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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1878

Page

2

All the fools in Spain are not dead yet

A column of varied political musings cites the shooting at Alfonso, noting such acts harm reform and that assassination does not alter governance. It reflects on British, American, and Scottish affairs, with critiques of leaders and public policy, and comments on Massachusetts politics and culture.

Massachusetts Spain Alfénzo

Thanksgiving Proclamation and Political Critique Rise

A column laments demagogic tactics and praises public policy debate. It critiques the Potter Committee's partisan use and endorses honoring the Thanksgiving proclamation while predicting widespread gratitude and a hopeful New England festival season.

South Carolina politics and European affairs noted in letter

The piece argues that persecution will not destroy the Republican cause in South Carolina and predicts freedom will triumph. it also critiques European balance of power and Lord Beaconsfield’s influence. It credits lessons from Russia and England and warns of a looming threat as the Czar’s aims persist. A Philadelphia obituary notes J Gillingham Fell’s death and his vast public, mining, and philanthropic work.

South Carolina Russia England European Congress Lord Beaconsfield Europe North Philadelphia J. Gillingham Fell Walnut Street Mr. Fell Bucks County Arno Pardee Lehigh Lehigh Valley Railroad Lehigh Country North Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia Bank Fidelity Trust and Safe Deposit Company Academy of Fine Arts Broad Street É&O Swarthmore College Society of Friends Fell Bishop Howe

Re elected Latimer Ballou Takes Congress Seat

The article notes Hon Latimer W Ballou’s reelection as Representative in the 2d Congressional District by a 708 vote majority over Democrat Barnaby and Greenback candidate Smith. It then shifts to editorial opinion urging kindness toward the South and criticizing Secretary Sherman and the Potter Committee with sharp invective.

Latimer W. Ballou Congress Barnaby Smith Sherman Potter Committee

Fall River Station Winter Run Change Notice

A report details the Fall River steamer beginning its winter arrangement, leaving Providence at 24 o'clock PM instead of 3 o'clock PM last Monday, while work on a new State Street M E Church parsonage progresses near High and State streets. The item notes various local happenings including a Republican mass meeting, jail transfer of Esther Cahill, and a council probate session with multiple estate matters and new library acquisitions.

Fall River Providence State Street M. E High Probare Messrs Spooner Church and Bennett Abby W. Pearse Richard S. Pearse John W. Pearse Thomas Pearse Charles F. Simmons Leonard G. Simmons George W. Simmons Charles C. Dimond Martha Schumacher John D. Dimond Salmon P. Burdict Samuel 8. Munroe Alfred Luther John W. Waldron James D. Wardwell James D. Wardwell, Jr Charles, L. Wardwell William Bradford Samuel C. Bullock Jeremiah Bosworth William H. Pitman Mary H. Pitman Samuel M. Lindsey Samuel White Samuel P. Cole Frank E. Remieres William R. Taylor Nehemiah Cole William Smith Lydia W. Kendall Elizabeth W. Guiteras Ramon Guiteras Josiah Simmons Allen Bullock Samuel Thompson Sanford M. Pearce Henry Codman Fanny Reynolds Mary L Minnie Jemima M. Lindsey William H. Dunbar High Street Lincoln Avenue North Cemetery Anonicus Bristol Bristol Ferry Rhode Island Aide

Miss Anderson to Perform at Providence Opera House

Miss Mary Anderson will appear in Romeo and Juliet at the Providence Opera House next week. She will present Juliet in a special Wednesday matinee on the 13th inst. The matinee provides a daytime viewing option for towns along the P.W. and Bristol railroad who cannot attend the evening performances in Warren.

Mary Anderson Providence Opera House Miss Anderson Juliet Warren P.W. & Bristol

Fire alarm sounds from tar barrel bonfire on the Common

An alarm woke the neighborhood at about one o'clock last Wednesday morning after tar barrels and other combustibles were burned on the Common. The parade commemorates various historic or political themes, though the exact purpose remains unclear.

Guy Fawkes B. F. Butler Massachusetts

No royal road to wealth and its hidden costs

The text rejects sudden riches as rare and unsustainable and argues that steady, small gains are the sure path. It warns that fortune pursued without discipline can become a curse, as many covet misery when chasing wealth and exceed a basic competency but gain no real happiness.

The Berrian Quarrenny Review October issue noted

The Leonard Scott Publishing Co at 41 Barclay street New York releases The Berrian Quarrenny Review for October summarizing contents on universities in fifteenth century Europe Lessing as Philosopher and Theologian Joubert and Pensees Butter and Cream Greeks and Romans use of articles Bosnia Herzegovina and Austria Tent Work in Palestine Mr Hughes on the Establishment The Three Treaties and a Contemporary Literature lineup The publisher lists price 4 dollars a year for one or 16 dollars for all with prepaid postage

Berrian Quarrenny Review Leonard Scott Publishing Co Barclay Street New York Lessing Joubert Joseph Joubert Bosnia Herzegovina Austria Empire of Palestine Hughes Lord Beaconsfield London Quarry Edinburgh Westminster British Quarterly Reviews Blackwood

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