The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-05
Fairfield County News
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 Freaks of Lightning.
 otrce every seven years Bsnjamin hisa by being struck by Nghtnins. His first experience was fourteen years aEU Tn his home when q bolt gave him a good bite Seven years later he was working in Ridgefeld and again lightning took him for a eIa or naace ws altt,nn in his .nf the electric fluid struck him in the left leg leaving a mark the size of a saucer.
 I1ishtning did considerable damage Thursday at tfs residence of George Prank. in stamford. Several holes ,sy were wss nsrt in ths reof ana aa the d cni s siderable damage on. the home Of 4: B. Levy. The eap6ia oh the top of the. house was wrecked, eritAi1in4 damage of $200. one piece of wood from the carola was driven through the main root below. Several win dows were broken by dying splinters. first floor and knife with which sl1e was cutting meat was dashed from her hand.
 More Motorists in Court.
 Tn the Greenwich Borough court, Friday, John R. Johnson of Green wich,. Clarence Vail of Brooklyn and Harold L. Free of Tarrytowf1 were each fined $1 and costs for operating their cars without having the engines nuffled. On Saturday. for the same ffsnssh M e Dom sf nsr Sr RoSEy Rs qpn. M. Day of Scarsda1e, and William Matthews Of Greenwich, were each lined $1 and costs.
 Rodney Rowefl, 1s years Of age, was ArraiEned before Judge YounD. in the Stamford city court, Monday. He was fined $10. without costs. on one the muffler cut out.
 Danbury's Equal euffrasists.
 DAnbury now haS afi equal franchise league, a live branch of the Connecti- cut s1 State e. LeaSs,s; eE, The 1i league as;, has dent, Mrs. T. Clark Hull; vice presi- dent, Mrs. Gilbert Hornef; secretary, Mrs. George 4. Romans; treasurer and chairman of the program com- fnittee, Miss Mary E.. Andrews, chair man of the executive board, pr. so- phia Penffeld.
 verdict Set Aside.
 After trial lasting six days. a jury in the Supreme court in New York re- turned q judgment of s6000 for Ma ti1da Civetti, of DAnbury, in her suit against the American Matters and Purifiers corporation. but the court set against the weight of evidence. The girl, who is now twenty years old. sustained severe injuries at the cor- poration's factory in Danbury six years ago when her hair was caught in shafting and sine was scalped. Miss Civetti. at the time of the accident, was wearing her hair down her beck, in disregard of q rule forbidding the girls to do so. The revolving shaft became electrified, drewn her hair by attraction and completely scalped the girl, injuring her face and ifnpairing her vision and hearing.
 Deer Did Damage.
 A large buck deer was shot we'd nesday morning by Robert Chatterton of New Fairfield, who found the Afti- mai causing considerable damage in his rye field. He immediately noti- fled Deputy Game Warden Sidney H. ing with Assistant WNrden Augustine Beebe The wardens found the deer had been Killed legally, with q Win. chester pump shot gun tt sixty-dve paces According to law, the ~carcASs is the property of MT. Chattst,ton.
 An Alleged sauattsr.
 Constabis shsrer of Darien has served papers ot attAchfntzat for 4ls- 900 agA1ns0t William H. FhirhAnlk6 in favor of Martha T. sSeileck. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant is a squatter, having tHkeif polseAsion of certain lands ownsd by the plAintiff from Sands selleck and has war ranty deed for the same. It is al- legged that for the past twenty-five years the plaintiff has had possession of the land and claimed ownership and that last month, MT. FairbAnks entered this n,ssrte ssrip os land ra and dis ts stone fence. He then ploughed the land and deposited a large quantity Of stones and other materials on the right of way. depriving the plaintiff of the use of this right of way and thereby damaging her to the amount
 His License Returned.
 Secretary of State Rogers has made public his finding in the case of G. B TailmadEe of south Norwalk. Tkllnadse on April 1 ran into a wagon near Cos Cob. and on his return trip lost control of his and left the road, being stopped by an intervening building. Secretary Rogers finds that TAtmadEe was to blame for both accidents and. that the circumstances were such as to warrant a temporary suspension of nis license as an operator. Since he his license on April 1, the sscretAry directs that it be returned to him, but sends a warning to the sftect that, in case of further acci- !. Tents, the accidents described above AA s<sA A< as xf-. A nation of him as a driver.
 x, Supt. of Schools.
 Ira T. Chapman Of Mfllbury, Mass. $ booked to be the new town super ntendent of the Norwaik schools, his 'alary to be $2,s00. with an additional 200 for transportation expenses.
 Jumps Into Creek.
 August Johnson, teamster, 55, was Aiken into custody at Greenwich, Sun lay, after he had attempted to drown airnaelf near the Belle Haven pier.