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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1884

Page

2

Senator Sheffield named to key committees in caucus

The Republican senatorial caucus designates Senator Sheffield for the Committees on Claims Revolutionary Pensions and Women's Suffrage. Rev Dr J H Arnold aged 60? editor of the Michigan Advocate and Methodist clergyman drops dead on Detroit street from heart disease. A German chemist claims to have finally achieved instantaneous casting of metals with a brass film using a single battery cell to produce colored solid deposits. An Harper's Christmas poem previews Larkin G Meade the sculptor and his Snow Angel from childhood to marble.

Republican Senatorial Caucus Senator Sheffield J. H. Arnold The Michigan Advocate Detroit Larkin G Meade Harper's Wallace Bruce Italy

Badoureau proposes clouds of carbonic acid in upper air

In a note to the French Academy, Mons A Badoureau offers an explanation for light fleecy clouds in the upper atmosphere. He argues that extreme cold causes successive condensation of carbonic acid, nitrogen and oxygen into clouds, possibly explaining recent halo observations. Temperature records from the Royal Meteorological Society show January highs and lows in London, and worldwide mean temperatures from cities such as Ferozepore Calcutta Hong Kong Cairo Rome Constantinople Pekin St. Petersburg.

French Academy of Sciences Mons A. Badoureau Royal Meteorological Society London Society Ferozepore Punjaub Calcutta Hong Kong Cairo Rome Constantinople Pekin St. Petersburg Hammerfest Fort Enterprise Boothia Felix Melville Island Murzuk Fezzan Bagdad Jerusalem Greenwich Moscow Falkland Isles Barbadoes Singapore Bombay Chicago Midville Island Fort Reliance Wershjansk

Washington Letter on Monument, Blaine, and Inauguration Talk

Our regular Washington dispatch notes the completion of the Washington Monument with capstone touching the cloudy summit and the flag rising 600 feet above. It covers Blaine’s social round, Jacobin-like electoral-count precautions by the Democrats, and a debate-filled session with bills on the Indian Territory and Navy spending.

Washington Congress Washington Monument Blaine Cleveland New York John Raymond Senate House Marshal Wright Ohio Democratic National Committee House of Representatives Hendricks Robinson Capitol Capitol Hill Thomas Jefferson

Deep-sea crustacea eyes and light source debated

Prof Moseley notes deep sea crustacea either have large eyes or none and argues a light source is needed. He suggests phosphorescence provides this dim light in the deep sea.

Moseley

Continental erosion by dissolved matter in Atlantic basins

An English geologist T Mellard Reade estimates that rivers including the Mississippi La Plata and St Lawrence remove dissolved material from the American continent at about 100 tons per square mile each year. He compares with Europe and calculates that land draining into the Atlantic would yield a cubic mile of rock annually every six years.

Switzerland Pont Eidelweiss Alps Col de la Fordetta Dent Blanche Matterhorn Weisshorn Dent de Yaman St. Luc America Paps Mamma Les Eboulements Graben Chandolin Zinal Val d’ Anniviers Ayer Vallie @ Anniviers Sierre Nierra Amd Montreux Mississippi Basin Mississippi la Plata St. Lawrence T. Mellard Reade American Europe Reade Atlantic Ocean Africa Asia

Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine January 1885 opening

The January 1885 issue opens with a holiday focus and edifying content. Included are The Angel Chimes A Christmas Story The Dominion of Canada A Missionary's Letter to the Youngsters at Home Glances at Bible History No 1 From Creation to the Dispersion and Religious Art in the Greek Church. Representative Religious Journalists features Rev Dr Errett with portrait. Dr Talmage contributes The Drink Devil and a Sobering sermon. Also portraits of Samuel Seabury and Rev Dr Paret. Price 25 cents per number or 2 50 yearly postpaid. Mrs Frank Leslie Publisher Park Place New York.

Frank Lesure Dominion of Canada Errett Christian Standard Talmage Samuel Seabury Paret Maryland Frank Leslie Park Place New York

Public School Calendar Notes Two Week Vacation

Public schools announce a two week holiday aligning with the upcoming Christmas season. Officials remind families to plan ahead as districts adjust schedules for the festive period.

Portsmouth Navy Yard officer dies by suicide over literary fight

Commander B. Dana Greene, equipment officer at Portsmouth Navy Yard, killed himself with a Colt 38 in the Franklin ship house. He left a note linking mental anxiety from a literary work about the Monitor and the Merrimac, a subject he helped lead as executive officer. Greene, stationed since April, leaves a widow and three children. the town mourns his loss.

KPA Dispatch Portsmouth N. HS Dana Greene Portsmouth Navy Yard Franklin Monitor Merrimac New York Hoe Jacob Babbitt Pacific

Providence Address Urges Juries to Follow Law

Joseph Ely, Esq. argues that juries often act on opinion and prejudice instead of law and evidence. He urges better juries or punishment for offending ones, noting that intelligent men dodge service and jurors ignore judges, risking improper verdicts. The piece promotes improvements and cites Providence Furniture Co. as an exemplar of reform and quality.

Messrs George Stinson & Co Portland Maine Messrs. Stinson & Co Stinson & Co Dean Cor Providence Joseph Ely

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