The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-10
Fairfield County News
A New church Building

a New Church Building
Plans are now in the hands of an.
architect for g. new church building
for ST. Stephens Episcopal church of
Ridgehe1d- 1t viii be erected on the
site where the present rectoPy stands
and the present rectory will be NOV
ed back to the end of the lot and will
be occupied by the rector and his
family until new reotory is built on
the site where the present church
stands They will be of stone and
eventually there will be q parish
house built of stone in place Of the
present one.
For Hunting on Sunday
John Trasora, of Noroton Heights,
was fined $14 and costs, in all
amounting to $31, Monday, for hunt
ing on Sunday. Trasaro was caught
by Game Warden Finch. in the woods
Sunday morning, carrying his gun.
Trasaro said in court that he was
merely testing his gum but later
pleaded guilty to the charge.
Very Unusual Skid.
One Of the most unusual skids on
record occurred about 4 a. m. Tues
day on the Post road, at Stamford:
when large touring car owned by
A. N Carpenter of Norwich got out
of control The car is reported as
having whirled around three times,
finally landing in the gutter Tho
rear wheels jumped up on the e,n-
bankments otherwise the car would
have turned over sideways. The rain
had made the Warrenite pavement
slippery. A broken wheel and dam
aged motor were the chief results of
the accident.
Postofffces and Customs offices
The official list of postoffices where
customs officers are stationed mas
been revised by the postoffice DEPART
ment, the following places in Con
necticut being added to the list:
Greenwich, Middletown, NorwallS.
south Manchester and Stamford.
Diphtheria Spreading Yet.
Although every effort is being made
on the part of Health Of1cer A. w.
Klein and his corps of assistants to
stamp out the epidemic of black dfph
iberia which has been spreading rap
idly In East Port Chester, four new
cases developed Tuesday and tbs. chill
dren were hurried to the Greenwich
General Hospital Another death oc-
Cured Monday, that of a little girl
This makes eight in all.
Car on Fire
The car of Albert Hartog, of New
York was burned Tuesday afternoon
the Post road near Darien- In some
way the exhaust back fred and set
FIRE to the car and for time there
was a big blaze and the whole car was
on ire It was later extinguished by
u1EL ana N8CSE- IT was found that al
the wooden work had been burned he
yond repair but the engine was all
right apparently
Fobbed by Footpads.
One of the most daring hoIdups
which has occurred in Greenwich in
many years, came to light Tuesday.
when it became known that Mrs VIII
Liam Carroll was held up by two men
The thieves succeeded in getting away
with about $25 in bills, part of the
proceeds of the recent fair held in St
PauIs church, Chenille, and two val
liable rings. Mrs. Carroll was re-
turning from White Plains. One of
the men seized the horse by the bride
while the other jumped in the back of
the wagon and threw a blanket over
her head. After driving about a half
mile, where the woods are very thick
on one side of the road. they stopped
the horse and one Of the men dealt
Mrs CAIRO n a. blow the head knock
ing her unconscious to the floor of the
wagon They then took her money
and rings. One Of these was a ruby
and the other a small diamond. Both
were Wrenched from her fingers. An
attempt was made to remove gold
wedding-ring, but it fitted so snugly
that IL could not be removed. The
thieves then lifted Mrs Carroll out OF
the wagon and hurled her down a If
faanrfaot embankment, and showed the