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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1885
Page
2
A New Haven resident sent a $2500 check to D. L. Moody to support his evangelistic campaigns. The note mentions gifts to fund religious outreach and missionary activity.
Dr. D. Lewis reports a 1000 foot long two inch diameter paper pipe used for years without leaks or taste changes. When soaked in tar the paper hardens to resemble iron in strength.
An effort to expand plant cultivation in Iceland includes reintroducing barley and establishing a Reykjavik botanic garden. Seeds from 362 plant kinds gathered near Christiania have been planted to study adaptation and growth.
Katie Judd, sentenced to twenty five years for arson and grand larceny, escaped from Cranston house of correction on Sunday while her employer John J Weaver of Newport was the victim. Superintendent Hunt captured her on the Pontiac road Tuesday evening and she is back behind bars.
A new instrument named the teletopometer by Prof Cerebotani of Verona is on display in London. It uses a shortened triangulation base built into the device and tables to read distance or height without trigonometric calculations.
A writer in Harper's argues nine seaboard cities hold $3.3 billion in vulnerable property due to weak coast defenses. He notes advances in ordnance and armor, cites English guns with 2000 pound shot and six mile range, and calls for a ten million dollar annual program for torpedoes and gun production over six to seven years.
The New Orleans exposition opening November 10 and running five months has secured strong attractions. The management, composed of Crescent City businessmen, rejects claptrap and gains public confidence. States are appointing Commissioners and preparing grander exhibits, with every state expected to be represented in New Orleans this winter.
The American Committee of the Statue of Liberty reports the Granite Pedestal nearly finished and funding continues for the statue. The New York World Fund of 100000 dollars completes the pedestal, with about 40000 more needed for iron fastenings and erection, aided by subscriptions for the miniature Statuettes including No 1 No 2 and a newly issued No 3 Ten Dollar Statuette. Remittances to Rioward Burner Secretary 33 Mercer Street New York. Six weeks to Thanksgiving. Also notes social events and local visits including ex Governor Bourn clam bake Frank E DeWolf José John Tweedale Joshua Wilbour and others with various local notices.
Boston reports a Sunday ban on baked beans provoking public ire and arrests. The Treasury reports major Boston Custom House payroll cuts of about $5000 yearly from a 200000 payroll. O'Reilly praises Miss L I Guiney's Grant poem for Alderman Donovan, with a Grant eulogy set for October 22 at Tremont Temple. Stoddard Lectures begin October 21 at Boston Music Hall. Fire-escape tests on city schools deemed flawed. stairways preferred. Equitable Building repairs progress. the Mil and Federal corner finally finished. A cold snap ushers in overcoats and ice in many places. Howe.
The November installment reviews include Miss Mathews's Dilettante Days in Warwickshire Oxford and London with seven illustrations, plus Christ's Parables The Friend at Midnight and The Unjust Judge. Biographies of Sacred Musicians Ferdinand Ries Schneider brothers and F E Fesca. Jews in Exile in Bible History. The Ministers on Wheels by Rev S G Barnes. Dr Talmage on The Abolition of Sunday. Notes on portraits of Montefiore Beranger Pierce Farrar. fiction Love's Harvest What She Made of Her Life Almost no Spinster. poems and more. Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie New York priced 25 cents per number or 2 50 annual.
A Ki French authority states that the complaint known as hing fever, though described as recent, can be traced back to the sixteenth century, indicating a long historical lineage rather to a new illness.
Regular monthly meeting of the School Committee held at Byfield School building with eleven members present. Superintendent Reynolds reported generally good school conditions but noted room shortages. A judicial investigation into pupil conduct at the ungraded school disturbance was ordered. John J. Hughes named janitor. Bills totaling 405.58 authorized for payment.
A night officer entering an old State street building used for meals and storage stepped into an unlit trap door. He dropped six to seven feet onto a rocky bed, was removed to his Bristol Neck home, and treated by doctors for serious injuries and bruising.
A gang of unruly boys disrupted the Ungraded School near High and State streets causing the session to end early. Thirteen youths were arrested. eleven pleaded guilty to interrupting the school and paid a $1 fine plus costs. Two pleaded not guilty and their cases were continued. Others were later arrested.
The Board of Managers thanks donors for gifts received during the month ending October 13 1885. Contributions include cash from Miss M W Southworth A L C and others, clothing shoes fruit marmalade ice cream fields and rides for inmates. Several individuals provided produce flowers and assorted goods to the Home.
The Rogers Free Library lists new acquisitions including Lucretius on the Nature of Things and translations such as Gypsies in Spain Bible in Spain Gatherings from Spain Life of Paul Jones Toussaint Toverture Neighbor Jackwood and Neighbor's Wives Trowbridge Aulnay Tower Howard Friends Though Divided Henry Evenings at Home Barbauld Handbook of Synonyms Campbell Four Chautauqua Books Lucy Crane Art and the Formation of Taste Steele Outline Study of Political Economy History of Rome Wilkinson Latin College Course in English By donation Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres Nolte Circulars of U. S. Bureau of Education 1884 numbers 4 7.
At a Thursday meeting of the B T A V Association the group unanimously adopted a memorial for Dr George P Barnes of this town a surgeon with the Battalion and Bristol Train of Artillery Veteran Association who was killed October 3 in Dresden Germany while abroad. The resolutions extend sympathy to his wife his mother and relatives and arrange for copies to be sent and records to be entered in the association and published in the Bristol Phenix.
Judge Bennett clarifies that lot owners retain road edge rights and that permission to move buildings does not grant damage to trees or sidewalks. The piece covers road ownership, fencing, and public travel, plus town actions on repairs, licenses, and building moves.
November Perenson’s Macazine features a steel plate A Feather in Her Cap and a mammoth colored fashion plate plus fifty illustrations and stories by Mrs A B Stephens and Frank Lee Benedict. It includes next year’s prospectus, details on print pages, engravings, woodcuts and six novelets, with two dollar annual price and club rates at 306 Chestnut Street Philadelphia.
Promotion extols Jams Priz Praiie as a versatile substitute for soap in kitchen and laundry. Warns buyers to avoid dangerous imitations with similar names and appearances, urging discernment to prevent counterfeits.
The Rhode Island list reports patents granted by the U S Patent Office on October 13 1885 to residents of Rhode Island. Inventors include W E Barber Wyoming stone lifting and carrying machine T W Foster Providence button H F Jenks and W H Butman Pawtucket saw setting machine C D Wood Lincoln sole laying machine. The total U S patents issued to citizens reached 466.
A narrator recalls an apple hunter who devours bushels with equal appetite, imagining geologic periods within the apple pile. Lush catalog of apple varieties shifts into a tongue in cheek meditation on taste and time.
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