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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1883
Page
2
Little Compton correspondent reports the potato blast and potato bug reducing yields across several areas. Farmers fear less than half a crop may be harvested, signaling sharp agricultural impact for the season.
In Greenwich street a German dominated emigrant boarding house is described with heat and poor air as a family prepares to move West. The piece recalls Colonel John Keegan once of the Irish Brigade, his rise and fall, and notes on his far from straight career in journalism and politics.
Dog days begin next Wednesday and school vacation news appear alongside reports of building work for the Burnside Memorial. The U S ship Saratoga departed for Newport after arrival on the 11th inst. Senator Aldrich and Mrs Aldrich visited Bristol. A Neptune Boat Club garden fete is planned at Governor Bourn’s grounds with daily steamer trips to Rocky Point at forty cents. A Baptist lawn party at William Thompson’s grounds drew a large crowd and spiritualist expositions were announced for Town Hall with free Monday admission and ten cent Tuesday fees. A two story house and lot on Church street sold for 4150 to William H H Butts of Providence. The School Committee adjourned with teachers chosen for next year. Charles Dimond, son of Mrs Mary Dimond, broke his right arm after falling from a cherry tree. prior injury earlier also near the wrist.
The Mite Society of State Street M E Church will host a Japanese lawn party on Tuesday afternoon and evening on Mr. William H. Thompson’s grounds at Franklin Street starting at 5 o clock. Admission is five cents. If weather is unfavorable the event will move to Thursday the 26th inst.
Captain Dwyer returned from Camp Bourn at Oakland Beach and was greeted with a formal escort. The procession included Moore's Band and local units marching from Franklin to Wood Street, ending at the Infantry Armory with a civic collation. An issue of The Art Folio is praised for its quality and affordable price.
A Bristol reader asks why local stores avoid street signs and questions the accuracy of reported temperatures. The notice recalls a pleasant surprise party for Mr and Mrs Lorenzo D Kenney on Wood Street and prints a lengthy speech praising fifty years of marriage. It ends with a temperance letter urging Bristol voters to oppose rum and praising Representative Coggeshall for his stance.
In Bristol news a sheriff clerk mellowed by kindness invites voters to register anytime before election day. Capitalists in New York eye Bristol harbor and water power as manufacturing appeal. The Odd Fellows excursion on the steamer Canonicus is praised for safety and popularity. Donutney’s Newport trip proves impactful in temperance work. The piece notes a suicide attempt on the Richard Borden, rescued by deckhands Coffee and Carey, and reports on Col Straight’s comradeship reception and Herreshoffs’ time worn canoe model. Shore dinners at Mount Hope grow in appeal with delegations visiting.
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