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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1884
Page
2
After trials in 1883 and 1884, A Andouard and V Dezaunay conclude that pulps and other artificial foods harm cow milk but increase butter quantity, though not its quality.
An alleged crater is reported in the mountains near Orange in eastern New Jersey. Sightseers visit the site as the New England Society of Orange plans to secure the crater for the region's natural attractions.
By examination over two years Dr F Stenonius found about a hundred glaciers in Sweden with a combined area of nine Swedish square miles about 400 English square miles. Previous estimates suggested more than three times this area.
A November Harms article recounts a day at Kew with Sir Joseph Hooker the noted naturalist. It notes work there and includes drawings of plants by Alfred Parsons to illustrate the piece.
California photographers prepare a vast display of mountain and valley scenery for the World’s Fair in Crescent City next winter. The collection tests climate as a promoter of beauty, placing California views beside photographs from nations at the Exposition.
Paris Observatory researchers report progress on a project to chart stars to the thirteenth magnitude in the ecliptic zone. Fifty two charts covering 96 000 stars are done and four more with 15 000 stars near completion. A new telescope and photography promise a chart in hours down to the thirteenth or fourteenth magnitude, potentially transforming astronomical records into a photo gallery of the heavens.
A correspondent discusses cholera in France and its limited spread, Paris health, and the British and American travel season. He notes risen duelling and sword sport in Paris, balloon risks, and a 3500 babies show facing cancellation, while comparing New York and London living costs and tipping culture. The piece blends travel observations with social habits and economic impacts.
Miscelaneous essays by Richard A Proctor published by J. Fitzgerald in New York. Sent anywhere for 15 cents in postage stamps. Proctor showcases versatility across varied knowledge areas including coincidences, superstitions, gambling myths, strange sea creatures, whale origins, weather prayer, and language learning.
Prof Boyd Dawkins proposes that Eskimos of American Arctic regions are remnants of a prehistoric European cave dweller race. The claim is not widely accepted as conclusive by scholars.
Xa Messrs Clouet and Bitters report grape sugar rarely free from arsenic as contamination occurs during production.
The article notes color blindness usually affects red or green colors in men, rarely violet blindness, and no instance of blue yellow confusion. About one in twenty five men show color blindness while it is rare among women, with only one case found among 1400 women examined by Dr. Joy-Jeffries.
Dr. Carlos Finlay argues the Cuban day mosquito can inoculate yellow fever via its sting. He suggests controlled bites could give a mild form of the fever, potentially protecting against severe illness by priming the immune response.
Peterson's Magazine arrives ahead of rivals with a 1200 plus page volume for 2 dollars a year. The issue includes 14 steel engravings 12 double sized colored fashion plates hundreds of woodcuts six copyright novelets and numerous stories. Clubs offer discounted rates with extra copies and premiums like Pearl of Price or The Lion In Love. Specimens available free by writing to Charles J Peterson Philadelphia.
The Town Clerk will relocate to the Memorial building next month after awaiting heating installation. A fire at the Thames Street dwelling of the O Mara estate on the 9th is suspected incendiary in origin. A vagrancy case sent John Wilson or John Allen to Cranston for the winter at public expense. An American flag bearing St John and Daniel was raised near Hope Street by William H Bell's furniture warehouse. John G Watson Jr left for Chicago with his daughter visiting there and will return next week.
At Brown University the Hartshorn premium in mathematics was awarded recently to Ernest Henry Brownell of this town. He studied under James A. Estee formerly of Bristol High School.
Mrs. Edward I. Thompson and Miss Hattie Stanton, delegates from this town to the New England branch of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, attended a session in Portland, Maine, on the 8th and 9th of this month and returned home last Friday.
A Sunday afternoon reveler who escaped arrest during a drunken fracas was seen on Monday afternoon. Three or four officers chased him from place to place, but he evaded capture and fled. The chase stirred considerable excitement for a few minutes.
Col. Mark A. Bradford led the Cleveland and Hendricks Battalion to Warren for a Democratic flag raising and torchlight procession. They returned by the midnight train and looked fine as they marched from the depot to headquarters.
The eighth annual harvest festival of Trinity Church on the ninth instattended by a large audience. Rev Trotter the Rector presided and Rev Fischer of Vermont delivered the sermon. A fine display of flowers fruits and vegetables impressed attendees. The choir included members from St Stephen's Providence and was highly praised.
A three ton haystack on Mount Hope Avenue near Locust Grove was burned Thursday afternoon, owned by Charles Paull and valued at $40, marking a third arson incident. Friday morning three youths aged 15, 13, and 9 were arrested and jailed after admitting to the fire.
The Bristol Train of Artillery led by Col. O H Straight, with ex-officers and the Bristol Cornet Band, accompanied by the BTA Veteran Association, traveled by steamer Peerless to East Greenwich on Thursday to celebrate the Kentish Guards 110th anniversary. A parade, grand repast, open air concert, supper, and a military civic ball followed, with return at 1 am Friday, all praising the Guards and band performances.
On Friday evening the Blaine and Logan Battalion led a torchlight march from the Armory to Town Hall via State and High streets. General Horatio Rogers spoke to a large audience praising Blaine and Logan, followed by Major William A. Price and music from Moore's Brass Band.
Transactions in town include Wilson selling to Simmons and Munro, and Gooding selling land on Jewel Hill and Constitution streets. Town Council met Wednesday. jurors named for October Court of Common Pleas. treasurer authorized to hire counsel in suit. adjourned to Thursday evening.
Friday posters announced that Blaine and Logan Battalion Col. Coyle would march through major town streets that evening in a torchlight parade. Citizens were asked to illuminate their houses in sympathy with the cause.
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