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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1879
Page
2
From September 24 1879 all contracts connected with THE BRANFORD GLEANER must be made with the undersigned Mr. W. B. Hopson. Debts owed prior to that date should be settled immediately with him. No one is authorized to collect bills for others. pay to any other collector at your own risk.
General Joseph Hooker known as Fighting Joe died suddenly at a Garden City Long Island hotel on October 31. Born in Hadley Massachusetts in 1816, he rose from West Point to command divisions in the Civil War including Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Lookout Mountain and the Army of the Potomac before retiring in 1866. The obituary notes his military career and death witnessed by his valet who rang for help. It also presents a lengthy aside on The Fruit Recorder and Cottage Gardener editor A M Purdy and his Palmyra New York fruit farm operations. The piece then lists local industry notes including Vulcan Ironworks New Britain employing ninety men and other Connecticut agricultural and industrial items.
Washington diary snippet reviews the Weather Bureau annual report praising forecast accuracy and storm signals, plus social anecdotes on Miss Juliet Carson cooking lectures and court politics. It mentions Gen Meyer, Justice Field, Chautauqua Lake racing, and local business growth at Stony Creek oyster operations and Branford quarries.
Burdette recounts a Burlington Hawkeye anecdote from Canada about etiquette, a picky request for tract distribution, a boy in a Scotch cap triggering a windowside scene, and a quip on law and orphanhood. It closes with a Franklin maxim about judging a young lady by morning calls.
A reader reflects on Woman's Rights and the temperance issue, arguing women should vote on licenses to curb drunkenness. The piece then recalls Stony Creek history, rail and road growth, schools, and churches, noting the region's transformation from a small summer haunt to a thriving village with new roads and schools.
The Hayden trial adjourned after a long session with cross examinations by Mr Watrous of Professor Dana. Witnesses described arsenic manufacture and effects on stomachs, with testimony tracing Hayden's knife and arsenic handling. Proceedings covered arrests, sales to a man resembling Hayden, and map discussions by Sylvanus Butler before adjournment.
Reported sightings near Cand lewood mountain in New Milford frighten two women and others claim to have seen the creature. Chas P Williams of Stonington dies from brain disease. Williams, a noted Connecticut financier, built wealth mainly through western land speculation worth about 3 million dollars.
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