The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-06
FAIRFIELD

There was full attendance of the
 members of the School Board at the meeting yesterday afternoon at the H. brary. As the membership is the same as last year, owing to the re election of MT. Banks, the old organi- zation has been mainta.ined-M. B. Banks president, and Rev. Allen Bee man secretary and acting visitor. The
 board gave it's consent to allow 43 pu- pills to attend the Bridgeport High High School in Westport, making a total of 55 who are being educated out of town. Miss London of the Mill Plain school has gone to teach in Bridgeport school, and her place Will be filled by Miss Pulley of Stratford. There was quite a celebration on
 Monday night at about S:30 in front of the residence of First Selectman Charles Fox. The boys of the neigh horhood gave the successful candidate a serenade plentifully interspersed
 with red fire, rockets and Roman can
 dies. After the demonstration MT. Fox treated them to ice cream and other good things, taking them
 through the establishments of MT
 Boyle and MT. Reckwith- There is general satisfaction in town over the election of MT Fox, who has made good, and will continue to- do so. The story that a, shower of diamonds had fallen upon the female members
 
 through the generosity of a wealthy
 and well known woman, is rather wide
 of the mark, to say the least: Mrs:
 Child was remembered with a diamond
 but that is all. The other presents
 were not diamonds.
 Mrs. Samuel Wheeler and her two
 sisters. Mrs Skinner and Miss Rum say, arrived in town on Saturday from a summer spent at Lake Geneva In
 Wisconsin. They came all the way | SI,io sx, Iaiv-
 and made the trip between Monday
 and the following Saturday. The ma
 chine did not break down until they
 reached Waterbury, where it was cas-
 fly repaired.
 trict, John M Jacknan lost 120 chick
 ens,/ valued at $200, which were stolen
 by some sneak thief. The thieves
 then crossed the street and entered the
 house of Bangs Wilson and stole all
 his fruit They also entered the melon
 patch of M. B. Banks and helped
 themselves to his melons. A reward
 of $50 has been offered for the capture
 of the thieves.
 Last Saturday MT. Whitaker or
 Yale University came over in his au-
 tomobile to spend Sunday with his
 friend, Samuel Glover. The auto was placed in the barn, and during the
 night someone entered it and stole a
 tire and three auto lights.
  her course in vocal music at Yale Uni verSity.
 1t will be recollected that during the
 recent Suort Hill auto climb boy
 named Loewith was badly hurt at the time of the great accident. He had one Of his legs broken. A day or two
 ago he fell from his bicycle and sus- tained a. bad fracture of the same
 limb.
 The new barber who has come to | r., yarfy 1r~f MT and Mrs Steven Tonlinson have returned to town after a two weeks, snipe shooting tour along the Connec- ticut river.
 The justices court was very busy on Saturday,. Paul Short was up Ior treezpass of fowls, which he allowed to run on the premises of John Gu1dsky, after he had received 8 written notice within six months. He was founo guilty and fined $2 and costs amount ing to $15 John Boekdany was up for a breach of the peace, using abu- sive language He admitted his guilt and was fined $1 and costs amounting to S135l John Lotzko was brought before the court by Game Warden Smith for violation of the game laws. He was caught in the act. He IS youth of IS years, from Bridgeport, and had shot a flicker which he said he thought was a woodcock lie Was fined the costs, amounting to $5. Be ing unable to pay the IlIIS HO iOiS itA' gun in pawn until he is able to raise the money. He was shooting near Samp Mortar Rock.
 Capt. B. H. Pinney of Kenoza Lake, Sullivan county New York, has been visiting for some time his daughter, Mrs c. E. Bulkley. On Monday he reached his Seth birthday, when rela- tives and friends met at the house Tn the evening to extend their congratu- 1ations.
 MT. and Mrs. w. B. Penney have been down to New York to see the celebration.
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