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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1884
Page
2
A number of brief items note a new comet seen at Zurich on the 17th inst and other varied news such as port entries designated for Burlington Vermont and railroad prospects between Tiverton and Little Compton.
Hong Kong advices say Chinese forces destroyed Catholic chapels in Canton province leaving about 6000 Christians homeless across the area. Authorities in Bath relay the troubling humanitarian impact and religious disruption noted by observers.
From a London smallpox hospital report an unvaccinated child faces more than six times the risk of death compared with a child who has received the protective operation, underscoring the vaccine’s life saving value.
Prank H. Cushman, a paying teller at Merchants' National Bank in Providence, was convicted Monday of forging his uncle and bondsman’s endorsement on his own promissory note and sentenced to two years in the state prison.
An English observer says small birds destroyed an entire bushel of grain per acre. He estimates that halving the birds would increase annual income to over 3.8 million dollars for the country.
Forest land in European Russia rapidly decreases threatening wood supply and climate change. The area is now about 33 percent of Russia total, with Austria 29 percent, Germany 26, France 19, Italy 18, and Turkey 14 percent.
Prof. G. F. Wight infers the Niagara River cut the gorge from Queenstown to the falls aided by pre glacial erosion above the whirlpool. He calculates a rate of about three feet per year and estimates total formation time at not over ten to twelve thousand years.
Commissioner John Grafton announces Dakota will bring to the World Exposition several gold bricks with a total value of about five hundred thousand dollars. The display aims to astonish visitors who have not seen such a grand fair.
The article notes Columbia College New York marks its centenary this year coinciding with the formation of the New York State Board of Regents. It recalls the act that renamed King's College to Columbia College and reorganized it after the War of Independence. John MacMullen, a Columbia graduate, writes on King's College in Harper's Monthly.
Prof. C. A. Young in his annual address as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science discusses solar heat, Helmholtz’s contraction theory, and the estimated solar system duration. He notes potential objections from geologists to a twenty million year timespan and predicts eventual cessation of the sun’s activity.
From Chamouni to the summit, the narrator recounts the Mont Blanc ascent in seven hours. He details snow bridged crevasses, rope work, and frozen dangers, reaching 15 781 feet atop the peak as dawn breaks. The long return, frostbitten feet, and a subsequent glacier visit conclude with travel to Geneva and Paris.
The German Military Gazette reports first class sea going vessels meeting new science standards: England twenty five, France sixteen, Germany nine, Austria three, Italy two, Russia one. Coast defence ships show England nine, France seven, Germany eleven, Russia two, Austria and Italy one each. old style ships omitted.
A 25 year program by G. T. Symons started England's general rainfall series. Nearly 3000 observers, 2433 stations supplied perfect records last year. Observers served without pay and bore much of the cost to publish results for the public.
A French chemist extracts a wax like substance called petreoline with antiseptic properties and potential as a food preservative. Descriptions praise the New Orleans Exposition as vast beyond belief with the eight to ten times larger main building spanning thirty three acres and dwarfing other wonders.
Weather notes mention St. Michael's Day next Monday. In Warren a distemper spreading among horses has killed two or three and left several more ill. Authorities report the outbreak and urge precaution.
Paul Reinsch recently identified several minute plants growing on coins after long circulation. Hungarian botanist Jules Schaarschmidt also found microscopic growths on clean banknotes, detecting seven species including the two new algae Reinsch described.
Research by Swedish and Finnish savants show salmon migrate from northern Sweden and Finland to northern Germany in autumn and return in spring. Germany and Norway have released marked fish to study routes with rewards for recaptures. A 13 year old marked salmon, once released in Weser in 1872, was found 30 pounds and located near the release site. Earlier, Norway released hundreds of marked salmon and trout last autumn and winter.
A medical survey notes varying hair color shifts linked to health and exposure. Observations include blue hair in cobalt and indigo workers, green hair in copper workers, pigment changes from hypodermic pilocarpine, and postmortem color changes from dark brown to red or red to grey after burial.
Teed to the Domestic Journal mailed from Nonds New York for one year to each lady who sends ten married ladies names at the same address and twelve two-cent stamps. The journal covers fashion, fancy work, decorating and household matters with a price of one dollar.
A promotional note urges readers to seek profits by reading an advertisement titled The Spy of the Rebellion and to write to the New England general agents for details.
On Ferry road last Friday a horse owned by Mr James Connery stumbled and fell and died within minutes. The incident occurred during a routine drive and was witnessed by bystanders. The cause of death was not immediately determined and no other injuries were reported.
Mr. James N Arnold editor of Narragansett Historical Register from Hamilton Rhode Island was in town Thursday and paid a brief pleasant visit to our office while here.
The Baron de Struve a Russian minister and his family who spent the summer at the late John R. Gardner residence Ferry Hill left town for Washington D C Tuesday.
Rev. G. P. Allen and family from Bethlehem Pa. left the late Burnside residence east of the Ferry road on Monday evening after spending the summer there.
Orrin L. Bosworth attorney at law and Mrs Bosworth are absent from home on a visit to the far West. They left here on the 18th inst hoping to return in four or five weeks.
Be Rev. Dr. M. A. DeW. Howe bishop of Central Pennsylvania and his family, who have resided at his country seat in this town during the summer, started for their home at Reading, Pa., Wednesday.
The Herreshof Manufacturing Co. finished a new steam launch for Mr. E. T. Gerry's yacht Electra in eighteen days. The craft is mahogany outside and cherry inside, completed Monday.
In Justice Court on Saturday the complaint by A. E. Mason and C. Peleg Card for assault and battery led to the defendant's conviction. The court fined him five dollars and the case was appealed to the Court of Common Pleas.
Miss Mary A. Thompson assistant librarian at the Rogers Free Library fell on library steps Tuesday evening and dislocated a bone above the right wrist. Dr. Sweet was called to set the bone.
Two laborers working to unload coal from the schooner Sally D. Chartre at Namqnuit Mill wharf were thrown into the vessel hold by a broken hoisting apparatus. They sustained only minor injuries.
Reverend Edwin F. Jones of Taunton Massachusetts spoke at State Street Methodist Church in an exchange with local pastor Reverend Edwin D. Hall. Jones stayed with Mr. Frederic A. Easterbrooks during his visit.
The funeral was held last Saturday morning from Miss Mary A. Bourn's residence at 181 Thames Street. Hov. H. A. Stevans of the Congregational Church officiated. Interment followed at North Cemetery on Bristol Neck.
Governor Bourn and staff visited Newport on the 19th for a reception hosted by Admiral Luce. That evening the governor hosted staff and ex Governor Littlefield at his Hope Street residence. Mrs Sarah A Mather will speak for the Woman's Home Missionary Society at State Street M E Church at 730 this Saturday evening. A Blaine and Logan Club Republican meeting is planned in Town Hall Friday evening with George J West and Col Walter J Stiness among speakers.
The Honorable Le Baron B. Colt, U.S. Circuit Judge, plans to leave Bristol due to his extended absence from home while attending circuit courts. He is currently in Portland, Maine, and may travel to New Hampshire, with several weeks away anticipated.
Four local youths formed a drum corps with W H Remington as captain and members George Warren J W Franklin and Charles Sisson ready to serve orders for events. An exhibition test of the Hayward hand grenade fire extinguisher pleased spectators on the Common before the Fire Department Engineers. Benjamin T Munro acts as local agent for Brown Brothers and Co. of Providence. A mongrel dog bit eight year old Wille Abbott near Union Street. the dog was shot near Mount Hope. Lightning struck the Tobiason residence tower at Bristol Neck early Tuesday, causing brick damage, gilding loss, and minor interior effects. damage estimated at $50.
The Blaine and Logan Club met in the Court House on Saturday evening electing an Executive Committee ex officio including Isaac I Williams George O Eddy and George A Pike A Finance Committee was named with William H Spooner Frederic F Gladding Michael McKeon Hezekiah W Church William N Titus and Elisha M Wardwell ex officio Treasurer A Music Committee was selected Joseph B Burgess The group voted weekly meetings in Town Hall until the Presidential election and asked Philip H Coyle to raise two companies of at least fifty men with uniforms ordered. one led by John H Adams and the other by William Fred Williams.
Patrick Sullivan of Fall River and Miss Katie Joy of this town wed at St Marys Church with Rev E F Carrigan officiating. The couple received Mass and confession under the diocese rule on marriages and the diocesan burial practice for Catholics in communion.
Cable telegram from Lisbon reports the death of Henry Wight Diman born April 2 1835 Bristol. He served in the Navy Paymaster's Department in the Civil War and earned honorable mention. Diman was U S Commercial Agent at Oporto and later U S Consul at Lisbon. He remained in Lisbon in later years. He was 49 years 5 months 21 days old.
The Bristol Female Charitable Society holds its annual meeting at Mrs. E. W. Briggs’s residence this Thursday at 3 PM. A Prohibitory primary session convened in the Court House with delegates named to the State Prohibitory Convention in Providence and a town committee elected. Local council actions included estate administrations, tax remission for non residents, and several real estate transfers recorded, plus miscellaneous town bills and public notices.
B T Paine continually expands his large furniture stock with dining room tables and chairs new chamber and parlor suites and additional book cases now being finished. Every item is warranted to be as represented and to give satisfaction or money refunded. Entrance on Canal street No 48 opposite Maine Depot.
Mr and Mrs J H Bowen express appreciation for sympathy during their son J Harvey Bowen’s illness and after his death. They thank National Rubber Co Packing room employees for flowers and funeral attendance and honor the singing quartet. They recall a comforting poem about reunion in heaven.
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