The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-02
Fairfield County News
Auto Accidents.

Peter Fennell, of Brookfeld. got a shaking up Sunday in Brookfield Iron Works, when MT. Beers car, tried to climb a tree, after it's steering gear had "set.' Neither man was hurt. and the car was not badly damaged. It was found that a cotter pin holding the steering gear had dropped out.
 An auto-delivery truck, recently purchased by Groceryman Walter Stewart of New Canaan caught fire Wednesday afternoon and the maj chine was practically consumed. The truck was driven by David lobe and he states that the machine was afire under the hood and had gained con siderable headway before he noticed It.
 Mrs. MiIbank's Will.
 The will of Ella D. Milbank. wife of Joseph Milbank of Byram Shore has been admitted to probate. To her husband she leaves the residence and household furniture; to her brother, Frank H. Dunlevy, $25,O00; to Elias E. Dunlevy, $25,OO0; to her sons, Dunle- wy and Jeremiah Milbank, $50,000 in trust.
 Johnson Found.
 George Johnson, the colored man who disappeared from his home in Danbury on April 13, has been found near Tam arack woods. The man was extreme ly weak and appeared to be suffering rom exposure. lie was uudUIo lo tell where he had been.
 To Kill Mosquitoes. The South Norwalk board of Trade has decided to take up the work of ridding the district as far east as the T"skeeter" It will cost approximate ly $7.500.
 Night Herons.
 Those persons who have been shoot ing night herons in the vicinity of Bachelors Woods, Sound Beach, where the birds have started to congregate during the day time, had better be- ware The New York State Audubon Society has called the attention of Connecticut game authorities to this matter, and Fred Seely and Walter Faufel, game wardens, have been in structed to watch the spot. Both the wardens visited the spot Sunday, and about 200 of the herons congregated In the trees overhead. They are mat 1 ing at present, and therefore are more tame than generally. Wealthy per- sons in that vicinity have been shoot ing the birds, and having them stuffed. Losses by Fire.
 The saw and grst mill formerly own ed by S. S. Ray mond burned to the ground at Talmadge Hill. New Canaan | been used for an ice-house for mum Der of years but had been vacant for | the last year or SO.
 At Stamford, Sunday night, a barn owned by w. A. Tallmadge was de- stroyed by fire. One horse was suf- located, Max Davidoff was the lessee | of the barn, and says his loss will foot up to about SLIGO. It is partially coV- cred by insurance.
 Fire destroyed the home of Mrs. Celia Beeman, in the Pembroke dis l trict, Danbury, Thursday afternoon. The fire broke out in the kitchen. About half of the furniture on the first floor was saved, the remaining ! furnishings in the house being totally l destroyed The loss is said to be cov- cred by insurance.
 l The dwelling house and a large barn
 on the farm of Oliver w. Starr in Bea- | yer Brook district, Danbury were de- stroyed by fire Thursday evening. The 1 two barns. one in which the horses were housed and the other cattle barn, were practically annexed to the house. The men rescued the horses.
 Mir. Starr estimates his loss at about l g, 900 and he had about s3,000 insur- | ance.
 l Telephone Exchange for Wilton. At a Wilton town meeting, Satur- l day, it was voted, by 28, to IA, to ac-
 .cept the telephone company's offer of 1 an exchange for the town. The com
 pany's representative stated that the SIS service on party lines with from | 4 to 6 on a line would remain. The | rate to business houses would be SPA; limited service, $50 and private wires S36. The tolls from South Norwalk l which are now free would be Sc; two
 number calls,'' 10c; from New Canaan and Fairfield, 10c as at present ;Rridge-
 field 1Oc, instead of 15c; Bridgeport 15o as at present and Danbury 15c instead | of the present righ rate of. 25c. Will
 tons subscribers to what is known as .the SIS service number 128, supplied by 15 wires, or an average of 8 1-2 to each wire, but the distribution Is sc
 unequal that while sdme wires have but some have 13. Six of these wires have a total Of 67 subscribers, or al most one-half of the total number with an average of over II to a wire, while the other nine carry but 61 subscrfb- CTS, or less than to a wire. |I Brooks Shy of Trout.
 While a few good catches of trout have been reported in the vicinity ot
 Danbury since ~the law came off, the first of the month. the great major ity of the sportsmen who have gone out looking for the fish have come back disappointed, most of them get
 ting none at all. The reason is that practically all of the open brooks have T been fished out.