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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Chesapeake Zoological Laboratory of
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Beaufort
N. C
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Pam
Somerset
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Fortress Monroe
Seney
Morgan
Union Theological Seminary
Fourth Avenue
Washington Square
T. Co
Peterits
Ae Noriega
J. H. Young & Co
St. Philip's
St. James’s Day
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Council
Odd Fellows Hall
Patternsge
Bae
Adie
Wilmarth
Atore
Mr. Wilmarth
W. H. Spooner
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Munro
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Wardwell
Wardwell and
Trotter
Spooner
Goff
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Munro and
Jos. E. Simmons
Josiah Peckham
Albert C. Luther
Wm. Williams
Charles Paull
Charles H. Gooding
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Jonah
Nineveh
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Bristol Pan
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Gen’l Sherman
Richard Grant White
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Wu. Williams
Rutledge
Addreas, Rutledge Publishing Company
Easton
Thames Street
Ram
Shepard & Company
J. R. Davis
Agar
Mes
Patent Office
General Land Office
Pension Office
Freshrey & Green
7Th St
Washington, D. C
I. L. Cragin & CO
South 4Th St
Crawford Munro
William N. Titus
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Maine
G. P. Barnes
G. W. Easterbrooks
Hope Street
Herman Canfield
East Side
Byfield
Constitution
Samuel P. Colt
Westminster Street
WH. Richards
Odd Fellows Building
Bradford Street
J. C. Gallup
Ng Geo. A. Pike
Ope
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St. Michael’s Church
Henry Crocker Allen
Crawford Allen
Margerite
Francis LeBaroneWolf
Ellen Hughes
John Hughes
Matthews
Charles Matthews
Liscomb
Charles A. Liscomb
Byron Liscomb
Bennet?t
Edith Gilmore
Herbert F
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Crowell
Pawtucket
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Israel Burlogton
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Wordell
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Bateman
Tiverton
William P. Bateman
Phoenix Marine Journal
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Gannon
Delavan Peck, Carr
Nayatt Point
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Wheeler
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John A. C. Gladding
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Hwe
George Tilley
Lewis B. Waldron
Frank E. Spencer Bristol
R. J
Bristol Phenix
Court Street
Jounf Munroe
Crawford Munro's
Pierce’s Avenue
Wood Street
Hubbard Brothers
Federal Street
William Bradford
Albert C. Bennett
D. A. Pierce's
Kunze
Edwin Tucker
F. Brown
John Dover
Johns
Pearcey