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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1875
Page
2
The Pacific Coast warns against speculation as a snare and declares ruin follows departures from legitimate business. It recalls W C Ralston, once a financier of California who entertained hundreds, whose wealth collapsed and whose life ended in disgrace due to imprudent risk.
The writer hopes the murderer of James H Noe of New York City will soon be discovered, convicted, and punished. The Metropolis needs a fresh administration of justice to purify its tainted atmosphere and reduce crime that has advanced with too few checks. A revival of law and order is urged.
The passage notes landlords at summer resorts no longer bite as hard as before, suggesting many fat geese are plucked and the Bonifaces are waking to the fact their “occupation” is nearly done. Readers can now enjoy mountain air and seasides for much less per week.
The present season proves fatal to youths in New England homes. In one village of respectable size, a hundred fall sick in a single day. The dog star’s reign brings terror, robbing homes of music and cheer as loved ones fall to illness.
The City of Richmond on the Inman Line completed a crossing from Queenstown to New York in eight days three hours and forty three minutes, illustrating Europe’s distance shrinking and telegraph speed remaining a key advantage. The piece also notes public obituaries for Mr. W G C Ralston and satire on Kentucky Governor Leslie’s appointment of a six month old boy as Aid de Camp to the Governor.
The Bank of California collapse is only one item in a widening wave of financial distress. The era sees repeated failures, yet public reaction dulls as losses rise from tens of thousands to millions, revealing a broader decline in character and integrity beyond mere disasters.
A garbled editorial style note cites phrases about language and failure, mentions New York Tribune and early demise, and reflects on costs this summer. It references Dr L D, a Chicago University board view, and a remark about Duncan, Sherman & Co. with a casual aside on expenditures.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher expresses joy over a pronounced and eulogistic endorsement of the Congregational clergy in London and its surrounding areas by the ministerial body.
The account notes Professor Wise has decided to give up balloon ascensions. The authors express cautious hope the report is true, suggesting that any experience with common sense is welcome, and remark that a spasm is better than nothing.
Manchester New Hampshire hosts the New England Agricultural Fair September 7 to 10 with twenty thousand dollars in premiums for horses cattle sheep swine and poultry Henry Ward Beecher delivers the main address to attendees and exhibitors across the event top prizes and gratuities.
The New York Times reports forty seven occupants of a suburban hotel left en masse due to a mosquito infestation. The building was otherwise sound but unbearable conditions drove the residents to flee the premises.
The St. Louis Republican reports an investigation into death by own action in the United States, noting that France with a long history of belt destruction cannot rival the U S in the number or variety of its self-murderers.
A rural man who supplied a Newport town grocer with eggs confessed to cheating him out of five dollars by short measure after the grocer admitted passing a counterfeit ten dollar bill to the seller, revealing a reciprocal fraud between them.
The New Orleans Price Current estimates the sugar crop for 1874 and 1875 at 116,867 hogsheads, vs 89,498 last year. Molasses crop is 11,516,828 gallons. Rice crop 104,968 barrels. Growing crop of 1874 75 expected to exceed last year. prospect of the matur ing crop is very favorable and a considerable increase is expected.
The Taunton Gazette notes several women with children left unemployed by Fall River's vacation era wandering Taunton seeking any work. It condemns office seekers who urged workers to take action and says they should share the operatives' suffering.
The Bangor Whig lauds Senator Morton as a speaker in Maine noting the address rose above stump rhetoric and treated nation changing issues in a statesmanlike manner. It says the speech held the earnest attention of one of Bangor’s finest audiences.
J C Mount wed Grace Ann Crowell of Hamlet this morning then the pair drove to the railway station for a New York wedding trip. While unloading trunks the team ran away throwing the bride from the wagon. She struck her head on a post near Parsons House store and died within fifteen minutes. She was sixty two.
The Milford Conn newspaper describes a wedding with the bride’s blue eyes and light hair contrasting the groom’s dark features. It notes the marriage was planned for about two years and has strong family approval. The bride’s mother welcomes the groom as if her own son. he will continue working at the Vegetable-ivory button factory.
The Boston Traveller reports a strengthened aid plan for a worn out old bridge. The President and Cabinet travel from Rhode Island and Block Island toward New York. Yellow splash noted a similar crossing. L Don Carlos urged to disband armies and wait for a better chance to resume the struggle against Alfonzo.
The Boston Herald concludes that the Indian business is a quarrel between two sets of swindlers, one civilized and one savage, with the government swindled by the former. Military officers gain, and the paper argues the only practical fix is to stop the swindling by turning the entire matter over to the War Department.
A French steamer St Laurent engineer found zinc ingot in a boiler then observed the incrustation become mud instead of hard. Tests suggest zinc forms a voltaic couple with iron, zinc corroding while iron is protected. Further tests are awaited with interest.
During a Cork murder trial the hat found near the scene is challenged by an Irish anecdote about O Connell. He tests a witness, spelling James inside the hat and exposing the lack of inscription. The hat bears no name, and the prisoner is acquitted.
A former chancellor at Chicago University asserts the belief that a polling stone gathers no boss, emphasizing steady progress and ongoing operations of the college amid political pressures. The remark underscores commitment to institutional function over leadership battles.
Rev WH A Murray plans a new weekly at the Hub titled The Golden Rule. The note hints the periodical aims to be hospitable to young authors. The piece reflects on dreams of bank deposits and creditors, suggesting many were wrong about wealth but now face reality with some resilience.
The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council and Court of Probate will be held in the Council Chamber on Monday next at two o'clock P. M.
A portion of the delegation of I O of O F returned to the area Friday morning from Canada with the Moshassucks. The last of the Wampanoags had not arrived by press time.
A Monday afternoon baseball game on the Common saw Lightfeet of this town beat Fall River’s Resolute Juniors 16 to 9. Lightfeet secured the win with superior hitting and defense.
A reception was hosted by General and Mrs Burnside at Edgehill Farm on Ferry Road last Wednesday afternoon from one to four o'clock. The event was enjoyable and well attended with a large number of guests.
The annual clambake by the Asylum Commissioners held on Wednesday at the Asylum grounds drew about sixty attendees. Geo H Reynolds and Isaac Liscomb led the event with guests served clam chowder, fish, trish, and desserts. meals were praised as the best, with Munro and family noted for preparing the feast. The grounds and inmate rooms were kept tidy, and the commission members were praised as capable, right for the job.
The Congregational Sunday school and church members enjoyed a pleasant trip to Rocky Point on the steamer Richard Borden on Wednesday. Hon. John Turner, who had been visiting Richfield Springs, Otsego County, New York, returned home last Saturday morning and, while not fully recovered, is much improved in health.
The Liederkranz society of Providence held a Monday excursion to Mount Hope aboard the Canonicus. A street parade featured costumed members led by Jacob Brug and William Carl, with Apollo, King Philip, and other figures. The group of about six hundred enjoyed a shore dinner, open air singing, and games, returning by water and land with hundreds of spectators from nearby towns.
The usual sorricosa were omitted on Sunday at State Street M E Church South Christian Church Advent Chapel. Rev Reginald Howe preached at St Michaels Church in the morning and rector G L Locke in the evening. First Baptist Church pastor H M Jones officiated, C P Osborne led at Congregational Church, and Daniel Goodwin served Trinity parish at Tree Town Hall. Moshassuck Encampment of Odd Fellows Providence with delegations planned a Montreal excursion leaving Monday. eleven Wampanoag Encampment members joined.
A compact volume of Civil War reminiscences and poetry by a disabled soldier. Nicely printed on tinted paper, bound in colored cloth, and sold for seventy five cents at George W. Easterbrooks News Store on Hope Street or by mail from William H. Clark Holliston Mass.
The Rhode Island with about eleven hundred excursionists from Stonington and nearby towns arrived Monday afternoon, docking at the Railroad wharf for about an hour. The Mystic Bridge Cornet Band, led by F T Mercer, played at Captain S S Munro's residence and the Bristol Hotel area, drawing cheers from locals. Captain Allen, formerly a resident, was warmly welcomed by friends during the visit.
The article riffs on Daniel Webster and General Grant as figures who sought solace from politics in agrarian life and fishing. It draws parallels between Webster’s 19th century disillusionment and Grant's 19th century quixotic coast visit, celebrating rural leisure and sea air over public service. It notes Grant visiting Burnside in Narragansett Bay and reflects on political weariness and cultural New England coastal life.
The article humorously contemplates a Grant Burnside endorsement influence on a 1875 Bristol clam bake and Block Island bluefish voyage. It notes a supposed pre sunrise speech denying a third term, hints at candidates Blaine Bristow Morton and Washburne, and predicts Burnside's 1877 nomination by the National Republican Convention.
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