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Branford Gleaner

Location

Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1879

Page

2

Headstones Over Soldier Graves Court Hearing On Road Layout

Proceedings in New Haven before Judge Hitchcock weighed for and against a proposed road from Rogers to Montonese street with a later adjournment. Witnesses testified the current layout improves access and is not railroad danger, amid Branford turnout and strong public interest.

Rogers Montonese Street Hitchcock William A. Wirt John W. Alling Zacher Kimberly Superior Court New Haven Branford John Augustus Blackstone Frederick Jourdan H. Averill Eli Goodrich George W. Page Mr. Sheldon Pine Orchard Judwin Doolittle Joseph Fowler Daniel H. Bearsdley Gilbert Linsley

Editorial Notes on Stevenson Appointment and Troubled Times

The piece praises William H. Stevenson of Bridgeport for a staff appointment with General Smith, highlighting his railroad leadership, legal career, and city role. It recounts a trial accusing a prison officer of betrayal and potential malice, and describes community lore of witchcraft episodes, local iron works history, and public acts from 1655. It ends by surveying farmers outlook and prices, with varied opinions on tobacco, beef, pork, taxes, and debt.

William H. Stevenson Bridgeport 8. R. Smith Stevenson Shore Line Division Consolidated Railroad Watrous City of Smith E. D. Sanderson Clark M. Singer R. L. Ward A. Hawkes D. Hager Aldrich Congress Co. E. Williams

Hamlin Found Guilty of First Degree Murder in Connecticut

Judge Carpenter butchers d uty in a court trial by judge rather than jury. Hamlin, a State prison prisoner, conspired with Allen to escape using pistols and deadly weapons. The court notes the escape plan was deliberate and murderous, intended to occur regardless of consequences.

Shipman Davis Wells Shipman Express Hamlin Spipman Wethersfield Carpenter Connecticut Allen

East Haven Witchcraft Tales From New England Delusion

East Haven records recount witchcraft rumors that circulated in the New England colonies before 1700. An elderly witness recalls a moonlit encounter with two women who vanished after a spoken plea, leaving a riding hood behind. Later, apples rattled from a tree as if shaken by unseen hands near a distant orchard. An old neighbor was suspected of being a tormentor.

East Haven New Haven Great Pond Furnace Pond Lake Saltonstall North Haven N. H Stoney River Goodyear Winstone New England

Oddities and curiosities across the era in brief

The piece recounts distant incidents from a riot of topics. It mentions a Texas cattle drive nearing August heat with around 3000 head, a Cleveland judge crying while convicting his son, and a Prussian lake phenomenon with boiling water and shells. It also notes an Beaufort oyster tale yielding thirty four natural pearls and a Burlington Hawk Eye report on purported silver manufacture by Dr. Farriss Jr. in a Wesleyan setting.

Texas Polis Tilden Cleveland Ohio Rappelsdorf Erfurt Prussian Saxony Bread River 8. C Beaufort Burlington Hawkeye T. Farriss, Jr Wesleyanies Farriss

Autographic Telegraphing System Unveiled by James W. Lee

At an Electrical Society of the Ohio Valley meeting in Cincinnati James W. Lee described his electro-phonograph. The device writes a message at a distant station by a pencil at the sender and reproduces the handwriting at the receiver, raising questions about the legality of notes of hand and the nature of written proof.

Electrical Society of the Ohio Valley Cincinnati James W. Lee

Local wit links memory to style in noted pranks

The passage highlights a man known for recalling the “peculiar cut of your jib” and your tile style, tying memory to identity. He has gained local fame by this faculty and has thwarted several practical jokers' schemes, earning respect for his sharp observations.

A New York Slaughter House Visit by Henry Bergh

Henry Bergh, leader of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, toured the city’s slaughter houses. The report details ghastly scenes with blood, gashed throats, and dozens of workers, prompting Bergh to demand humane methods and daily inspections by agents.

Henry Bergh New York Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Mr. Bergh Cologne

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