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.
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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1879
Page
3
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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