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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1882
Page
2
A Tuesday morning conflagration on Park Row, New York, destroyed several lives and about one million dollars in property. Many weekly and monthly newspaper offices were burned out in the disaster, with investigators noting extensive losses and aftershocks in the newsroom district.
Mr L C White of Jasper Texas, after twenty years of study, claims a worm-proof cotton that also yields more and larger bolls, matures earlier, with better staple and fiber. He asks the government to pay him one million dollars for the seed and his theory.
Maryland and West Virginia contest ownership of half a million acres of fertile land. A 1660 grant by Charles II set a northern Potomac boundary. Maryland claims the territory while the northern Potomac branch forms the boundary, and a renewed effort to claim the land is under way.
In recognition of his science work and world stature M de Lesseps is elected President of the French Geographical Society. General Turr lauded him for canal ambitions, calling him General-in-Chief of Isthmussegs and Canals.
The American Consul-General in Shanghai sent 20 boxes of bamboo cuttings for transplanting in Oregon. He notes about 60 varieties grow in China south of the Yangtze, with 5 or 6 providing the main materials. In Foochow and Swatow large bamboo reaches 40-50 feet high and 6-8 inches in diameter. in Formosa it grows even larger. He urges naturalizing bamboo in the Southern States and the Pacific slope.
Dr. O. RK. Agnew writes from Florida arguing that houses should be built on underpinning with air and light beneath, avoiding cellars. He claims cellar atmosphere spawns disease and malaria risk, urging travellers to avoid southern hotels lacking elevated, well-ventilated designs.
Two excursion parties organized by Leve and Alden of 207 Broadway New York will travel as a unit through Washington Richmond Augusta Savannah and Fernandina before Florida’s St Johns river region and Enterprise then Cedar Key. They’ll take a steamer to New Orleans and return via Mississippi steamboats to St Louis and Cincinnati with about thirty six days away. Jacksonville detachment returns via Savannah Atlanta Charlotte Danville Lynchburg and Washington for a one month trip.
The Willing Hands Society meeting of Monday evening January 80 connected with the Baptist Church voted to thank Moore's Brass Band for music at the recent entertainment and praised the ladies and gentlemen who assisted in singing Mrs Baker and all who contributed and patronized to make the event a success.
An 1882 Bristol town council summary outlines George H. Norman’s plan to supply Bristol with water, with a fifty year exclusive right to lay and maintain pipes in streets and the option for the town to buy the works after ten to fifteen years. The document discusses potential railroad relocation to create a scenic shore road between Warren and Bristol, widen prospects for villas, manufactories, and steamboat connections, and envisions improved growth and regional prosperity through new infrastructure and riverside development.
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