arnold, born in Smithfield, formerly a seaman, asserts he did not intend to kill. The narrative notes accompanying details about the household and local authorities.
A collection of pithy maxims and observations on beauty, honesty, memory, will, sight, and social fate. The notes reference a London linked Alabama case and contrasts between Victoria of England and Victoria Woodhull, ending with a quip on social aims and marriage.
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