Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-21
STATE CORRESPONDENCE.
Milford.

NH1l1OEds
! March 2o.-Rev. John Allsnder, of New
Haven. occupied the pulpit of the First
church last Sunday and will also preach
again next Sunday.
Mr.. George w. Darlington, of Jersey City,
has been visiting with his mother, Mrs
Mary Darlington, on Broad street, the past
week.
Miss Nellie Platt and Miss Mamie Holbrook
of Ansonia have been the guests of Mrs. Fred
D. Clark.
meeting of the First Ecclesiastical socie-
ty was called for Monday evening, March IL,
to take action in regard to selling their par
sonage. Owing to the storm no meeting was
held. There is no reason why the property
should be disposed of. It is desirable prop
show their wisdom and good Judgment by
retaining it.
Rev. L. N. Booth, of Bridgeport, will
preach in st. Peters church on Wednesday
evening of this week.
The terrible storm of last Monday and
Tuesday had no equal in this vicinity in the
memory of our oldest citizens, some of whose
memories cover period of 80 years. The
elements seemed set loose and at mad strife
with each other. Before Monday evening
travel was almost impossible owing to ina
mense drifts of snow and the raging wind,
and the air being filled with snow and sleet.
There were no trains run on the railroad, and
postoffiee as the mail trains failed to arrive.
All means of communication by telephone
and telegraph were cut off, and those who
were brave enough to leave their homes in
the morning were happy when they gained
their again that day. Those who went to
their work on the early train to Bridgeport
did not return until Wednesday when VIM.
NJ. Merwtn & Sons steamer brought fifteen
of them home, with the exception of Mr..
Burleigh and Mr.. Chaplin, who walked out on
Wednesday moraing. Those whose business
takes them to New Haven either were obliged
to walk or wait for a train to carry them,
DR.. Vlshno, Robert Platt and Rev. Mr.. Frank
lin, who occupied the pulpit of the First
church on Sunday, made their way to the
city in primitive style. Mr. Charles Trow-
bridge, Edward Merwin and Judge William
b. Stoddard went over on William
M. Merwfn's steamer. The shops in
town suspended business about noon on Mon
day, and with the exception of trying expe-
riences all reached shelter without serious
harm or remained until the storm abated.
The public schools were closed all the week.
The first mail after Monday morning from
New York arrived on Friday afternoon. No
mail was received from New Haven from
early Monday morning until Saturday morn
ing. A great deal of interest was manifested
in watching the operations of the two mogul
engines as they cleared off the snow from the
railroad track through town ON Thursday.
The work of making passways through the
highways was pushed on as rapidly as the
huge drifts would permit, and on Saturday
the roads were open from Wheeler's farm,
Pond point and the Gulf The Woodmont
road was still snowbound.. The block signal
tower of the junction blew over on Monday
with the loss of one life, as has been already
reported in the COURIER. It was Wednesday
before the sad accident swasHknown here and
then DIR. Andrews, medical, examiner, went
out and gave permission to Messrs. Ford,