The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-12
FIRE CHIEF HUDSON
 FORGOT HIS FEES
Stratford Clubs to Have Bowling
 Tourney. STAMFORD

STAMFORD
 Special to The Far1ner.)
 Stratford, Dec. 12-George A. Porter of the Casino has purchased from G. as a trophy for the winning team in the coming bowling tournament. Eight teams have already entered in the contest which begins next Monday night The teams represent the Red Men, Odd Fellows, Outing Club, Tax payers Improvement Club, Nut Nut Club, Ramb1ers. Ddngbats and the
 Bremen. All players are requested
 to visit the alleys next Sunday morn
 ing and adopt rules for the govern ment of the contest and to arrange
 lanGsomest ever competed for in a bowling contest in this vicinity. It is of silver and elaborate in design
 and atnentation. With it's ebony height. It will become the absolute
 property of the club having the high
 est score The first game in the con test will take place next Monday night when the two teams who are. drawn at the meeting Sunday morning will
 play Four games will be rolled every week until the contest is decided Yesterday afternoon there was a large attendance of ladies at the alleys, and plans were made to organize a ladies, league. In the future ladies will bowl every afternoon. The sport has taken
 the fancy of ladies prominent in local
 society and it is expected that at least half of the time at the alleys l will be devoted to the gentIer sex. Chief Alan Judson of the. fire de-
 partment was summoned to Bridge
 port yesterday morning to testify at Jennie Cayalieri. The chief had a leave of absence for three hours and when his time expired he disregarded the orders of the detectives and came Ind bod loft hi post here for. a year and a half, and Bridgeport had hanged 50 since his last visit that the chief felt like a lcat in a strange garrett He was so fanxious to return to his post that he forgot to draw down his witness fee, l a, thing heretofore un1lea-rd of in the case of Stratford witness.
 | On Saturday l.. E. Peck, editor of 1.-the Stratford Times, will leave for 1 Wilmington, Del, where he wil pur- chase a. plant consisting of presses. l tabfish a first class newspaper and job office in etfne town and will then | the trouble entaired by having his work done out of town. This move should establish the success of the paper. The enterprise of the editor of ing prompt recognition. The essay
 contest instituted by the Times end l ed with the presentation of the prizes. 1 Catherine Russell daughter of Mir.
 and Mrs Daniel Russell. in the High
 school, first year, won the gold watch offered by G. w. &Fairchild 6 Sons for 1 awarded 0 Stanley Curtis, Carrie Chap man, Fred Viner,, Russell Hoyt and I Helen Dunbar Rev N. Ellsworth 1 Cornwall, Rev. Dr. B. N. Packard and
 and they were called on to examine l over sixty productions.
 A number of local fireanen went to l Milford last night to assist at the fire
 at Silver Sands. The party was taken ,: to Athe scene by Supt- Chapman, who
 came over in a special car. The local I ffremen rendered valua ble assistance
 and filled in the spots where they l were needed most. Several were de
 tailed by sSupt- Chapman to look out I for the trolley wires which were down Eand prevent people from inj l1u'y 1 through contact with the live wires Mrs. Frank Patterson of King street
 has charge of the afternoon whdsts of Mary Silliman Chapter, D. A. R.. this
 season. At the session held yester- day in Odd Fellows hall, Bridgeport, 1 35 tables were in play and the affair people who won prizes were Mrs. w. f B. Bristol. Mrs D. l.. Rhoades, Mrs
 Frank Patterson and Mrs. Frank Hanson.
 l Miss Julia Honey, who was taken
 to the Bridgeport hospital to receive treatment for the terrible burns re-
 ceived recently while cleaning gloves l with gasoline, is recovering and her i'm provenent is satisfactory to her
 physicians @
 Patrick Kennedy, who was shot by I his denented son three weeks ago, has fully recovered. The ball sent
 into his body is lodged in the muscles of the back and is expected to make Inc further trouble. MT. Kennedy re-
 fused to go to the hospital and pre- 1 ferred to remain at home under treat
 ment by his physician, Dr. H. M.
 Clapp. The physician regards the 1 case as remarkable in many ways. 1 A new electric switch has been in
 stalled by Supt. Chapman at the juno 1 tain. It is now possible for motor I men to thraow the switch in any de- 1 sired position without leaving the 1 platform The new route by which tears run through from Paradise Green to Fairfield every ten minutes is giv- ling much satisfaction here.
 1 The proof sheets of the cartoon to l appear in this weeks edition of the
 Times may be a vision of the future not so very, very far remote as in
 of shang Wheeler, represents Presi- dent Fred Eh1os of the Bridgeport Board of Trade gazing -wistfulIy at the
 future Stratford filled with smoking
 of residences -fIt looks good to me- 1 is the caption, Eof which. sentiment l there can be no doubt.
 A big attendance is promised for the 1 opening game of the Rambler basket | ball team at the Auditorium this ev- I who are to oppose them, are a. strong I team and the game will be close.
 1 Two son of William Richardson. o1 fJohnson avenue are suffering from serious injuries, one from the bite of
 a neighbor's, dog, and the other from
 a fall which resulted in a broker
 collar bone.
 
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