Ten Catholic church cornerstone laid in Fall River
Reports state the corner stone of the tenth Catholic church in Fall River Massachusetts was laid on Sunday. Also noted are deaths of A W Shaw known as Josh Billings in Monterey California and Nathaniel Conkling of Shrub Oak New York, with other items on local events and scientific notes.
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Fall River
Mass
A. W. Shaw
Josh Billings
Monterey
Cal
Nathaniel Conkling
Shrub Oak
Westchester County
N. Y
Sea-cow skeleton acquired for British Museum
A fine Rhytina gigas skeleton was procured from Behring's Island for the British Museum. The extinct sea-cow measured about thirty five feet and weighed three to four tons, once abundant near Alaska and Kamchatka as recently as 1741.
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Bay
Behring’s Island
British Museum
Alaska
Kamschatka
Anemogene Device Shows Earth's Movements to French Academy
An account describes the Anemogene, an apparatus for initiating great atmospheric movements. The instrument resembles a miniature revolving globe and reproduces trade winds, rising and descending currents, and other normal atmospheric phenomena for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Academy of Sciences
Norway Voices on Aurora Sound Hearings 144 Citizens
In Norway Dr Sophus Tromholt gathered testimony from 144 people about aurora sound. Of those, 92 believe in the phenomenon and 53 report personally hearing it. Descriptions include sizzling hissing whizzing crackling rushing and roaring.
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Sophus Tromholt
Norway
Aurora
Brick tower safety in Glasgow chimney load test
In experiments red bricks resisted about 6830 psi on average with minor cracking. Bricks carrying one seventh of this load or 63 tons per square foot are deemed safe for tall towers if uncracked. At St Rollox Glasgow the 420 foot chimney base pressure is 6670 psi per square foot.
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St. Rollox
Glasgow
Brain size and survival in extinct animals study
Yale College professor Marsh argues that brain size dictated survival in ancient animal groups. He notes that larger brains correlated with lasting lineages, while species with comparatively small brains perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh
Yale College
Early bridges from Rome to iron rails
The article traces ancient bridge origins from wooden Roman structures around 500 B C to Trajan’s timber Danube span and the first stone Tiber crossing. It notes a chains suspension bridge from A D 65, the Severn iron bridge of 1777, and how railways spurred iron and steel bridge expansion worldwide.
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Rome
B. C
Julius Cesar
Rhine
Trajan
Danube
Tiber
Kirchen
Severn
Rhode Island teachers form professional circle with reading plan
The Rhode Island Institute of Instruction committee for teachers proposes a state association. A provisional president and secretary are named. Courses include Pedagogy, History, Literature, Geography, and Language with directors from Brown University Providence High School and local grammar schools. Members to read prescribed works and seek local chapters and library access.
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RuopEe Island
RBL Institute of Instruction
T. J. Morgan
H. 8. Tarbell
G. A. Littlefield
A. F. Pease
W. N. Ackley
M. Lyon
Sarah E. Doyle
J. M. Lawin
T. B. Stockwell
BR. I. Institute of Instruction
Thomas J. Morgan
State Normal School
E. Benjamin Andrews
Brown University
Providence High School
Point Street Grammar School
Providence
L. W. Russell
Bridgham Grammar School
Sidney
Buider
Westminster Street
Quick
Thomas B. Stockwell
R. I
Boston Letters Report School Reappointment and Local News
Our Special Correspondent from Boston notes the re-election of Edward C. Carrigan as headmaster of the Boston Evening High School. The Narragansett Jolly Club hosts a member at Quincy House. Massachusetts Firemen’s Convention begins with urging strict drill and discipline for safe school evacuation. Charles River line cuts fare to four cents. effect on other roads uncertain. Foggy mornings and three days of rain leave damp air.
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Boston
Boston Evening High School
Edward C. Carrigan
Narragansett
Narragansett Bay
United States Circuit Court
Judge Colt
Massachusetts State Firemen’s Association
New Era Hall
John 8. Camrell
Commonwealth
Charles River Railroad
Howe
Water level drop noted along Swedish coast
The Gulf of Bothnia waters are falling rapidly. As proof, no large stone on the Swedish coast rises three feet above mean tide now, whereas fifty years ago it was barely visible at the lowest tide.
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Gulf of Bothnia
Thin Earth Crust Thought Spurs Heat Use
Mr. J. Starkie Gardner argues the earth's crust may be very thin and suggests exploiting molten mass heat. An artesian well at Perth already yields warm water for baths from about 3000 feet depth at 161 degrees, with plans to reach 178 degrees.
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J. Starkie Gardner
Perth
Stellar brightness and counts across magnitudes
A discussion on visible stars from both hemispheres totals about 6000 without optics, distributed into six magnitude classes. It notes 3000 naked eye stars per hemisphere and adds that telescopic stars unseen unaided number up to 20 million, extending to fourteenth magnitude.
Washington Letter from Our Regular Correspondent in 1885
Our Washington letter notes crowds at the White House as President Cleveland greets callers with patient politeness. Canon Farrar visits, delivers a sermon in which he warns listeners to seek truth and keep the commandments as the path to life.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
White House
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Cleveland
Canon Farrar
Mt. Vernon
Archdeacon Farrar
Robert Browning
Browning
Manning
Endicott and Whitney
Vilas
Joseph E. Johnson
St. Mattheow
Christ
God
Rumored Brazil Rubber Trade Evasion Involving Para Firm
The Boston Commercial Bulletin reports alleged massive fraud on Brazil’s export duty for India rubber. A Para based firm linked to a New York house ships about 4 million pounds yearly to Boston and New York, selling rubber well below import costs via claimed superior buying and handling, with evasions cited at up to 1 million dollars over two to three years through private Para checks and inspectors.
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Boston Commercial Bulletin
Para
India
New York
Boston
Bulletin
St Crispin's day notices and local church events
Local items report Reverend movements and services at Trinity First Baptist and St Michael's Churches. Town Hall events planned for November 4 and 5, with vacation updates from residents Eddy Perry Renwick Crocker Locke Pope and others. Supreme Court adjournments set for December 3, and a local accident injures James Mason. Funeral for Captain Blye and a parish mission at St Mary's with Dominican Fathers.
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St Mary's Church
General Lewis Richmond Arrives in Town for Winter Home
General Lewis Richmond and family, formerly Consul at Queenstown and Rome, have arrived and taken residence at the corner of Hope and Union streets, planning to stay through the coming winter.
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Lewis Richmond
Queenstown
Ireland
Rome
Hope and
Union Streets
Funeral of Mrs Fanny Ward Well in St Michael's Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Fanny Ward Well were held at St. Michael's Church on Wednesday afternoon with Rev. Geo L Locke officiating. A large procession of relatives and friends accompanied the remains to North Cemetery for burial.
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George L. Locke
Hector
St. Michael’s Church
Fanny Wardwell
Geo. L. Locke
October term opens in Bastol county court
The Court of Common Pleas Bastol county begins its October term in this town on Monday morning. The criminal docket lists six indictments and two criminal appeals, with ten scire facias cases, fourteen continued civil docket cases, and twelve on the new docket.
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Court of Common Pleas
Bastol
Boys Plead Nolo Contendere in School Disturbance Case
Three youths pleaded nolo contendere in Justice Court for disturbing a public school and were fined one dollar plus costs. Three others faced the same charge, two were convicted and appealed while one was discharged.
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Justice Court
Grant Memorial Service Booklets Printed in Bristol Rhode Island
A bound copy of the General A. G. Grant Memorial Service for the August 8 1885 observances in Bristol Rhode Island is prepared for press by William J Milley. The pamphlet includes exercises procession remarks by notable figures and illustrations. Copies are distributed at the Town Clerk’s office.
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Grant
Bristol
R. I
J. A
R. A. Reid
Providence
William J. Milley
Gen
Town Hall
St Michael's Bristol records tribute to late organist
At a 1885 special meeting the Wardens and Vestry express deep gratitude for Mrs. Fanny Wardwell who served as organist for thirty two years. They note her harmony and diligent preparation, aid to Sunday School, comforting presence in affliction and joy, and her musical gifts for God's glory. Cleric Enwarp Basnrt, Clerk attests.
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St. Michael's Church
St. Michael’s Church
Bristol
RB L
Fanny Wardwell
Basnrrt
Olerk
Vessels Launched in This Town 1833 to 1857
A list records names and launch dates of ships built in the town from 1833 to 1857. Entries include Ship L. O. Richmond in 1833 and numerous sloops schooners and barques through 1857, with occasional notes on owners and places.
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Sar Buronic
Bawsto
L. O. Richmond
Mary
Pearl
Metacom
Wandopasso
Tarrynot
Henry Gibbs
Rhode Island
Mount Hope
Thomas Fenner
Huma
Washington
Moses Brown
Delaware
Eunice H. Adams
Roger Williams
Abner Hall
Planter
Copa
Esther May
Worcester
William Sprague
Oregon
Hamlet
Lonsdale
Jerome
Harvest
Frederick Brown
Wu Ti
Borden
Amos Crandall
Mail
Providence
Star
Thomas Hall
Meria Louisa
America
Richard Smith
Venus
Calvin Stephens
Rhode Island Society Appeals for Support in Cruelty to Children Work
An 1855 Providence notice by secretary Quarites W. Jenkins urges Bristol and statewide readers to fund the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. It outlines 200 cases involving 400 to 500 children, current temporary homes, donated beds clothing and supplies, and requests annual or life memberships, school and liquor dealer support, and free transport.
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Providence
Epttom
Bristol
Pocenix
Rhode Island Society For Prevention of Cruelty
John Street
Express Company
Massachusetts
Ouarites W. Jences
The
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Rhode Island Patents Granted October 20 1885
A Providence based list reports United States patents issued to Rhode Island citizens on October 20 1885. Names include W. C. Avery for ingots for plated wire, G H Griggs for locomotive, L Horton for memorandum calendar, W G Richards for calipers. Total US patents 444.
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United States Patent Office
Rhode Island
Paar
Franklin H. Hough
F Street
N. W
Washington
D. C
W. C. Avery
Providence
G. H. Griggs
L. Horton
W. G Richards
United States
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Bristol Phenix
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York
Minnie Hank
New
Ke Aton
Iowa
Suffolk County, L. L. Fair
Annam
Dakota
Ftom Martin Horton
Newport
William Workman
Worcester, Mass
Reading
Igg
Eagle Stove Foundry
John Davis & Son
Paris
R. P. Gray
Malcolm Hay
Pittsburg
Penn
Percy Frankland
Pulkova
Russian Empire
Messrs. Clark
Cambridge
Rev
G. E. Fisher
Second Church
Amherst
Local Affairs
St. Crispin’s
Col. A. O. Eddy
Calbriath B. Perry
Baltimore
Trinity Church
Henry Renwick
Henry Crocker
First Baptist Church
Mr. Pope
Warren
Mr. Crocker
Supreme Court
William F. DeWolf, Esq
Chicago
James S Mason
Berry
Pear
Pears
Alonzo Kenney
Wood Street
William M Blye
St. Alban’s Lodge A. F. & A. Masons
Wm L Marcy
Jeff Davie
Nightingale
H I Paton
Topeka
NI B Metcalf
Kng Capellz
Eprron
Philip
Bryant
Narrows
Cornelius Bourn
Kirkemuit
Methacomet
George
William
Samuel
Charles
Mattushamam
Woonashuny
Mount Hope Bay
Wecopaulum
Watapatahue
Johnston
Harmony
Economy
Virginia
William Cramp
Franklin
New York City
Lake Como
Murray Street
Providence Plantations
John Trevett
Benedict Arnold
Nicholas Easton
R. H.tilley
Newport Historical Publishing Co
B. I
Burston
R. L
James N. Arnold
Marragansett Historical Register
Miller
Phebe
Anthony Havier
Mills
Peter Maxfield
Ben J
Robert H. Bullock
Mingo
John
Sarah Jethro
Mitchell
James
Somerset Co
England
Nicholas
Phebe Handy
Swansey
Rober
Daniel Bradford
Mary Ann
William L. Peckham
Priscilla B
William Mitchell
East Greenwich
Priscilla B. Mitchell
Jefferson Haskill
Peter T. W
Portsmouth
Marian Swan
Thomas Shepard
Moorey
Martha
Thomas Taber
Moore
Mariner
Mary Lawton
Elizabeth
Joseph Tarding
Abigail Bragg
Simcon Davis
Morris
Joseph
Emanuel
Joanna
Mary Slocum
Peleg
Henry Wight
Morse
Mendon
Mary Reynolds
Barnabus Taylor
Mosher
Willan Thomas DeWitt
Mott
Phebe R. Ball
Charles Noble
Sarah C
Fredene B. Hart
Mowry
Hannah Lewis
Sarah
Ephrai Andros
Mulchahy
Hannah H Franklin
Harvey Sullings
Mitford
Capt
Stephen
Mary Rogers
Brstol
Spsrhawk
Munday
Richard
Elizabeth Hubbard
Jan Usher
Munday, Jonathan
Great Brittain
Mary Oxx
Munro
John Lindsey
Mercy
Jeremiah Ingraham
Ruth Bowen
Oliver Eddy
Elzabeth
Amos Baker
Ann
Thomas Martin
Munro, Benjamin
Ann Haile
Rhode Island Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Wos Sherman
Hope Street
Joseph Wardwell
C.B. Munro
Bradford Streets
Samuel Norris, JR
Attorney General’s Office
Court Homec
State Streets
Ocy Impt
C A. Greene
Notary Public
J. C. Gallup
Qa. U
Be” T. “Th. Shipman
Lomeopathic
State Street
Hope
Sligh Streets
PAN Enac
Town
A Vist
St Michael's
Ectayuy
Geo. L Lucke
Jared Barns Sparks
Olive Louise
George N. Follinsbee
Lisago
Cookson
Thomas J. Cookson
Haskins
Pawtucket
Nancy Haskins
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port ‘of
R. Borden
Mason
Canonicus
Crawell
Sarah Louice
Hickey
Calais
Pag Lumber
Eingles, Lathe &c
Seth ‘du
Orsweil
D. I. Worthington
Fitch
Elizabethport
Eth Pauls
Orlando
Young
Premier
IstiNiant
Harvard
Redwood
Elmwood
Rockland
Premium
Dover
Model
Model Franklin
Argand
Prov. Furniture Company
Great
Honey
New England
Parions
Salvation Army
John G. Sparks
Boston & Bristol Clothing House
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