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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1879
Page
2
A dated collection of political and social jabs references figures like Senator Bayard and Baron Rothschild, notes on President Hayes, and digs at Mormons and the Chinese, with musings on the economy, ocean voyages, railroads, and the political scene in Massachusetts and the South. The tone is satirical and reflective of a late 19th century newspaper column.
The author warns that a speculative bubble is forming in mining stocks of the silver region and urges investors to place funds in United States bonds instead. They accuse certain men of avarice and criminal intent, noting that even prominent Congress exemplars do not validate their actions.
The speaker criticizes Senator Blaine for stirring up hostility with venomous barbs toward the South. He argues such personal, bitter attacks cost money and hinder reconciliation between the North and South, offering no benefit to the country or its citizens.
Correspondent from Paris describes a Sunday race at Longchamp and Auteuil with 100000 spectators, a Grand Steeplechase fire that burned a stand but left the main building saved, and then surveys the 1879 Salon with key artists and works noted, including Bouguereau, Lefebre, and Carolus-Duran, plus prizes and jury considerations.
The Queen has completed the forty second year of her reign after ascending the British throne on June 20, 1887. Only three English monarchs have reigned longer: Henry III, Edward I, and Elizabeth II, with her grandfather George VI also ruling longer.
The lantern garden fete at Hon A O Bourn’s grounds last Thursday evening drew a large crowd for Neptune Boat Club with fine illumination music fireworks and strong receipts. Also notes farewell sermons ordination and a upcoming issue date for the Phoenix July 4.
Capt. Grace W. Jewett of this town died suddenly in Honolulu on the fourth inst., aged forty six, leaving a widow and three children. The Diman House on Hope Street, a century old, was taken down to make way for a modern building. Its history traces to 1712 with owners Linzee, Jacobs, Bushee, Munro, Gibbs, and Diman, and includes inns kept by Haile Turner and a 1765 incident of a French traveler found dead with opium. The article recounts reminiscences, town meetings, and the house’s varied uses over the years, ending with a charitable appeal for aiding the poor and a notice about Miss Potin at 18 Boylston Street.
Captain John Collinge recently unveiled a six foot gilded vane atop his stable spire. It reproduces a fish he caught June 10th, 1876, at latitude 3 N, longitude 40 W off the Brazilian coast. Locals call the fish Chicolongo and naturalists note its relation to Garfishemiramphus Cue. trot fate orn. waters.
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