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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1885
Page
2
A mixed historic clipping notes large federal debt by subsidized Pacifico Railroads totaling 102,627,475 dollars. Saybrook Connecticut marks 250th anniversary. Pawtucket attains city status with Frederic O Sayles elected mayor. Dakota lands set aside for education valued at 82 million dollars.
The Maine commissioner reports 1 014 retail liquor dealers in the state and 53 950 dollars collected in internal revenue taxes last week.
A government report notes New England savings bank loans totaling 297,220,022 and an average per capita deposit of 122.77. The same report accuses the Northern Pacific Railroad Company of large scale timber theft on public lands.
Samuel C. Greene died suddenly of heart disease while addressing the congregation at the Baptist Church in Apponaug on Sunday evening.
An annual Holstein cattle sale was held in Greenfield Mass on November 25. A cow brought 600 dollars, a yearling bull 1655 dollars, and several heifer calves sold for 170 dollars each.
In Sunningdale England Mr J B Torry's garden hosts a colossal Wistaria plant. The vine stretches across a wall about 310 feet long and rises roughly nine feet high, covering the structure extensively.
On Friday of last week the following postmasters were appointed in Rhode Island Thomas W D Phillips at Buerrillville Albert J Stackard at Mapleville and Bernard McKenna at Wall Falls.
The funeral was solemnized in Indianapolis on Tuesday with an immense crowd in attendance and the city's business was entirely suspended for the ceremony.
A remarkable dust shower observed in Italy on a night in October is thought by Isther Denza of the Observatory of Monesueri to be of meteoric origin. Others suggest the sand originated from the Sahara.
Mrs. Robert Neil of Pawtucket accidentally poisoned herself Sunday evening by mixing what she believed to be cream of tartar with water but used Rough on Rats. She died early Monday morning. A statistical study notes global life expectancy rising while birth rates fall in France, England, Austria, and Prussia.
Dr F Hutchinson warns the peepal tree a curiously destructive fig that spreads seeds via bird and bat droppings. It supposedly disintegrates rocks and buildings, keeping range keepers alert during fig season. A peepal on Bareilly’s 150 foot minaret is cited as evidence of its vitality and root growth weakening the cupola.
The passage notes notions linking the Andromeda star to long period variability. It cites Hall’s Mars moons discovery and Swift’s Gulliver context, then discusses Tromholt and Jokai’s 1851 story about a star revealed to a royal family by an Evil Spirit. It suggests Jewish tradition may underlie the tale and the star’s variability.
From Our Regular Correspondent Washington Letter reports the looming Republican contest for President pro tempore after the Vice President’s death, with Logan, Edmunds, and Sherman as leading candidates. It notes discussions in caucus, possible Democratic presiding hopes, and the social shifts as White House mourning begins and New Year traditions resume.
A late 1885 notice reports Rhode Island residents granted U S patents including R A Bailey Providence electro magnetic cut off for engines G N Burgess Jr Providence Heeling Jack Geo P Bosworth Paw tucket Roller Skate and A J Langolier Providence Heel machine. It notes 459 total US patents that year and adds a humorous aside about Congressman Greene’s vineyard. Also mentions a Wide Awake Christmas operetta Catch Napping available postpaid for 25 cents from D Lothrop & Co Boston.
Lieut B Carter of London develops an electric engraving machine for decorative metal work. A platinum point scans ornamental type or stereo plates, moving a metal table under the graver. An electro magnet driven by current raises or lowers the point to cut enlarged or reduced copies of the designs.
From Our Regular Correspondent describes tobacco as an Indian weed and notes North Carolina’s rise as a leading tobacco state. It details soil suitability, curing barns, and the step by step flue curing process, claiming tobacco farming can make farmers wealthy and promising future profit figures.
Simeon Bowen a well known Concord New Hampshire lawyer collapsed and died on the street Saturday night from heart disease. The article urges readers with weak health to use Ayers Sarsaparilla to cleanse the blood and restore vitality.
Atkinson's Comedy Company staged the dramatic Peck's Bad Boy in Town Hall Monday evening drawing a good sized crowd despite a cold northeast rain. The performance proved very funny as the Bad Boy's pranks elicited hearty laughter from the audience.
A public meeting of the Bristol Exchange for Woman's Work is set for Friday the 11th at 3 o clock in the Y M C A rooms at Hope and Bradford streets. All subscribers consignors and friends are invited and urged to attend to learn the society objects and operations. The note also lists new library additions for Rogers Free Library including various books and periodicals.
Xa Rev H H Barbour will present The Story of the Civil War in Town Hall next Monday evening with a stereopticon display of principal incidents. The event is under Babbitt Post No 15 G A R. The New Haven Journal praises Barbour as a top platform speaker. Fine portraits of leading Generals will be shown.
D Lothrop and Co Boston highlight prized season titles with lavish bindings and illustrations. New travel books and gift volumes for young readers, annuals for 1885, and special catalogs promoted. marriage notices from Bristol records listed with dates and couples.
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