The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-24
SCRAPPY CITY CHAP
 ASSAULTS CAFE OWNER
Mussy Dispositioned Newcomer Has Cleared the ToNVn-Traddeus Hill In Free -for-An With Jack
 BarIeycorn
(By Our Special Correspondent.>

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 Westport, June 24.-Complaint has been made to the police authorities of the assoulting of stephen Royak, a Main street cafe owner by William Carroll, a Brooklyn blacksmith, who has been employed in Westport for the past several weeks. Carroll has shaken the dust of Westport from his footgear the police have been on the lookout for him for several days. It is stated that Carroll picked up a metal cigar lighter such as are found in cigar stores hur1ing. the heavy piece at Royak,s head. Carrolls departure
 assuming that he is giving Westport a
 wide berth, will not be regretted by
 those with whom he came in contact
 during his short stay here. He laid claim to being a regular city fellow and had yet to meet anything from the country who had anything on him. Not being a physical marvel, none of the young men about town
 considered it worth while to have any
 thing to do with the belligerent vis- ftor.
 Thaddeus Hill tried tQ run cou-
 pie of breweries out of business last
 Saturday. He found like many before him that it couldn't be done. Thad- deus with all sails to the wind ran
 amuck around the center of the town l shortly afternoon Saturday. It was thought he might be able to drift out of harms way but he took to passing very uneouth remarks in the presence of some ladies. Then followed the strong arm of the law and T. Hill that occupies the first floor of the l southwest view of the town hall. Y Yes-. | terday morning, Thaddeus a wiser and sadder man, appeared before Justice s. A. Purdy. He saw the light when
 a fine of ST and costs was imposed. fe S{o fnd T7nf fTo n1JU drunk on Saturday whose language could be objected to. It,is stated that 1 a Polack resident fnbibed too freely l of the red stuff on that day and also took, to the more frequented localities | to make his presence objectionable. It l is stated that he inSulted several wo-
 men but that before a police official ! could beIocated friends lowed him to a place of safety.
 | Rev. Carlton Bates Strayer. pastor of the Greens Farms Congregation
 church rendered his resignation to his l flock at the services on Sunday. The ] resignation will take effect in Septen-
 ber. Rev. MT Strayer has accepted | a call to the Bedford Congregational l church of the Bronx, N. Y. Rev. MT. 1 Strayer has been pastor at Greens Farms for eleven years and had en-
 deared himself to his flock.
 This evening the La,dies' Aid So- I
 will hold a strawberry festival to be | followed by an entertainment. l Next Sunday the 50th anniversary l of Holy Trinity Episcopal church will l be observed. l Judge of Probate D. B. Bradley con tfnues to improve at his home in 1 Wright street.
 Miss Minnie M. Alderman. daughter
 of Mrs. M. A. Alderman of North
 Main street, became the bride of Fred l Keiser, son of Martin Keiser. The
 ceremony was performed at the | Church of the Assumption by the pastor Rev. Father Duggan. The young couple will reside in Riverside l avenue in the old Faber- place which 1 the groom purchased some time ago | and has had remode1ed. The young 1 couple are most favorably known l about town. The groom is engaged lin the plumbing business with his l shop in Main street.
 There will be a. special communica- ] ton of Temple lodge, F. and A. M. on 1 Thursday of this week at m. The
 master mason degree will be worked on two candidates. The regular | meeting will be held in the evening l when two more candidates will re- ceive the same degree. Visitors from | New York will assist in the degree | work A collation. will be served fol- I lowing both meetings.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred B. HubbeH and l family of Canal street enjoyed 3. motor | trip to Newtown on Sunday
 Joseph T. Quinlan and Miss Lillian
 M. Sauer of Jersey City were over
 Sunday guests of MT. and Mrs. Thos. | QuinIan of Main street.
 MT. and Mrs. George T. Dickerson
 of New York and Mrs. William T.
 TuteIe of Stratford are house guests 1 of Mrs. Mary B. Palmer of Canal
 street.
 Senior Class day exercises of the | Staples High school will be held this 1 evening at the high school assembly I hall Commencement exercises will | be held tomorrow night at National hall. The exercises are open to the public,
 Miss Alice Taylor of Brooklyn N. | Y., is spending a few days with Miss Katherine Burr of State street La ter she will take her residence in l town for the summer.