The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-02

property back. The son John refus- ed to give it to him.
 Seriously Burned.
 Burned seriously while at work about her kitchen range Wednesday noon, Mrs. Matthew Fitzpa trick of Riverside Is in a critical condition The whole upper part of her body is very badly about 70 years Mrs. Fitzpatrick was raking leaves while Mrs Fitzpat-ck was preparing the monday meal. He was startled by sudden shriek, and his wife ran toward him. Her cloth ing was on fire. fla fact most of 1t had been burned then The husband put out the fire quickly Mrs. Fitzpat- rick was able to say to pr. smith; d don't know how 1t happened. l was walking toward the stove Suddenly a puff of flame arose and set my cloth- ins on fire. I had not used kerosene oil"
 Deer Killed by Train.''
 \ buck deer was struck and fatally injured at Branchville Wednesday night by a passenger train- The deer tipped the scales at 20 pounds. A telephone message was sent to the game commissioners and they stated that half the carcass would go to the trainmen. one-quarter to the Dan bury hospital and one-quarter to the warden and butcher who dressed it. I trainmen.
 A Divorce Granted
 In the superior court in Danbury. Friday Judge Williams granted de- cree of divorceko Mrs. Joseph Charter on the ground of desertion-
 Lightning in Wilton.
 At Wilton. Saturday evening. C23rd). a tree was struck by lightning near the Chichester homestead. also in F. fnar rels of apples were overturned and the contents strewn in every direction At the home of Harry Sturges, the electric fluid entered the house and fol- lowing the telephone wire entered the upper floor where Mrs Herbert L. Sturges and her daughter were sleep ing. The bed was quickly mass of flames but the brave woman subdued the fire although her hands were badly burned. In an adjoining room. Harry Sturges received the force in his arm, numbins the member.
 Killed by Train.
 David S. vroom. a barber was struck and killed by a trsin at Danbury, Thursday. Mary Myers. residing at Danbury, has come forward with the announcement that she is Mrs Vroom. wife of the deceased though the mem bers of MT. Vroom's family and even bis most intimate friends say they were unaware that he had been mar ried The woman states that she and Mir Vroom were married in New York a little less than a year ago.
 Struck by Automobile
 Run down at Stamford. Saturday. by the automobile of Archibald Foss, of New York. Harold Waterbury. son of Irving Waterbury Is in the Stam- ford hospital. one leg and an arm are severely bruised and the young man is thoroughly shaken up. His injur- les are not serious. Lamar Butler, MT. Foss' chauffeur is under arrest, to answer a charge of violation of the motor-vehcile laws. He will probably be charged with driving in a manner to endanger life and limb. and also with failing to have a license The automobile Is equipped with a noise making device that produces warn ing sound like a cross between the wall of a band of banshees and the chorus of a frog pond It's enough to scare any person with nerves. and as a matter of police belief it did scare Master Waterbury. The boy was rid ing on a bicycle. He was badly fright ened. He lost his nerve and lost con- trol of the wheel. It wabbled this way and that way and finally the automo- bile hit the bicycle.