The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-27
TROLLEY CAR AND
 HORSES IN MlKUP
Merritt Co. Horse Breaks Legs-An1- uaaI Later Slaot-Board of Seioct-' men Makes Voters To-
 morrow.
WESTPORT

westDort. Sept RIA peculiar ac-
 lctdent in which a. trolley ear ana 8 neam of horses of the Merrftt. -SSo9- .struction Co.,, figured haRpened We'd tuesday afternoon in Riverside aveone- The hind leg of one of the horses was 1broken, neoessitating the shooting oG Hhe anima1-
 me trolley in charge of Motorrnan Michael Myers and Conductor Hen ldrtcks had left the rallrosdI sfaaon and was heading for Westport oen-
 ter A double team of horses of the. Merritt Co, who have the oon1rRcC Dor making the road izaProvenaenss, ln hn the same direction. Motorzpan Myers sounded the gong, but evident. by the driver of the team neither saw nor heard the approach of tn ess ca F. for within two oar lengths of the isrolley he turned his horses so that they were brought upon the track. cart The impact snapped the wag- ton pole, causing it to whtrl about and strike the hind leg of the off horse. sank to the ground. So quickly was.
 the car brought to stop that the yother horse was not even. struck K: ! I The impact of the collision threw irhe driver of the team from his
 seat but he landed safely. He was fnot hurt in the least if the eztorr ents lof abuse he threw at the 1oforman in lpartfeular and the trolley company in 1 general can be taken as criterion
 The trolley car suffered the greater. q was greatly bent up and part of thes hrame work smashed. The car had Ito be sent to Bridgeport for repairs krhe wagon sustained a, bent axle. veterinary from South Norwalks .Vvas sent for to treat the horse He Hound that the leg was broken and end his misery. With the consent of the owners the horse was killed Pas.
 sengers on the car witnessed the ac-5 3cident They had heard the loud icIanging of the bell and had arisen to
 ascertain the trouble. ' Sheriff Eli B. Meade who is also auhe dog warden has received orders lfronn Fl. O.. AVerill, state commission Ter that all dogs in the town of West hort, and Wilton must be muzzled on Fand after Sept. 30. The law will be ieffective for three months from that l.late. The warden has been instruct Led by the commissioner to impouDd .and shoot every dog after that date found unmuzzIed. There has been n lorsaer issued within the last few days lcallipg for the muzzling or leaShlng k,f all canines, but this order from the Eco1n1r1issioner is another Sheriff Meade will have to erect pound in his stables for it is almost certain rhat some dog owners will neglect to e,nuzzle their canines. The dogs will be held for a time by the warden ana hluIess claimed will be shot
 The Board of Selectrnen will meet lin the town hall tomorrow from a m. to ?. m-, for the purpose of
 
 FThere were about so '-to be made's z ppeared before the registrars at their keseiOn last week The Selectmen Will [slso enroll all those who have been Residents of the town for the past Exfx months, and of the state for the ka bout 70 names will be added to the Notfng lists this year. Samuel Hubbeli and Thomas Ryan represented Westport at the Congress EfonaI convention in Bridgeport to- 6av.
 woodrow Wilson, Democratic can nIidate for president will speak at the Rrrnory in Bridgeport this evening. fThere are many local politicians who have made arrangements to hear his Ie ddress.
 It is rumored about that Ollie Beers s,f Beers Bros. will open a meat krsa rket in the store recently vacated kby Milton Allen at Bridge street and Riverside avenue
 The Alphabet club will start it's weekly meetings soon, though no def } mite date for the first meeting has Cet been decided
 Joseph Duuffy of Greens Farms has enrolled at the trade school in Bridgeport
 Miss Florence A. Gizer formerly of JGreens Farms but now of Bridgeport haas announced her engag cement to 6~harIes Abercrombie of Bridgeport.
 Talk prevails that the Saugatuck 1 rpost office will be removed from it's | T,resent location to the Smith build l ing at Bridge street and Riverside av- enue-
 Miss Helen Sherwood has resumed 1 her studies at Cooks Academy, Ka- | fona Falls. N. Y-