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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1894
Page
4
Published every Saturday by the Herald Printing Company Bradford Street entered at the Bristol post office as second class matter.
A fragmentary notice discusses Bristol and its vessel Vigilant, mentions Logan Utah’s Coxey alias, and notes Wickford Standard’s seventh volume while critiquing tariff reform and the Sugar Trust. References to farmers as sheep owners and sugar refining employment appear in a scattered editorial voice.
At a recent sale in England brisk prices were recorded for driving horses at 650 dollars each, good hunters and saddle horses at 1000 dollars each, and well matched carriage horses from 1000 to 1500 dollars per pair. The report notes England no shortage of horses and growing use of electricity while maintaining demand for purpose bred stock. It also contrasts moral suasion with the behavior of anarchist Caserto, arguing that half measures fail against such individuals.
A Galician town Zaleszesky reports funerals of cholera victims trigger pains and sudden deaths. The town remains isolated with no commerce or industry, shops closed, and rich fleeing while workers endure starvation and die in the streets from the contagion.
The Illinois militia, over one hundred members on duty during a recent strike, lost their jobs for serving in the field. The piece condemns employers for dismissing citizen soldiers who protected lives and property, including those employers themselves, as a harsh and unpatriotic act.
Chicago readers learn of bills totaling 449000 from J T Brooks for railroad damage after strikes. Largest line items include 401169 for 729 freight cars destroyed or damaged and 742 cars loaded. Additional sums cover smaller freight car losses and lading costs. A second railroad bill totals 21347 with 144 cars damaged. Also noted is a Scotsman named Freitch attempting an Atlantic crossing in the Nina a 40 foot boat described as leaking before departure. The note casts doubt on his success and hints at broad public lenience toward such perilous ventures.
Andrew H. Ward argues for home-made fertilizers versus commercial products, showing potash, phosphoric acid and nitrogen in hay value at 68.84 percent of hay price. He contends self-made sources from muck or peat swamps cut costs to about 6 cents per pound, making hay more profitable and encouraging New England farming to stay local rather than move west.
Report from San Francisco Chronicle describes Volant and Viking crews returning from Clipperton Island. Sailors tell of hungry crabs, tin covered houses, bird eggs, and a shark filled harbor while claiming possible treasure and a sunlit gold glow at sunset on the rock.
A Peking telegram, via The Chinese Mail, reports Tsai Kwo Yui has been degraded from tso shu taze to chung wan and stripped of the red button of second rank for incompetence and failure in the Hanlin college promotion exams. The measure follows the new special examination organized by the board of censors to rank Hanlin members.
A pictorial version of crambo is described with three players drawing head, body, and legs on folded papers to create comic composite figures. General Sir Evelyn Wood's giraffe ride anecdote follows, noting a fall and long-term vow never to ride again. Also included is a critique about English money lending, plus a note on mannish Englishwomen and new buckle styles in silver and gold rope.
A writer recounts discovering a tiny hummingbird nest on a small twig of an orange tree in California. The camouflaged nest blends with lichens and is built mainly from pampas grass plumes. It contains two semitransparent eggs and is guarded by a constant mother bird.
A sunlit outdoor scene frames a girl in the city who longs to be a teacher. She notes the ease of learning questions versus answers, reflecting a child’s growing curiosity in a brief Washington Star excerpt.
Mrs Sara Yorke Stevenson known as Mrs Cornelius Stevenson has long been recognized as a leading archaeologist in the United States after receiving an honorary degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
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