The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-02
Fairfield County News.
Still Buying Water.

 reservoirs.
 A special trolley car carried twen- ty-two of the patients at the state tuberculosis sanitarium at Coram to Meriden, Sunday, the cause being the lack of water at the local institution. The unusually long drought has caused the artesian we'll to fail to furnish water to the shacks at the top of the hill, but there is sufficient to supply the administration build ings, where twenty-one patients are cared for. It was thought when the artesian well was drilled that there would be no possibility of lack of water. It was sunk 339 feet and at that time it was found practically inn possible to lower the water by means of the pump, which forced 1t to the tank on the summit of the hill, but the long continued drought seems to have sapped the supply.
 Child Badly Burned.
 Lillian May Ketcham, the two-and one-half-year-old daughter of Mrs. Anna May Ketcham, of Norwalk, was fearfully burned, Friday afternoon, when her clothing caught fire from what the little girl styled "the naugh- the prompt work of the mother, the little girl would probably have been fatally burned. The mother smoth cred the flames with rug.
 The Body Recovered.
 By dint of hard work exerted by five grapp1ing parties, Long Island Sound was made to give up the body of Captain George W. Byxbee,- the well-known oysterman, of So. Nor severely swollen condition of the lips Of the dead man, leads to the con- clusion that a sudden puff of wind caused the boom to "jibe," striking Captain Byxbee a sufficiently hard blow in the mouth to knock him overheard.
 Had Jewelry Packed.
 The fact that most of their silver ware and jewelry was packed in chests, ready to be sent to their win ter home in New York city, saved the family of Arthur DuBois from being the victims of an early morn ing burglary Saturday, when thieves Point, Greenwich. Had it not been that one of the maids awakened when one of the burglars entered her room, the men would have perhaps gained entrance to the chests of valuables. As it was, the burglar or burglars got away with several heavy women's ulsters and all the silverware that lay handy.
 Growth of County.
 
 census, is feeling the growth of New York and Bridgeport and only five towns in the entire county report losses and those are slight. The towns which have lost are Monroe, New Fairfield, Newtown, Sherman and sisted of Easton, New Fairfield, New town, Bedding, Sherman and Wilton. Easton and Bedding have made gains while Monroe, which made a gain in the previous decade, reports loss in the last one.
 Murphy's Injuries Fatal.
 Following injuries received on We'd nesday night, where he was thrown from a wagon John Murphy died in about forty years. He was driving a spirited team of horses which be- coming frightened at some leaves that blew across the road, shied and then started to run away. MT. Mur- phy was thrown from the seat direct ly in the path of the wagon.
 Bethel Concern Bankrupt. of Bethel has filed a petition in bank ruptcy. Its liabilities are listed at s12,622.2O, of which s12,571.6S is un- secured. The company claims to have assets of $4,60O.99.
 Automobile Destroyed.
 At the fire, Friday afternoon, which totally destroyed the barn on the Lester St. John estate, in Rowayton, Benjamin St. Johns automobile was insured to the amount of $1,000.
 Nearly Frozen.
 James Ratchford is in a critical condition at the Danbury hospital from exposure and freezing, the re- suit of lying out doors practically all of Sunday night.
 Killed Unfortunate Deer.
 A deer has recently been running wild and acting queerly in the vicin- ity of Huntington for some time. From time to time, the animal has against telegraph poles and falling over fences. It was caught and Game Warden Smith found that the buck was blind, his eyes having been shot out by birdshot, several of which were found in other parts of the body. MT. Smith got permission from Game Commission to kill the buck and divide the meat among the resi- dents of the section. It weighed 21O pounds.
 Game wardens Sidney Wilkins and Joseph Thomas, of Danbury, received notice recently of the finding of a doe which had been shot near the Sherman road in Brookfield. A man named Warehouse discovered the doe covered with leaves in the woods on his farm. The wardens found that the doe, which was apparently yearling, weighing less than 100 pounds had been shot in the head with a high power rifle and then had been covered with leaves. They buried the animal. MT. Warehouse, after discovering the deer, watched the place and finally three men ap- preached the spot, but they appar- ently discovered the watchers and continued on their way. Several hours later, they returned but, prob- ably seeing the watcher, ran through the woods and went away in an auto mobile which they had in waiting. BOTH SPEEDY AND EFFECTIVE
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