The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
STAMFORD
IS TIT A RUNAWAY MATCHo

IS TT A RUNAWAY MATCH: Stra tford, Feb. 28.-Last evening l large touring car belonging to Kirk ( Go. of New Haven stopped at Tuttle'S 1 drug store and young man alighted, asked for q drink of water and then | asked where he could find a Presby- | terian minister. He was told that he 1 could not find one in this town but if 1 a Congregational one would do, he | lived a few streets away. "Oh, he will do just as wel,' was the young mans reply and he re-entered the car and away they rode towards Rev. pr. Packard's home on Judson Place | When asked about the matter this
 see the couple.
 Mrs. A. L. WakeIee is very i'll at her
 home on White street At first it was thought to be just a slight cold but yesterday it became worse
 Mrs. Chester Donaldson who has been i'll at Bridgeport hospital for the past six weeks is slowly improving. ] Six weeks ago Mrs. Donaldson gave | birth to o-a baby girl and since that time she has been in a very dangerous condition
 The Taxpayers Improvement Club
 have received challenge from the | captain of the Red Men to play a i pinochle tournament. The same rules 1 to be carried out as in the recent one
 with the fire department.
 MT. B. G. Lynch of Broadbrldge | road who was cutting brush in John I sons woods a few days ago, was very l badly poisoned about the face and l arms with poison ivy. MT. Lynch did | not notice the vine at the time or l feel any effects of it until two days
 later. When he awoke one morning he could not open his eyes or move his arms. He will be unable to go | to work for a long time.
 It is up to the voters of Johnson | avenue and California street to get l busy and have entered in the call ot | the adjourned town meeting a re- | quest for an appropriation to repair Booth and California streets. The | seIectmen have said they will go to
 work as soon as they get the money | to do so. If these streets are put In | order they would come in the district
 of the mail delivery at once.
 l The work of the Hunting road
 school is not progressing as fast as was expected, owing to the cold | weather MT. F. Beckwith is sure he l will be able to have 1t ready for the | fall term Some of the members o1
 the school board still say an addition will have to be made to the Washing l ton school this fall.
 | E. H. Rideout, one of the local ice- men, has just finished filling the Peck ice house. MT. Rideout states that | this is the poorest harvest of ice in a
 number Of years. lie VIII nave to 1In-
 port most all of the ice this year.
 The fire laddies are performing a
 sort of an Eva Tanguay act. Tues
 day, March at their monthly meet ing they are going to have a chicken
 supper. ''I don't care" is the spirit
 now.
 At the mass meeting at the Lyric
 theatre on Sunday, March at three | o'clock, Dr. Anna H. Shaw will be heard on woman suffrage. Dr. Shaw
 is the president of the national league | This will be one of the greates'
 speeches ever made on wonen's Suf- frage in this state.
 It has been suggested by some o1 the voters that the trial tomorrow
 morning be held in the town hall i1l-
 stead of the town clerks office as it
 is impossible for the crowd to get | standing room in the small room. In the large hall every one who cares to | be there can have a seat and here
 after when we have important cases | why not use the large room?
 A mum Der of local Red Men attend ed the "oId home night" at the hunt ing grounds of the Wowompon tribe in Bridgeport last Wednesday even ing. They all report never had such
 8 night"