The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27
NEWTOWN

NeWtown, Aug. 27-Henry Hunt went
 on business trip to New Milford last ing Monday and Tuesday.
 Elliot Northrop of Stepney spent
 Sunday with his uncle and aunt, MT. and Mrs. L. R. Skidmore. JUSTICE M'CARTHYS COURT. Constable Thomas Carlson arrested l James Clark of Zoar Monday and took him to the lookup. Tuesday he ap-
 peared before Justice F. H. Mccarthy and was arraigned on the charge of abuse of wife and family and tried 1 for the third case of the kind against him. The judgment was giulty and he | was fined $5 and costs of court and
 sent to Bridgeport jail for fifteen days. 1 Attorney w. J. Beecher appeared for | the state and Grand Juror Harry Mad | igan signed the papers. The accused had no counsel.
 1 LOST VALUABLE COW. | Representative B. T. Hook lost a
 valuable Holstein heifer last week It wandered into the disused roadside well just beyond EU Greenblatt's on Botsford Hill and was dead when | found. It looks as though the town 1 is liable for the loss, being remiss l in not filling the well in or covering | it's mouth securely. The heifer was going to pasture at the time of the
 accident, and, consequently no neglect or want of due care on the part Of the owner is alleged. The heifer was pure bred and entitled to registry.
 Miss Catherine sheehan went with her aunt Mrs. Charles Miller of
 Bridgeport Monday evening for
 weeks sojourn in Rrookf1e1d with her
 grandfather, William O'Hare. Miss Jennie Kelly of the local te1e- phene office who is at St. Mary's hos pital, Waterbury, is improving so
 much so that the hospital physicians promise to permit her return this week end
 Mrs. Leo Braun of New Haven is
 with her mother, Mrs. M J. Kelly, Main street. for the week. Cards have been received by friends in town from Eric Nelson postmarked
 Salt Lake City, and the Colorado | Grand Canyon, while en route to his
 California destination.
 OPINION ON THAW CASE. James Madigan, who is engaged in yond Brattleboro, is spending a weeks S vacation with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Henry Madigan of the burough. Sherbrooke, Canada, is only a dozen miles from the scene of his opera tions, and Saturday he in company with a reporter for a Bratt1eboro news paper, went to the shire town of Can ada now so. much in the lirnelight and saw Harry Thaw promenading the
 jail enclosure accompanied by two guaFQS. kAlOnappQ1S was I1OL 4SdA OO by the authorities evidently. MT
 Madigan aff1rms that public sentiment in both Canada and Vermont is over whe1mingly in favor of Thaw and
 predicts that Governor Fletcher of Vermont, will never turn Thaw over to New York
 Mrs J J. Northrop took a trip to
 Bedding recently visiting her friends,
 MT. and Mrs. B. P. Sanford. Her physicians are delighted and predict
 Mrs. Northrop's early return to TO- bust health, 8 ~-consummation her friends ardent1y desire. Mrs. John Whalen now of Bridge port, but formerly of Hawleyville, is
 paying a visit to the old home and
 friends this week.
 Mrs. B. L. Pillow who has been a
 guest of MT. and Mrs. George w.
 Stuart, returned to her home in Nor
 walk, Sunday night.
 ST. ROSES PARTY. The whist, entertainment and dance by the young ladies of the Sodality of the Children of Mary of St. Roses church will take place at St. Mary's
 hall, Sandy Hook, on the night of Labor Day. A good time is assured
 all who attend The committee of ar engagements are Misses Margaret E.
 Keane, Julia KiIbride, Mary Grove and
 Helen Keane. Admission will be 35
 cents. The advance sale of tickets be- tokens success.
 s. Carlton Hubbel1 is helping out at the post office this week while Assist ant Postmaster Rodney Shepard is en-
 toying his vacation.
 Mir and Mrs William Hard of Berk-
 shire had as recent guests, Mrs. J. B.
 Bedient and son of Norwalk.
 Daniel J. Keane of New Haven, who
 is sophomore at Yale College, is
 spending a weeks vacation with San
 dv Hook and Newtown friends