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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1885

Page

2

Mount Vesuvius erupts as naval yard forces displaced

Varied news items include Mount Vesuvius active again, Portsmouth navy yard force discharged or suspended, the Vanderbilt widow's death in New York, and political shifts in Cleveland's cabinet with officers potentially marked for changes.

Mount Vesuvius Portsmouth, N. . Navy Yard

Probate Court Acts At Bristol Town Meeting

The Bristol Town Council held its regular monthly session on Monday afternoon. The court processed estates including James Coggeshall and Rachel L. Bayley, appointing executors and administrators with bonds, approving inventories, and ordering sales when needed. Proceedings also covered licenses, public safety funds, and preparations for the Fourth of July and Decoration Day observances.

Court of Pronate James Coggesand Elizabeth B.eshall Arabella J. Coggeshall Etta E. Coggeshall Abby B. Coggeshall William Smith William Easterbrooks William Coggeshall Rachel L. Bayley James If. Stough Wm. P. Monro William Usher John Usher Rita W. Borden Mary Annie Katie John Joseph Levender William P. Monro James K. West Hezekiah W. Church Hiram Frisbie William J. Miller Sally B. Barras James C. Johnson Charles A. Johnson John W. Eddy Parker Borden Sarah J. Borden Bille W. Borden William A. Phelps William BR. Phelps Frederic P. Pearse First Baptist Church of Bristol Samuel Norris, Jr Eliza Easterbrooke Henry Wight Dimeap Olgaa D. DeWolf George B. Diman Elizabeth B. Diman Lewis J. Diman John P. Reynolds William H. Spooner Deborah F. Waldron John Connery Peter Riley Lackey Gilroy State Street Armory Hall Young People's Society Bristol George T. French Nathan Warren Terrence P. Morris Wood Street Armory Edward Anthony Frederic F. Gladding Elisha M. Wardwell Joseph B. Burgess James OC. Salisbury Michael Hamill Orrin Wilson George O. Eddy Charles A. Barbour H. M. Howe Charles A. Waldron Allen M. Munro James T. Phelps Owen Morris Leon Baltran Robert Newbold Charles H. Spooner George Tilley

Local notes and notices from Barrington area

Rogation and Ascension observances ahead with summer plans. Dr C H B Doringh leaves for a brief southern trip. D F Attwood & Co advertise job opportunities with good pay. Admiral A I Case returns home to Poppasquash with family. Kickemuit water takers offered a Croton filter for fifty cents. Barrington Library hosts meeting for Historic Antiquarian Society and a Monday program with Prof William Gammell and Hon T W Bicknell plus a poem by Hezekiah Butterworth.

Barrington Barrington Historic Antiquarian Society General Assembly Congregational Church William Gammell R. L Historical Society T. W. Bicknell Hezekiah Butterworth

Grand prize yacht contest eyed with Newport banquet plans

A major speed contest is planned between the Thorn and Witch yachts from this port with ownership noted in New York and Wilmington. The course is to be decided, and a grand dinner at the Ocean House in Newport will honor the crews. Prize money to the losing yacht is mentioned, with backers for both vessels from local elites. The Bristol County Count of Common Pleas convened, with Judge Tillinghamst presiding, hearing grand jury actions and civil docket dispositions.

New Orleans Florida Cleveland War Department Army Navy Lincoln Chandler William E. Chandler Bill Chandler Bill Wm. E. Endicott Wm. C. Whitney Wm. F. Vilas Treasury Department Manning New Council Board Nhat Congress England Russia United States Ebbitt House Meire Nagasaki Japan Commodore Truxton Meile Station House Senate Lamar Little Sisters of the Poor Interior Department Gettysburg First Army Corps New York Col. Lamont Arlington Hotel White House Park Cottage Thorn Witch Thomas B. Smith Wilmington Delaware Ocean House Newport Constitution Street Church Street Count of Common Pleas Bristol County Tillinghast George F. Baker Warren Colt Richard RB. Magee Edward Farnham Sylvanus M. Lewis Town Council of Barrington Frank Conway Earl Elisha Mitchel Justice Court of Warren

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