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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1871
Page
2
Governor Seth Padelford announces September 16 as a state holiday to honor soldiers and sailors who fell in the Civil War. Readiness for patriotic ceremonies marks the occasion, with Providence hosting the dedication events as authorized by law.
An essay argues post Franco Prussian War Europe faces renewed carnage as Russia and the czar’s dealings with Turkey draw Germany Austria and Italy into tension France tempers with Russia and England watches. It critiques monarchy as the root of national strife and urges peoples to seize power from rulers before another continent wide conflict erupts.
A Bristol Phoenix piece recounts a cheerful merchant who helps a widow and a printer’s debt is paid by a nameless narrator. The kind act sparks mutual joy as the man’s smile and gratitude leave the speaker feeling blessed and happier.
A girl at a store counter asks for stationery with her first name only revealing a dislike for her last name. The author notes adults also regret their surnames and seek changes, suggesting children echo future preferences and that winds of opinion shift with age.
A Stockton Herald correspondent claims a simple mixture cures small-pox and scarlet fever. The recipe uses Sulphate of zinc one grain, foxglove one grain, water four ounces, taken hourly, with smaller doses for children. The writer asserts diseases vanish in twelve hours and urges physicians to adopt it to reduce pest houses.
A South Sunapee correspondent reports on an afternoon sighting near Manchester of a cloudy swarm of insects with wings shed on landing. The creatures dug holes in the ground, disappeared, and displayed strong digging ability. Their bodies resembled ants with a tripartite form and a potent bite. Several witnesses noted the extraordinary event.
A Lackawack farmer set a $50 reward protection rod in his barn last July hoping lightning would stay away. In a subsequent storm the rod’s insulator burst and the device failed, leaving him unhappy with big names and seeking a top lawyer to collect the reward.
At all times of the day a number of boys aged ten to sixteen bathe near the Niagara whirlpool. Some of the more daring jump on the logs circling the pool and float around before leaping back toward the Canada side cove.
A new musical device is announced in England a piano played by the feet. It uses sixty eight cubical wooden keys each striking a four note chord. The inventor wears slippers while performing with his feet and also plays the flute with his mouth and fingers.
In a Nashua church several pews are specially arranged for deaf worshippers. Tubes run from the pulpit to the pews with adjustable mouthpieces at each head of the pew, allowing hearers to catch every word from the minister.
The body of a young man named Daniels, formerly of Brooklyn Heights, was found on a Westerly beach. He had left home three weeks earlier for a short country visit, and the cause of death remains a mystery to his friends.
California grows cotton with plantations expected to yield vast amounts. Southerners hail the experiment as a success and predict the San Joaquin valley will surpass Gulf coast regions as a premier cotton growing area.
A Galveston wharf worker sighted a dead man floating in the bay with a large shark feeding on it. He boarded a boat to scare the predator, but the shark seized the corpse and carried it away.
One hundred bales of cotton that had been shipped back to this country after arriving in Liverpool were reshipped to Liverpool in the same vessel, the Antarctic, that brought the cotton here. Prices on the other side apparently made the movement desirable.
Stockholders of the Tecumseh Mill Co of Fall River vote to proceed immediately with erecting a mill on the newly purchased lot at the corner of Rodman Street and Light Road Way. Directors to decide the mill size.
The text notes grasshoppers strip leaves and bark from apple trees in Maine, leaving apples still hanging on bare branches, signaling a severe pest outbreak impacting orchards.
The wife of Titicut station agent on the Old Colony and Newport line was fatally struck by an express train from Boston as she returned from the city. She was found on the track near Titicut with the locomotive wheels passing over her chest. It remains unclear whether she fell or attempted to jump while the train moved at speed.
A Ballville, Sandusky County woman delivered twins weighing one pound at birth. One infant now nearly four weeks old weighs under two pounds. A finger ring slipped over its hand to the arm at birth remains a curious detail. Hundreds have visited to see the tiny child.
A sixteen year old named King wore weary at Lewiston Maine lockup on the second night and fashioned a saw from a case knife using a nail. He cut bars to escape first from one cell then a second and a third, smashing walls and finally slipping away in forty minutes with bracelets on his wrists.
A Boston Journal reader recalls a Warwick Rhode Island cotillion where roulette and monte tables were spread openly as gambling fights and vice thrived, witnessed on a return trip from Providence River near Rocky Point. The account claims the scenes would disgrace any civilized community.
A giant woman named Carolina Heenan is on display in London. Reported at age twenty-two and weighing 560 pounds she measures seven feet around the torso and three feet six inches across the shoulders, with a 26 inch arm circumference. Described as handsome, highly intelligent, not drowsy, and able to sustain great exertion despite her size.
The Chicago Post notes two former baseball players have joined a choir. One serves as a shortstop on the organ while the other sings third bass.
The Rev Dr Howe of Philadelphia preached at St Michael's Church last Sunday afternoon in a scene reflecting a strong local religious presence. The season’s street sprinkling work has been well performed this year, improving municipal cleanliness.
Uncle Joe reports a rumble and a bit of a row in a State Street saloon on Wednesday afternoon. Details are unclear but witnesses described loud talk and a scuffle. No injuries reported and police were not summoned.
At the Justices' Court on Tuesday last no business was transacted. There were only a few continued cases and none ready for trial.
A large number traveled by steamer Canoni cus to Rocky Point on Tuesday to attend a major temperance gathering there.
To Rev J G Vose of Providence will preach in the Congregational Church tomorrow Sunday in exchange with Pastor Rev J P Lane continuing services.
The September term of the Supreme Court for Bristol County will begin in Bristol on Tuesday morning, marking the start of the session.
Dr. J. M. Merchant reported a varioloid case to the Board of Health on Monday. The patient is Daniel Winslow Jr., residing in the northern part of the town near the Warren line.
A row boat owned by Stephen Wardwell Esq used as a tender to the yacht Hildergard was stolen from its fastenings last Sunday night. Oars and fishing tackle were taken from several boats in the harbor the same night.
The dwelling once owned by Captain James D. Ingraham near Fort Rounds, purchased by Captain James Lawless, has been removed by the current owner to a lot on the north side of the last named street.
The firm has adopted a system of easy monthly payments following European practice, allowing hundreds of customers who cannot pay the full price upfront to buy a first class piano with a year to pay. See advertisement.
After persistent efforts, the body of Frank D Martin, who drowned August 30, was found Wednesday morning by Captain Benjamin B Morris of the sloop Olive near the last sighting spot. Decomposition was rapid, clothing identified him, an inquest was held, and the body was moved to Providence by the 9:15 train.
Since Monday no new small pox cases have been reported to the Board of Health. Rev C P Osborne, former Congregational pastor, has returned from an eighteen month East tour. The town’s Artillery and Infantry plan to go to Providence Saturday for the dedication of the late war memorial.
The proclamation by Governor Padelford designates Saturday as a state public holiday to permit all residents to attend the dedication of the monument erected by the state in memory of soldiers and sailors who died in the late war.
Mr Elisha Hathaway has signified intent to purchase a house and lot and present it to the South Christian Church and Society for use as a parsonage. The town notes with pleasure this act of munificence by the benefactor.
Mr Gilbert R Lawless aged 38 died at his High Street residence Wednesday afternoon from confluent smallpox. He was a former vestryman of St Michael’s Church and a carpenter leaving a wife and child. His death followed a sick spell since August 26 after visiting Warren. The community mourns the loss and extends sympathy to his family.
The Bristol Rhode Island Town Council discusses varioloid in their area and invites the adjacent town to use Warren hospital if patient removal is needed. No new cases since last week. plan to cooperate on pestilence suppression. Official letter dated September 4 1871 signed J F Williams president.
An inquest at the National Rubber Co wharf, led by Coroner Munro, investigated Frank D. Martin's death from accidental drowning off Pap pasquash Point on the 80th ultimo. Jurors Nathan Warren Jr, Gardner Easterbrook, J Howard Manchester, Henry R Manchester Jr, John Gladding, and Elnathan P Brownell heard evidence and returned a verdict of accidental drowning.
A Bristol communication to the Providence Evening Bulletin defends the treatment of Mr Lawless stating the attending physician managed it well from the start and that smallpox was reported promptly. Issac F Williams, President Board of Health, confirms the stance.
At the Mevacom Debating Club quarterly meeting Frederic W. Pierce was elected President David A. Manay Vice President William B. Stoughton Secretary and John W. Mutton Treasurer Joining the standing committee were F F Gladding William Middleton and H A Monro The next debate will ask if fashion has done more good than evil in society. Real estate transactions list multiple properties sold including a Thames street sugar refinery estate for 70000 and homes on Constitution and Summer streets. The Town Council met with court business including administrators appointed for Daggett and Sands estates and various accounts approved with notable sums paid for taxes police lighting and street work. A hospital use offer from Warren officials was noted and property lease transfers were approved.
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