The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-11-14
Fairfield County News
A. Fine Fruit Farm.

The farm Of L. H. Warvexe & Son
of Cannon was the winner of a large
mum Der of prizes for the best exhibit
ton of apples at the Danbury fair
This seasons crop amounted to nearly
1 1000 barrels. All of the latest meth
DDS are used in the orchard and the
result is an extra fine crop of fruit.
They are large growers of ounces,
years, peaches and other small fruit
Silk Weavers on Strike.
About $50 weavers employed at the
g. BIumenthaI silk mills in Shelton
struck Wednesday afternoon for a re-
ad justin ent Of the wage scale. They
represent that up to within short
time they had work on which they
could average between SO and 81 a day.
After that the quality of the material
given them was such they could not
make so much. They presented de-
mands for a readjustment a few days
ago, but were refused and all dis
charged Subsequently with the ex-
ception of about a score all were re-
instated. Since then they have formed
a union and renewed their demands
and on being refused, left the mill.
They are practically all non-$English
speaking operatives
New Summer Resort.
Great Marsh, that section of low
land forming the west chop of West
port HdTOOT, Is " OS COANciL So 4A4LO q
summer colony. That which is now a
deserted barren point, marshy in the
center, but with sandy shores, is to be
set off by a fine road and rows of cot
tages running it's entire length It re-
manned for H. E. Damn and E. Parmly,
Jr., NorwaIk real estate agents, to dis
cover the treas res of this tract Of
land. The section is one and three
quarters of a mile long and includes As
acres.
Touring Car Burned.
A Columbia touring car owned by
Harry Bounty of Stamford was prac-
tfca11y destroyed by fire Tuesday eve
ming. It was valued at about $500.
Backf1ring set it afire. Harry Bounty
had come in with the car, which he
loft running while he went for the key
the machine ablaze4 Partly insured
Named as Trustee.
George r. Murray of Greenwich has
been appointed trustee of the Connect
icut Hospital for the insane by Gov
ernor Baldwin, to I'LL out the term
caused by the resignation of James ].
Gregory Of Norwalk.
Rejoicing in New Road.
Residents of Rfdgefeld as well as
autoikts in neighbortng sections are re-
joicing in the completion of a new
South Salem which has just been
thrown open. The road is of bithu-
1ithic and has been built in a smost
substantial manner. It extends all the
way to the New York State line, where
it meets excellent roads leading
through Westchester county.
Illegal Shooting of Deer.
William Bedient of Weston and Will
liam Hill of Westport have become
mixed up with the law as the result
of a f1ve-point buck deer being shot in
Weston Tuesday afternoon by MT. Be-
dent. Bedient is between sixty and
seventy years of age. Hill is about
thirty The older man admits having
shot the deer and denies that Hill had
anything to do until after the deer had
been shot. The discovery of the killing
of the deer was made by officer Bryan
H Silk and Oscar F. Schu1tze who
were out hunting. Mr.. Silks dog point
ed the deer carcass, still warm, COW
cred with leaves.
Divorces Granted.
In the Superior court at Danbury,
Wednesday, two uncontested divorce
cases were heard. Beatrice Hubbard
was granted a divorce from Wilbur
Hubbard on the ground of desertion.
The custody of the two minor children
Allen was granted divorce from The
odore Allen on the ground of habitua
intoxication and cruelty.