The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-03
Fairfield County News.

Heavy Fines.
 Judge Lockwood of Norwalk has fined F. $. Bon of New Canaan, a total of $41.29, for speeding, driving on the wrong side of the road and refusing to obey an officers com mand to stop.
 A Freak of Lightning.
 Lightning played a peculiar prank during recent. thunder storm at Danbury when it killed 20 chickens out of a flock and left. the others intact. Charles Peterson was the own CT and they were killed at his poul- try yards. Lightning apparently struck the wire netting of the poultry pens and followed the wire along a perching, Other chickens in the same pen were unhurt.
 Bugs Still Biting.
 Danbury has a plague of unclassi- fled insects. Swellings on the face caused by the bites or stings of the in sects are getting to be a common oc- currence and almost daily the phy- s1cians are called upon to treat some new victim of the insect. In almost all cases the effect at first is similar to that of a mosquito bite, but the swell ing continues until in some cases the eyes of the victims are almost clos ed. The vicinity of the eyes seems to be the spot most sought by the un- welcome stranger. Tn one or two instances people have succeeded in capturing the insect which is thought to be responsible for the painful and it is said to be rather larger than an ordinary mosquito and resembling more nearly a fly, than mosquito. The poison from the bites or stings Of this insect seems possessed of re- markable lasting qualities, and while no cases of serious illness from it's hA AI ~c the people who became victims of the "bug" as much as three weeks ago have not yet got their features re- duced to their normal proportions.
 No Preferred Creditors.
 B. R. Sweet, an electrician in Dam bury, has filed a petition in bank ruptcy. In addition to a long list of creditors. the schedules show that there are three attachments on his fire loss, but none of the attachments was placed prior to four months of the filing of the petition in bank ruptcy. Those who made the attach ments can claim costs and the claims or on which they sued will go in with tt petition dissolved the attachments. The total claims are unsecured, and they foot $6,063.99. The assets foot $3,225.15. A value of $2,021 is plac- ed on sweets StOCk Tn trade, S1,U13 on money due on fire insurance loss, and s131.15 debts due on open account.
 Sold Above Par.
 The committee in charge of the sale of bonds to pay for new school houses and the floating indebtedness of the town of Huntington, has been very successfuLs The enabling act permitted the issue of an amount not to exceed $100,000, and it was voted to make these bonds payable in .wen- ty years from date and to bear 1 E per cent. interest The successful bidder was the firm of Perry, Coffin & Burr, of Boston, the same firm that bid the highest for the $100,- 900 issue by the town in 1908. The price paid for the bonds, of which they take the whole issue, is 100.77 which will net the town the sum of s100,770. Accompanying the bill au- thorizing the same as a proviso which provides for a sinking fund to meet the payment of the bonds on matur- ity. This section orders the setting aside of not less than $3,500 annual ly the same to be held by trustees, for paying the bonds at maturity.
 Roach at Walnut Beach sells the