The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
Fairfield County News
Takes charge of Roads. .

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 William T. rvVoOdin. for several years guperintendent of public works in Danbury, received notice of his ap- pointment as superintendent of state roads in Bethel and Bedding. He Is toassume his new duties the first of November. He will have entire charge Bf the state roads, seeing to the repair not only of the roadbed, but of the rails, culverts and bridges.
 Clerical Appointments The Eastern Conference of the Meth odist Rrotestant Church has appoiHted Rev. Harry Req to the new church at Sroton Heights and Rev. Thomas s. Slater of Elizabeth to the pastorate Of the Maple avenue church.
 Danbury Fair Attendance.
 Tuesday. s.s54; Wednesday,. s.1o4; Thursday, 16.7z6; Friday. 21.565; Satur- Hay. 6sS12- Total. 57r2s1-
 Kicked by Horse.
 Jacob Jolske, of still River is a pa tient in the Danbury hospital with a fracture of the frontal bone of his skull His condition is considered unite serious. The accident occurred Monday while Joiske was trading horses with a friend. Jolsze wanted % examine the horses hoofs and pick cd up the left hind foot. AS he did so the animal kicked
 Shot in Hand4
 In Georgetown Friday Lew Barrett shot the driver of an automobile in the hand MT. Barrett had been out hunting with his dog and when re- turning an automobile nearly killed 1he dog The owner of the dos, shot at the driver of the car, striking him an the hand. MT. Barrett was arrest
 4 Broken Bone
 Andrew J. Bowman of Weston re- gently went to his barn and while Fldnbing a ladder to the hay mow, the ladder gave way and Mir Bowman was Ahrown to the floor, breaking a bone In his hip.
 Water Rates Unchanged.
 The public utilities commission has nenied a petition of New Canaan resi- dents for the lowering of the rates of The New Canaan Water company.
 AiIkman Has Disappeared
 Charles H. Brown. of Norwalk, a pnilkman, has disappeared from home. and all efforts to locate him up to the present writing. have been fruitless hfr. Brown left home on an afternoon of last week. He had been in ill health for Some time, the strain of bhesreoent typhoid fever scare and oth-- er p1xsfneSE, troubles having brought pm an attack Of . malignant disease (which has troubled him in the past.
 AutornobiIe Events.
 
 Two autos crashed near the Danbury Fair Grounds wednesday afternoon hwhen a car driven by a Bedding au- toist col1ided with the public auto urivsn by Andrew Demond with such Force that one of the lamps on the Demond auto was smashed, and one Df the front wheels on the Redding auto was damaged. While rounding Q corner Demond came in sight of the Bedding automobile, which was on the wrong side Of the load. Demond turn ed his automobile to the left and just ias he did this the. other automobile burned towards him. Demond, 4zof- perving that the other automobile had kurned towards him, again turned back Ito the right side of the road, thus iavoid1ng a head-on collision As the Iaftair resulted. the Bedding machine Bide swiped Demond's auto.
 Fred Lyons, of New Canaan, riding hfs motorcycle Friday at a fast clip,s Fan into Irving Lockwcod's large mo- for truck Lyons head was badly cl1ts and he received another bad gash