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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1886
Page
2
A collage of items notes a predicted serious outbreak in Mexico, corn yields in the western belt, an alleged Abington mine, Florida rail expansion, and China’s population and press. Other notes describe family creoles, flowering species, paired trees in Leominster, cautions on electric lighting in schools, and curious animal and plant facts.
Off the eastern Caspian coast the Kara Boghaz estuary grows increasingly saltier as evaporation drives a unidirectional current. A land bank blocks the inlet, promising the gulf will dry and form a vast salt bed, cutting it off from the Caspian Sea.
The August 29 total eclipse spans 1850 1868 1886 1904 and longer totality over the Atlantic near Sierra Leone. The land maximum near Benguela lasts about five minutes while Granada, West Indies offers a four minute view for British astronomers studying the solar corona.
The July August issue features a graphic Maine Home of General Henry Knox by E Marguerite Lindley, a study on The Northwest Territory by Israel Ward Andrews, and The Convention of New York 1788 by A W Clason. War studies include Cedar Mountain and Negro Slaves During the Civil War with a Death Angle sketch, plus essays by J L Payne Mrs Lamb Blaine and others. volumes are in demand at 30 Lafayette Place New York.
Our Washington Letter notes the House wasted time on oleomargarine tax fights while ignoring local needs in D C. It discusses the coming electoral shake up, presidential influence on pensions, and the push for agricultural experiment stations amid a cloud of park gilding and a want for a Post Office.
On the Devonshire coast sea grass is boiled and baked with oats to make bread used by the poor Welsh, much of it sent to Swansea. Siberia records show a mean yearly temperature of one degree Fahrenheit with January lows to 90 below. Crows described as industrious seed carriers drop found objects, aiding forest formation.
Fragmentary text mentions Dr Kilmar and a claimed treatment for tumor and cancer. The sentence hints at fear in Indy and a curtain to prevent and cure diseases, but details are unclear.
The Town Council will hold its regular monthly meeting next Monday afternoon at two o'clock. The Court of Probate will hold its regular session on Monday next at ten o'clock. Local farmers report good crop prospects despite prior drought. The Merreshoff Manufacturing Co. will grant its employees the usual August vacation. Elder O H Wallace of Kennebunkport will preach at Advent Chapel tomorrow. The State Street M E Church Sunday School picnic was held at the Narrows on Wednesday. Mr Mason Pierce and wife and Mrs Mary Pearse left for Cottage City Martha's Vineyard for several weeks. The Juniper Hill Cemetery Corporation will hold its annual meeting Monday next at 74 o'clock at Dr C H Doringh's residence. The National Band plans a trip to Warren to join Massasoit Encampment No 8 for an excursion to Oakland Beach aboard the steamer Canonicus.
The National Veteran Militia Association met in New York City on 27th to elect officers and conduct business. Gen D W Wardrop of Boston was re elected President. The badge for the association featured a gold Maltese cross with old silver trimmings suspended from a golden bar by a crimson ribbon. Delegates Col O A Greene and Lt Col T F Usher from the Bristol Train of Artillery Veteran Association attended.
In this town and neighboring areas raspberries flood the market while huckleberries remain scarce and stable in price. Growers report profits shrinking as more enter berry cultivation, with some abandoning full harvests due to low prices. Also noted is lingering French-language speech among local troops and the enduring popularity of girls in the town’s historic products.
The piece recalls Bristol coastlines from Pappoosequaw to Narragansett shorelines. It narrates Mount Hope vistas seen by historic figures, notes shipwrecks near Peck's Rocks, and recalls local family farms and sailors experiences. The reminiscence blends natural beauty with maritime memories and a long past era of Bristol ships and settlers.
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