09 Mar 1878
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1878
Page
1
A poetic piece titled written for the Bristol Phenix portrays a twilight angel gliding at dusk. It speaks of the angel soothing sorrow, granting rest to the weary, and guiding mourners toward an eternal destiny with a tone of gentle mercy and religious hope.
A prairie mother sleeps as her two children wander to the barn and vanish. The father and neighbors search by day and night until a dog leads them to a hazel clump where Willie and Mary lie asleep, tucked in each other, unharmed and reunited with joy.
A quirky 19th century style miscellany links surreal dreams to weather signs. It teases that dreaming of a monkey, a stuffed oyster shell, and a club-footed Indian forebodes rain, while family marriage prompts a shift in dream content.
A letter emphasizes not casting aside friends for petty jealousy or heedless slight. It urges resolving coolness or unkindness quickly, arguing one good friend outweighs many material jewels and that life is too short for quarrels.
Hugh Miller counsels young workers to seek happiness through study rather than pleasure. He urges keeping creativity fresh, using eyes to value ordinary things, reading good books, and notes that the Bible holds more true philosophy than skeptical writings.
A Shaker quote extols forgiveness and a pure heart. It likens a contrite admission and tear-dispelling words to beauty seen by angels. The speaker praises steadfast friendship through good and bad as more precious than wealth.
A compilation of maxims and ethical sayings. It extols discretion in speech and action, honors study and parental guidance, stresses charitable acts, and outlines questions at the divine judgment. It emphasizes knowledge, honesty, restraint, and support for scholars and learners.
A 1877 report details the life saving service on the U S coast. It saved property valued at over 1 7 million dollars and aided 959 people, with 80 lives lost. Stations, crews, patrols, and equipment are described, with growth from Long Island and New Jersey to Cape Cod Rhode Island and broader districts.
The Cincinnati Star cites Sergeant Bassler explaining a storm forms from a heated column creating a vacuum. The piece notes the “hole in the atmosphere” theory could change weather language nationwide and describes a hypothetical wind storm path from the northeast to the Rockies, Chicago, and Cincinnati outside the loop.
A portly gentleman visits Leavitt street doors seeking a woman who peeps through windows. He presents a nineteen carat diamond and a deed to a Calumet avenue mansion to a cottage mistress, then departs in a grand barouche with two priceless horses.
Mrs Lipia Marta Cuito, aged seventy six, writes that life has become dreary after losing her spouse and friends. She notes she has no children, but remains thankful for a sane mind and healthy body, and values kind friends who help her stay unshackled.
The excerpt presents a proverb praising virtue and charity, saying theft never enriches, alms never impoverish, and prayers do not hinder work. It reflects a moral stance equating honesty with progress and condemning theft.
A Swedish inventor secures US patent for an automatic railway signal system. It reports train positions, sounds signals to engineers, clears switches, and prevents collisions by telegraphing between trains and stations. The system records speeds and timing, and can stop trains remotely if needed.
Take care of yourself and others as advised by Hall's Journal of Health. The piece cites a drayman and horses, historical figures, and argues that many die from neglecting warmth after exercise, while personal health should be part of early education. It also laments marital neglect and calls for a harmonious home life.
A plea to Christians to maintain cheerfulness amid sorrow for the sake of others. Gloom harms families, while daily acts of kindness and a cheerful countenance lift tired hearts. The message urges living by charity as shown by the Saviour and spreading happiness through every feature.
A clothier draws public interest with a large apple painted on his sign. When asked for an explanation, he quipped that without an apple, ready made clothing stores might not exist today.
Rhode Island enacts Chapter 603 amending Chapter 73 and Chapter 508 of the Public Laws. It prescribes fines up to one thousand dollars and jail time up to a year for maintaining common nuisances. It also sets a twenty dollar fine and ten days in jail for violations involving sale of strong liquors.
An act amends General Statutes chapters to replace the word court with state in the fifth line of section one and states the act takes effect immediately.
The act authorizes the Supreme Court or a judge to strike from the docket any action pending in the Supreme Court or Court of Common Pleas when neither party appears to prosecute or defend, without costs and with terms set by general court rules. It repeals inconsistent acts and takes effect upon passage.
Chapter 649 amends Chapter 197 to allow sale of perishable or wasteable attached property after court notice. Also an 1873 act authorizes Newport clerks to hire assistants at up to $150 yearly, effective May 1, 1877.
An 1878 act amends public law chapters to set the clerk of the Secretary of State annual salary at twelve hundred dollars, to cover the cost of engrossing all public and private acts ordered by either house of the General Assembly, effective from the current fiscal year.
An act amending Chapter 245 of the General Statutes on salaries. Passed February 19 1878. Section 1 increases the salary of the Crier of the Courts in Providence County.
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