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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1881
Page
2
A violent shock lasting about two seconds struck Cologne on Friday night of last week with tremors felt for hours after. The quake was also reported in Bonn.
A Frenchman reports finding an oil distilled from American grape vines that does not congeal above 8 degrees Fahrenheit while other oils congeal at 27 degrees. He recommends this oil for watch-making and similar uses.
The Siemens electric railway in Paris wins high praise from Parisians who value its mode of locomotion. Steps are expected to be taken after the exhibition to make it a permanent feature in the French capital.
While Guitean was being taken from the court house to the jail on Saturday a horseman rode off rapidly and lightly assaulted him. A farmer named Wm. Jones living near the capital was later arrested on suspicion related to the event.
An eighteen year old girl is shown petrified by Dr Gomi's new process at the Milan Exhibition. The body was taken from a Florence hospital in putrefaction and gradually turned to marble while preserving hair and fine body hair. Dr Comi hoped for medical interest but found no takers in Rome.
Professor Alexander Hogg in an address at Marshall University Texas traces the English language’s growth from a time when Mary Beatrice of Modena did not know England’s location to a century ago when French speakers outnumbered English speakers, to today when English is spoken by about one hundred million and could reach a billion in a century.
Warner Observatory director Swift in Rochester reports a faint round tailless comet in Cassiopeia with RA 1h50m and Dec north of 71 degrees moving slowly westward. It is the seventh discovery since May, with four meeting awards of 200 dollars under the Warner Prize.
The December issue opens the 64th volume of Hanorn's Montony Magazine praised as a leading illustrated monthly. It notes broad, conservative editorial aims, high quality illustrations costing $5,000 for this number, and a readership nearing 200,000 copies monthly with a subscription price of $£ per year.
An excerpted address by Wm. F. DeWolf, Enq., to Chicago's Historical Society recalls Rhode Island figures who shaped early U.S. law and politics. He praises Tristam Burgess, William Hunter, James Burrill, Asher Robbins, and others, recounting meetings with Clay, Webster, Grundy, Van Buren, Dallas, and Calhoun, and notes a national young men’s convention in 1832 with introductions to famed leaders.
William Woodhouse Jr, convicted before the Supreme Court on the 18th for larceny of a horse carriage and harness, was taken to the State Prison Saturday morning by Deputy Sheriff Bosworth to serve his sentence. Thanksgiving day featured a Neptune Boat Club versus Clerks football match on the Common, with Neptune winning two straight games and many spectators present.
At the late term of the Supreme Court for Bristol county motions for arrest of judgment were made and exceptions taken to Judge Matteson rulings. The cases will be argued before the full Bench and sentences postponed awaiting the Court's final decision.
A nostalgic Thanksgiving tribute reflects on past holiday feasts and shared hospitality while laments modern refinement. The Sar Rogers Free Library announces new Civil War campaigns, sermons, travel handbooks, and literary works added by donation for the coming week.
Friday and Saturday sessions report multiple indictments for embezzlement larceny and liquor nuisance. Guilty verdict in one case. several defendants plead nolo contendere or have cases continued to March 1882. Civil docket items include milk adulteration and meat sales disputes with judgments for plaintiffs. Court adjourned after a long criminal docket and related civil actions.
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