The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-06-13
JONATHAN STURGES DEAD
CabIegram Announces Sad Event
Which Occurred i'm France
Remains to be Brought
Home
Especial to the Farmer.)


Fairfield June 13.-On Saturday
Lima McMaugh was brought before
Judge Bacon Wakeman charged with
arrest was the result of family row
in which Elsie Smith was the ag-
grieved party. There were no coun-
sci on either side. The Judge heard
the different stories of the analr
without the interference Of counsel.
The parties live at Lenox Heights.
Judgment was suspended on the pay
ment of costs by the accused.
The formal decision of the State
School board on the application of
William ]. Raymond for relief has
has reached the town school COM
mfttee. The state board finds that
the children of Mr.. Raymond have
not been unlawfully or unreasonably
deprived of schooling. The COM
plainant appealed from the decision
of the town school committee which
compelled the children of the COM
meet the conveyance provided by the
town. This decision will compel
the complainant to comply with the
requirements of the school commit
tee and convey his children to meet
the conveyance provided by the town.
Big fires at the scene of the recent
wreck here have been blazing to-
day consuming the last vestige of one
of the most sensational affairs in the
town in recent years. Tomorrow
there will be nothing to indicate that
a terrible wreck occurred here.
M Mccartney has moved into his
new residence on School street.
Joseph Weber opened his house
at the beach for the summer on Sat-
urday.
The Fairfield Rubber company
shut down for three days last week
to
full time yesterday morning.
The application of Maggie Hulick
for guardian was heard before
Judge Elmore Banks in the probate
office on Saturday and as a result
Anthony Seamon of Bridgeport was
appointed by the Judge. The girl
complains of the treatment she re-
ceives at the hands of her father and
stepmother and chose Mr.. Seamon
who is her godfather as her guard
ian. Attorney Clitus H. King appear
ed for the father and Judge Bacon
Wakeman for the girl.
Last week notice was posted at
the. factory of the Aluminium Cast
ings Company announcing that here
after the employees of the company
would be paid by check and that
John E. Boyle the druggist. would
pany amounts to about $500 and
Druggist Boyle was prepared to meet
it, Checks came in to the amount
of about $500 the remainder being
held by the employees or cashed else
where. The company has not an
nounced why they have adopted this
method. 1t does not give entire
satisfaction to the men who would
rather have the long green. That
the system was provoked by some
former Irregularities is generally be-
lieved.
A cablegram received here on Sat-
urday announced the sudden death
Of Jonathan Sturges, eldest son of
Frederick Sturges, which took place
in/ France on Friday. The cable
gram gave no details and the fam
lily are yet in ignorance of the cause.
Deceased was about At years of age
and was unmarried. He has been
an invalid for years. He was former
ly well known here but has lived
abroad for many years finding the
climate and conditions on the other
side more congenial. The remains
will be brought here for burial.
Another tank of road oil has been
received here consigned to the town.
With his unfailing eye for business
John E. Boyle has made an innova-
dents of the Hargrove school as Sun
day clerks at his drug store. The
young men are all sons of million
aires. Warden Wilson, son of the
United States ambassador to Mexico;
David ]. Douglas, son of S. G. Doug
las Of Detroit; and Ashley Eastman,
son of a millionaire lumberman of
Saginaw, Mich. The boys have dom
ned the regulation rig and have
during the summer-that is, if they
do NOT get cold feet