The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-05
Fairfield County News
wi1ton's Skunk Farm.

Wilton's Skunk Farm. Trappers are taking much interest in Kingsley Birdsa11's skunk farm in Wilton. Early in the summer the young man sent $1O to a man in Penn sylvania who raises skunks, and soon l after a pair of the animals arrived by express. About g. month ago the mother presented six kittens. but two of them died. The other four are
 growing finely, and all No. belts. That is, they are nearly all black, with very little white fur. If they mature, their skins will be worth fully $5 each. The entire family are very tame and are kept in large | wire pen near the house, but do not throw off the offensive odor always l associated with skunks, unless they are trained.
 Raids in BrookfeId. Attorney Charles A. Ha11ock, prose | cutting liquor agent, conducted two suc-
 cessfu1 liquor raids in Brookhe1d Wednesday. The places of Charles
 John and Lorenzo Cachett were visit 1 ed. In both places a quantity of 1i- quor was found. The men conduct l the commissaries for the construction gangs of the railroad at work in that vicinity. Johns place is a freight
 car and an old shack just west of 1 is at the other end of the town. Both I men were arrested. At Johns place four kegs of beer and sixty-two bottles of beer were seized. One keg of beer, forty-four bottles of beer and a 1 gallon of wine were seized at the sec | ond place There were three counts 1 against the men, keeping liquor with 1 intent to sell; selling without Ii- I cense; and selling on Sunday. Both | were found guilty and fined $75 and
 costs. This amounted to s114.55 in
 Johns case and $1Os.40 in the case of Cachetti. Both paid.
 Appointed Instructor. | Theodore H. Beard of Bethel has
 been appointed instructor in New York l University School of Applied Science,
 and has gone to New York to asssEme 1 the duties of the position He will 1 have charge of the testing depart
 ment. MT. Beard was graduated with 1 first honors from this school last
 June.
 Legacy for Mrs Davenport. According to an account printed in
 a New York paper, Mrs. Mary F. Dav-
 enport, wife of James B. Davenport of Stamford, receives, under the will of 1 her sister-tn-1aw, Mrs. Orra c. Free
 man, who died in New York, July 27,
 the sum of $69,150.
 Danbury's Ball Franchise. J Franchise of the Danbury baseball league is for sale, with no prospective | buyers. The manager of last years team, Ernest C.. Landgraf of New York 1 city, has turned his efforts toward Reading, Pa, where he will establish
 a team next season and ask for a
 franchise. The vacancy thus left in
 the league is being sought by Nor | walk and Stamford.
 Destroyed by Fire. | The old stephen Heath place in
 New Canaan was burned to the ground l Friday evening.
 Returns to Danbury. Mrs. Lillian Henderson, former pas
 tor of the Danbury Pentecosta1 church l but who has been located in PittsfeId,
 Mass, for the last six months, has
 accepted a call from the Danbury 1 church to return.
 | will of Henry Van Staden.
 The will of Henry Van Staden, who
 died recently at Darien, has been filed
 in the Court of Probate. It disposes
 of considerable property, the amount
 not being known as yet. George H.
 Van Staden, a son of the deceased,
 who is named as executor, is also gfv- | en all of the property of the deceased
 in trust, to collect all profits and in
 comes, and to pay the same over to | the deceased's widow, Louise M. Van | Staden, and, if they are not sufficient
 for her support, to dray enough from | the principal sums for her comfort,
 during her natural life. Upon her
 death, the property is to be so di- | vided that S1,OOO will be given to each | of the following daughters, Sophie H. | Orchard and Eva l.. Martyr, and the | remainder of the estate will be equally | divided between Gertrude J. Van Stad-
 en and May L. Van Staden, daugh- l ters, and George H. Van Staden, the son.
 Desires a Release.
 At the Sound Beach Presbyterian
 church, Sunday. the pastor, Rev. A. Lincoln Shear, announced that he de- | sired to be released from the pastor ate, in order to accept a call which had come to him in the last few days from a strong and influential Pres
 byterian church in New York state. l Suicide in Greenwich.
 | Medical Examiner Clark of Green
 wich, reports that Gertrude Miles,
 whose death is reported, was suicide. l According to the Medical Examiner, | she hanged herself to a bed post in her room No motive for the suicide | is known.
 Held Up Paymaster.
 The police were notified Friday of
 hoIdup near the entrance of Edge | wood Inn, Thursday night. An at- | tempt was made by two men, believ- | ed to be Italians, to rob Nicholas Hvo1- l beck who is employed by his father, 1 Jesse Hvolbeck, contractor, as book l keeper and paymaster. While he was l driving leisurely along the two for | eigners jumped out of bushes. One
 ed the horse by the bridle, while his
 companion climbed into the wagon | and commanded HvoIbeck to hand | over his money. The driver gave the 1 horse a blow with the whip, and,
 the animal sprang forward, the rob