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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1884

Page

2

Burnside Memorial Fair Opens Next Wednesday

The county fair at Burnside opens next Wednesday with events and exhibits planned. Local sponsors expect strong community turnout and fundraising proceeds for memorial efforts.

Burnside Memorial Fair Burnside Memorial

Diphtheria in barrington causes deaths and illness

Severe diphtheria outbreak in Great Barrington endangers H D Boardman family. Two children died and two other members likely will not recover after a burst sewer pipe created a cesspool beneath their living area.

H. D. Boardman Great Barrington

Darwin's great work issued in cheap two part edition

Darwin's great work revolutionary in science and philosophy now published in a cheap edition by J Fitzgerald New York at 30 cents per part. The edition prints clearly on strong paper about 260 octavo pages with author revised text, glossary, and detailed index for an intelligent reader.

Charles Darwin J. Fitzgerald Lafayette Place New York Darwin

Swiss Luminaries and Lakes from Zurich to Lausanne

Our Own Correspondent tours northern Switzerland tracing Zurich’s silk and lake views to Lucerne’s Lion monument and Lake Lucerne then ascends the Rigi for a famed sunrise. He visits Altorf and Tell landmarks, Interlaken and Grindelwald glaciers, Lauterbrunnen and Berne, then Lausanne near the Hotel Gibbon, sketching scenery and historic sites.

Switzerland Europe Zurich Uetliberg Zug Lucerne Lake Lucerne Reuss Thorvaldsen Tuileries Paris Lake Four Forest Cantons Fluelen William Tell Frederick Schiller Tell Gessler Altorf Himself Son Vitznau Rigi Alps Man Black Forest Lowerz Mourit Pilatus Pontius Pilate Christ Jura St. Gall Mount Washington Vitznel Alpnach Brunig Pass Brienz Brunig Giessbach Giessbach Falls Interlaken Thun Bernese Oberland Grindelwald Yosemite Lanterbrunnen Standbach Lake Thun Berne Strasburg Fr.bourg Lausanne

Burnside Memorial Fair Opens After Ats Court Meeting

Jerome B. Greene as executor of Allen M. Coggeshall’s estate must file a $5,000 bond with sureties. Burglars stole $26 from Dr. William H. Richards and a fire near Thames caused a small alarm. D. R. Sheridan opens Fall River office and First Baptist envelope social yields proceeds. Judge Carpenter holds a special session in Bristol with $80,000 property value and $20,000 bond set.

Ats Court of Probage Council Chamber Jerome B. Greene Allen M. Coggeshall Charles R. Cutler Patrick Hammell Carpenter Supreme Court Providence Colwell & Barney Nickerson Court House W. T. C. Wardwell Samuel P. Colt Samuel Norris George L. Locke A. O. Bourn L. B. Colt P. Colt M. T. Bennett I. F. Williams J. T. Freeborn Bristol William T. C. Wardwell Messadore T. Bennett Isaac F. Williams James T. Freeborn Col S. W. Nickerson Arthur Codman Sheriff Fisher S. P. Colt Colt Ilsley R. Codman Bristol County Probate Court of Providence Journal Garon R. J Asley Codman Arthur A. Codman Codman Isaac F. Wialliams W. T. C. Warpwell William H. Spooner J. P. Reyno

Town Tax Roll and 1884 Property Values

The 1884 town assessment totals real and personal property at 5,700,800 with 75 cents per 100 dollars yielding 42,756.00 in taxes. 1883 values stood at 5,214,200 with 58,399.04 in taxes. The article notes two earthquake shocks felt Sunday afternoon and reports school appointments and fuel bids after a 1884 town meeting.

Allen Henry C Bell William H Bennett Messadore T Bourn Mary Ann Augustus O Bristol Gas Light Co Brunsen Edward W Wi Bowen Louisa Church Samuel W Benjamin Hezekiah W. Church Charles H James C Sarah A Trustees Church Matilda W Trustee Church Stephen T Trinity Codman Catherine E Mari Colt Samuel P Cole Nehemiah Collins John Diman Charles Drury Samuel S Hannah W DeWolf A. Sidney Eliza W William B Dabney French George T Eliza B Emma Guiteras Elizabeth Ramon Eas Guiteras Gertrude E Hammell Patrick Herreshoff John B Herreshoff Manufacturing Co Sarah Ann Frances Hoar John W Holmes Thomas G Howe Mark A. Dew Herbert M Lawless James Manchester J. Howard Munro, Samuel Paull Seth Phoenix Sugar Heiney Nvees Pierce Alfred W. & Bristol Railroad Co Reynolds Manufacturing Co Richmond Manufacturing Co Williams Fielding L Wilson Thomas Davis Wood Henry Smith, Hannah B Wardwell Hezekiah O Samuel D William T. C

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