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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1892
Page
2
A scow with seven men on board broke from a tug on Lake Michigan and is believed lost. Other items note a thief stealing stoves from W. H. Clark’s shop in Bridgeport, and various brief incidents including a suicide in Corning by Frederick F. Houghton over ill health.
Governor Bulkeley names Senator Benjamin P. Meade of New Canaan to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of George F. Lincoln as Auditor of Public Accounts. The appointment adds a veteran state legislator to the independent fiscal post.
William Smith age 14 of Reading Pennsylvania was arrested for theft and made two attempts to kill himself by throwing under a moving engine while being transported to jail.
Henry Smith and William Edwards were taken into custody at Providence Saturday and sent to Cranston Rhode Island. They were implicated in extensive robberies across multiple locations. The Church of the Assumption in Canton Minnesota closed by Bishop Collins amid alleged miraculous cures. merchants want reopening. The Interstate Railway filed a one million dollar mortgage opposing Old Colony traffic. An estate of one hundred thousand dollars may pass to niece Jennie R. Buzby per a scrap found in Andrew Sproule's safe. Henry Munpurs on Co. will stage Fadette at Providence Opera House starting November 7 with Laura Schimer Mapleson leading a strong cast and no dull moments.
The November Review of Reviews is richly illustrated with portraits of notable figures. It includes new South American presidents Crespo and Pena, recently deceased eminent men such as Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Quincy, educational campaigners of the two party committees, Misses Kenealey, Hamburg nurses English cholera nurses at Hamburg, and various statesmen, journalists, and leaders including Colonel Cockerill of New York, J W Scott of Chicago, and President Chas F Thwing of Cleveland among others.
Claims that Fox the cure of headache constipation stomach and liver troubles and all derangements of the digestive and assimilative organs. Describes pills as sugar coated pleasant to take reliable and retaining virtue in any climate.
The text urges voters to choose the best candidate, urging confidence in Ayera Barperilla as superior medicine and implying broad party agreement that it is the right choice this month. The snippet combines political and promotional language without clear event specifics.
A Brooklyn letter from Oct 31 1892 raises Chicago Exposition lodging options and humor about Columbus Americus Vespucius Queen Isabella and Swinburne. It notes lodging for a week at $10 to $14, Bristol BR offerings, Talmage’s politics, and praise for Miss Mary Shaw at Theatre of Arts and Letters with plans to stage American-authored dramas. The piece mentions the Maine and New Hampshire steamers and fare reductions to Boston via the Stonington Line.
Wealthy Olneyville resident Hannah Atkinson was arrested and charged with shoplifting. She was convicted and fined amid ongoing disputes over her ownership of real estate and houses, with relatives alleging kleptomania.
Indigestion promoted as improving digestion without injury and easing diseases from stomach disorders. A trial bottle offered on sending two cents in stamps. Rumford Chemical Works Providence RI advertises Laxe's Fawr Mzvione claimed to move the bowels daily, suggesting most people need it.
The fragment lists Town Council and Court of Probate meetings next Monday and various local items. Notable notes include Rev William R Trotter vacationing in New York, Rev Thomas J Fales preaching at St Michael's Church, Joahua Wilbour returning from Kansas City, and John P Reynolds traveling to Peoria for a funeral. An injury at Worsted Mill is noted, and the sloop Jessie was towed in after swamp near Pappasquash shore with minor damage.
An exhibition of chrysanthemums opens Wednesday November 9 at Mrs Gifford's No 58 State Street. It runs from 10 am to 4 pm daily for a week to benefit the Old Ladies Home. All invited.
The Mite Society of the State Street M E Church will hold an event at Grand Army Hall on Thursday evening November 10. Supper runs from five to ten with price 40 cents. An eight o'clock entertainment features vocal and instrumental music and readings. Admission is 10 cents.
Three deaths occurred in October in this town with ages from 11 days to 57 years six months. Causes listed as Brights disease cancer of liver and indigestion. Interments were in North Cemetery. The Democratic Party held a Town Hall rally and raised campaign flags on Bradford and Wood streets. A promenade concert by the Cornet Band preceded the event. W T C Wardwell presided as Frank H Jackson and Charles E Gorman spoke.
Republicans held a Tuesday evening rally in Town Hall with flag raisings at High and Church streets and Hopeni street. Hon Joshua Wilbour presided at the mass meeting with speeches by Wilbour Spooner Bourne Ballou and others. An ovation greeted Ex Gov Bourn amid enthusiastic reception.
SF Special Services for the aged were held at State Street M E Church under Epworth League auspices. A large audience attended with teachers and scholars from the Sunday School. The church was decorated with flowers vines and autumn leaves. Rev William J Smithy preached from John 14 1 2 3. A twelve voice choir rendered ancient tunes under J B Pollock with Mrs Pollock at the organ.
William James Riley of Boston and Mary E. Tanner of this town married at the bride’s mother’s Bradford street home. Rev. Henry A. Stevens officiated. ushers were Jabez H. Hazard and William B. Read. bride wore cream satin and carried a bouquet of fo6es.
Unanimous Bristol DAR resolutions express sympathy to Caroline Scott Harrison’s family, honoring her as a model American woman and First Lady. A related Providence letter from Bishop Harkins praises Columbus Day observances, gratitude to participants, and calls for unity in faith and country.
The October term of the Bristol County Court of Common Pleas convened with Judge W W Douglas presiding. Grand Jury foreman Nathan Goff led jurors who returned an indictment against Oliver T Angell for embezzlement from Elmer Schofield. Several civil cases were continued or submitted, and petitions for patrialization granted. The November Magazine of American History is praised as a souvenir of Columbus celebrations. A Sparrow’s Point idea proposes dry docks for shipbuilding, potentially saving time by flooding the dock to float completed vessels. Kemp's Balsam is advertised as stopping coughs.
It is not what its proprietors say but what Hood's Sarsaparilla does that tells the story of its merit. Hood's Sarsaparilla OURES.
Bristol October 26 1892 electors warned to meet at Town Hall on the eighth day of November for votes on President and Vice President, Congressional representative, constitutional amendments and a state loan. Provisions set for the first Wednesday in April elections and officer terms. includes rules for vacancies, impeachment, and passage of amendments. Attest Secretary of State Gero H Urren.
A proposal asks the General Assembly to authorize state bonds totaling up to 1 590 000 dollars. The measure directs issuance for specified public purposes and outlines the legislative directive to proceed with the bond sale.
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