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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1880
Page
2
Charles Pelthier aged five and Peter Sampson aged six, both French Canadian boys, drowned on Sunday at Woonsocket in an accidental water incident.
A report notes Lake Ontario shad stocking failed as fish died soon after release. Drowning deaths of three Edes Falls girls aged 7 11 and 15 at Crooked River Casco are recorded. Barrington clambake for Congregational Church set at Oakland Grove Nayatt station on the 12th. German coal tar dye industry large and employs 1100. Pearls found in Oakley Creek New Zealand described as unusually brilliant. A poor woman Shea found a $20 bill at Riverside mill Holyoke and handed it in. Prof Spencer Baird received Berlin Fishery Exposition prize valued at $2000. Mrs Walter Brown’s new novel Can She Atone? due Sept 1 from Lipincott. St Gothard tunnel construction faces vaulting failures and collapse risk amid white stone formation.
The arrangements for the Annual Convention of the American Bankers Association are complete. Secretary Sherman will address the Convention upon resumption and refunding. The meetings convene at the Town Hall in Saratoga Springs on August 11 12 and 13 with a strong bank representation from across the states. Alexander Mitchell of Milwaukee will present a historical sketch of Western Banking. Expected speakers include Theodore M. Pomeroy George S. Coe General Echols and other prominent bankers.
From Our Own Correspondent New York Letter August 2 1886 recounts panic over eight sea lions escaped from their enclosure at Coney Island. Locals misread the danger, shot at the animal in the Raritan Canal, and a legal dispute arose over possession. The piece also notes a Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Brooklyn, Fulton Street paving, street cleaning campaigns, and other urban tidbits including Central Park night life and electric lighting push.
The Bi Centennial Committee will hold a meeting in YMCA rooms next Tuesday evening.
The train due last Tuesday evening was delayed about two hours after the locomotive Daniel Nason was accidentally switched off into the East Providence turntable pit, obstructing the road.
Mr James Duffy Jr an employee at the Rubber Works sustained a severe foot injury last Thursday afternoon when a heavy weight fell on it He was taken to his Wood Street home where Dr Canfield provided necessary surgical aid
The popular and amusing opera Doctor of Al cantara, first presented at Town Hall, impressed the audience with fine singing and a large efficient orchestra. Despite a stormy opening night keeping crowds small, Thursday’s show drew a good audience and hearty applause.
The only original New Orleans Minstrels are billed for a grand entertainment at Town Hall on Monday evening. A Gardiner Missouri paper praised a previous performance at Johnson Hall as possibly the best of its kind in the city, highlighting fine singing, strong instrumental work, and notably Prof. Benjamin on the gold cornet. The troupe was described as neat, gentlemanly, and highly professional in appearance and conduct.
A long discussion disputes common beliefs on handling apparently dead bodies and urges calm, informed action with coroner notification. It then shifts to Gen. Burnside’s Bristol farm life, detailing his farming work, visitors, and public duties, highlighting his shift from soldier and senator to agrarian pursuits and veteran gatherings.
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