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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1882

Page

2

Vine growth influenced by electricity, Dr Macagno reports

Dr M Macagno notes experiments on electricity affecting vine growth in Les Mondes. An electric circuit drawn by copper wire between a branch tip and root increased wood formation in the fruiting branch, with grapes ripening faster and sweeter. The Kansas Board report adds that eastern Kansas and neighboring regions were once a freshwater lake with turbid water deposits forming thick sediments.

M. Macagno Kansas State Board of Agriculture Kansas Nebraska Iowa Missouri

Rhede Iceland Institute Meeting at Providence 1882

The thirty seventh annual Rhede Iceland Institute of Instruction gathers in Providence for January 12 14 1882. Free return rail and steamer tickets issued to members. admission tickets for Friday evening at Music Hall available from the Committee of Arrangements or the Public Schools Commissioner office.

Rhede Iceland Institute of Instruction Providence Bristol Road Fall River Music Hall Committee of Arrangements Commissioner of Public Schools

Boston Journal mocks tariff convention call

The Boston Journal ridicules the Industrial League's push for a tariff convention in Chicago while arguing Congress should pursue a thorough tariff revision to simplify laws, expand the free list, and lower duties. It questions whether the haste reflects free trade aims or self interest.

The Boston Journal Industrial League Congress Chicago

American inventions and failures in trade and patents

The column notes 1859 business failures reported by R G Dun Co totaling 6582 with liabilities of 81 157 932 a rise of 847 in failures and fifteen and a half million in bad debts The piece praises American ingenuity and machinery in world markets and the profits of legitimate trade despite high U S labor costs It endorses patent protection and recommends patent solicitor R H Eddy of Boston for guidance on American and European patents and related protections

United States Messrs. R. G. Dun & Co Europe Paris Vienna R. H. Eddy State Street Boston

Sunday School Officers to be Chosen at State Street Church

The Board of the Sunday School of the State Street M E Church will hold its annual meeting this Saturday evening in the vestry at 7 o'clock to choose officers. Public night schools in town began last Monday with fair attendance and eager learners in one class appreciating efforts made for them.

Greenwich Print Works Greenwich William Kelloway London England Advent State Street M. E St. Michael’s Church State Street M. FE Sheerness John Samuel White Herreshoff White Gallia Liverpool William Houston Stewart Navy J. B. Herreshoff Mr. Borror Warren Jesse Davis Elijah Carmel Bristol G. B.C Review Haylock & Co Dey Street New York Mercantile Review National Eagle Bank BR. I J. G. Watson Peter Gladding Chien Waitiary Sud Aaron Pripatine Aton Boretes Brooks Samuel Drury Hannah W. P Drury Samuel S. Drury Bristol Pheenix Peesek Court Robert S. Andrews Robert S Andrews Prs Levi Horton William Taylor Bristol, Phoenix Probiate (Ierk TUT Byfield School Jin Mary W. Woodward

Rogers Free Library Additions For The Week

The library welcomes new titles this week including Books and Reading by President Porter and Orations Essays and Sermons by J Lewis Diman. Also added are Six Months in the Sandwich Islands by Isabella Bird Richard Cobden's Life by John Morley Can You Forgive Her by Trollope Drake and Anson's Voyages and Dr Gilbert's Daughters.

Ga Rogers Free Library President Porter J. Lewis Diman The Sandwich Islands Isabella Bird Richard Cobden John Morley Trollope Drake and Anson Dr. Gilbert

Watch Meeting Ushers in 1882 at State Street Church

A watch gathering was held in the vestry of State Street M E Church last Saturday night to bid farewell to the old year and greet the new. The event began at 9 PM and ran past midnight, with the church bell and several town bells ringing at 12 to mark the year 1882.

State Street M E St. Michael’s Church George Hazard Pearse Pearse St. Michael’s Yellow Sea Haylock & CO America Dey Street New York

Year 1881 Coal Vessels At The Port Record

In 1881 fifty five vessels brought coal to the port averaging 358 tons each totaling 19 698 tons. Of this 11 293 tons were for manufacturing and 8 420 tons for domestic use. The smallest cargo was 108 tons and the largest 880 tons. The first arrival was January 7 and the last December 31.

John B. Herreshoff Nathaniel G. Herreshoff Herreshoff Manufacturing Company Bristol R.I Admiralty John Samuel White Herreshoff England Portsmouth White Sheerness Board of Examiners

Real estate sales in town reach 79 parcels in 1881

In 1881 the town saw 79 parcel sales totaling 56,400.75 dollars. Monthly totals run from January 2,660 to December 6,750, with the year’s sum breaking down across months. A decade overview lists yearly sales and amounts from 1871 to 1880, showing fluctuations in volume and value.

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Land Transfers in Dec 1881 Bean Estate records

Property transactions list several sales: Otis Munro acquires a Hope Street east side lot with improvements from Mary R Morse et al. Marmaduke Mazon sells Lincoln Avenue south side lot to Thomas Downey for 400 dollars. Other transfers include Coyle siblings to Catarine and Mary Coyle for 175, Pearse to Coggeshalf for 100, Munro to Spooner for 350, Mason to Henderson for 175, Mason to Warren for 100, William Williams trustee to Ruth Ann Maxfield, and Slade with Mason spouses to Mason for 2250 on the Back road area.

Wood Street Bay View Avenue Wilson's Lane Thomas Pearse Juliet E. Cogges Franke E. Spooner Usher Place Marmaduke Mason Thomas Henderson Franklin Street Lincoln Avenue Woodtreet John F. Warren William Williams Ruth Ann Maxfield Ira P. Slade Sarah C. Mason

Ball at Infantry Armory and probate session notes

The C T A Society held a grand ball at the Infantry Armory in Wood Street with Herrick's Band from Providence providing music despite stormy weather. The Town Council and Court of Probate met Monday, appointing administrators for several estates, granting sales of real estate, approving guardian actions, and setting notices for unsettled accounts.

C. T. A. Society Infantry Wood Street Herrick Providence Town OF Bristol Peter Gladding Probate R. 1

Deaths in town: fifty-nine aged seventy and more

A year 1881 in the town recorded thirty persons deceased aged seventy and upward with an average around 75. Names and ages are listed including Billings Waldron 90 Aaron Easterbrooks 78 Charles Matthews 90 Annita Slade 76 Ruth G Holmes 89 Joshua Peckham 177 and others ages from 6 to 90. The list notes Martha Oxx 86 and Miriam Spooner 79 among the deceased. The column presents a community mortality tally and the names of those who died.

Necro Lacy Billings Waldron Aaron Easterbrooks Charles Matthews Annita Slade Ruth G. Holmes Joshua Peckham Timothy Coggeshall Benjamin Wilson Martha Oxx Nathaniel M.oxx Cath’ne Whittenton William Toye Eliza

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