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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1873
Page
2
A historical reflection contrasts old and new schooling, noting harsh punishments, limited light, and rudimentary tools in early schools with modern college trained teachers, widespread music, and grand facilities. It previews Bay State politics, calling for Gov. Washburn and predicting a bitter contest with reformers opposing a self-nominating candidate.
A fierce political storm in Massachusetts tests Republican unity as party leaders weigh drastic moves to remove a controversial figure. Analysts say the ship of state could regain safe passage if the faction casts out the troublesome member.
The piece argues that harsh punishment is needed for the Modocs following General Canby’s murder. It contends soft policy failed to subdue the savages and warns that government tenderness is mistaken for weakness and power to execute justice.
A Monday afternoon thunder squall disturbed Stone Bridge vicinity in Tiverton causing the Lawton House piazza chairs to be tossed about the street and one chair to land about fifty rods from the hotel.
A fierce August storm wrecked thirty vessels ashore at Sydney and damaged Cow Bay breakwater and Bellows wharf. The tidal surge reached ten feet, wrecking crops and buildings as fifty ships were stranded at Cow Bay and the Cunard Alpha sheltered in harbor.
A Kansas journal reports a human skull found embedded in conglomerate rock after blasting. Dr. J C Webley of Osage Mission compares it to a modern skull, noting larger measurements and strong development, with frontal parietal and occipital fragments damaged by explosion and a quartz vein passing through the rock.
A New York correspondent applauds the Grand Central Hotel for cutting first class rates by one to two dollars daily. The hotel, under H L Powers, offers elegant rooms, luxurious meals, and a continuous parlor-elevator service at three to four dollars per day depending on room location.
At the love feast on Sunday morning at the Camp-ground Martha's Vineyard the assembly voted unanimously to continue holding the yearly camp meetings at that place for one hundred years to come. This dispels reports that the location would be changed.
Fragments of a human body recovered at sea by fishermen revive the last November tar and feather crime in Huntington L I. The victim Kelsey loved a woman who spurned him. Accusations of insulting letters surround the case with some saying they sparked the assault. He disappeared and is presumed murdered for revenge.
A critique describes an ambitious Brooklyn scheme to extend city limits and drain savings banks trust companies and the city treasury for speculative gains. The article argues hundreds of thousands are taken from others with little return and predicts future tax bills to cover nonincreasable property needs.
Richard Peck and Geo. H. Reynolds with A. F. Smith of Connecticut along with B. Boffum and J. B. Hull of Rhode Island and L. N. Stark of Vermont have been appointed delegates to the National Board of Steam Navigation meeting in Philadelphia on the 14th.
Joseph L. Burroughs, connected with the Providence Journal longer than anyone except the senior proprietor, has left its service. He joined on August 18, 1834, and served more than thirty nine years, mostly as foreman of the printing office.
Office records of the National Grange show many German farmers in the west but no lodge of German grangers and only a few Germans as members of American granges.
A Sioux City woman visited a gallery for a portrait session. After the photographer prepared the plate and directed her to view a wall spot, she moved to inspect it but found nothing unusual or noteworthy there.
A frightened boy on a Boston and Maine train hid behind his mother as the conductor appeared. The child whispered that the conductor might have swallowed one already, showing his fear in a grim, humorous moment from the journey.
The Tut Willimantic Camp Meeting closed Saturday after a period of remarkable interest. On Friday 6 000 people attended and 231 testified at the love feast. A prayer meeting followed with 20 prayers and 51 exhortations in one hour. 76 aged back-sliders came to the front as the meetings continued in the tents until 5 o'clock Saturday morning.
Nancy Luce, an elderly spinster of over 80 summers, lives alone twelve miles from Oak Bluffs near a murky pond with only an old cow and hens for company. Described as tall and thin with grim features, she is said to have vowed never to see a man since a jilting before the War of 1812.
An English magistrate approved a novel settlement in a dispute over property tied to an old lease and an old will. He ordered the plaintiff to marry the defendant within two months, with execution stayed until the nuptials, noting the couple’s prospects and the desire to end the lawsuit.
Kellys bridge will close to public travel on Tuesday next the 9th instant until further notice. Weather favorable for the contractor keeping streets dust-free. Indians encamped near Johnsons Paradise selling baskets. Billings Waldron Esq longtime town council member marked his eighty third birthday last Thursday. Bristol Y M C A monthly meeting set for Tuesday evening next the 9th inst at eight o clock. full attendance expected.
The September term of the Supreme Court for Bristol County begins at the State House on Tuesday at nine. The Bristol Train of Artillery meets at the Armory next Monday at 7 45 with full attendance requested. Rev W H Richards was unable to preach at State Street M E Church due to illness. The old Academy building west of the Common sold at public auction last Saturday for 490 dollars to William L Thatcher.
The rite of baptism by immersion was administered by Rev. William Miller, pastor of the South Christian Church, to two candidates near the shore at noon on Sunday Just, at the foot of Constitution street.
Mount Hope hosts the first annual games of the Fall River Caledonian Society with a clambake at noon and a public program at 1 PM. Also noted are church sermons, factory stoppages at National Rubber Company, a Bristol Base Ball Club title defense against the Olympics in Providence, and a Town Hall concert raising funds for St Michael's renovation.
Rev Dr Vincent of New York delivered a sermon before the Young Men's Christian Association at the Congregational Church last Sunday evening drawing on Revelation II 2 Behold I come quickly. Inclement weather kept attendance light.
A grand sacred concert will be given next Thursday evening at the Congregational Church under the direction of Mr A Jantz. Leading singers from town include Mrs E Hoffman Miss A B Coombs Mr B Reed Mr H E Brown and Mr C C Chase. Citizens may enjoy a rich treat as the house will be filled.
Julia A Miller wife of George W Miller of Lancaster New Hampshire has died she is noted as not a descendant of King Philip of Pokanoket She is described as great great great grandchild of King Philip through her maternal line and her maternal grandfather was Metalluc Chief of the St Francis Indians Her grandmother daughter of Metalluc and her English American husband are still living Mrs Miller could read and speak the Indian tongue
The ceremony at Byfield School will begin Saturday at 10:30 am with prayers, music, and addresses by local pastors and dignitaries including Governor Henry Howard and Rev. Dr. Howe. Mrs. Martha B. Fales of Cuba origin and longtime St Michael’s member dies aged with her charitable life and quiet piety. her memory treasured by family and church community.
A cargo of coal reached the port last Saturday for Phenix Sugar Refinery aboard the barge R. R. Col No. 12 under Captain Henry. The barge departed Philadelphia July 27 towed by U. S. Grant, later detoured to New Haven and New London, then Stonington, with several delays due to heavy seas off Point Judith before final arrival.
A reflective line notes wealth with a paradoxical claim that true richness lies beyond fondness for money, highlighting a character who values other virtues over wealth. The aphorism prompts readers to consider what constitutes genuine fortune beyond material gain.
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