The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-31
TROUBLES OF FAMILY
 AIRED IN TOWN COURT
F4usb,nd and Wife Arrested For As. sauIting Each Other-Shertff Has
 a Run in Greenfield Hill.
FAIRFIELD

Fairfield. March 31-Assault and battery are the charges which Frank and Mary Kokoslxi, husband and wife, residents of Greenfield Hall will face when arraigned before Justice Bacon WaEnan in the town court. Frank ss held for wife beating and Mary for frouncirg her husband. Strange as it may seem, the male member Of the family is the worse off for the en- counter The KOkoskis had a family su11abble@ Saturday at the height of which the husband gave his better half a shove. She tripped and fell heav- fly to the floor. fingered as she was before the fall, the afternath was still more acidulous. When Mrs. Kokoski fell she put out her hands to break the fall. Unfortunately for Kokosd one of her hands came. in contact with a stick of wood She regained her eQuil- ibrium and began to administer blow after blow upon the poor husbands head Kolcoski was game and took an awful lot of punishment before his knees became wobbly. His injuries were so severe that Dr. c. E. Hyde was called taking several stitches in his scalp. Sheriff Elwood made the ar rests yesterday.
 when Sheriff EIwood left his office Saturday afternoon it was with State Policeman Rowe Wheeler in search of a man in Greenfiled Hill wanted by Wheeler Sheriff E1wood made the Journey at the request of Wheeler who fntimated that he was not in trim for a good run which he expected if his man saw him first. The sheriff In formed Wheeler that even though he was there with the weight his pedals never went back on him. Latest re- ports have 1t that they are still chas- ing their man.
 An inventory of the estate of Ar thur Merwin returned to the probate office shows holdings of over S1o.0OO of which about $6.OOO is represented in real estate The appraisers were s. c. Bradley and c. H. Merw1n.
 The .snapy weather of the past few days has brought out many automo- bilists who have taken advantage or Fsairfield's smooth pavement to at tempt few speed records
 It is about decided now that Fair fields new school house on the Sher- man property will be a construction Of twelve rooms. The building will be fireproof throughout and be modern in every particular The town will do- nate s5o,oOo for the new building put 1t Is believed that when the construc- tion is completed the bills will foot LID considerably obey that amount.
 Mis Katherine Lamb has returned to her home after a. vacation at the Gould home.
 afternoon with Mrs. Harlod Bullard. Miss Carroll, of WaIlingford, spoke Interestingly on the subjeca 'tOra- torio."
 MT. and Mrs. C. o. Jelfffe have left for a stay in Vermont.
 Hoyt Perry has returned to Yale af- ter spending the vacation with his parents, Mir and Mrs. J. H. Perry.
 Mrs. Ashley Howell and daughter, of New York, are the guests of MT. and Mrs Charles Wheeler.
 Mrs F. Cushing and daughter, of New York, are planning to make their permanent residence in Greenfield Hill.
 Miss Mildred Merwin, a student at Cushing academy, is home for the spring holidays.
 me water has been turned on by the hydraulic company for the houses on the beach. This will be the first time that the owners will have the water when they open their houses in the spring, the pipes having been laid last August
 John E. Boyle, chairman of the com rnittees which had in charge the fair of the Holy Name society is to tender the canvassers at the fair a banquet at the Boyle Casino on the beach which wiz be fully completed within a few weeks