The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
Fairfield County News.
Resignation of Pastor

Resignation of Pastor.
 Rev. L. c. Sserburne, pastor of the Unfversalist church of Danbury, an- nounced from the pulpit Sunday his resignation as pastor.
 Parents Were Cruel.
 In Danbury, Saturday, Judge John R. Booth found George and Agnes Newland guilty of cruelty to Mar celia, their six-year-old daughter, who was found lying unconscious from the effects of liquor in her home, Thurs day evening. The parents were sen- tenced to thirty days and costs in the Bridgeport jail. Tn sentencing the parents, Judge Booth said: There is no evidence to show that the child was not taken sick. It might not have been a deliberate administration of liquor. 1t may have been a notion, a mistaken notion perhaps, that liquor would help the child. The doctors are positive that the girl was suffer ing from alcoholism. Either the child's story is true, that she took three drinks, or the parents story is untrue. But I believe the child's story is un- true and that the father and mother were so drunk that they did. not know what they were doing and gave her one stiff dose.''
 Girl Missing.
 Pearl Ferguson, aged fifteen years, has been missing from her home in Danbury since Thursday, and her present whereabouts is unknown. Miss Ferguson, who is, pretty and looks much older than she is, has wan dered from home several times before and since she >was small child has had a fever for running away.
 Dies of Injuries
 John Casey, a laborer, died at the Danbury hospital, Friday afternoon, as the result of injuries which he re- ceived early in the morning when he was struck by a north bound freight train at Georgetown station. His left foot had been severed and his left knee was badly crushed. These in juries added to the shock which he received and his weak condition caus- ed by the great loss of blood were the cause of his death
 A Call to Wilton
 It is reported that call has been extended to Rev. MT. Underwood of Boston, to the pastorate of the Wilton Congregational church, and that the call will be accepted.
 Explosion of Oven.
 An oven exploded Friday evening at the Sanitary bakery, South Norwalk, and besides blowing out the plate glass window in the front part of the store, precipitating Philip Wilhemy to the ground with fearful force and scorch- ing him at every part of his body which was exposed, did other damage which will easily amount to is1,500.
 Mad Dog Killed.
 At Norwalk, Friday, rabies disease seized the young hound belonging to George w. Spicer. The animal was tied with chain, when taken with the attack, and it was necessary to shoot it. ..
 Norwalk's Town Tax
 A town tax of nine mills on the dol lar was levied by the Norwalk Town Board of Estimate and Taxation. Fri day evening This is an increase of of last year, and is due to the fact that the board decided, upon advice of counsel, to appropriate $5,000 to pay for State road repairs which were made by State Highway Commission CT Macdonald, and that a State road tax of s12,000 was appropriated.
 Pulling Lobster Pots.
 Pulling lobster pots in the fog and robbing them and their owners of the contents must stop, declare both the fishermen and Game Warden Wilbur F. Smith, The first trial and con- viction for this offense this season took place Friday in Darien, when Frank Burden was fined the costs in the case amounting to s7.S1 Game Warden Smith reports that the pulling of lobster pots and the theft of the contents is carried on all along the coast, especially on foggy mornings, and that he intends to stop the prac- tice