The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-17
FAIRFIELD

The Firemen's Fair opens tonight with street parade headed by the Graphophone Drum Corps, from Ben sons switch to Murphy's crossing. The Fairfield firemen will appear in their new uniforms. A large open platform has been constructed for the dances, and the Coast Artillery Band will discourse music. The African dodger will be present with the two "coons'' with their heads displayed to try the baseball players arms. The doll rack has been placed; the fishing pond for the children will be in read mess and there will be ice cream, soda, and the "all hot'' man to look after the thirsty and hungry. The cane man will be there to try your eye, and candy stalls will have supply of fresh candy. In addition to the dancing the arrangement committee has arranged for an entertainment each evening on the platform. Messrs. Riley and Toomey of the St. Joseph Minstrels have been engaged and will appear each evening. Wire and light rope walkers have also been se- cured: also some home talent has been offered to help the fair on to sue cess. All the fremen, consisting of 90 or more, under the leadership of their chief, MT. Moore. are working ''tooth and nail'' to promote the ob-
 
 are being aided by the assistance of all the business men of the town through their kind and generous dona- tions, as well as by many of the merchants of Bridgeport. This help has encouraged the fremen in their efforts towards procuring a combina- tion auto-chemical truck The entire The list of articles donated contains s10 in gold, two barrels of flour, a chest of tea, one ham, several bushels of potatoes, two rockers, one rug, one half tone of coal, a wash wringer, a shot gun, clocks, pictures, a silver set, chocolate set, one dozen of children's S hats, three boxes of cigars, an um- brella and many other things
 A bold but futile attempt to rob the Betts Grocery store, just across FL liott street from the library, was made at an early hour yesterday morning by some unknown man who escaped on his bicycle. The store is connect ed by burglar alarm with the resi- dence of MT. Betts on Broad street. ing, called up Wallace M. Bulkley, who lives opposite. Both men pro- ceeded to the store, each carrying a gun. MT. Bulkley stood guard at the front of the store and MT. Betts went to the rear, where there is a passage way between the store ana the house of MT. Perry. The thief was inside, but he soon jumped out of the back window where he had entered and dashed off on bicycle. MT. Betts fired at him, and missed. The thief entered the store by breaking the glass in a rear window and then open ing it. He managed to open the safe in the office, but got nothing of value. He carried off a few unimportant pa pers which were afterwards found on the back road in the vicinity of Fred Burr's house. Nothing else was dis turbed in the store. MT. Bulkley had his gun loaded with buck shot and thinks he would have brought the fel- low down, if he had fired at him. The night was quite dark and it was difficult to see the man.
 Katherine and Deborah Glover and Amy Child, left town yesterday af- ternoon to join Mrs. William B. Glow CT at her bungalow in the Adiron- dacks.
 Friday afternoon Peter Harnack will be brought before the local court charged with keeping a barking dog.
 A Swede, named Charles Walwick, has been fined s7 for assaulting his wife and s9 for assaulting a neighbor. He does these things when under the influence of liquor.
 Some boys have robbed Mercurio's gum machine, and it is thought they secured between four and five dol lars
 George Sherwood has resigned his position with the Southport Grocery Company.
 w. B. Penny, who has suffered from blood poisoning, is now able to be out.
 Esther Waterman sailed yesterday for Rotterdam where she will visit relatives.
 Morris Beers is on the sick list
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