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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1869
Page
2
A Bristol Phenix column urges parents to value reading over mere social training. It argues newspapers and magazines educate children about world events, cultures, and literature, shaping thoughtful, well rounded individuals through access to diverse authors and ideas.
The Madame James will case reached the New York Supreme Court on Monday and was postponed by Judge Ingraham until the first Monday in November with counsel ready for trial.
The second annual convention of the Young Men's Christian Associations of Rhode Island met in Westerly on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Rhode Island Woman's Suffrage Association opened its annual session at Roger Williams Fall on Wednesday evening.
Courts upheld Branford townspeople claim to oyster grounds at Stony Creek. A large fleet gathered on Flying Point bed with many boats splitting five bushels per person. Prosecutions will follow for stake removal and overharvest. In Indiana a vigilante dispute led to musket fire and deaths near Springstool as orders to leave were enforced.
The Louisville session adjourned sine die after approving a report urging all cities on navigable streams with exports of ten thousand dollars or more to become ports of entry. It also memorializes Congress to aid a steamship line between New Orleans and Rio Janeiro and appoints a committee to study the rail link from the Mississippi at New Orleans and from Galveston Bay to the Pacific's nearest point.
September emigration from the Mersey totaled 15 617, largely English, with a quarterly figure of 45 332 under the act and 2 610 in short ships, 47 942 overall. Of these, 34 907 go to the United States and 7 443 to Canada, leaving 1 542 to other destinations, marking a substantial rise from the same quarter in 1868.
Reports note new black run newspapers in New Orleans Lexington and Virginia as colored communities plan to publish with moral backing from the Grand Army of the Republic. A fatal accident in Fall River describes 12 year old John W. Smith crushed by an elevator while working at Robeson Mills. In Suncook New Hampshire a woman insists on helping with street repairs claiming the right to work her tax.
On the 7th instant a large crowd gathered at an English seashore to witness a predicted extraordinary high tide by Lieutenant Saxby of the navy. Excursion trains operated and inmates of public institutions were released to view the event, but the tide remained normal, with no rise above usual levels.
A colored man near Yanceyville was stung by a hornet while plowing. He stopped to molest a nest, the hornet attacked the temple and likely pierced an artery. The man died within about half an hour after collapsing in a fence corner. Source: Milton Chronicle.
A five acre Concord vineyard sold for seven cents a pound to a Boston fruit dealer. The crop yields between ten and eleven tons, promising growers over 31 400 dollars in a season. A Danbury Connecticut incident reports a caterpillar harming a life.
A letter argues for a substantial water system to boost growth and pay for itself, citing possible costs under seventy five thousand dollars and noting how water works generally lead to town expansion. The author urges careful study of supply feasibility and financial viability.
At the National Rubber Company works an accident in the mixing roomCaught clothing in moving gears drawing him into the machine. Bartholomew Lubey, 54, Ireland native, lingered from 7:15 a.m. until his death at 10 a.m. He lived near the works on Franklin street and was known as a quiet, industrious citizen.
Theodore P. Bogert Esq planted two bushels of Harrison potatoes on his Ferry road Seaside farm. This fall the crop yielded seventy bushels of exceptionally fine potatoes, praised for their appearance and edibleness after a recent sample from the office.
One of the two large chimneys blown down at the Rubber Works in the gate of the 8th ultimo has been rebuilt, and the second chimney, standing at one hundred feet, has just been completed.
A man named George T. Greene while digging potatoes on Bristol Neck discovered an old gold finger ring. The inner engraving reads N.C. Obyt, 26 dug 1744. Act 27.
A Sunday evening break in at the market of Mr W F Fish on Thames street yielded a theft of less than one dollar in scrip and nickel from the money drawer.
A box of whortleberties picked this week has been received by Mr. Benjamin M. Greene, the front for the shipment. The note states the produce arrived in good condition and is ready for distribution.
Dreapnotant Hook and SappER Company No 1 will receive their new truck Monday evening. They will be escorted through the town by King Philip Fire Engine Co No 4 in a torch light procession with the Bristol Cornet Band. They proceed to the Four's Hall at Thames and Franklin for a collation hosted by Chief Engineer B. M. Lincoln.
The Supreme Court adjourned the September term after dis posing of the docket, with Chief Justice Brayton presiding, meeting in this town on Monday and adjourned the same day to reconvene as required by law.
The October term of the Court of Common Pleas in Bristol County will begin in this town on Tuesday morning next, with proceedings expected to cover scheduled matters and civil actions.
The steamer Canonicus departs Providence at 2 30 PM instead of 3 PM starting Monday next. The change affects schedule for passengers and freight between Providence and points along the route.
A dead sea turtle weighing about twenty five pounds floated up on the shore of Mr. Isaiah D Simmons's farm on Monday, drawing attention from neighbors.
A two and a half story frame residence for Mr P Gately is under construction on Bourn street by contractors Rounds and Manro.
The stock at Cunningham's Furnishings Broad Street Providence includes Brussels carpet Ingrain carpet woolen cloths and heavy hand loom carpets with prices from 40 cents to 3 dollars per item. The sale advertises a ten day period of bargains across sofas bedsteads tables wash stands stoves and more with many items listed and others not named.
A Missionary notes the value of Parson's Purgative Pills and Johnson's Anodyne Liniment as effective remedies. The ad promotes Caldwell Branch New York Orcide Watch Co offering watches resembling $160 to $3200 models, priced $10 to $13.50, with cash-on-delivery bills and circulars, seeking agents from Creide Watch Co., 51 Borrance Street, Providence.
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