Widespread political commentary and stray reflections
A collage of political observations and wry remarks across regions and figures. Topics include elections, inflation fears, England and Cyprus, money's impact on people, New England mills, pocketbook lore, reputations, Conkling and New York politics, California politics, and South Carolina and Massachusetts political intrigues with critique of leaders and voters.
Massachusetts Verdict Rebuffs Butler and Soft Money
The State of Massachusetts rebukes Benjamin F. Butler and the soft money doctrine praising reform and sound governance. It urges the nation to demand intelligent men of character for official positions and warns against leaders who sell others as slaves to greed and corruption. The piece argues lessons from recent political events demand lasting change and integrity in government.
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Massachusetts
Bay State
Benjamin F. Butler
Republic
Butler
Defeated Butler draws sober verdicts. Tammany ousted
The piece argues defeated candidates lose bravado after vote counts, praising press for opposing General Butler’s pretensions. It lauds New York City’s liberation from Tammany, urging reform by the city’s best citizens to end political tyranny and transform the metropolis for national and world betterment.
Caricature of rival perfumers sparks heated quarrel
In a vivid vent of insult and satire, Monsieur Philcpme laments the lack of prizes for his Pommade Pompadour and Rose Dubarry lip items while condemning Com pedion of the Presage Grosradig for winning two medals. He notes the so called sempiternal carrot as a greasy hoax and revels in a grotesque method to reuse flavors.
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Monsieur Philcpme
India
Grand Prix blooms and expositions in Paris 1878
Paris reports the Paris Exposition 1878 with huge bouquets and a grand prize display under a large wheel exhibit. Max Cremnitz, a famed chromo lithographer, earned a bronze medal amid rival disappointments as exhibitors vent ire at prize lists and displays. From Our Own Correspondent. Our New York Letter. Also covering a theft at St Mark's Church vault of A. T. Stewart remains and New York politics post Tammany defeat with mayoral race notes.
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America
Whilimantic Linen Company
Messrs. J. & P. Coats
Paris
Cable
Knowledgeable yet wary talk on gifts and bargains in town notices
The local column notes a public thanks to Hon. A. E. Burnside for documents and mentions various community items. It records renovations by Beriah Brownell on Hope Street near the Town bridge and lists new library acquisitions and literary notices, including authors and works from Harper and Co. and others, as well as school attendance names.
Lost alpaca shawl found at Town Hall identifies owner
A black alpaca shawl was found in Town Hall on Friday evening after the meeting. Owners may retrieve it by applying at janitor J. H. Pitman’s residence on Franklin Street and proving property. Also notes a boot shop of Mr. Charles Thompson on State Street offering ready-made boots and made-to-order footwear.
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Town Hall
J. H. Pitman
Franklin Street
Charles Thompson
State Street
Sermon Delivered Before Bristol Female Charitable Society
Rev James P Lane preached the sixty fifth annual sermon at the Congregational Church last Sunday evening on Deuteronomy chapters 15 verses 7 8 and 10. The large audience listened intently and a collection for the Society was taken.
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Bristol Female Charitable Society
James P. Lane
Congregational Church
Improvements at Trinity Church Estate and Phoenix Building
A marked improvement has been made in recent days on the Trinity Church estate with removal of unsightly structures, new fences on Hope street and the north line, and proper grading. The Phoenix building sees additions, new paint for buildings and fences, carpentry by A A Gray & Co of Providence supervised by A Budlong, and painting by Samuel Douglass.
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Trinity Church
Hope Street
Phoenix
Messrs
A. A. Gray
A. Budlong
Samuel Douglass
Donations to the Children's Home Acknowledged
The Board of Managers of the Children's Home gratefully acknowledge donations for the month ending November 12 including baskets of apples clothing paper of coffee meat cabbage pumpkins flowers and cash gifts from multiple individuals such as Mrs S W Church Mr Westcott Miss Nettie North Mr James Coggeshall Mrs North Mr John Lake Mr J H Manchester Miss Fanny Alden Miss Annie F Munro and others totaling several amounts and items.
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The
Children’s Home
S. W. Church
Smith
A. W. Manchester
Westcott
James Coggeshall
Nettie North
A. Viets Peck
Samuel Coggeshall
Fall River Carpenter Seriously Injured In Fall From Building
Mr Joseph Springer a carpenter and son of the late Mr Joseph Springer of this town was seriously injured by a fall from a building in Fall River on Monday morning the 4th inst He was on a staging on a house owned by Mr John Wilbur on Barnaby street and slipped while reaching for his hatchet after dropping it due to a slippery roof from heavy frost He was taken to his son in law Mr George Bailey on French street and attended by Dr A M Jackson One ankle was crushed both feet hurt and other injuries noted He is as well as could be expected and wounds improving. Fresh codfish at the Red Market foot of State street.
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New York
St. Mark’s Church
A. T. Stewart
Nichols
Hilton
House of
A. T. Steigart & Co
Second Avenue
Jimmy
St. Mark’s
Stewart
Wich
Bistein
Mr. Stewart
Garden City
Long Island
Tammany
Tammany'Hall
Tweed
Sachem Kelly
Gmder
Augustus Schell
Ward Cooper
John Kelly
Ben Butler
Tammaby
Joseph Springer
Fall River
John Wilbur
Barnaby Street
George Bailey
French Street
A. M. Jackson
International Review for Novem ber-December
The International Review for November December is available at newsstands or by mail. It opens with Tait’s reply to Froude on Science and Theology, then Geo W Julian warns of ordeals threatening the nation, and Spofford describes the growth of the National Library. Other pieces cover Final Philosophy, Successful Mediocrity, Social Democracy, a poem by Mr Green, and currency reviews. Wilkie Collinge contributes a story, with broader coverage in Contemporary Literature. Publisher A S Barnes & Co., New York.
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International Review
Spofford
Congress
National Library
Hall
Albert Rhodes
U. S
Rouen
France
J. von Huber
Europe
Green
St. Catharine’s College
Cambridge
England
Horace White
Wilkie Collinge
United States
Germany
A.S. Barnes & Co
New York
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Bristol Phoenix
Bismarck
MacMahon
Cyprus
New England
Billy
Conkling
Capitol
Dennis
California
Connecticut
Kg Victorian
Duke of Connaught
Bay
Ben
Jon
Thomas
South Carolina
Wade Haupton
Hns
Ric
Sam Butler
Free Land
Grand Hotel Des Capucines
Faubourg
Grand Hotel
Mandame la Marechale de Mac Mahon
Palais de l’ Industrie
Mr. van Amburg
M. Max Cremnitz
Avenue de Eylau
Champ de Mars
Flora
Rufino
Moon
Igo
A. E. Burnside
Odd Fellows Beneficial Association
Augustus Durfee
Advent
Gen. Burnside
Methodist Episcopal Church
Phenix
Richard D. Smith
Jack Frost
George Bullen
Pawtucket
Congregational
Baptist Church
Richard R. Magee
Marion
Lynn County
Iowa
Magee
Beriah Brownell
Town Bridge
S. Benton Munroe
J. Penno
Frere Lrezanx
Kennedy
John
Harper & Brothers
Zit
World
Theo
Maid Ellico
Henry Holt & Co
Monesworth
Ennis Graham
Hathercourt
Lee and Shepard
Boston
Trowsrmay
J. T
Lee & Shepard
TII
Robert Rogers” Foundation
Edmurer Review
Forman Quarterly Review
London Quarterly Review
Westminster Review
Norra Barrise Review
Eclectic Magazine
Caroline Hyde
D. Appleton & Co
Danrney
Felix O. C
Estes & Lauriat
Cuma Hunters Cius
W. C. Prime
Club
Littlevilla
East Primary School
Jimmie Brown
Thomas Brogan
Willie Christie
Gussie Duffee
Samuel Mece
Henry McKay
Josie Newbold
Oswald Ssigal
James Head
Thomas Head
Charlie Sparks
Eliza Brogan
Lizzie McLoughlin
Janie Lattrie
South Primary School
Annie King
Johnny Keating
Lillie King
Robbie Lawder
Maggie King
Tommy McGauchey
Minnie Livingstone
Sammy Sherman
Winnie Chace
Eddie Trainer
Fennimore Weeks
Willie Younge
Clarence Lathrop
Willie Gladding
Eliott Macarthy
North
Cornelius Hazard
Josh Carney
Jimmie Hazard
Kate Carney
Arthur Bullock
Aramie Greene
Wille Hamill
Edna Dunbar
Lyamie Carney
Hattie Bourn
Obie Greene
Susie Paull
Harry Mayo
Jeffy Galvin
Neddy Morrissy
Raymond Paull
Neddy Walsh
Willie Olive
Jimmie Falkner
Owen Traynor
Carl Dornheim
Ernie Munro
Myra Bourn
Mydia Manchester
Allie Downey
Centee
Lizzie Condon
Lena Munroe
Hugh Breen
Charlie Duffy
Michael Galvin
Fred Dryer
Annie Lindsey
Bridget Breen
Mary Peters
Sophie Dryer
Lizzie Popper
Kate Scanlon
Mattia Phelps
Annie Peterson
Albert Dornheim
James Peters
Charles Christie
Ada Stoughton
Archie Dunbar
Cena
Horton
Herman Dryer
Leo Wachter
James, Gifford
Annie Waldron
James Eating
Bennie Phillips
Willie Shepard
James Whittington
Willie H. Walter
F. Elbert Wood
Bennie Shippee
Sadie Ennis
Hattie Remington
Third Intermediate School
Gertie Bourn
Mary Holmes
Grace Mott
Lena Morris
Louise Munro
Kate McKeon
Bertha Slade
Annie Walsh
Willie Darling
Charles Hart
Hugh Kelly
Frank Wilson
Clarence Walsh
Caspar Walter
Second
William Remington
Susan Gayton
Thomas Gilroy
Annie Mumford
Janes C.johnson
Adolph Dittmer
Albert L. Kupfer
Freeboro
Cole
Joseph Bacon
FIRST
Theodosia Smith
Susie G. Collins
Grace Warren
Kate Malone
Annie Christie
Kate F. Spooner
Frank B. Bourn
Frank Dimond
Willie J. Faulkner
Willie Peters
the Galvin
Frank M. Gifford
T. Henderson
Edwin Hill
John H. H. Mott
Lena E. Evands
M. Louise Jewett
Mary G. Lawless
Maggie McLoughlin
Annie Pepper
Hattie Munro
Florence Lindsey
Louis Barford
Frank Peckham
Dennis Scanlon
First Grammar
Thomas Lonergan
A. O. Bourn, Jr
Edward E. Mayo
Wu. W. Perry
Wm. Gifford
Lola Barnham
Ava Close
Hattie M. Fales
Cordelia F. Johnson
Midele District
Nora Leahy
Rosa Ingraham
Blanche Eagranka
Arthur A. Sayles
Charles BE. Sayles
Frank M. Ingraham
Walter F. Remieres
Willie McCaughey
Rachael T. Remieres
Jackson
Rochester
Rochester Evening Express
Simmons
Hale
Pike
H. H. Tilley
Washington, D. C
Benj. Tilley
Switzerland
Italy
Red Market
Boschee
A. Pike
N. C. Bedell
Hope
Bradford Streets
High Street
Constitution Street
West Side
Geo
Lewis Gower
Hope and
T. H. Shipman
Bradford Street
G. P. Barnes
G. W. Easterbrooks
Bez
WM. H. Richards
Odd Fellows Building
Samuel P. Colt
Bristol
Westminster Street
Providence
Garrard—Whelden
G. L. Locke
Robert Dee
Josephine L. Whelden
Ristol
McCavahey
David
Sarah McCaughey
ConGapor
Isaac N.H. Congdon
Franklin
Dorcas Congdon
Liscon
Foughkeepsie
N.Y
Charles F
Harriet B. Liscomb
Mowry
Abigail
Daniel A. Mowry
Reed
Samuel Reed
Stonn
Catharine Stone
Bricos
David ‘Briggs
Newport
Sarah Etta
Benjamin F. ‘Liston
Hammond
Edith
Edward
Chaffee
Seckonk
Sth
Walker Chaffee
Taunton
Sally
Wai
Eddy
Macomber
New Shoreham
Elijah Macomber
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
BR. I
Saturdy
B. Durfée
Gabon
Favorite
Vanonicus
Orswell
Meteor
Slocum
Nellie
Young
Portsmouth
Teazer
Darling
Cole’s River
Canonicus
Crawell
Hermann
Caswell
Ann Amelia
Allen
Appenaug
James Henry
Snow
Ida
Goff
Prudence
Charles H. Thompson
Osingh
Panny Panthers
Geo. H. Farrington
Stope Street
Nol. J. B.munro’s
Flint’ & CO
Richard
Pearse
Ohn W. Waldron
James D. Wardwell
Uardian
Eorge H.liscomb
Charles A. Liscomb
Isaac Liscomb
Eyara
Amuel M.lindle Nolé
G. Thurston
Anda
Nolg
Erce 'S
Corner of
Rothers
Obed
Baker
Stephen Smith
Rogers Brothers
Joshua Gray
R. I
J. &P. Coats
Willimantic Linen Co
Rhode Island
J. P. Coats
Andrew S. March & Co
J. & P. Coats
Frank Fish
Geo. V. Goofe
Andrew J. Mullowney
John B. Pearce
Noid
J. B ‘Munro's
Samuel Thompson
Geo. H.reynolds
Bristol Neck
Samuel White
Samuel M. Lindsey
Guardian
Nicholas G. Northup
Bristol Institution For Savings
Prospect Street
Susan Caulfield
Foschoenler
Schneuler
Thomas F. Cahill
Kate Cahill
Mary Cialoll
Tichael O'Roeiuke
Henry Batcher
Thomas Cahill
Mary Cahill
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