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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1877

Page

2

New Political Shifts and International War Moves

The piece notes the Citizens ticket triumph in Boston and an Independent gain, hints at Maine lumber prospects, cites Conkling & Co. in Washington, and reports Russia’s capture of Plevna with Osman Pacha’s Turkish forces, signaling possible Ottoman decline and waning grandeur.

Russia Plevna Osman Pacha Turkey

Cherry Ripe joins The Tribune popular series

The Tribune releases No 14 of its popular fiction line Cherry Ripe by Helen B Mathers praised as charming English life and love. Copies available at newsagents or by sending 10 cents to The Tribune New York. Leonard Scott Publishing Co repackages Loupon Quarterly Review contents including histories poetry and politics with pricing at 4 a year or 15 for all.

the Tribune Helen B. Mathers Tribune New York Loupon Quarterly Review Leonard Scott Publishing Co Barclay Street Odilon-Barret France Waterloo Haworth Alfred Austin New Republic Liberal Party N. Y London Quarterly Edinburgh Westminster British Quarterly Reviews Blackwood Rogers Free Library Scribner, Armstrong & Co F. Marion W. Te Fonvielle Achille Cazin Ernest Menaut Egypt Rameses the Great F. de Lanoye Victor Monnier Pompeii Pompeians Marc Monnier The Sun Amedeo Guillemin T. L. Phipson A. Waugay Ferdinand de Lanoye M. Lefevre R. Donald A. le Pileur Leveille BR. Radau N. Sonrel Madama Zadoc Porter Dt-Iw Morris N.C Bristol Parker

Saloon Licenses Crackdown Roils New York Streets

From Our Own Correspondent New York December 18 1877 Conditions worsen for saloon keepers as police seize licenses and arrest over 500 in one day. Courtroom scenes mix with a cigar strike cutting output by 60 million cigars and a glimpse of James Gordon Bennett’s rumored New Jersey town scheme. Also notes the arrival of Dr. R V Pierce Buffalo state senator and his new American Grape Sugar Company factory and hotel.

New York Eorror Bristo Paanix Board of Excise Murphy James Gordon Bennett New York Herald England Bennett A. T. Stewart New Jersey Buffalo R. V. Pierce Clinton Dr. Pierce American Grape Sugar Company Pierce Bavrx

Meetings Arranged in Bristol for January by Henry Moorhouse

Arrangements with evangelist Henry Moorhouse to hold a Bristol January meeting series in connection with Mesars Moody and Sankey. The union meeting is set at the Congregational Chapel this evening at 7 o'clock for prayers and conference. Rev Dr Behrends of Providence may preach next week on Friday the sixth at the State Street M L E Church.

Henry Moorhouse Mesars Moody and Sankey Providence Bristol Congregational Behrends

Local Notables and Town Council Proceedings

An obituary notes the death of Mr. Joms N. Mruzen a long respected Bradford street resident at seventy five after illness. He was a blacksmith and longtime town sergeant and cryer of the courts. The Town Council adjourned and handled inquest expenses and street light requests and ordered a bridge inspection. The Rogers Free Library list adds classic nature science and art works with illustrations for loan.

Joms N. Mruzen Bradford Street Miller Thames’street Phenix

Wonders of Electricity and Related Works

A catalog listing several science and art titles from the 19th century. It includes Wonders of Electricity edited by Dr. Q W Armstrong, Wonders of Water translated by Schele De Vere, Wonders of the Moon edited by Maria Mitchell, The Wonders of Engraving and Sculpture, Arms and Armour, Mountain Adventures edited by J T Headley, and Diamonds and Precious Stones by Louis Dieulafait, with numerous illustrations and engravings.

Baille Q. W. Armstrong Normal Institute Fredonia Gaston Tissandier Schele de Vere Amedee Guillemin England Charles Boutell M. A. Mountain Adventures Whymper Tyndall J. T. Headley Louis Dieulafait Fanchon Sanford

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