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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1885

Page

2

Concord celebrates 250th anniversary today

The Bristol Phenix notes Concord Massachusetts will mark its 250th anniversary today. The item presents a collage of short notices on varied topics from bonds and exhibitions to notable deaths and antiquarian gifts.

Concord Mass

Providence Assessors Report City Valuation and Taxes

The Providence assessors report city valuation at 124 million 202 thousand dollars with real estate 92.887 million. Net gain since last year is 1.705 million dollars. Tax rate is 14.50 percent, producing total taxes of 1.8009 million dollars.

City of Providence Hezekiah W. Church Hiram Frisbie Samuel W Church Charles WH. Church Charles N Locke Lillian A. Newman Joseph N. Morris Lyman B. Bosworth John McComb Thomas Tobin John Connery Michael McKeown John J. Christie Lawrence Gilroy Charles A. Johnson James C. Johnson John W. Eddy Parker Borden Elizabeth B Coggeshall James Coggeshall O L. Bosworth Allen M. Coggeshall Maria B. Wilcox John W. Rumph William Dempster Elizabeth Church Nathaniel Church Samuel M Lindsey Wiliam E. Payson State Street Lucia E. Brownell Reynolds Walley Street Thompson Edward £. Fish D. Ryan Edwin F. Lindsey William J

Wealth and deprivation said to add ten years to life

Josef Korosi, director of the Budapest Bureau of Statistics, uses mortality tables to claim that possession of wealth and exemption from deprivation extend the average life by nearly ten years.

Buda-Pesth

Tiverton clambake features oxen wagon from Dr Clarke farm

A Tiverton church clambake included a wagon drawn by two oxen from Dr Clarke's Little Compton farm with a merry party aboard. The event passed off pleasantly and was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Tiverton Clarke Little Compton

Vessels Built in the United States 1846 47 Totals by Type

During the year from July 1 1846 to June 30 1847 the United States built 1419 vessels including 100 ships 164 brigs 576 schooners 354 sloops and canal boats and 225 steamers with a combined tonnage of 188 204.

United States

Cleeze Formula and Aurora Zone Theory

K TM Cleeze is cited as a cure disguiser with oils lavender cloves cinnamon thyme citron mace orange flowers three parts balsam of Peru and 240 parts spirits. TM Tromholt supports Weyprecht’s view that aurora borealis zone shifts seasonally being farthest south at equinoxes and farthest north at solstices based on multiple observations.

Peru Tromholt Weyprecht

Roman water purity debated by Prof Corfield

Prof W H Corfield argues against purifying water already fouled and praises Roman practice of sourcing water from clearly pure origins. The British Association for the Advancement of Science started in 1831, the American in 1848, the French in 1872, with many leading scientists. A forthcoming Harper's piece by W Hamilton Gibson, Back yard Studies, counts 64 plant species in a 25 by 12 foot city garden and features his delicate drawings.

W. H. Corfield Sanitary Institute of Great Britain British Association For the Advancement of Science W Hamilton Gibson Harper’s

The Age of Romance in Science Declines

Prof J Presley cautions in his AAAS presidential address that science has grown gray and practical. He argues modernity favors hard facts, causes and consequences, and exact laws, diminishing poetry, faith, and wonder in research.

Prof. J. Presley American Association For the Advancement of Science

Washington Letter on Cabinet Talks and Society Plans

Washington Letter dated Sept 7 1885 reports resumed Cabinet meetings with reports from Navy and Treasury. Bayard may name a new minister to Austria, Justice Department to handle Richmond’s ex mayor, and Miss Cleveland’s White House plans. Manning returns from Watch Hill and prepares winter arrangements at Arlington. Society leaders announce winter housing and entertainment for New York and Chicago circles. Southern Budget discusses peanut farming methods in North Carolina and Virginia with detailed harvest and processing steps.

Washington Navy Treasury Departments Bayard Austria Keiley Department of Justice Richmond Wilmington Whitney Navy Department Villas Garland Arkansas Lamar Manning Watch Hall Fairchild Arlington Department Miss Cleveland White House Holland Patent Cleveland Capitol West End Connecticut Avenue New York Chicago Capital Blaine House Massachusetts Avenue

Our New York Letter Fashions

Streets and stores of the great city show fall textiles and vibrant colors. Imported velvets and plushes dominate outfits with brocades and silk chenille in bright shades. Lord & Taylor displays exquisite laces and rainbow hued accessories for all attire. Cord de la Reine is a new fabric for tailor made toilets and Parisian fashion reports will be issued monthly at 5 cents per copy or 50 cents per year.

New York Lord & Taylor's le Bon Ton la Mode Elegante Broadway N. Y Smpvey Eanrwe

Rheumatism Remedy Athlophoros Endorsed by Branford Man

Jarvis A. Pond of Branford Connecticut reports relief from rheumatism after using Athlophoros about a year ago and recommends it to others suffering from rheumatism.

Jarvis A. Pond Branford

Town Notes and Notices From Bristol County

Partial lunar eclipse forecast and school term start mark town life. reports on local events include a yacht return to witness a regatta, undertaker elects vice president, sloop Evelyn joining fishing, accidents and injuries, clergy visiting pulpits, a memorial service, arrests for idle poor, court terms and probate affairs, new restaurant opening, library additions, robberies at boarding house, and a growing list of town records and marriages.

Supreme Court Bristol

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The Bristol Phenix Rose, N. Y New Orleans Exposition James H. Taylor Newport Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Tr" John Horan East Bridgeport J. B. Walton Washington Artillery New Orleans Deacon Swarts Greenwich Street Abbey Harper's Goldsmith England Russia Matthews Southern Pris N. C You Norfolk Tennessee Virginia North Carolina Kentucky South California Pacific Coast F. P. Woopwarp Local Affairs Warn Town Hall Herreshoff George W. Simmons New England Undertakers Association Boston Evelyn Young R. H. Whelden Horace Collins James Tangney Rubber Works N. H. Ensley Alcorn College Mississippi First Baptist Church Dr. Vincent Congregational Church Calbraith B. Perry Baltimore Trinity Church Thomas Walsh James O'Neil Cranston James Hoard, Jr No. 25 Messrs. Payson & Co C. D. Spooner Rogers Free Library Edersheim Lady Blessington Byron Coleridge Smiles Fargus Jan Ewing Tower of London Ainsworth Gertrude Sewell Jane Fenner Byfield Street Joseph Trudell Trudell Douglas United States Circuit Court Seth Paull Bristol Neck Honorra Gaanp Hisernica Doustoy Dan Coatopy Haworth Hibernica West Galena, Dll Turner Hall Hibernica and Comedy Company Ireland Hezekiah W Church Betsey T. Bourne Edward Anthony United States Patent Office Rhode Island Franklin H. Hough F Street N. W Washington, D. C G. M. Cruickshank B. G. Farmer Barstow R. L James N. Arnold Narragansett Historical Register Livsey John Nantucket Elizabeth W. Reed Somerset Isaac Bonney Longround Nicholas Judith Price John Burt Loring Hannah Jonathan Peck Lowder Ruth Benjamin Bosworth Low Ann Simeon Davis Lucas Bethia Joseph Sundye Robert Carter Luce Lucretia N J. Frederic Baars Lumber Mercy Alexander Frazier Luther Patience William Allen Hezekiah, Jr Swansey Mary Jolls Elizabeth Giles Luther Giles Elizabeth Luther Violet William Jenninson Sylvester Benjamin Lydia Lydia P. Reynolds William and Hiram Abby Lindsey James C. Bontecue Abby Walter C. F Barker Lyon Ebenezer Woodstock Rebecca Throop Barnabus Taylor Lyseum Ann Jones M. Macey Deborah Daniel Throop Mackarty William Dennis Clarissa Jacob Macomber Sarah W Walter Bradford Manchester Edward Mary Manchester Thomas Church Mary Edward Manchester Martha Seabury Wiliam H John Ann Kimball Johnston, R. I Henry Tatem Phebe Nathaniel Smith, Jr Paanix Homes Mary J. Tempest Sunshine Southwicce Albert P Quizzism Hoston Inc Jean Fanous F. J Hugh Conway Howellis Silas Lapham Mircuell Elizabeth Harcourt London Epensuem Alford D. B PauMer Julius A America Burssimneron Lord Byron Cotsriper If D. Trail Saayzs Samuel Geo. Moore Wantxa Geo. E Denison Mary A U. S Fanacus Armnsworth Wm. Harrison H. Shipman Hope and High Streets J. C. Gallup Hope Street W.S. Sherman Joseph Wardwell C. B. Munro Bradord Streets C. A. Greene Siilvia Manuel Thomas Mary Silvia Joserh Emanuel Delia Joseph Mann Julia Mann William SH. Mann Phoenix Marine Journal Port of R.I Iea KR. Borden Mason Fall River Lucy B. Ives Mott Hoboken Wardwell Lumber Co Oceanus Philadelphia Brilliant Norris Fire Fly Dewey East Greenwich Anna Frances Eveline BR. Borden Schr. Whale Stowe Prudence R. Borden Ladoga King Sohr Sarah Jane Stabe Stiletto Oath Haworth’s Dublin Dane Umea Emerald Isle Uoworth Geo. W. Easterbrooks Ladies’ and Gentlemen State St. Old Bank Building Wa Pass R.F Randall William R. Taylor Thames Street John B. Taylor Court of Probate Amelia N. Locke Charles N. Locke Rlock P. M Erbert P . Bennett Bobate Parker Boen Rothe Herbert F. Benn Presser Court Charlotte D. W. Kumph William Empster Prictol Herbert ¥. Bennett H. C. Farnum New England Prov. Furniture Company BIG Bargain Depot Becot RI Society For the Encouragement OF Domestic Narragansett Park Union Railroad Co New York & New England R. R Co Cranston Depot N. Y. Providence & Lenton KR. R. Co Auburn Auburn Station T.W Hailey Ledder North Main Street R. I Neal Sieves ANL Yale Chemical CO New Haven Conn ASON E. C NK
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