The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
Fairfield County News
Losses by Tire,

 Damages amounting to nearly S1e.-s coo was done by Ire on the J. Eneapsss Stokes estate at Darien, " ednesuay nfeht One large barn was destroyeu9s and while all live stock was sagsa a4,d much Of the contents, tncIuding fsr7Stir,ag txnplexnenfs, the loss is placed st naore than s6s0o0. Fire cauent the side of the home of P B. Cook su- perintendenf of the estate, ana ms with the water used will add nearly s1 GOO more to the darnage-
 At Greenwich. Sunday. fire occurred in tfe Jaynes building, owned by Pe-a @ss-s sfd snosly Br. Ffenk Cofone con ducts drug store on the ground nocr-s His stock and fixtures were dsnaged I5v water to the extent Of over s1s 800 Tsha two upper Btor1ea are occupied by several families, who lost some of. ffleSr belongines The building was daraaFgd to the extent of over S2s0o0.
 Petition in Bankraptcy.
 william Marvin wilson, IT,. Of Da- rfen. milk dealer. has file petition h bankruptcy Ills haodnues arg listed at $s,o70s6D, and $5,903.S4 or ffie amount Is unsecured Assets that creditors can make claim to are list a as follows: cash on hand, $390. 79: value Of equipment. $1. .e52: debts due on opena ccount. $718s28s money in bank $1ao.
 H1ghway Contract Award ded. contract Tor the constr tuCllOn OL a6, ,2z5 linear feet of state highway on ehe main road from New Milford to Danbury has been awarded to tho R. Miller Contracting Co., of Hart ford. The amount of the contract IS s2s.00o The work will begin near the bridge just east of New Milford, and extend toward Danbury distance of nearly three miles. The road will be constructed Of native stone macad- an- This job will practically coIn- piete the eoTstruction of the Dan an bury-R1eW Milford highway within the limits of the town of New Milford. There is yet to be constructed com siderable section of the same highway in the townof Brookheld and all of that portion Of 1t within the limits of Danbl1ry.
 John Albright Drowned
 John Albright, 3s years of age. of Grseuwtch. was drowned Wednesday afternoon. while swimming at Cap fain,s Island
 Renonn1natsd for Judge of Probate.
 Judge Martin T. Cunningham was f1raua1xnousIv renozninated for judge of probaee for the district of Danbury and New Fairfield by the democratic probate convention Saturday.
 Visited by Burglara
 Bruara paid a visit to the resi- demos of George C. Lockwood in Nor walk. and secured booty to the value of about <2s00o- Just when the en- trance was gained MT. Lockwood was unable to state. but it occurred some time during the summer. He estimated from what has already been discov- cred missing that the loss will run close to 32s 0a0 A seal-sk1n fur coat. ! fur mta1fs and neckpieces beIonging to Mrs. Iockwood are missing and sev- eraI suits of clothing of Mr. Lock- woods are gone. Besides these arti- cles many other bits of wearing ap- parel have been found missing. Clocks and various ornaments of value and some silver were taken by the burglars and in the cellar MT Lock wood found a quantity of possessions, which the intruders had placed there, Apparently to take away on a second visit. Entrance to the house was GGdnod Through a rear window.
 Kills Wrong Horse.
 Mlstaking in the dusk a valuable horse belonging to Lyman Keeler for an old animal Of his own that he in- tended to kill, Michael F. HeEany, of Danbury, shot and killed MT. KeeIer,s horse in a pasture in Rfdgebury on Tuesday evening. MT. Hegany did not learn of his mistake until the follow ing day It appears sthat MT. KeeIer.s horse roamed out Of it's own pasture and into the pasture where MT. Heg- any kept his horse
 9lonzsEs at a mass meeting in Boe- oln contributed $7.500 for the relief of e4we in Europe, made destitute by the 5slE.