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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1870
Page
2
The piece praises Anson Burlingame, noting his rise from humble origins to a leading American statesman. It discusses his diplomatic career with China, the Qing era, and Western powers, and reflects on how talent and freedom in the United States enable ascent to high political status.
The essay argues for reducing federal sympathy toward western tribes, accusing Indians of decline and violence while praising Gen Sherman and proposing strict discipline and accountability for unprovoked assaults on citizens. It endorses strong government action to control the western tribes.
The piece laments dull general business with wide stagnation in manufacturing and trade while noting few distress signals among the public. It calls for revived trade and steadier gold values, hoping for clearer forecasts for both rich and poor in the near future.
The piece argues that the Southern states cling to slavery’s past and resist change as children resist measles. It condemns the colored citizens' appeal for federal aid as a disgrace, urges Tennessee to feel shame for bloodthirsty violence, and insists progress comes with popular consent. It calls for tempering passions and embracing grand ideas.
The piece argues publishing in Cincinnati is minor next to Boston with few Cincinnati imprints. It highlights newspapers like the Commercial and its editor Halsted as influential, and Washington correspondent Don Pratt. It notes limited quality and quantity in weekly and monthly publications and doubts the overall press landscape.
The piece highlights the ArLen & Co. seed and agricultural catalogs offering extensive seed and tools, with New York City addresses and a refundable price. It also critiques local justice, noting a wife beater’s sentenced punishment doubled after a judge’s reaction, and reports on coal shipments in Lackawanna and wider anthracite regions with weekly tonnage changes.
The Telegraph notes the Newfoundland fishing season may be unremunerative this year as rough seas claim one schooner the George R Brufford and six lives with several vessels damaged. February seas remained rough halibut scarce and few catches, unlike last year when the fleet fared well.
A chaotic jumble of notes reports economics politics and curiosities from across the United States. Items include horse sales in California, a Massachusetts bank vaults full of coin, schoolhouse counts in Massachusetts, an election in Concordia New England and social vignettes from Ohio Indiana and Texas.
The annual town meeting for electing Town Council and other officers, approving town tax, and transacting town business will begin at ten o clock this morning in Town Hall. The Providence Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened its session in Providence on Wednesday morning. We note Mr. W S Hoge has a Descriptive Catalogue of New and Beautiful Plants available by advertisement. A Providence Warren and Bristol Railroad newsbox was robbed of about nine dollars Tuesday night in a depot car.
At last Saturday's meeting Warren voted 312 000 for a new school house and appointed a committee to acquire a steam fire engine not exceeding 1 000. The Bristol Light Infantry under Captain Quirk paraded in new uniforms en route to Providence for St Patrick's Day festivities.
A large and splendid stock of paper hangings and borders has been received at Mr Griffin's store on Holpe street. The stock is full and assortment unbroken, offering many pretty patterns that cost only a few cents a roll with superior quality in great variety.
Weekly prayer meetings under the YMCA aim to unite residents in earnest prayer for a work of Grace. The first meeting was at State Street M F Church vestry last Thursday. next is at First Baptist Church on the 24th. Rev. S S Cummings of Baldwin Home will speak at First Baptist Sunday forenoon and State Street M E Church afternoon. a Home choir will perform.
The Y M C Association held a pleasant prayer meeting at the Vestry of the State Street M E Church on Thursday evening. Wm H Spooner Esq, President, chaired as the hour was filled with prayer and exhortation until nine. Baptist and Congregational pastors took part and one speaker marked fifty years in the Master’s service.
At an adjourned annual meeting in Memorial Chapel on Monday evening, the Catholic Congregational Society unanimously elected M. T. Bennett as president, William St. Spooner as vice president, John R. Watson as treasurer (succeeding James F. E. French who resigned), and William Manchester as secretary.
At a special Bristol Train of Artillery meeting in their Armory on Wednesday evening Col Joseph B Burgess received a splendid sword and belt from the members for his devotion to the company. Lieut Col Smith delivered the presentation and Burgess responded with a gracious acknowledgment.
In a Justices Court on the 12th, James Gilman and Archibald Gilman were convicted of drunkenness and reveling, fined $1 each plus costs totaling 10.90. Asa Freeman, charged with assault and battery on George Arnold, was found guilty and fined $5 plus costs totaling 10.80, with an appeal to the Court of Common Pleas and jail if failed. Freeman, both defendants colored and Warren citizens, was defended by Benjamin M. Bosworth, Esq., of Warren.
The New York firm G P Rowell & Co handles the nation’s biggest newspaper mail. It is based at No. 10? Pack Row in business.
In a quavering note the Quod family debates apologies and truth as spirits clash with doctors and critics. The piece riffs on Major Jack Downing and a sidewalk dispute, then chronicles spectral interjections from En Quod to Quondam Quod, ending with a pledge of good-faith correction if misdeeds are found.
A Local Notice letters page debates Quod aliases and apologies to En Quod family while praising the St Michael's Chapel concerts. The amateur concerts on February 28 and March 1 drew large, appreciative audiences and strong praise for performers and instructors.
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