The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-30
Fairfield County News.
Sustains the Demurrer.

Judge Gager has given a decision sustaining the towns demurrer to the substitute complaint in the case of Charles Hatch vs. The Town of Brook the closing of the old Red6ing and Sherman turnpike which has becn the cause of much litigation. No np- peal has been taken and the matter now goes back to the county com missioners, in whose hands it was court.
 Had No Licenses.
 Deputy Game Warden Wilkins of Danbury, made rather an important capture Saturday when he arrested four New York hunters who were hunting without licenses, He found the four men hunting about four miles from Newtown. They gay their names as ID: villimena, IL. Bar of New York. They pleaded guilty to hunting without licenses and Ill paid fines, the total of which amount ed to $85.64.
 Run Down By Car.
 James Johnson, a Swede, was run down by A. l.. Hennessey's car, at Greenwich, Thursday noon. The boy was playing with companions and jumped in front of the machine. The
  ing a compound fracture.
 Thieves Secure $75.
 At Norwalk, Friday, thieves enter ed the home of Mrs. Matte Ander- son by a rear window while she was out and made their escape with a large amount of silverware and pocketbook containing $75 or $50 in cash.
 Seeks His Mother.
 David Chase, twenty-year-old young man, of Danbury, IS seeking Irene Chase, whom he has not seen in nearly eighteen" years. When he was two and one-ha1f years of age, his father died and he was placed by his mother in the Danbury Chil- dren's Home where he remained un- til he was nine years Of age when he went to Brookfield and there he until nearly four years ago when he came to Danbury. For a time after being placed in the home his mother visited him occasionally and then her visits ceased.
 Killed By Train.
 A stranger met death in a very sudden form Friday at noon while crossing the railroad tracks near the Noroton depot. He was struck and killed by an express. The man was employed with a gang in wood chopping near where the fatal accident occurred. He had success fully lodged one train and stepped in the path of the one which killed him.
 Losses By Fire.
 At Bethel, Friday evening, firs de- stroyed a hat factory, the Brenton- Hanlev Incorporated, a factory for the manufacture of beaver hats. It started in the packing room on the second floor, and as is believed was caused by the electric wire which ran the room,y as it was shooting out sparks when the watchman en- tered to find a blaze in one corner of the room. There was considerable stock and hats in various stages Of the work in the factory, and these are a total loss. MT. Brenton stated that he was unable to estimate the firms loss, but that it is total They carried insurance. The building was owned by Charles H. Hurlburt, of South Norwalk. He carried an in- surance of s1yOO0 on the building and 8 portion of the machinery, but this will not cover his loss.
 The Buchard ice houses situated between the Wilson Point road and the trolley tracks on the way to Ro- ton Point were destroyed by fire last week. The ~Burchard pond from which ice was cut was condemned
  ice houses have been a sort of hobo boarding house. It is easy to pre- sume that the fire was started by one of these. There were five of th,. houses in a row and they cost several thousand dollars when new.
 At Norwalk, Thursday night, fire which broke out in the residence of Thomas H. F'itzmaurice, burned the roof practically off and gutted the in- teriOr of two rooms on the ground floor, before it was finally subdued. It is estimated that the damage to the house will be about $1,500, and the furniture, which was soaked by water and partially burned is dam aged to the extent of about $500. The origin of the fire is unknown, but 1t is supposed to have been the result of an overloaded stove. Half of the house is occupied by Ernest E.. Holly and family and their apartments. while not touched by the blaze, were soaked with water and much of the furniture ruined.
 George Brown of New Canaan, not only lost his new four-cylinder auto mobile by fire Wednesday, but came very nearly losing his life, when the