The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-07

board which had been nailed over "a
 removed goods valued at about s25o.
 Of these about s1O0 worth have been
 recovered. These were taken a. week
 Norman Farr. who lives in the Mer-
 chant stone house nearby, and by a
 boy named Wood. The quartet were placed on trial Iast Thursday and com for. Boys t6 lrefl1atn da1ring his nipor- fty: and instl1e case of the other three judgment was suspended. Mildred Flarr, aged 13. was placed: in charge of John H. Jennings as probation officer. It appeared that the children did not bery the breaking having been done before they went there. At the Franklin bungalow a shutter was pried open and entrance gained by smashing thoroughIy ransacked, bureaus and four trunks being broken open and the con, contents scattered about; Mrs Mrs.
 that a single article had been stolen. The fntruders were evidently intent on jowelry Or other va1uables and failed .ises of Catherine Dyer, formerly the Charles Mercfla mt place, was also broken open and a few articles of no great value nenaoyed.
 | The work of ,rebuildimg the bridge in Pleasant Valley near the Hoggson residence was begun this tweek by Contractor Kellogg of Danb1lry. The contract price is s9O0 for the structure and $100 for the approaches. The span is to be 25 feet and the drive way 20 feet, the construction consist ing of a concrete arch reinforced with steel Another bridge over the ASpe- tuck, further down the stream, is also to be at once reconstructed, this being the one on the cross road just above and p4anking will be used in replace ment of the worn out materials.
 When John MaIoney of Danbury fin ished last Friday a six months term in Bridgeport jail for stealing a motor car in Danlur,y, he was at once ar- rested by Constable Warner of this town for a brutal and unproWoked as- sault which he and Patrick Dwyer committed last spring upon Fred Cole, an aged resident of the west side Maloney pleaded guilty before Justice Blackman .on Saturday and was fined $5 and costs, the whole amounting to about $35. An appeal to his friends in Danbury for the money with which to pay up proving unsuccessful, he was placed in jail to work out his sen tence.
 Complaints have come to the select men of the dangerously bad condition of certain sections of tn local high being especially emphasized. Moulding in ythe way of repairs eI1as b eenz done since the annual town meeting for the reason that it1was expected that a
 
 and get to work. As the statutes make the sefectmen responsible. for the condition Of the roads the mem bers of the beard feel that they would be neg1ecting their duties if they al lowed the present state of affairs to continue much longer! Unless a sl- pervisor gets busy on the job very soon the selectmen have decided to go ahead with the needed repairs.
 Aaron H. Sanford purchased a Pope Toledo 40 last week from Hanke,> the Bridgeport hat man. Randolph Brad ley and Clarence Andrews have each a new Ford runabout.
 Last Friday evening Clinton San ford gave a Halloween masquerade party which was enjoyed by a numer- ous gathering of his young friends. On Monday evening the pupils of the Sanford school celebrated HaIIowe' en with an entertainment at which most of the participants appeared in Colon bal and other appropriate costumes.
 Secr.etary Plump of the Protective League has sent to the members maps in order that they may mark thereon points where there is special danger of auto collisions so that warning signs may be placed at these locations The League has arranged with. the supply of these signs which will be furnished free of charge ito; those un- dertaking to see that they are prop erly erected. There are good many of these danger points in town and the sooner they are marked the bet ter.
 Miss Tibbets of New York, who re- gently took an option on the Lobster Pot'' place which forms part Of the Mark Twain estate, has decided not to complete the transaction. There is