The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-17
Fairfield County News.
Wants Trustee Removed.

Mayor Wm- R. Shelton, Of New da- ven, who died in 1892, came up in the New Haven probate court last week, when Vim. R. Shelton. Of Huntington, asked to have Vim. M. Atwater, the trustee of found of s40.000. removed. It appears that ex-Mayor Shelton left an estate worth over $1O0,O00 and the home farm in Huntington He also left a will Of his property a substan- tfal bequest was left to his grand daughter, Louisa Shelton, upon the Oo- taining of her ma ajority. providing she was found upon investigation by the probate court to be economical and prudent" Miss Shelton has been. so found by the court and has received her share of the estate There is an other substantial share left to the grandson, Wn- R. Shelton, if at the find that he is "of prudent and eco nomical habits MT. Shelton finds that the right to come into his own IS tied up in. the trust fund above specl- fled, and he wishes to have the money paid into his hands, He declares that Trustee AtwateT is now an orange grower in Florida, and that Atwater has rendered no account with the es- tate since June 19, 1896, when the fund amounted to s45.92S.77. shelton now asks the court to have him removed as trustee.
 Thefts from Factory.
 Harry wilson and Morris Slonsky are under arrest, charged with wholesale theft of fittings and finished product from the Yale & Towne Company of Stamford. About Ill pounds of brass plugs, worth s25.53, were found in pos session of Wilson; that is. in his home At Slonsl<y's house the police got locks and other finished and unfinished pro duct valued at about $150- This is be- ieved to be only a, small part of the goods actually stolen.
 Danbury Blacks Ice.
 The scarcity of ice in Danbury has made it necessary to go outside the city and in some cases outside the State to secure enough to, supply the Danbury trade during the coming sum- mer. The Danbury Ice Company has received five car loads from Northamp- ton, Mass, the first shipment of nine teen car loads ordered.
 Automobile Accidents
 A limousine motor car of Commodore James D. Smith and Deforest Moores' touring car went together in a head-on collision in Stamford, Friday evening. The MooreS car was quite badly smashed and the limousine punctured a radiator, broke a tire and lost some glass. Mrs. Harrison Decker who was in the Moores car, was thrown out and pinned between @ front wheel and radiator. She was hurt painfully. None of the others was injured at all seriously. James Dickinson Cum mingS, grandson of Com. Smith, rode in the front seat of the Smith car with
 
 ter Cummings was driving the car. He and others in it claim that the car was r-actically at a standstiH when MT. Moores. driving the other car, hit the limousine. MT. Moores said that Master Cummings was driving the limousine south at a high rate of speed.
 While driving in his auto, Friday, Dr. Wm Burke of Greenwich met with what might have been a serious acci- dent. At the Coscob switch. the front wheel of the machine caught in the trolley track, and in trying to turn into the road he lost control of the car, which turned over enough to land the doctor in the creek. Fortunately the water was not deep.
 An Incubator Baby.
 The late Mrs. Mary Simmons, who died in New Canaan Feb 25, left a lit tie girl Iorematurely born, weighing 31a pounds. The wrists are no larger than ones finger and the body is a little longer than an ordinary persons hand. The child may be held in the palm of the hand without any difficulty. It is given cream (diluted about twenty times) and lime water, a little milk sugar being added. Such nutrition is given every two hours. day and night. Water is literally given This baby is not dressed, but is packed in cot ton and kept oiled with olive oil to prevent heat elimination To a .cer- tain extent the oil also provides nour L. of pure air, and is treated to sun baths when possible. She has to be watched constantly for change of color as she is very apt to have suspended aniraa- ton and when this is the caSe,s arti- ficial respiration has to be resorted to. The child is never handled but is turn ed in a blanket, is kept very quiet and the eyes are protected from strong light. This baby will have to be kept under these condition until she, arrives at the full term of natural sfevelop- ment.e
 A Good Legacy.
 News has just been received of the death of a rich uncle of Terrence H. Murray of Stamford, leaving 160 acres of rich mineral land valued at $500 an acre, also a large amount of personal property in Idaho. MT. Murray gets 40 acres for his share. The property mines. MT. Murray's uncle located there in 1850.
 New Canaan to Issue Bonds.
 At the New Canaan town meeting, Friday evening, it was voted to bond the town for s15O,000.
 Dog Poisoner Busy.
 The continued operations of mis- ereants who have been poisoning pet dogs has aroused the Norwalk police. Within a short time about ten valu- able dogs have been victims of the poisoner, the latest being handsome collie owned by Edward J. Sims, which met its fate Saturday. In this case strychnine was the agency employed. Near the unfortunate animal was found a piece of meat with the poison in it.
 Hoyt Succeeds Bell. Stephen R. Hoyt, who has been for many years station agent at Darien, has been appointed town clerk and trea surer to succeed the late Thaddeus Bell. MT. Hoyt will continue as sta- tion master for the present, but will probably retire from that position in the fall. He is the third agent the Darien station has had.
 Cottage Was Burned. A fire which broke out in Orange, Fla, on Wednesday of last week. to- tally destroyed seven cottages, a hotel, the drug store and much other prop erty. One of the cottages burned was occupied by MT. and Mrs. Granville w. Hoyt. of Danbury. who are spending