The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-08
Litchfield County News.
Auto Wrecks Bridge

Wednesday evening L. E. Rockwell of Bristol and five young men were motoring on the state road about half way between Thomaston and Camp vile, when their car struck muddy bit of road just before reaching the Capital bridge, skidded and becoming unmanageable plunged into the iron work of the bridge. There it stuck fast, in a somewhat battered condi- tion. MT. Rockwell suffered a sprain- ed wrist and one of the young men was slightly cut on the head. When the auto was removed the end of the bridge collapsed and fell into the stream. The bridge is of steel
 Divorce Granted.
 Judge Shumway Thursday after noon, granted Grace E.. Decker of Winsted a divorce from Francis F. Decker of Somerville, x. J. Two minor children were placed in the his wife while they were living in Norfolk taking the children with him. They are now in a home in New Jersey.
 ROdemeyer to Canaan.
 John Rodemeyer has been engaged as editor of The Connecticut Western News, in Canaan. He served his newspaper apprenticeship on that pa- per number of years ago.
 A New Eye Remedy.
 An old gentleman living in North vile, whose years number almost four score, has made a discovery which may revolutionize modern eye treatment, and incidentally elevate the despised skunk to the rank of a great human benefactor. The above mentioned gentleman at sixty had eye sight no better than other people of his age, being dependent on glasses f-,. H. night cOmmOtion in a chicken coop near the house aroused him and, seiz- ing his gun, he hurried on. Seeing a small black and white object busy on its mission of destruction, he took careful aim and fired. Whether the skunk took aim or not is uncertain, but it hit the mark accurately filling the elderly gentleman's eyes with the liquid discharge. Since then the old man has never worn glasses. At the age of seventy-nine he can read a book through in an evening and his eyes will not be fatigued the next day. They are bright and clear as the eyes of youth.
 Supreme Court Decisions.
 In the suit of Marquis L. Sharkey and wife, Sadie P. Sharkey. both of Brooklyn, N. Y., against Truman S. Sl<ilton of Winchester, the court finds no error, this being a decision in favor of Skilton. The action was originally brought to recover for in iurieS received by Mrs. Sharkey in being thrown from a team, the horses having taken fright at MT. Skilton's automobile. A demurrer to the ori- ginal complaint was sustained, the demurrer setting up that the actisn had not been brought within one year of the date of the accident alleged. An amended complaint was filed set ting up that the defendant was guilty of 'wilful and unlawful conduct the object of the amendment being to get the action outside the statute of neg ligence. The second demurrer to the amended complaint was sustained and then the appeal to the supreme court followed
 Judge Welch of the court of com mon pleas is sustained in the action he took in the suit of Margaret Twin ing of New Hartford against Hub bard l.. Goodwin of Simsbury and Leonard Goodwin of Torrington. Mrs. Twining sought an injunction to re- strain the defendants from crossing a part of her land, she being the own CT of a farm located in New Hart ford and the GOodwins having farm located partly in New Hartford and partly in Torrington. The injunction was granted and the Goodwins ap- pealed, claiming they had the right to cross the lands in question by virtue of the operation of the statute