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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1874

Page

2

Debates on corruption and politics across parties

In this survey of political life the writer laments party corruption across both the Democratic and Republican camps. It notes individuals who opposed party lines, comments on Napoleon III, Bismarck, and a Rhode Island call to elect General Burnside to the U.S. Senate, while criticizing the Stokes case and capital punishment debates.

Democratic Party Republican Party New Lampshire Rhode Island United States General Assembly Ambrose E. Burnside Burnside Senate of Senate Commonwealths Union Mississippi Narragansett Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company PENN Mutual

Henry Wilson’s Pot Boy Past Clouds Essex Rep’s Sympathy

The Essex representative shows no sympathy for Henry Wilson who was a pot boy but is now temperate and Christian. The note questions whether the pious politician has lost his power of appreciation at the Custom House.

Henry Wilson Essex Custom House

Temperance Lecture Cast by Clergy in Town Hall

Rev. David Boyd of Pawtucket delivered a temperance lecture in Town Hall last Monday evening. Rev. O T Walker of Providence was announced to speak on the same subject Friday evening.

David Boyd Pawtucket Town Hall O. T. Walker Providence RHODE Is_and Historica. Society The Historical Society William J. Miller Trumbull Massasoit Roger Williams Plymouth Massaci Bristol Miller

Praise and Promise Meeting at the Y M C A Rooms

A notice announces a Praise and Promise meeting at the Y M C A rooms tomorrow Sunday at 5 45 P M with all invited. Other meetings are scheduled at the Asylum tomorrow morning at 10 1 2 o'clock and at the Middle District School House at 7 30 P M.

Asylum Middle District Boston State Street Garantee Bristol Joan Anderson

Riverside Hotel and nearby properties go to public auction

The Riverside Hotel along with the Cedar Grove area cottages and villa lots will be sold at public auction next Thursday on the premises. The sale proceeds as scheduled with no weather postponement. details appear in the auction column.

Riverside Cedar Grove Station J. DW C. W. Perry Greenville Bristol Warren Bourn Street Pappousesquaw S. Point Hope Street Ferry Road Constitution and Thames Streets JIXNO B. Munro Atlantic Newport R. 1 Aquidneck Mill and Corne Streets B.W. Abbott Horace Kendall Worcester Oliver Chaffee Francis Armington East Providence George Hi.burnham Providence Narragansett Bay Cedar Grove Depot Riverside Wharf Boston Worcester Warker’s Shop Duparquet & Huot Cedar Grove Nopkins & Sears Riverside Hotel Wo & Blr Stone Bridge Pawtucket B. W. Abbott Horace Kendall Lysanders Flagg Central Falls G. A Sama Sitysfe Pristo J. Waldron J. Mathaway Harriet F. Munro R. G. Bradford Thomas G. Holmes Thomas Paine John R. Slade John N. Burgess John W Dearth William Bradford Wood Street Burton Street Charles Davis B. M. Lincoln Thomas Burlingham

Library Offers New Travel and Classical Works

The YMCA library lists March arrivals including Travels through Asia and Six months Hence on March 14 and Kremlin and Alhambra and Twelve miles from a Lemon on March 21. additions on March 28 include Search for the Castaways by Jules Verne and St. Philips. Sumner's Grand Funeral March by E Mack, from Lee Walker Philadelphia, honors universal liberty and costs 80 cents.

Library of the Asia Kremlin Alhambra Jules Verne St. Philips Sumner E. Mack Lee & Walker Philadelphia

Town Meeting Elects Officials and Sets Tax Rules

The Annual Town Meeting held in Town Hall elected the town officers for the coming year including Moderator George H. Reynolds and Town Clerk Peter Gladding. It formed a five member Town Council and set polling hours, appointed various posts, debated school and boundary matters, and approved a tax collection at 0.71% with William Bradford named Collector of Taxes.

George H. Reynolds Peter Gladding William R. Taylor William H. Spooner Samuel D. Wardwell James A. Miller Samuel M. Lindsey Thomas C. Church Bennett J. Munro James Lawless George L. Gower Silas H. Munro John B. Taylor James Hoard, Jr George H. Reynolda John H. Gladding Benjamin M. Lincoln Simon D'W. Liscomb John W. Barney C. F. Mwerreshoff, Jr Loring Coggeshall A. Windsor Gooding Half Way Hill Warren Line William H. Simmons Robert S. Andrews William J. Miller William Manchester Seth W. Thayer William T. Harlow George L. Locke Jonathan D. Waldron John B Munro Howard M. Jones Levine A. Bishop James P. Lane Isaac F. Williams William Miller John Turner Edward W. Brunson Edward M. Meiggs Isaac Liscomb William P. Monro Philip B. Bourn Robert J. Fitch James M. Gifford James D. Wardwell, Jr Thomas F. Usher Joseph L. Gardner Parker Borden John W. Pearse William Henry Manchester James M. Gooding Charles V. Perry Nathan N. Cole Allen T. Usher, Jr William H. Morse Gondense Bank of Bristol Byfield Byfield School House Edward W. Brunsen Warren General Assembly William Bradford Cience Plantations

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