The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-31

Trust company and was a forgery of the name of M. L. MoItasch-
 Baby's Cry Saves
 Mrs. Michael sheehan and family and MT. and Mrs. Edward Sheehan and family, of Norwalk, have the oeies of a baby to thank for the fact that they are alive. F1ve-ear-old Mill Sunday morning by the entrance of smoke which nearly choked the little tot. She cried, awakened the mother and an alarm of fire was sent in. Fire in the pantry of the house started a blaze which gntted the lower part of the house and destroyed property, both personal and real estate, to the value of over $2,0O0.
 May Be .Stung $2o.
 Hatters throughout the country will be asked to assume an assessme ment of twenty dollars each if the Loewe case goes against them in its final stages. There are ten thousand matters be- longing to the United Hatters of North America and they may be to release the half million dollars worth of property owned by matters which is under attachment at the present time. Homes of one hundred and forty matters in Connecticut have been attached.
 
 At Norwa1Ix Wednesday night, Fran scope Claudio, 19, were electrocuted by live electric light wire which had broken and fallen upon the sidewalk. The wire practically burn ed Gaudio's leg off near the ankle. Ma turf s worst burn was on the left leg, and it was circular, about three inch es in diameter and right into the bone.
 Reveals Auto Accident
 An autopsy performed Thursday on the body of Jam es Niche Us, revealed the fact that his death, had been due to internal injuries and not alcoholism as was at first thought. Nichols was found in a roadway near Litchf1eld Wednesday. night and was taken to Danbury by the autoists who found him. It was then supposed that he had been taaeni i'll by the roadside, as no marks eEesfound- o1ls his bDdy. but automobiIists who left him lying in the road. -zt
 Without a Postoff1ce.
 The town of Sherman is now with out a post office, the people of the town receiving their mail by rural de- livery from Gay1ordsyille and Brook field. With the growth of the rural delivery system in the surr g country, the receipts of the Sherman office dropped off gradually until final 1 ly they reached a point that made it advisable to discontinue the office and serve the town by rural delivery en- tirely.
 Town Sells New Bonds
 Town Treasurer John T. Hanrahan of Stamford has negotiated the sale of town bonds for $135, ,000, selling the same for $136,939.95. The bonds bear interest at 1-2 per cent.
 Darien Woman Fined.
 Mrs. Mary Rocco, of .Darfen found guilty of the illegal sale of liquor, was fined $50 and costs. Saturday Mrs. Mary SinacopIe, found guilty on the same charge, was fined $75 and costs. but notice of appeal was served. Mrs. Marie Camilla, found guilty on a like charge, was fined s25 and costs.
 The Taylor Case.
 l Baroness A1fette Anne d'Ergiou who is suing for her widows share in l the estate of Nelson Taylor, the mil 1fonaire publisher of NorwaIk will 1 will make the remarkable claim that her second marriage was sanctioned 1 by her first husband, said an evening dispatch from New York. The amaz- I ing story will be told when the Ba- roness d'Ergtou's suit comes to trial in the NorwaIk probate court the middle hof January. It will be claimed that