Trains Westward Schedule Listed by Superintendent
Westward trains run at 6:34, 8:49 a m and 1:15, 4:32, 7:08 p m as published by W H Stevenson superintendent.
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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1879
Page
3
Westward trains run at 6:34, 8:49 a m and 1:15, 4:32, 7:08 p m as published by W H Stevenson superintendent.
From April 1 to October 1 operation starts at 7:00 a.m. and ends at 9:00 p.m. From October 1 to April 1 hours shift to 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday hours are 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Mail services are open.
Congregational Church led by Rev C W Hill holds services at 10:45 a m and 7:30 p m Christ Church Protestant Episcopal with Rector John Grey schedules morning service at 10:30, Sunday school at noon, evening service at 6:30 p m, and Friday service at 7 p m.
St Marys T A B Society meets regularly the third Tuesday each month at Town Hall Win H Menneary notes Branford Temperance Corps meets at Town Hall Wednesdays WoL Moore secretary Widow's Son Lodge F and A M holds communications first and third Wednesdays J Nettleton W M
Branford hosts double beach and short beach stages at Branford Center with local officials coordinating entertainment and safety for visitors. The events attract residents and visitors to enjoy seaside activities and performances.
Captain James Blackstone visits his ill son N A Terhune in Norwich. Rev C C Smith and wife enjoy a three week New Jersey and New York vacation. Branford Lock Works shipped five carloads of freight after noon Monday to aid Mr Thomas R Trowbridge. An arrest of Elder Lutz on a filed claim ends with release after satisfac tion. Mr Bennett of New Haven plans a residence at Indian Neck near Samuel Beach. Fair Haven Club won 112 to 106 last Saturday. Everett Calkins returned safely by afternoon boat. Fruit thefts increase. town braces for action with the lock up. The improvement society is urged. lamps and sidewalks prioritized. Open air temperance meeting postponed to Sunday 5 pm due to storm. New Haven ladies expected to sing. Jon H. B. Plant and wife left Double Beach for New York. A waterspout near the sound draws town interest. rumors speak of a sturgeon skin fallen inland from the clouds. A professor explains the waterspout carried it aloft.
The American Book Exchange debuts a 736 page Cheap Encyclopaedia volume priced at 100 dollars with subsequent volumes about two per month. Specimens available for 10 cents postage extra, return option within ten days, and special terms for early subscribers and clubs.
Seventy six Hartford return tickets sold from this place with a veteran crowd on a twelve-car special train. Road work on Rogers street improves the district, while school board concerns critique cramped rooms and ventilation in the center. A picnic by odd clubs at Table Rock ends with dances, provisions, and plans for future trips. An old school district view contrasts with the current complex system and calls for better servicing of schools and healthful, comfortable rooms.
East Haven resident Lee Bradley hitched his horse in front of Peck Brothers and left for Church Street. John Earle of Austin's building misidentified the team, took it briefly, then returned it. Bradley recovered the horse at Chapel and Church streets and rode home.
Lucius W. Hall of Munson Carpenter & Co. New Haven died suddenly of heart disease after a fishing trip near Mansfield's Point. Edward Levette suffered a knee injury when a harrow failed to stop a horse. A southeast corner tenement fire destroyed the rear of Mrs. C. Bradley’s house. stove pipe caused the blaze and insurance covered the property. James Conner, a soap peddler, was found dead in Selectman Sancroft's barn, possibly from a fall. Wilf Lane reports ague illness. Town events include Pearley Ideal Pinifore Company at the Town Hall, Battle-Flag Day in Hartford, and registrar meetings to compile voters. Thirty-five fire company members. special borough meeting Friday for engine-house enlargement. New fire hose arrived. Incendiary fire at a glass shop failed. wheel fire near water stopped spread. Express train near delay due to engine light failure. no injuries. A Johnson place barn burned near Deacon Loap’s with green tobacco destroyed. incendiary suspected.
A collage of quirky lines from various papers. A Wheeling Leader ad jokes about cash in advance for politeness to wives. The Chicago Times notes a baby born in Georgia with no chin. Other items joke about dinners, hens, and guinea pigs. A Norristown Herald warns boiling ice to kill germs.
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