The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-01
FAIRFIELD
Electrifying the Railroad Sketch of Dr. Perry-A Remarkable Will - The hallock Estate Devised to the Hired Man-PersonaI Items.

ing preliminary surveys and measur- ing all the highway bridges which cross the tracks, as well as the de- pots, in anticipation of the work which is to be pushed in the spring for the identification of the road from Stam- ford to New Haven. It is known that the work will begin at once and be pushed as fast as circumstances will allow. The new power house for the generation of electricity will be built in the neighborhood of Naugatuck Junction. This news will be of great along the line from Stamford to New Haven, since the introduction of elec- tric engines will do away with the belching of smoke, the missing of steam. and much of the noise which is now such a nuisance, especially in Stratford. 2
 MT. Dewey. who has acted as gard ener for long time for MT. G. w. Smith at his fine residence on Main street, has resigned his position. and will be succeeded by MT. Callahan.
 Miss Mary Lahey is in New York for a few days visiting her sister.
 Yesterday at St. Thomas church, a collection was taken up for Negro and Indian missions.
 There is a rumor that the Social Club will give a nance at Perry hall on
 the evening of St. Patricks day which is midLent.
 n rd1k .. Cn1lO, M. D-, came up IrOIIl New York on Saturday. with a friend, and is spending a few days at the parsonage.
 Mir Darlington Beaman is in town for a day or two from Harvard.
 A new industry has been begun in town, at GraSmere, under the super visicn of Dr. G. Gambger, for many years a skin specialist in the White Cross Hospital, London, N. c. He is a chemist and has begun the manufac- )E &@.1A T1,n ,axx firm is known as E. A. Blackhurst Co.
 The funeral this afternoon of Dr. Ne hemiah Perry; who died at the Box wood Cottage at Il o'clock on Friday night, was largely attended. He was born in Ridgefield, Conn, Feb. 12, 1927, and educated under Prof. Banks. He studied and practiced medicine and surgery with his father when he re- ceived a medical certificate from the state. He was one of a noted line of doctors. His grandfather, ,Dr. David Perry left Fairfield in 1172, for Ridge field where he practiced medicine for 50 years. He was succeeded by his son. Dr. Nehemiah, Perry, noted as a surgeon and diasnostician. He prac- ticed for 50 years and was succeeded by his son, the Dr., Nehemiah Perry whose funeral was held to-day. In 1893 he retired from practice, owing to declining health. Dr. Perry was a lineal descendent of Richard Perry, =
  mother was daughter of Judge Lanford Bedding, and grand daughter of Judge Heron, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, who was a. friend Of Lord Howe and Washington, as historically stated Dr. Perry's contemporaries have all passed away. In the sea-air of Fairfield he found a tonic that pro- long his life. His unblemished life, dignity of character and unfailing courtesy, marked him as ''one to the manner bOrn.'
 Dr. Hetzel is building an addition to his residence on Spruce street.
 Richard Sherwood has gone to New York for a few days.
 Mrs F. E. Northrop and daughter have been visiting friends in Bridge port.
 MT. and Mrs. F. A. Warren, after a winter in Bridgeport, have returned to their"home on Greenfield Hill:
 Mrs Eugene Burr is visiting in New York.
 The will of the late Eugenia G. La cey Hallockx of Plattsville, in this town, was probated on the 1st of Feb, ruary. She directed that her old horse, 'Dick'' should be chloroformed After disposing of personal property to various relatives, and providing TOT her mother the will in the Sth section gave $500 to Mountain Grove Ceme- tery in Bridgeport, to be used in car ing for the Lacey plot. It also contain ed the following bequests: To the Mary Silliman Chapter of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, SSOt to be used for the care of the old Stratfield cemetery in Bridgeport; to the Bridgeport Hospital, the sum o1 S5 900 to found a free bed; to Edward l.. Cullen, a man in her employ, the sum of $500; to the Connecticut Hu- mane Society the sum of $1 900; to the Stratfield Baptist Church, the sum ot s1 900 the income to be used for the support of preaching. The will goes or to say that if anything is left of my estate it is to go to the Bridgeport Protestant Orphan Asylum. MT. Mor- ris B. Beardsley of Bridgeport was nominated executor and trustee of the will and estate. This document IS dated Nov. 21. 1905. On the 5th of January, 1909. in the presence Of FTank l.. Seeley, John c. Smedberg and Sam uel F. Beardsley, Mrs. Hallock execur- ed a codicil revoking all of the above bequests save $500 for the Mt Grove Cemetery. The will was probated without the protest Of any of the heirs or the benefciaries under the testa- ment, but it is now thought acton VII be taken i'll the courts to contest the will, on the ground of undue influence as the codicil gives the entire estate to the hired man, MT. Edward l.. Gull len, but provides that the mother O, Mrs. Hallock shall live in her daugh- ter's house ali her life, if she wishes to do so.
 InG16 were T0COIucu Dul h"o eA ehis' fers of real estate in town last month as follows: The Bridgeport Land anc Title Company to Leon Ryczer, lots s68, S69, 37O and 371. Marlborough Ter race, Lenox Heights.
 The same company to Imre kraj- nyck lots 331, 332 and 33S, Marlborough Terrace.
 Flat fish have begun to run in the waters off Southport.
 The foot paths and roadways in the village green, opposite the Town Hal have received a liberal dressing o1 curShed stone.
 Work will soon be resumed on Dr Guilbert's new house, which was sus- pended by reason of the cold.
 MT. Benjamin Bulkley's racing horses have been shipped to Mt. Kisco.
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