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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1879
Page
4
A correspondent portrays Leadville Colorado as a mushroom town of 15,000 in 3,000 houses with three daily papers and a paid police. He warns of poor air at 11,000 feet, frequent pneumonia, rampant deaths, incendiary fires, and rampant wages decline as business overbuilds.
A New York paper argues that most murders escape detection when victims are of low social standing, while crimes against the well connected draw swift pursuit. The piece notes bodies drift in rivers, decomposition hides clues, and society often takes little interest in violent deaths of the marginalized.
The Bremen steamer Oder rescued eight survivors of the Norwegian Kark Collector, five of whom perished. New York policeman John Nugent is arrested for alleged involvement in the Manhattan Bank robbery. New York Greenbackers hold a Syracuse convention and plan Utica as venue for August. A small boat Uncle Sam linked to Goldsmiths’ world cruise is reported found. William Miller bested Colonel J H McLaughlin in a Greco Roman match for $1,000. Mrs. Matthew C Perry dies in Newport at eighty three. A major wind and rain storm hits New York causing property and tree damage. William K E Dean, 91, veteran of 1821 printing era, dies. Egypt’s Khedive offers Cleopatra’s Needle obelisk to New York. the other to England. Association of Medical Superintendents meets in Providence with Dr C H Nichols presiding. Dr Clement A Walker elected president. New Hampshire Senate nominates Henry Blair for U S Senate. Bunker Hill anniversary observed in Boston. Putnam Phalanx visits Hartford. Grand Army encampment in Albany opens with six divisions. New York Jusitorial Assoc convention features Whitelaw Reid. Ex-cashier T yvan Rice pleads guilty to embezzling 28,000 and is sentenced to five years. Sorosis condemns murder of member Mrs Hull and critiques investigation. New Hampshire elects A B Thompson secretary of state and Solon A Carter state treasurer. Rabies death of John Ayres in Hartford. Washington’s Headquarters cornerstone ceremony at Valley Forge marks 101st anniversary. museum and memorial park planned.
Reports of a colored man Jesse Davis hanged in Smithfield North Carolina for assault on Mrs Champion witnessed by 8000 people who heard a speech from the scaffold. Also notes a Terre Haute sewer collapse killing two and injuring two, a Black Hills flood drowning eleven, a Boswell thunderstorm shelter collapse killing two and injuring six, and other brief items from Utah California Ohio Minnesota and Maryland including political and legal notes.
Reports from London to Sicily recount a vast crowd greeting Rev. Dr. Talmage in London, a German steamer boiler disaster near Stettin, Hanlan beating Elliott in a 3 mile race, Sicily earthquake deaths, and the death of Prince Louis Napoleon in South Africa. Multiple arrests loom in Odessa amid political unrest.
The Army Appropriation bill moves through second reading and committee, with Senate action on Judicial and Legislative funds. A resolution to study science and technical schools for women passes, while debates on bridges, telegraph freedoms, and Indian wars mutate into extended sessions.
Congress approved a trade dollar to legal tender exchange bill and related appropriations. The House considered measures on political contributions, military interference at elections, and cattle pleuro-pneumonia, with adjournment after debate and party-line votes.
A Western paper recounts a peculiar duel aboard a Mississippi river steamer where Capt. West challenged a stranger. After the first shots, West fell fatally pierced while the stranger revealed he was blind, unable to see the outcome. The killer’s identity and fate remained a mystery.
A Memphis Indiana incident tells of Mrs Eliza Weir 66 wife of John Y Weir who appeared to die from inflammatory rheumatism then revived within fifty minutes after being laid out. Attendants believed she was dead but she later regained consciousness with assistance from Mrs John Ball and others observing the dramatic return to life.
An anti purgative remedy criticizes harsh medicines that inflame the intestinal canal and praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for prompt effects without violence. The tonic is described as botanic, pleasant tasting, and effective for constipation, liver complaint, and dyspepsia, boosting vigor and appetite. A wineglass dose three times daily is suggested.
First class mill in operation on ten acres with river power and 15 foot head. Two story mill 40 by 90 with annexes including barn storehouse sheds. Equipment includes Barton & Fales 72 inch single cylinder machine four 250 horse power beating engines two tub breaches cutters cabin reels one 50 horsepower boiler and all running gear. Straw and wood supplies. excellent freight contracts accompany sale. On market now. inquiries by mail to the address provided.
A brief markets note shows modest moves across major indices with gains in tech and slight declines in energy shares. Traders awaited economic data as investors weighed inflation trends and corporate earnings.
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