The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-14
Fairfield County News
Destruction of sioop.


 The auxiliary sloop Henrietta, of the Bayside Yacht Club, Frank Purcell, owner, caught fire off the Stamford Yacht Club, Sunday, and was sunk to save it from complete destruction.
 Fire destroyed the meat market owned and maintained by Kalpin x Tryriva at Stamford on the. ground floor of a, four story brick building, owned by Michael Iskra. Saturday morning. at 2:29. The loss is estimat- ed at $1,600. It is covered by insur- ance The origin of the fire is un- known.
 Auto Accidents. A stearns automobile, owned by Jas, Farrell. who is occupying the Nichols residence at Rock Ridge, Greenwich, collided with. small delivery locomo- bile belonging to John y. Racket, sat urday. Both cars were damaged badly.
 rested in Norwalk at midnight on Wednesday on the charge of driving an automobile recklessly and also TOT refusing to stop when ordered to do m to Danbury D from RidgeAeld and had taken in two women. The party ap- peared to be out for joy ride. The car is said to have been running at a speed estimated at forty miles an hour.
 Inf New York, Friday Judge Chas. B. Burnes of the Greenwlcn n .Borougn e1, Seventh Avenue. the previous day.
 Mad Dog Killed. Another mad dog was killed at New Canaan recently. Doe Bartels was called to take care of a, dog which was bitten by the mad animal. The mad a. coach dog.
 Enlargement Necessary. The State Tuberculosis sanitarium al corann is at present filled to it's ut- most limit with patients, there beine | 1O2 now at that institution. Las! week four patients were discharged as being. well on the way to recovery and the institution is fulfilling its mls' sion as more cases of the curaDte na' | ture are sent to 1t. It IS mercy ouestion of how far the disease mas advanced whether it can or cannot oe cured and this is being more and more understood, and cases are De- l ing sent here at earlier stages ano these are reaping the benefits of tht treatment. Since it's opening the ln- | stit,rtion has cared for 4S0 eases.
 Gas Company Sold. Practically all of the stock of the Danbury and Bethel Gas and Eaec' | tric Light company has been sold tc a syndicate of out of town capital ists. probably men connected with the l limited Gas Improvement company, the l huge corporation that controls and op- crates gas and electric lighting plants 1 in New Haven, Waterbury, South Norwaak and elsewhere in Connecti- l cut. The company is capitalized TOT $500 900. The purchase price was. $ot | e The total transaction is said to amount l to about $800,000.
 1 Huntington Pastor Resigned.
 Rev T. A. stansfield, rector of St Paups church, at Huntington Centre has resigned, the resignation to take | effect Sept. 1. It is thought that Rev l Stansdield will take a position in the west, under the charge Of Bishop Johnson, he having several calls from that section of the country 1 After Puts Hill. 1 The Borough of Greenwich will in. stitute condemnation proceedings tt | of Puts Hill where General Israei Putnam made his famous dash or horseback to escape capture by the l British. The present road is marrow and the borough wishes to widen it. l Victim of Train Accident. 1 Mrs E. J. Ethier of Stamford wal among those fatally injured in tht wreck of a Boston-to- Cohasset trair on the New Haven Railroad.
 Greenwich Home Robbed.
 Complaint was made Friday thai some time during Thursday the home of W. J. Martin, between Greenwich and Port Chester, was entered anC robbed. The property taken includ, ed seven pieces of diamond, jewelry l lockets chains and rings, and a lady! ! black dress.
 Not a Deserter.
 Representative HUI has succeeded il