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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1882

Page

2

Unidentified Mastodon Found Near Richmond Indiana Bayou

Workmen excavating a fish pond two and a half miles east of Richmond Indiana uncovered remains of a mastodon estimated at thirty six feet from tusk tip to tail. The report notes the discovery in the bayou area and cites measurements of the fossil animal.

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Remarkable telephone improvement reported in Boston

A Boston Bell Telephone Company office reports a major advance enabling vocal messages to travel thousands of miles by simply increasing battery power fourfold and using specially treated carbons. Details of the carbon process are kept secret as the inventor has not disclosed them. The note cites long distance potential examples from New York to Boston and other cities.

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Public schools open and church services listed

The summer term of the town public schools began Monday morning. Tomorrow evening the event titled The Day of Reckoning will be held at State Street M E Church with an afternoon sacramental service and reception of members by letter. The funeral of Mr John G Wilson, formerly with Co G B L Volunteers, was held Thursday with participation from United Brothers Lodge I O O F Newport delegation and Bristol Veteran Association. Rev Charles Earl Preston will preach at Advent Chapel Sunday at 3 and 7 pm with topics The Pastoral Work of the Premillennial Portion of the Church and Evidences of our Lord's Imminent Return. Mrs Hannah G Swan was badly injured Tuesday evening entering an omnibus on Milk Street. left thigh fracture treated by Dr G P Barnes and later reduced by Dr Job Sweet of New Bedford.

New York England Wall Street Hovey Slim Jim Bennett Slim Epstein Grand Street Dry Goods Farly Closing Association Ericka Tess Ranprz State Street M. E John G. Wilson Co. G., B. L Volunteers United Brothers Lodge, I. O. O. F Newport Bristol Charles Earl Preston Advent Chapel Hannah G. Swan Milk Street Edward L Thompson Hope Street G. P. Barnes Job Sweet New Bedford

Real Estate Transactions In April Reported Here

A list of twenty April real estate sales is followed by additional transfers. Names include John Collins Michael J. O Connor William H. Dunbar John M. K. Thomas and others with prices from 100 to 1286 dollars. The Bristol County Court of Common Pleas May term, with Judge Tillinghast, opens Monday. Grand and Petit Juries are empaneled. several civil and criminal actions are discussed, including larceny indictments and liquor-law cases with varied outcomes. The session proceeds through Tuesday to Saturday, with hearings and judgments noted.

John Collins Michael J. O'Connor Collins Street Wood Street William H. Dunbar John M. K. Thomas Garfield Avenue Woodlawn Avenue William AH. Dunbar John H. Mott William T. C. Wardwell George H. Norman Warren David A. Pierce Henry P. Pierce Mason W. Pierce Louis Kunze Mason Avenue Mount Jane Nehemiah Cole Libbie Cole John F. Cole Catherine Street Court of Common Paras Bristol County Tillinghast William J. Miller Colt Ambrose B. Mason Samuel Gladding Richard A. Gladding Justice Court John A Gladding Peleg Bosworth Defendent Henry W. A. Seeling Clark H. Tanner Francois Souter Arthur Codman Henry Frankland Ernest Arnold Barrington Amos OC. Barstow, Jr Joseph N. Starkweather Frankland Arnold Russell D. Bullock Richard F. Jaynes Assumpsit Bullock Joynes Ryan Susan Ryan Wm. Feeney John Patterson Robert Newbold Henry R. Manchester Frank H. Fish Opto Supreme Court

Bristol Town Council holds adjourned meeting and probate actions

The Bristol Town Council convened in the Council Chamber with full board present. Probate court actions examined and allowed include estates of Samuel W. Church Eliza J. Coggeshall and others. guardianship and sale petitions continued for notice. inventories of James Manchester John McCarty and Lydia Gadding examined. A will for Abner Midget was received for probate. The council appointed special constables and discussed sidewalk improvements. A memoranda regarding water act amendments and a Wardwell report were recorded. A tribute to a sympathetic local woman was published in the Bristol Mercury.

Tus Samuel W. Church Chandler H. Coggeshall Eliza J. Coggeshall James H. Bowen Eliza Bowen James F. Manchester John McCarty Abner George W. Easterbrooks Lydia Gladding William BR. Taylor Henry G. Dearth Moses B. Wood William R. Taylor Eliza B. French Emma French Aaron Easterbrooks Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co Abner Midget Bristol Anid Company Richard B. Franklin William F. Bowler Benjamin R. Wilson, Jr Williams Mount Jane EK. M. Wardwell Benj. R. Wilson Greene Landa George H. Norman W. T. C. Wardwell Norman Grorae H. Norman Francr CotwEill Elisha M. Wardwell Town Hall Robate Herbert F. Bennett George W. Enasterbrooks Bristol Phoenix Gristol Onry G. Dearth Mary E. Bowen James HH. Bowen Eliza B William RB. Taylor Anid Bristol Hope Wardwell Street Nathan Warren Thomas J. Noyes Herbert P. Bennett

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