The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-23
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

Only prompt action by M. E. O'Brien, a reporter on the News, pre- vented hizn from being shot doWn ehls afternoon by George c. Blanchard. st night there apHeared in the News an item relating to a lecture Elan [chard was to give. This afternoon ne purchased a 32 caHbre revolver, Ioao. ed it. and announced his intention or sbooti47e O,Brien The latter heard shat Blanchard was looking for him, and just before II, telephoned Capt. Birmingham and asked him to arrest Blanchard At about p. m., Elan chard met O'Brien5 at the corner or Main and John streets. O'Brien said: ssFIelIo Georgie.'' Blanchard fnmed-. lately put his hand in his hip pocket, but OsBrien grabbed his wrist, ana Jesse Stewart with the aid of L. K. Gould secured the gun. Blanchard then wanted O'Brien arrested and went to the station with the party. On the way he said several times that he would shoot OaBrien. When they reached the station Blanchard was arrested charged with carrying con cealed weapons and threatening to tomorrow.
 President of the civil service com mission is thinking of recommending that the tenure of Postnaasters be per manent as well as the life of their clerks Tn other words he would have the postal service organized on the plan of a great army, with eff cient postmasters promoted from place to place as the necessities of the service seem to require
 ss&@e
 A report reached the police station that a stranger was doing Water street with a large roll of bills, and the ofacer on that beat was instructed to bring him in. Tn the meantime Detective Arnold ram across him. There were about 50 <sbums'' around house 1t was found that his roll con tained $46o. The captain put the mon ey in the safe until its owner, who didn't want his identity known, sob CTS up.
 Largely attended and deeply in1z pressive were the services held this morning over the remains of the late John Fitzgerald at St Augusdness church. A solemn high mass of re- quiem was celebrated. Rev. pr. Rob- ert fitzgerald, son of the deceased, acting as celebrant, Father Crowley as deacon. Father Murray as sub dea- con, and Father Crernfn as master or cerempnIes. Among the clergymen present were Rev Fathers Murray of Norwich, Donovan Of Hartford, and NihiIl, Murray, Hurleg. Carroll, Hardy and O'Connor Of this city. The pail bearers were John and Alex HeapI1y. Alex and John Morr1ssey, M. GiIhu1ey and J. D. Madden Interment took place at St. MichaePs cemetery
 The police board, according to Com nissi oner Near, Is considering the ad- visibility of selling the Second precinct station and using the proceeds to es- tabish a. patrol signal system.
 s%ass
 In the ard lover the hiII'' lively chicken fight occurred yesterday. The owner of the yard had pitted his bird against one owned by a friend for S1 a side. The contest was a. hot one, but the latter bird was the best one and drove the other out of the yard in ig- nominols defeat.
 The Yale coaches are confident of winning the Harvard game There is comparatively little betting on the game in this city, and less interest is shown by the citizens in general Ar thur Brew CTS injury to his side is probably more serious than has really been allowed.
 Simply because the members of the big coal combine are a little shaky,5 the price of coal this year is 50 cents per ton less than it was at this time last year. Anthracite coal sells for $5 a ton. while last year it was $50 a