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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1881

Page

2

Longest telegraph span spans Kistah river in India

A vast wire bridge ties Bezorah to Sedanagem across the Kistah river with hills 1200 feet high. Ray Dr J H Connelly of Pittsburgh proposes a practical electric fence to deter cattle with a mild shock. Sam Lawrence Smith of Louisville sold a Cochahuila meteoroid fragment to the University of Rochester. Canada shifts to phosphate mining near Ottawa and the Lievre with 8000 tons ready to ship. 12000 tons exported to England last year. Germany powers on river currents with floating mills and dynamo machines for shore transmission.

Kistah River Bezorah Sedanagem India Ray J. H. Connelly Pittsburg Sam J. Lawrence Smith Louisville Kentucky University of Rochester Cochahuila Canada Ottawa England Germany

New York and Washington Notes From April 1881 Dispatches

From Our Own Correspondent New York letter dated April 26 1881 reports on New York affairs including a public inquiry into police corruption eleven officers dismissed for negligence, theft negotiations with a jeweler over stolen goods and a discussion of electric lighting and its burglary deterrence. It also covers Croton water quality, a humorous note on officials with advanced degrees among park workers, yacht launching plans tied to Goelet family, and commentary on tariff protectionists and its impact on farmers and manufacturing with figures from McAdam. Washington notes discuss political gridlock in the Senate Ben Butler in Cuba and a telegraph company plan with cheaper rates. Historical reminiscences mark April as a month of notable events from 1861 and 1865 with naval actions and Lincoln.

New York Jourdan Brooklyn Edison Croton Department of Parke Union Square Broadway Seventeenth Altact Poillons Dauntless Bennett The Herald Washington Washxston D. C Senate Cui Bono Ordway Dakota Missouri Dakotas Ben. Butler Cuba Ben Bankers’ and Merchants’ Telegraph Company New Jersey Pennsylvania Baltimore Philadelphia Lincoln Massachusetts Bay State Pennyslyvania Avenue White House Seward Pawnee Norfolk Navy Yard Cumberland Columbia Great Dry Dock Elizabeth River Hampton Roads Fortress Munro Washington Navy Yard Safe and Sound Prise J. E. Cairnes M. al Graham McAdam Hoe Carey Europe

Preachers and lectures mark Sunday in Westerly area

Elder R. T. Church of Westerly to preach at Advent Chapel with 120 Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah attending Providence trip. Rev. Calbraith B. Perry of Baltimore to officiate at Trinity Church with 6 PM service. Bristol County May term opens Monday. town council assigns highway funds. numerous town officials elected. An upcoming lecture series by Dr. B Beardsley on health draws praise from ministers and local papers.

R. T. Church Westerly Advent Calbraith B. Perry Baltimore Trinity Church Court of Common Pleas County of Bristol Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows United Brothers Lodge No. 13 Town Canonicus Lodge Amity Edge Nited Brothers Lodge Rhode Island John Lake Laintiff Edmund E. Horton Sarah Horton Levi Horton First Baptist Church Mason W. Pierce William . Pierce Lewis T. Fisher QO. L. Bosworth Town of Joseph MM. Blake A. A. Bennett Constitution Street

Rogers Free Library Adds New Titles Next Week

The Rogers Free Library announces next week’s additions including Milton's Poetical Works in two volumes The Pyrenees by Blackburn A BC Poultry Book By the Tiber Pleasant Dove Series Arthur Brown and Our Helen.

Rogers Free Library Milton Blackburn The Tiber Arthur Brown Helen

Lecture on the human system illustrated in Town Hall

The initial course lecture on the human system using skeletons manikins and paintings will be at Town Hall Tuesday evening May 8. The session will mix instruction with amusement and seats are free for the first lecture.

B. F. Beardsley Binghampton N. Y Town Hall Phenix East Greenwich Warren Gulliver Andover Theological Seminary R. H. Howard Milford Farmington Gasette Beardsley America

Enthusiastic Lady Seeks Odd Fellows Tie In

A lively onlooker from Providence on Tuesday voiced that if she were a man she would join the Odd Fellows that night. She mused aloud about a Daughter of Rebekah group, inviting replies from the brethren rather than a chorus.

Baap Providence Odd Fellows Rebekah

Arrival of Rev. E. F. Jones at State Street Church

Pastor E F Jones arrived Friday and preached Sunday to large congregations, with praise from attendees. Visiting clergymen in town included Rev George P Nelson of Grace Church New York and Rev Henry Stevens of Brighton Mass. William Newbold shot himself in the side on High street Friday night. the bullet glance off a rib, no serious injury.

Seeserse Thomas J. Usher James Hoard, Jr John 8 Ingraham John D. Dimond Nathan Warren Lyman B. Bosworth William H. Simmons William Williams Josephus Gooding John James Hoard Charles H. Church John B. Pearce Eliphalet Horton James Wilson Edmond E. Horton George T. B. Chaffee Job Wilson David Wilcox George B. Coggeshall Nicholas Edward Anthony, Jr H. M. Thompson Joseph B. Burgess Frederic F. Gladding Ozro O. Barrows Charles A. Waldron John P. Reynolds Pa Rey. E. F. Jones State Street M. E Sundh George P. Nelson Grace Church New York St. Michael's Church G. L. Locke Henry Stevens Brighton Mass Eben Crumb Advent Chapel William Newbold High Street State Bradford Geo. A. Pike Newbold Ae T. A. Shipman Hope High Streets

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