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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1885

Page

2

Roads and town finances spark public letter to Bristol readers

A lengthy town correspondence laments the main road’s severe mud and danger, urging liberal road funding and accountability. It questions town spending, warns of potential damages, and calls for clearer financial reporting and scrutiny of public expenditures.

Eprron Bristol Warren Road

Extra Toes In South American Horses Prompt Old Race Theory

Dr Shreng notes horses in South America sometimes show extra toes on the inner fore feet suggesting remnants of an ancient native horse race forgotten by early settlers. The piece also mentions scalp from Scythians and Bengal tribes, steel cell structure by Osmond and Werth, and two $2500 prizes for essays on nitrate manure by the Saltpetre Producers Association of western South America.

South America Shreng Southall Herodotus Bengal Saltpetre Producers’ Association of Western

Senate adjourns with unacted nominations amid party stand

The U S Senate adjourned with several of President Cleveland's nominations unacted upon. Republicans opposed replacing Republican officials where tenure is open and no charges exist. Postmaster Pearson's appointment was confirmed without contest.

Hter U. S. Senate Cleveland Pearson

Oldest Churches Claim Split Across Three American Sites

A Harper's essay on Espanola and its Environs by Birge Harrison argues for Espanola New Mexico as the oldest church site. The piece contrasts Tadousac and St Augustine with Espanola and its pueblos in an illustrated study of the town and surroundings.

Tquyn M. Wardwell Cash Pd Ser. O Asylum &c Autr Max America Tadousac St. Lawrence St. Augustine Florida Espanola New Mexico Harper's The Philadelphia Inquirer Mason Frank W. Marston John Marston, Jr Merion Station Pennsylvania Ratirdad John Marston Navy West Philadelphia Marston Army Boston United States Marine Corps Pennsylvania Volunteers Philadelphia Baltimore Massachusetts Pennsylvania Henry Bohlen Rappahannock River Virginia Army Signal Corps Flo Army of the Potomac Gettysburg Farragut Mobile Bay Major Marston Offi‘cer Copeland Jupiter

Easter Ball At Bristol Light Infantry A Success

The Easter ball held Monday evening under the Bristol Light Infantry was highly attended and praised for good order and enjoyment at a grand entertainment. A mortgagee's sale on Saturday of Chadwick estate buildings and land brought $3210, Samuel P. Colt purchasing.

Bristol Light Infantry Wardwell Street William B. Chadwick Samuel P. Colt Mount Hope Circle Wm. H. Spooner Rollcall Isaac Walton James Parton Richard Grant White Daniel DeFoe J. G. Holland J. Fennimore Cooper Ben Jonson Francis Parkman George Elliot Susan Warner Oliver Wendell Holmes Harriet Beecher Stowe Daniel Webster Greece Maria T. Moody Frank Gardner

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