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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rhode Island, (search)
nvention at Providence, March 23, adjourns without platform or ticket......March 23, 1874 Stringent prohibition law is passed, and a constabulary act provided for enforcing it......May, 1874 Vote for governor at election, April 7, 1875: Rowland Hazard, of the National Union Republican and Prohibition parties, 8,724; Henry Lippitt, Republican, 8,368; Charles B. Cutler, Democrat, 5,166. There being no choice, the legislature elects Lippitt by 70, to 36 for Hazard......May 25, 1875 ConstaHazard......May 25, 1875 Constabulary act repealed, and an act to regulate and restrain the sale of intoxicating liquors passed in its place......1875 Corliss engine of 1,400 horse-power, and weighing 700 tons, by George H. Corliss, of Providence, is set in motion at the opening of the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia by President U. S. Grant and Dom Pedro II., Emperor of Brazil......May 10, 1876 There being no choice for governor at the April election, Henry Lippitt, Republican, is chosen by the legislature......M