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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1881

Page

2

News Briefs: Deaths, Crime and Local Notes

The signal service plans meteorological reports from about a thousand vessels at sea. Gen. Gilpatrick, minister to Chili, died in Santiago on Sunday. Father McCarty of Greenfield Mass. was shot, possibly fatally, by a housekeeper who refused him. W H Durfee of Newport reports forged notes totaling six to seven thousand dollars. M L Wadsworth publishes iron ore and gold mine findings from Cumberland Rhode Island and Hancock Maine. The Commissioner of Public Schools hosts a Teachers Institute in Kingston with several educators. sessions run from Friday morning to Saturday noon.

Father McCarty Greenfield Maas David McMellin Wm. H. Durfee W. HH. Greene & Co Newport M. L. Wadsworth Cambridge Massachusetts Hill Cumberland Rhode Island Tagberg Sweden Sullivan Hancock County Maine Kingston J. O. Greenough State Normal School L. W. Russell Bridgham Grammar School A. J. Manchester Thayer St. Grammar School A. F. Blaisdell M. D Providence J. A. Rose E. A. Noyes

Congress Chooses Keifer Speaker in First Assembly

The 47th Congress met in Washington with House members voting 148 to 129 for J Warren Keifer of Ohio as Speaker. Edward McPherson named Clerk, G W Hooker Sergeant at Arms, W P Brownlow Doorkeeper, Henry Sherwood Postmaster, and Frederic Powers Chaplain. Garfield biography notes and Rodgers expedition news follow. Wrangel Island deemed an island after survey. 2,500 foot summit observed. Rodgers plans further Siberian coast exploration starting next January.

Washington House of Representatives J. Warren Keifer Ohio Randall Ford Greenbacker Edward McPherson Pennsylvania G. W. Hooker Vermont W. P. Brownlow Tennessee Henry Sherwood Michigan Frederic D. Powers Senate San Francisco Rodgers Lieutenant Berry Wrangel Land Wrangel Island Berry Winter Quarters Siberia

Prane Lestre's Sonpay Macazine Holiday Number

The January issue, edited by T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D., is a holiday edition featuring a Christmas Carol by B. H. Stoddard, Christmas pieces by W. Gray, a Christmas Homily, Epiphany celebrations, and continued reminiscences of an Old New Yorker. It includes new serials, short stories, poems, and the Home Pulpit sermon by Dr. Talmage, with a section on People I Have Met highlighting Bryant, Irving, Cooper, Webster, and Holland. Price 26 cents. yearly $3 postpaid. Publisher Frank Leslie, Park Place, New York.

Prane Lestre T. DeWitt Talmage D. D B. H. Stoddard W. ©. Gray Talmage William Cullen Bryant Washington Irving Peter Cooper Daniel Webster J. G. Holland Frank Leslie Park Place New York

New York Letter Reflects on Society, Pensions, and Youth

From Our Own Correspondent in New York, December 6, 188]. The piece skewers meddling society folk, a celebrity child star, and courtly melodrama around a matinee romance and a juvenile engagement. It mocks gas bills, praises Gen Dan Sickles resisting meter theft, notes the Stock Exchange fizzled, and questions Pension Arrears Reform while defending veterans and pensions as honor plus support.

New York Corinne Marvel Yale Harvard Richmond America Gotham Metropolis Dan Sickles Chancellorsville New Stock Exchange Free Trade Interest Ravn

Taz Town Council Meets as Probate Court Proves Will

The Taz Town Council held its regular monthly meeting in the Council Chamber. In probate court the last will of Elizabeth A. Diman was proved and allowed. Elizabeth B. Diman named Administratrix with the will annexed and bonded at 8000 dollars with Pitman Hosmer as sureties. Appraisers named Wood Pitman Hosmer. Commissioners were appointed to assign dower from William H. Simmons estate. Various accounts were examined and allowed. administration changes considered. real estate sales and crosswalk requests discussed. street boundaries defined. a street light request referred to the next town meeting. bills against the town reviewed.

Taz Town Councmann Pro Bate Montay Elizabeth A. Diman Elizabeth B. Diman Hezekiah J. Pitman Charles Hosmer Moses Wood Hannah Wood Moses B. Wood William H. Simmons Samuel M. Lindsey William BR. Taylor James M. Gooding Samuel Martin Charles A. Liscomb David Waldron Nathaniel Waldron Mary L. Cummings Lemuel P. Cummings Catherine Thomas O'Mara Samuel W. Church Thomas Church Moses R. Wood Elisha M. Wardwell Allen T. Usher William J. Diman William Diman Michael Nixon Patrick McVay Qaynojs Barney Campbell State Street Wood Street Committee On Walley Street James &. Mason Said Street William Pollock Catherine Street F. A. Easterbrooke Aml M. Lindsey Siena Watson D. Waldron Wm. H. Manchester Wiliam Smith Michael McKeon Jos. B. Burgess Allen G. Wright Co. H. Cure James C. Manchester Edward Talbee Terrance McCarty Wm. H. Fhompson Isaac Camm Charles H. Waldron Simon D’ Liscomb Jesse Wilson Frank L. Bowen Edward Quirk Herman J. Kemph Michael Caughtian Wm. H. Davin I. F. Williams James Lachess John B. Bearge Ethan N. Cole Chas A. Johnson John J. Christie Charles F. Simmons Vu. A. Barrows Peter Gladding Bristol Seconj E. L Robate Court William da Fiss Dinan Wwe Bristol Poa Peter Elizabetit A. Diman Tite Mary Russell Dewolf Pees E Court Peenan Psa Court James P. Lewis Mary A. Lewis John V. Lewis, Jr Enone Peter Ladding Ellen Margaret M. Nixon Ellen Ao Warren Rhode Island Swansea Pound Ricard Bourkettiente Child’s Street Rendong Clorg

Oyster shell road coating gains widespread use

When oyster shells were first introduced as a coating for roads some objected they might endanger horses feet. Experiments proved the concern false and the coating was extended over the Poppasquash road and others successfully. Now demand is so great the supply fails and prices have advanced.

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