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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1879
Page
2
A United States political round up contrasts Rutherford B. Hayes with the Democratic stance while noting summer crowds at Newport and Saratoga. Essays warn against antisemitic sentiment, discuss Conkling’s gubernatorial prospects, and comment on England’s weather and American liberties forums.
The piece notes free trade failing in practice, John Bright pressing for division of large landed estates, and growing appeal of American institutions. It observes liberal ideas outpacing preparations, aristocratic reluctance, and education reshaping England. Prejudices are compared to veils hindering truth.
A friend recalls the era when partisans used vile slander and money to sway elections, leaving truth aside and outdoing Nast in caricature. The writer notes that today’s climate shows some improvement, though it remains contentious.
August 12 1879 New York and Wall Street discuss bids for the French canal project led by M de Lesseps. European subscriptions dominate while American participation lags. Nicaraguan canal talks with Lake Nicaragua favored by explorers face debates about route and engineering challenges. Quarantine concerns in Memphis and New York reflect health safeguards amid yellow fever, while publishers market cheap encyclopedias and literary compendiums from the American Book Exchange and Leonard Scott Publishing Co.
Enlivened by sails and steamers, residents enjoy Pleasanter Places near Quarantine while rumor and amusement drift through. An old Brooklyn couple marks fifty years of marriage amid rumors of arson and wealth, a contested separation lacking a judge’s approval as they recount a doomed union and a mansion on Clinton Avenue.
The September issue of Ballou's Magazine offers light engaging reading with an illustrated article on a world wonder by the author of 4 Whaleman's Adventures, plus engravings, stories, poems, and household matters. Thames & Talbot publish at 1.50 yearly or 15 cents per copy.
Several church services and Y M C A meeting times are listed, noting Bishop Howe's sermon at St Michael's and no preaching at State Street M E Church tomorrow while Sunday school and other services proceed as usual.
At a special Town Council meeting on the 6th, grand jurors and petit jurors were selected for the September Term of the Supreme Court. The list includes Samuel C. Spooner, Charles F. Simmons, Marmaduke Mason, Joseph E. B. Simmons, Charles Sandford, Elisha M. Wardwell, Benjamin R. Wilson Jr. and Fredric A. Wright, Gildersleeve Bedell, Henry Sandford, William Williams, John G. Sparks, Charles L. Wardwell. A separate notice details civic events, obituaries, and local notices, including a YMCA reunion and multiple death announcements with ages and church affiliations.
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