The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-29
Fairfield County News.
Auto Amtdents


 The running board of pr. A. D. Wadsworth's automobile was ripped off and the axle on an automo bile owned by Luther M. Wright was benl and the tire injured when the ma chine co1lided at at Norwa1k, Thurs day. No one was injured.
 The Saxon automobile owned by Dr. Franklin G. Brown of NorWalk, was destroyed Sunday night by fire near the Port of Missing Men in Ridgeheld. The machine caught fire when it back-fred.I The loss of $400 is covered by insurance.
 The automobile owned by W. f. Mason, Jr., of Danbury, was totally destroyed by fire Wednesday night. The fire was caused by a leak in the hose running from the presto1ite tank to the lamp on the left side The flame followed the gas and spread to gasoIene around the carburetor.
 Miss Mary, daughter of MT Michael CHnce, of Norwalk, was struck by Henry T. Prowitt's automobile, Mon day afternoon and suffered a broken right leg. She dodged from behind a wagon and in front of the machine.
 Dropped Dead.
 Stricken suddenly at his desk while about to answer telephone call Thursday, IT. D.. Koch of Stamford died almost instantaneously of heart failure.
 @1,OOO Jewel Theft.
 Porch-clinbers entered the resi- dence oA B. H. Mulford in Greenwich. "Wednesday night. and took several articles of jewelry valued at about $1,e00, and SIP in money, while the. family were at dinner The thieves climbed up a ladder, and effected en- trance by pushing aside a screen to one of the windows.
 Losses By Fire.
 The large cattle barn on the farm of Mrs Capitola Barnun. in Danbury, was totally destroyed by fire, together with many tons of hay and grain, Thursday afternoon Mrs. Barnum estimates the damage as being $2,o0o, partly covered by insurance. The cause of the blaze .is a mystery. The barn was 84 by 24 feet, containing seven bays twelve feet each. and each bay was filled with hay or oats. seven acres of oats had just been put in the barn. Tn addition to the hay and oats Mrs Barnum had $150 worth Of grain in the bins A large si1oe six teen feet in diameter, and thirty four feet high, filled with ensilage was al so burned.
 Friday night fire damaged the home and totally destroyed the barns or William Sherwood, a wealthy farmer, of Weston A bull, 2 horses and about
 
 20 pigs were saved.
 Fire completely destroyed the home of Howard R. Briscoe, in Bethel Mon day at an early hour. Just how the fire started is a mystery for there was no fire in the house.
 Fire destroyed the large barn and several outbiuldings attached. owned by Mrs. Annie M- Waterbury, on the Darien side of Springdale, Sunday The barn was insured, but the stock was not. and three valuable cows, 9 horse; 50 chickens and some ducks perisheds in the flames. There were also some machinery, wagons, a quar- tity of hay and other goods.
 4 large barn on the estate of Char les P. Perrin on the Stanw1ch Road said to be over one hundred years old, was totally destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. the estimated loss being SIP GOO. About 20 tons of hay were consumed.
 Mormon Agents Here
 For the past several days two agents Of the Mornnons have been tIl Shelton trying to obtain converts to their faith 1t1sis s.astated- that soW1ng to the war in. Europe it is very d1ff1- cult to make converts there at pres ent and many workers who were des- tined to that field of action are now being sent into the eastern part of this country, especially New England.
 NorwalIrs Grand Ldst.
 The grand list of the city or Nor walk calls for 22,725, ,876.6o.
 Asks For $1O,OOe.
 Justine Gall, of South Norwalk. has just filed suit for $10,000 against An nie Czako, of the same place assert ing that the affection and person of her hubby were annexed while she was visiting in Europe. Mrs. Gall de- clares that her husband was anxious for her to visit abroad She thought nothing particularly about his motive at the time, she says On May l. 1914, she left for Europe. She asserts that her home has been broken up and that her furniture now rests in 8 stor- age warehouse. Attachments have been made on a liquor license. prop erty on Hancock avenue in Bridge port, and an account of $400 in the Farmers and Mechanics bank of Bridgeport
 Bounties For Foxes.
 Danbury hunters have reported that foxes are fairly plentiful AL