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Newspaper

Branford Gleaner

Location

Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1879

Page

3

Trains Eastward and Westward Schedules Noted

Train times listed indicate eastbound departures at 8:31 and 11:04 AM and 6 and 8:44 PM. Westbound departures show 6:94 and 8:49 AM and 1:15, 4:82, and 7:08 PM.

Postal Hours Change With Seasons and Mails Schedule

From April 1 to October 1 facilities open at 7 a.m. and close at 9 p.m. From October 1 to April 1 open at 7:30 a.m. and close at 8:30 p.m. Mail openings and closings listed for Western and Eastern districts. Sunday hours set from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Local Government Officers and Roles List

Assissons R. Dibble H. Towner Avupitors H. B. Fowler G. T. Kenyon Boardr OF RELIEF B. Chidsey E. Crouch J. McDermot Clerk H. H. Stedman Collector oF Taxes J. P. Douglass Constables H. D. Linsley Wm Page Grand Jurors A. Beers W. Farrell R. Hall Justices Of The Pracke State W. A. Wright E. H. Rogers J. J. Bartholomew Poormaster W. H. Wilson Registrar Of Births MARRIAGES And Deaths E. W. Brainard Registrars oF Votes J. McDermot M. Kinney W. Page W. T. Howd Selectmen C. G. Kimberly G. H. Page L. McGrail Treasurer H. H. Stedman.

Assissons R. Dibble H. Towner H. B. Fowler G. T. Kenyon B. Chidsey E. Crouch J. McDermot H. H. Stedman J. P. Douglass H. D. Linsley Wm Page A. Beers W. Farrell R. Hall Pracke

Church Notices for East Haven and Nearby Parishes

A list of Sunday and weekday services for local churches including Baptist Congregational Trinity Episcopal St Mary’s Roman Catholic East Haven First Congregational Christ Church and Stony Creek Church of Cogis. Times range from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. with morning and evening services and daily weekday prayers.

Trinity ¢ Episcopal St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church Father E Martin Christ Church Protestant Episcopal John Grey

Strangers Guide and local societies meeting notices

STRANGER'S GUIDE St Marys T A B Society meets regulary the third Tuesday each month at 8 00 pm at Town Hall Wm H McNeary Secy Branford Temperance Corps meets at Town Hall every Wednesday evening Secy Widow's Son Lodge F and AM stated communication first and third Wednesday of each month J Nettleton WM Emerald Social Club meets first and third Friday in each month at 7 20 pm James Reynolds secretary

St. Mary’s T. A. B. Society Town Hall Wm. H. McNeary Sec’y Branford Temperance Corps Lodge J Nettleton Emerald Social Club James Reynolds Ancient Order Hibernians James Holley

Cattle Pass Branford Bound for Madison amid Local Happenings

A convoy of 130 head of cattle moved through Branford on Friday toward Madison. The item notes local remarks, meetings for Republicans and Democrats, social gatherings, a surprising youth feat, and various town happenings including repairs, store news, and a schooner voyage with rough seas.

Neighboring Trees Damaged by Vandalism on Main Street

Miles Monroe reports seven large chestnuts missing from an open chestnut barrel while a large ornamental tree at H. Z. Nichols’s corner lot on Main Street and Hillside Avenue was nearly sawed down Saturday night. The act harms Nichols and the Main Street community.

Miles Monroe Alvin Monroe Hillside Ave

Crystal Wedding Marks Sheriff Linsley Fifteenth Anniversary

Thursday last celebrated the crystal anniversary of Sheriff Henry D. Linsley and his wife with a surprise party attended by many friends. Musical entertainment featured Chas Beers on violin and Anderson Cook on organ, with vocal numbers by Susie J Andrews and Julia Morris. Rev Dr Olmstead spoke warmly and gifts of glassware were presented. Uncle Philo toasted the couple and praise flowed for their esteemed character.

Henry D. Linsley Julia Morris Dr. Olmstead Wm. A. Wright Philo Mrs. Linsley

Ducking Season Opens with The Line Method Along Branford Sound

The piece notes a brisk opening to the waterfowl season with 23 boats in a single outing and ducks butchered per boat ranging from eight to twenty. It highlights Branford Sound as a favored habitat for Broad Bill, Coots, and Old Wife, feeding on abundant coot clams. The Line method, vessels anchored about 20 rods apart, dominates early sport with plans for New Haven Shooting Club participation and calls for organized changes for better order.

Relic bullet from Roanoke Island incident owned by Daniel M. Church

Daniel M. Church of East Haven holds a Civil War era bullet that killed Capt. O Jennings Wise of Virginia. Wise fell after a February 1862 retreat at Roanoke Island, dying in Mrs. Jarvis’s house where the bullet was dropped and later preserved. The flattened relic serves as a somber reminder of the war.

Daniel M. Church O. Jennings Wise Wise Virginia Roanoake Island Jarvis Church

Property Transfers Across Plains and Wallace Avenues

Dennis Morris buys one lot on the Plains from F Kurum for 800 dollars. G Whittlesey sells one lot near the cemetery to Dennis Morris for 400. W W Scott sells three and a half acres on West Farms to F Scott for 160. F Allen sells one lot on Orchard street to N Bridget for 400. Catherine Rogers sells one lot on Wallace street to R Platt. W Wallace sells one lot on Wallace avenue to Dr Baldwin for 400. W Wallace sells one lot on Wallace avenue to R Talbot for 350.

Dennis Morris F. Kurum Plains G. Whittlesey W. W. Scott F. Scott West Farms F. Allen N. Bridget Orchard Street Catherine Rogers R. Platt Wallace St W. Wallace Dr. Baldwin Wallace Avenue R. Talbot

Classified Advertisement Rates And Booking Terms

We will insert limited advertisements at set rates. Notices not exceeding two lines cost 25 cents per insertion. Three lines or more cost 10 cents per line. Subsequent insertions are 8 cents per line. Cash must be prepaid. Ads must be brought in by Tuesday noon.

Block Island Cod

Help wanted for general housework on Hillside Avenue

On Hillside Ave first floor inquiries are invited for IRWIN SIMPSON to perform general housework. Applicants must be steady with good references. Apply to RICHARD BRADLEY Branford Conn. Since Saturday Sept 27 1879. Also notices offer a cow for owner to claim by paying expenses and a property ad for rent details Branford Conn Oct 18 1879. An upholsterer advertises capable of upholstering and reupholstering mattresses. Branford Conn Oct 8 1879.

Hillside Ave Irwin Simpson Richard Bradley Branford Conn Ince David Sney D. & W Page Stony Creek Said Town Clerk's Office Said Town Clerk's Charles G Kimberly Geo H. Page Lawrence McGrail Henry 8. Stedman

Local notes capture harvest, meetings, and a dramatic eagle

Mr Joel Hall presents a four pound ten ounce sweet potato. A new framework for spreading papers is set in the reading room. The Young Ladies Sewing Circle to host a fruit festival October 1 and 2 at the Baptist church parlors. The funeral of Rev. D L Lounsbury of Stratford follows a fatal shooting by his wife. Frank Wallace sights and shoots an American eagle near Street Jones' house, the bird’s six foot wingspan felled after a struggle. Real estate transfers include P T Ives selling a house and lot on South Elm for 350 to William Ranford and C H Collins selling a lot on the Plains to EK Austin.

Frank Wallace P. T. Ives William Ranford South Elm Street C. H. Collins EK. Austin Plains

Also Mentioned on This Page

W. H. Stevenson Post Office Philo Hall, P. M Baptist Church C. C. Smith Congregational Church C. W. Hill East Haven Old Stone Joseph Tom Hinson Church OF Cogist F. H. Taylor Stranger’s Guide Double Beach Short Branford Center Beach E L Forbes Calkins Tomlinson C. I. Meigs M. A Hanley Middletown J. P. Conard M. I F. Co Calkins & Tomlinson San Francisco H. Sherman Holcombe Aie Bryce Vermont Madison Monmouth Har Willie Averill Peter Carney Plantsville R.R. Bridge Mr le Grand Parkerton E F. Jones Republican State Central Committee J L. Harrison Porto Rico McMahon Hartford St. Mary’s Parish J. Lowell Messrs B. T. Buell CB. Hill J. R. Holcomb 8. M. Bryan Mr. R. Hunt Guilford Wilsbur Fields Willis Bradley John W. Nichols J. Hutchinson & Co Jeffrey Jr Pittsburgh Samuel Kerr L.J Nichols Mainst Jenny Lind John Spencer New York Rious L. Rowland Calkins & Tom John Low South Woodstock H. Z. Nichol’s Main St Crystal Wedding Sachem South End Iis Haven Shooting Club C.W. Gaylord M. D. Branford South Main ST Walter H. Zink, M. D Hopson Ave Branford, Conn C. L. Ely Main Street Peron B. Miller Cheech St New Haven Magee Range A. J. Smith Starin’s New Haven Transportation Line Starin John H. Starin McAlister Erastus Corning Spoor Pier 18 Cortland St Corning Corner Church Chapel Streets Philadelphia Chapel St Tontine Hotel New Haven & Sheltersland John H Starin McA'inter Brewery Street Long Island Sound Shelter Island W. B. Miller S Farm Birney Brown Bartle Gleaner Prop Moore PUTO Rogers Street Branford Conn Wallingford Joel Hall Young Ladies Sewing Circle The D. L. Lounsbury Stratford Coal and Lumber Pe Atten Lars Ee Department Oak’s L. W. Cook Chapel Street J Hutchinson & Go H & CO J & H Cos JH & CO JH & Co's J. H. & Cows H & Co’s Vnsa Country Store J H & CO Branford Pharmacy Mensmon’s Trammer’s Valentine’s Meat Juice Coe Dr. Gross Loudon Mgg. Co J. Collis Browne Simmon Dr. Boschee Stafford J Jhutchinson
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