The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-24
Fairfield County News
Losses By Fire.

house was burned to the ground The building was owned by Henry Starr. The loss is estimated at $3,000. The cause of the fire is not known but it is supposed to have started from the kitchen stove or the chimney.
 A barn owned by Charles H. Brun- dage, who lives on the Lake Kenosia road, was burned Friday afternoon. A bucket brigade saved the house. and about sixty valuable chickens were burned, together with several The loss is estimated at $3,5OO, part ly covered by insurance.
 Fire at Stamford, Monday, dam aged the two-story frame building pied by Morris Zatkin, tailor, and Dominick Scalzo, fruiterer and con fectioner. The damage will amount to about S1,SOO, and is partially in sured. The cause was a bottle of gasoline being spilled over a lighted gas stove. MT. Zatkin was engaged CT near gas stove, with a bottle of gasoline in his hands, and as he made a motion to pour some of the gaso- line ever a garment, few drops fell shoot up into the bottle.
 Cases in Bankruptcy.
 Joseph Perl, a baker in Danbury has filed a netition in bankruptcy His of this amount SS,413.4S is unsecur ed. His assets are listed at $3,725-50.
 New York creditors of Samuel Sig Ter, who conducts a dry goods and mems furnishing store in Greenwich, has filed a petition that Sigler be ad- Indicated bankrupt.
 Whitford, hat manufa cturers, of Dan bury, have been adjudicated bank ruptS. The schedules show co-part- nership lia bilities of S5,629.12 and of this amount $4,03254 is unsecured The assets of the co-partnership are listed at $1,250. J. Arthur Whitford has unsecured liabilities of $13189 has unsecured liabilities Of $20.96 and no assets.
 For State Roads.
 Brookdeld has voted to appropriate S10,Oo0 for state road construction. It is probable that the money, or as much of it as may be required for the purpose, will be expended for the improvement of the main highway between Brookheld Junction and Brookfeld Center, and a portion of the main route between Brookheld Center and Danbury. It is probable state will extend the Brookfeld-New Milford trunk line to the Danbury town line
 Bethel has voted t6 expend $2O,Ooo on road improvements within the next two years.
 Legacy For Greenwich Women
 In the Probate Court at New Ha- ven, last week, James Woodward Hemingway was appointed admins trator on the estate of Sarah Maltby Morris, who died recently in East Haven. As no will was found, the estate. valued at s125.O 900, will be nearest kin, who are Miss Sarah Isa- belle Woodward, of New Haven, a niece: Mrs. Emily Maltby Copp of Greenwich, a niece; and Mrs. Alice MaItby Townsend, of Greenwich, a niece. Mrs. Morris was 92 years of age at the time of her death. The most of the property left by her is in gilt edge securities.
 House For Gen. WOodford.
 A farm of seventy-six acres owned has lately been sold to General Stewart L. Woodford, of New York. There is an old house. on the prop erty that has revolutionary history. General Woodford will make eXten- sive improvements in the property and will occupy the old house. It is lords nephew. Frederick c. Tanner, has purchased the farm adjoining which belonged to the estate of of fifty acres With it MT. Tanner secured eight more acres from Hen ry Mills. It is expected that he also will make elaborate improvements
 Game Birds Starving.
 The decision of the Fish and Game commission to furnish feed for quail and other game birds during the win ter seems to have been wise one in view of the result of investigation Thursday. They secured a quantity of food from Deputy Game Warden Wilkins and going over some accus- toned hunting grounds found several fiocks of quail which appeared to be starving and also a flock of Hungar- ian cartridges. The cartridges as well as the quail were as tame as chickens and when they were fed, eag- erly ate the food, not leaving it when the men approached to within a few feet of them
 Broke Neck Against Tree.
 A valuable horse owned by Timothy manner Thursday night, running against a tree near Huntington Cen Ire and breaking it's neck. John Mo Kay aud Wm. McCloskey were in the sleigh but both escaped uninjured- The horse was going at a fast clip when one of the reins broke and the animal became uncomfortable. It finally swerved from the road and ran full dead instantly It's neck was broken
 Danbury's Grand List.
 The grand list of the town of Dan bury has been completed. The total this year is $10,725,667, or an increase of $280, 1859 over the grand total last year.
 S5.425 For Estate James McKiernan, as administrator of the estate of the late George F. Seller of Norwalk, has received a check for $5,416 from Louis A. Lehmaier. Sill 1 CT was killed In the summer of 1910 by car owned by MT. Lehmaier and | driven by his cha uffeur, Charles Schat- l ger. Suit was brought by the admin l isurator and a decision for the full | was given, but the case was appealed. The Supreme Court held that the decision was right and there l was no further appeal. The money i was paid by a liability insurance com pany in which MT Lehmaier held a pol | icy.
 Westchester Northern. Legal prelilninaries to the construc- l tion of the Westchester Northern rail road from White P aims, W. Y, to Dan l bury, with a. branch line to Brews- 1 ter N. Y, are going forward in New | York state and the expectation is that ! operations northward 1 from White Plains will be commenced | in the near future. Supervisor Rich l ard Mitchell. of Brewster, has just re- 1 ceiv ed from the public service com 1 mission at detailed statement of the l