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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1880

Page

2

Mount Vesuvius railway rope system adopted

Bas the best means for raising and lowering the trains on the railway UP Mount Vesuvius, the American double iron rope system has been adopted and works most successfully. An eminent photographer ascended in a balloon to a great height in France, taking his apparatus and obtained fine views of the country traveled over. Dr. Theobald Fischer, traveling, thinks planting forests in North Africa would improve the climate more than forming an inland sea.

Mount Vesuvius France Theobald Fischer North Africa Edison Cyrus Field Ray National Rubber Co Couniys Rhode Island

Observers plan polar station network across Arctic regions

A group of United States Surveyors measured depths of the Niagara River near the falls and discussed initiating a circle of observing stations around the North Polar Region connected by telegraph. Proposed sites include Upernavik Greenland Lena delta Switzbergen Sibarian Islands Novaya Zemlya Barrow Alaska and parts of Canada.

United States Niagara River Falls SGP North Polar Upermvik Greenland Lena Russia Switzbergen Holland New Sibarian Islands Novaya Zemlya Point Barrow Alaskan Arctic Canada

Edifying end for Balbo and other oddities of New York

From Our Own Correspondent New York August 10 1880 Balbo the Italian who killed his wife is hanged after multiple delays Governor Cornell faced pressure for clemency Tanner’s forty day fast nearly killed him a coffin gift and other lurid wares reflect a brutal culture Promoters offer free beer meet tough odds for Spanish bullfighters Long Island railroad accidents stir fears Edison pursues flying machines and New York diversions reveal a lively but perilous era

New York Balbo Cornell Tanner Bodines Dollymount Bergh Brooklyn Beecher Plymouth Church Far Rockaway Mammoth Hotel Coney Island Long Beach Rockaway Manhattan Levy Blower Gilmore Jackass Heyglass Long Island Railroad

Opera of Alcantara closing amid loss to manager

The third performance of Doctor of Alcantara in Town Hall drew a larger Friday audience and high praise for execution, though the venture ran a financial loss for the managing body. Also noted are a grand Republican torchlight demonstration led by Garfield and Arthur supporters, a detailed parade route, speeches by Henry B. Anthony and others, and civic notices including real estate transfers.

Hoffman Town Hall Society of the Burnside Ninth Army Corps Narragansett Hotel Providence General Burnside Silver Spring Littlefield H. B. Anthony L. W. Ballou Nelson Garfield and Arthur Campaign Club Court House Bristol 8. P. Colt Campaign Glee Club Henry B. Anthony A. E. Burnside LeBaron B. Colt Lloyd Aspinwall New York Liadford Street A. B Campaign Club Franklin Hope Walley State Street State Hope Street State Streets Tienry J. Spooner Nelson W. Aldrich Latimer W. Ballgu

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