The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-04
Fairfield County News.
Losses by Fire


 A large barn in Coscob was burned early Friday morning. on property re gently purchased by Mrs Anna Cal vert of Brooklyn from Lawrence Tim mons The cause is unkonwn.
 At" Stamford. Tuesday. fire destroyed the barn of Mrs. Bartholomew Ryle and that of Francis F. Connolly. ad- joining if. Mrs Ryle's loss was about s1. 500. aud Mr. McCarty's was about Si50. 2Ir- Connolly's will foot up about s1. .500.
 Impaled on a Pole.
 The death of August Penterman. oc- cured at. the Danbury hospital Sat urday afternoon. MT. Penternan was walking from his barn to his house in the dark Friday evening when he stumbled and fell against a clothes pole. The sharp point of the pole penetrated his abdomen and pune tured his intestines. He was 51 years old
 Killed in Runaway.
 Asa M. FeNis Stamford butcher. was killed. Saturday in a runaway ac- cident. It is supposed that the wagon pole broke. going down a hill and that when the broken point of it stuck in the road the wagon was overturned and fell on him. One of his legs was broken and it was believed that he had internal injuries and a fracture of the skull.
 Fire Tn GreenWlcn-
 A fire which threatened the business section of Greenwich broke out Sat- urday midnight in the Magues and Co., hen buildings. The total loss on the two buildings is estimated at s2.O00. covered by insurance. The Magues building suffered most
 Original Count Wrong.
 The recount of the votes for select men cast atMthe recent town election fr, HaTI Gwwr, F1,a ra of the Brookheld election officials that John H. Thornhill was legally elect ed first selectman, but revealed errors in the count One more vote for Mir. showed was found and it was also discovered that Frederick H. Beers. the republican candidate, who petition ed for the recount, had one less vote than the original count credited him with
 Crazed by Drink.
 Driven insane by drink. Steve Sip ing his wife and Mr. and Mrs Joseph Silye who live across the street, att tempted to murder Joseph Ipach, Tues day, by slashing him with a large jack knife. with which he inflicted two rag geda wounds, one on the right side of thefneck and the other on the scalp.
 Shot at Prank Player.
 Victor F,roelich. of Norwa1k. is in the hospital. where, presumably, he is con- graduating himself that he was only cIubbed half to death. instead of be- ing shot, as both he and the man who used a gun upon him, first as a fire arm and then as club. supposed Samuel Morasco who used the gun, Is under arrest on a charge of assault with intent to kill. The shooting and were the outcome of a Hal lowe'en prank. When Morasco reach ed home Monday evening he learned that someone had carted away, a DOT tion of his fence He dragged an old shotgun from it's resting place and putting in a charge of powder. ram med a quantity of salt on top of 1t and waited fer something to happen About half past ten he saw man lift a gate in front of his house from the hinges and start away with it. Morasco blazed away and then started after the man, who turned and began to show fight. Morasco reversed his weapon and using the butt for club, belabored the man over the head with it. Froelieh was found lying in the street, unconscious and bleeding from several wounds in his head, but will recover. Morasco gave himself up to the police. He said that he had fired at the feet of the man and when at tackled by him, had clubbed him over the head