The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-30
STAMFORD

y5ayborrnaster E. H. Beers has neen Ire of the need of a buoy at oH.., s., 6ersss rocks and has been engaseu AL kTrSfdirr one at his own expense 1oL ~nv,a tirae. The marker IS nov yet ay,1af,ed but will be anchored OH tne
 e~H- coon. The interest which tne h,arborrnaster takes in the rlVeI
 xveIl known and he deserves coIninen- dation for the time %& ana %& Worx ,on1ers- n1 r sinr He has many other plans Mi -r,i,d tp improve the river ana mar Hn1r- and make 1t safar and pleasanter' Tl,ese plans win be worked out l1 +ne fvrfl1re As the harbofma5tef or .ssfr,tford has no appropriation to call A,l,uou at any time money Is necessary fo carry out Improvements his Work s~ har,nexed He can hardly De eX- ,s-eected to invest his own capital w-1ere it will never come baok
 Peu. E, E. BayleS who has occu- ,,>ser5 me pulpit at the Neighborhood Church. for the past two months VIII se-rsr be heard at the evening service ESrT Sunday. Rev. Mfr. BayleS IS an Interesting speaker and has maoe hnany friends in the congTesaSon9., ..9.,.,a
 A hungry bat flew into Tutue s,5vssr etore last night and lodged be- hind the bottles on the prescripuon !~CTln+er. He was driven from his re- treat and flew about the store orlV3ns rhe inmates to cover ana cnasinS Dr.
 
 Park who was once the champlon E,sSebali ulayer of the town appeared k,-iF11 .an fnprovised bat and batteo Eh1F hat a bat which sent him across khe street and into Plumb & Bartram s kront door. ..++ A,,at lsst night and for the first time sn months Senator Stiles Judson was nre~eut The preSence of the peer Hess leader revived the spirits of the sdespairing politicians who had aDout given up the battle in this town. sen S+or Tudson,s personal popularity is a hol1t the only capital the commit .SeA has to work upon in this cam !nari A big town debt with nothing fo Rshow for it, poor roads, poorer school houses and general dlssatis- Factior all along the line is giving the 10 Ennhncan town committee the 1oligheSt problem it has encountered ,5,5rinr it's existence of half cen fury. The caucus tonight will De hot one if the rank and file or the ~nrne of rrluzziing the voters will be sffacked in a manner which will make nm the whole town. The defection or ss fa11t half the party to the Progress .sfves and the struggle for supremacy lbetUeen the old guard and the voters xviH give it plenty of opportunity TOT work with small prospect of success No one. not even the most earnest and enthusiastic member of the party win deny the widespread dissahsfac- %ion with the manner Tn Wnlcn town -,fFairs have been administered. EV- -.vrvone except the few interested in holding office is demanding a change. rhe caucus this evening will choose AdeIegates to the state, cOngreSSlOnaI and senatorial conventions. UT course 4hese will not affect the local situation but the caucus will serve 10 snow -lr1cr a go in maintaining its hold on the party in the town
 on Sunday, Sept s, Rev. M. J. O'Connor, rector of St. James church sriu present for confirmation by Bish- np Milan the largest class in the his tory of the church. The class will number 150 children and a number of adults. The confirmation service will take place following the high mass at 10:3O. The last confirmation was four years ago when there was n large class. The church Is increaS- sng in membership and at wonder 5ul rate and is enjoying the greatest prosperity of its career
 Editor Peck of the Times has an saounced a contest which will be a great incentive to the boys and girls sof Stratford. He proposes to give aorizes for essays on Stratford. The ssIarpymen of the town will act as judges and there will be an oppor- TtInity for the high school students so demonstrate the profit in main feining such an institution here or otherwise.
 'Snliler'' wark while at his work Rs toolrnaker at the Ashcroft shop in Bridgeport yesterday accidentally ran A steel wire into his left hand. The wire ,pentrated the muscles several Inches and made a painful wound which will lay him up for an inde- Finite period.
 In defiance of thU orders of the keIectmen who have iberally posted khe town forbidding bicycle riding on khe sidewalk the practice is still com fnon- Aa lady counted P violators pf this law, mostly adults on the eidewalk on Main street one day last W eek This lady asked one of the rren if he did not know that he was violating the law. His answer was, SsOh. hell about the law" Among the kiolators are. several town officials. The town has been posted with anti Sidewalk riding notices for years and a former prosecutor rode directly un- der one posted on a tree in front of alis hours for years. So much for the law in Stratford under the present ad- sniuietration.
 The formation of the East End Inn movement club has been announced end its aim seems to be from pub kished accounts to drive the manage ment of the Stratford Inn from this town There are other places in the shphMitK KAieR a.Rsad Athe attention of