The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-23
Fairfield County News.
Automohile lAcoidents

An automobile containing two men was struck by a train Sunday even ing. at a crossing i'll Georgetown, and turned completely over, throwing one of the occupants out, while the other Jumped out before the collision. The men were not much hurt except for receiving a severe shaking up, but the front part of the auto was struck by the passing locomotive. the lights rip ped of, and the front axle badly bent. The automabi is said to belong to Bedding .paSties whose names could not be learn ed.
 At NorwalA, last week. big seven passenger touring car struck the trol- icy tracks anG skidded. In the car, which belonged to Russell E. Paine, a North Stamford man. were two ladies Dr. Allen C.. Demp. and the chauffeur James Barker. Barker was thrown unconscious, but revived and was able to proceed.
 Appointed a. Regular,
 James H.. Murphy has been appoint ed a regular rural free delivery mail carrier and las been assigned to Route ceed Leroy Barnum. who will be trans ferred to Route IS to succeed the late George c. Smith.
 '.snap the whip,,-rsss At Danbury last week, little girls W ere playing ssnap the whip" a game Df many years standing. It is played by the formation of line of children Joining hands and being pulled along by leader on the run until the leader stops or turns suddenly in such a way as to swing the line around like the snapping of a whip. The object is to snap off the children on the end of the line or to break the line some where. Miss Marjorie Kerr was on the end of the line and she was. snap ped off. She was thrown violently to the ground, falling upon her arm and breaking it above, the elbow.
 With Restrictions.
 Red Barns a thirty-one-acre farm at North street. Greenwich, has been purchased by Ray B. Thompson of New York. Among, the restrictions in the deed conveying the property is one which states that no plot of less than five acres can be sold. and no house costing less than $8.000 may be erected.
 Returning Union Labels.
 The union labels of the United Hat ters which were removed from the factories of members of the Associated Hat Manufacturers at the beginning returned Monday to all those fac tories in Danbury. Bethel and New Milford, to which they had not been restored previously.
 Power Boat Burned.
 The 35-foot cabin Dower-boat Os- born, the owner or which was F. M. Catlin, of Stamford, was destroyed by fire on Grass Island, Saturday even ing The loss is covered. or partly covered by insurance. A lantern came in contact with gasoline capor, and the explosion fired the boat.
 Man Seriously Shot.
 A man who has resided in Green wich for three weeks was shot there perhaps fatally. at 2:30 a.. m. Monday, as he was attempting to burglarize the hardware store of D. K. Allen. He gives the name of William Carmon. MT. Allen is having improvements made about his store. and has em- ployed Joseph Johnson to act as watch man on the premises. About n:SO, Sunday night Johnson saw stranger prowling about who with knife, tried to take out one of the panes of glass in window at the side of the store. Before Johnson could say anything to the man, he had gone away. All re- mained quiet until about 2:30 a. m., when Johnson heard a noise in the rear of the store and saw a man walk ing about Pulling out his gun he let drive In the direction. of the stranger. ~-ys+hnsst uttering a sound, the stranger