The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-13
FAIRFIELD

Episcopal Meeting-Town Meeting
 Robbing the Depots-hquor Case
 Wright's Book-Essays l Baseball Notes.
 Yesterday afternoon at the library, | the executive committee of the Arch | deaconry of this county. met in the board of trustees room, and laid out the work which will be taken up and
 discussed to-day at the meeting of the l clergy and laity at Ridgefield. Some l 40 gentlemen are expected to be pres I ent. and they will be the guests of Rev. l John N. Chapman One of the topics
 for consideration is missionary work,
 and another is providing salaries for l helpers, or assistants. At the meeting
 in town yesterday there were present | Archdeacon Allen Beeman, Rev. George | N. Wells of Guilford. MT. W. E.. Street | of Darien, MT. John Lobscher of | Bridgeport, pr. A. B. Sturges of South port, Dr. Guilbert of Southport, and | others.
 Only one of the propositions contain | ed in the warning for the special town meeting was acted upon, and that was | in relation to paying the floating debt. i After considerable discussion it was decided to issue bonds at 4 per cent, | for some $75000. Judge Banks thought this could be done. In the matter of | voting more money for the School Board, it was decided to lay the pro- position on the table until the regular annual fall meeting. Judge Banks and MT. Pease were of the opinion that the board should not spend more than l had been appropriated. although it was admitted that the bills would have | to be paid eventually. A part of the increase above the appropriation was | owing to the fact that. a new teacher has been employed at a salary of $500. Judge Perry was not at the meeting and it is stated in town that he has gone to Europe. When the matter of prohibiting the use of traction engines l on the streets came up the motion to adjourn was made and carried. It is said some of our good people do not
 like to have traction engine running
 on the highways as the whistling and the rumbling frightens horses and the
 noise is disturbing.
 Llnemen were vigorously at work yesterday putting up cross bars on the new electric light poles, and cutting away limbs of trees which might inter fere with the cables when strung. A good many old dead limbs were re- moved. An inspector of spraying passed through town yesterday. looking at the effect which the recent spraying has had upon the trees. On the whole the work is satisfactory. but here and there a tree was found which twill have to be resprayed.
 There is to be shake up in the Southport telephone office, and Miss Vanity of Bridgeport will be put in charge.
 Railway carpenters are replacing new bridge ties on the Mill River | bridge.
 Sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning. sneak thieves broke into the east bound depot. and ransacSed the premises. They forced | a couple of windows on the eastern | side of the building. that they might get into both offices. A pay telephone | machine was taken out and carried | away. It is thought to have contained | about s4. Packages in the express of | flee were torn open. and one. said to | belong to MT. O. G. Jennings was l taken. How valuable it was is not l known. Yesterday David Medlicott | found the telephone machine tucked | under the platform of the freight | depot.
 l Miss Helen Forsythe and Ruth Jen- l nings have returned from visit to | Plainf1eld. New Jersey.
 | MT. Howard Baldwin of Rutgers | college is spending his vacation at the l beach.
 Mr. William Diltz who was at the l pavilion. has returned to Elizabeth, I New Jersey.
 l There was a liquor case on the dock l ct yesterday at the Town hall. tried before MT. Justice Walxeman. Attor- | ney C1itus king was the prosecuting agent. and Attorney Marr of Bridge