Bristol Phoenix in Bristol, Rhode Island

Immigrants to Maine and other 1870s notes from Boston

A summary of varied 19th century items includes Duuxe’s year immigration to Maine with Aris tock county settlement, Rev J C Ball of Wendell Mass dead from kerosene injuries, and Walter Manton and wife in London banking records. The column notes severe Asian winter, a fugitive named Hildebrand, and ties to Washington Irving kin. It reports a Boston schooner haddock stock, the web wolf myth in Canada, and many local incidents from New York to Danbury, including fires, arrests, and weather curiosities.