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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1885
Page
2
Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks died suddenly at his home in Indianapolis at about 5 p.m. Wednesday of heart paralysis. He was 66 years old and the nation mourns this sad calamity.
The King of Spain Alfonso XII dies Wednesday morning. In a separate note Iowa shows a strong treasury balance. A list from Tokyo details over 2400 plants in Japanese Chinese and Latin. A train accident in Waltham Massachusetts claims Providence resident John McKenna's life Saturday.
W Dittmar's specimens from various ocean regions indicate free oxygen present at all depths. Ballaud's research shows flour deteriorates with long storage, forming alkaloids as acidity in oil flour alters gluten. Traces of alkaloids rise after one to two years, peaking in flour ground two to three years prior.
Central American archaeologist Mr Meyer reports a discovery forty feet below an antique cemetery on Zapatera Island. A carved rock shows ancient astronomical records while two stone tablets depict a world including a lost Atlantis. Inscriptions partially Phoenician are cut on one tablet.
The piece notes how American forests show more vivid autumn colors than European trees in similar climates. It cites Bierstadt’s Rocky Mountain view reportedly rejected by the Paris Salon for colors deemed impossible, with acceptance only after the American consul certified the coloring.
The issue showcases multiple long prose pieces including Miss Woolson’s East Angels and Mr Howells Indian Summer with The Garroters farce. It also presents a Christmas story Way down in Lonesome Cove by Charles Egbert Craddock, The Madonna of the Tubles by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Esther Feverer by Brander Matthews, and a ghost tale Wyvern Moat by George H Boughton, each illustrated by noted artists.
The exposition grounds and halls opened to the public on Thursday 10th inst in New Orleans with a grand civic and military procession. The new steam railroad runs trains every ten minutes linking city center to the grounds. Managers bought Cotton Centennial property and run the event debt free with full occupancy and renovated facilities. The organizers promise five months of success as visitors come from far and wide.
A historical note recalls Peter the Great’s dream of uniting Volga and Don with a canal as the western bank erodes. Also, a Southern Budget column from North Carolina 1885 shares temperance letters and humorous anecdotes about salt, hogs, and road directions amid Southern revival.
Messrs Root and Tinker publish a 22 by 28 inch engraving of top U S medicine makers led by H H Warner with his iron safe trademark. The lithograph, featuring Dr J C Ayer and others, is issued with Warner’s endorsement and notes his Astronomical Observatory prizes. Nichols of Chester, Massachusetts praises Athlophoros for rheumatism relief.
A list from Franklin H. Hough reports Rhode Island inventors receiving U S patents on November 24 1885. Names include H E Chadwick Providence with a bracelet Jas Fitzgerald Providence with a slide rest N H Griffith Providence with a wrench W H Richmond Providence with a finger ring and A O Thornton Olneyville with a farm gate. The article notes 404 total U S patents granted to United States citizens.
The public school in the Bristol Ferry district Portsmouth finished the Fall term on Friday of last week. The Winter term will begin on Monday of next week.
Local notes report Ka Peck's Bad Boy performances at Town Hall next Monday evening under the auspices of the State Street M. E. Sunday School. Also noted are Advent timing, early Christmas preparations, and recent visits by William F. DeWolf Esq. of Chicago and Rev. George L. Locke returning from vacation.
The coming week introduces titles across history religion and travel including Neander's Christianity volumes Douglass China history Dante Il Convito and History of Free Trade in England, Hobart Locomotive Engineer and Knopf's Travels in Eastern Africa, Miss Bremer Neighbors two volumes Ocean Wave Redcliffe Inventions Lectures by White Ruskin Architecture and Painting and more.
Funeral was held Saturday at 2 PM from the late residence on Bristol Neck. Rev. George L. Locke led the services before a large crowd including Governor Wetmore, ex-Gov. Bourn, Judge Colt, and several lawmakers. Pallbearers included Samuel P. Colt, Henry W. Hayes, Samuel Norris Jr, Nathaniel Herreshoff, John DeWolf, and William Hodgkins. Interment followed at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
A compiled alphanumeric extract from the Warragan sett historical register records in the Town Clerk’s Office listing marriages and intentions from 1680 to 1850. Entries include Oldridge Liscomb Osborn Osgood Oxque Oxx and related couples with dates and officiants where given, noting continuation.
A special report highlights Burmese ware as graceful and handsome glassware with ice cream sets vases and fitting pieces priced from 50 cents to 1000. Providence firms YTinveEN Thurser & Co advertise Westminster Street shops and fashion fur items from New York and Parisian paletots.
December issue marks a record circulation for the magazine noted for popularizing American history. It features A W Clason on Massachusetts 1788 in Constitution adoption, the Brooklyn House of Philip Livingston, Thanksgiving Day past and present, a Mexican War chapter by Gen E Parker Scammon, and Gen Baldy Smith’s Campaign of 1861 62 in Kentucky. It includes a Vicksburg Batteries sketch by W S Ward and a frontispiece portrait of Gen George B McClellan with an editor’s tribute.
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