The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-11
BROOKLYN MAN
 BURIED IN SUBURB
of Capt. Peck Inferred Tn NeWtOwn Cemetery - Other News From Suburb.
Especial to The Farmer


 aged 53, died in Brooklyn, Saturday and his remains were brought to town at 1O:30 a. m. today. Undertakers Prindle & Morris took the body d. rect1y from the train to the village cem metery, where interment was made. The deceased was a nephew of Capt. A. W. Peck of Mount Pleas- | ant and spent considerable part Of his youth here. being well known to a large number of townspeople some | twenty-five years ago. He was mar ried but leaves no children. A warrantee deed was filed in the town clerks office today transferring title of a half interest in property | in Polebridge from Michael TrischitE to Teresa Slantinger. This property was recently owned by John F. l Heating, deceased, of Sandy Hook, | and consists of small farm dwelling house and barn.
 Supt w. B. Glover of the Newtown Water Company began today the | work of extending the water main on Sugar street as far as the residence of the late Sophia Booth. The pipe l is inches in diameter and the length will approximate 5000 feet. If all the people owning property along the | line use the water there will be four l connections with the main, and pro-, | vision will be made for these at con venient distances.
 | Chickens lost by Lucien Pierron some days ago. by death were killed by poison and not by a weasel as at first supposed. Close investigation showed the wounds found on the necks of a few were not done by the fangs of this animal and that nearly | all of the 155 fowls that perished l bore no evidence of wounds at all. Their flesh was highly discolored, | and pou1terers here who were called l on advised the owner to forward some ! three carcasses to the state chemist TI1ir n n far that officers reports has not been. l received but his examination bars dis ease or the work of the weasel as the cause.
 Henry Herz and Joseph H. Ullman of New Haven, and H. H. Loewith 1 and Sigmund Loewith of Bridgeport, motored to Botsford Sunday, and l were guests of Nathan c. Herz at the | Pond Lily farmhouse. Mrs. H. M. Machol and son, Henry, Mrs. Pauline Lambert, Mrs. Flora. Horn and H. N. 1 Meyers of New Haven came on Mon day. and will be house guests for a few days. 1 Miss M. Harrigan and Miss. M. Mo i Mullen of Bridgeport returned Sun daylight after a two weeks vacation | at the Convent of Mercy. Miss M Whalen from the same city began to- day 3. two weeks sojourn at the Con vent of Mercy.
 James Bakey, of Lands End dis trict, has secured as teacher for the coming year, Miss Phi1omena Bale, of Hawleyvflle, a graduate of the Dan bury Normal school
 Miss Mary Clark of Glen avenue, l Sandy Hook, returned last week from a months visit with relatives at Ja- nnaica, L. I.
 John F. Keane of Moss & Kreigers office, Bridgeport, is at home with his parents, MT. and Mrs. John Keane, | Gas street, for his annual vacation of two weeks.
 John J. Justis. of Brooklyn. and family are spending a week in town, taking meals at the Convent of Mer- cy A friend, Mrs. MeMahon of the same, place is enjoying like respite from city life.
 The Misses Margaret and Susan Keating of 194 W. Liberty street, Bridgeport, are spending a fortnight with the Misses Peck of the Boule- tI yard.
 MT. and Mrs Curtis P. Morris and children of Bridgeport are with MT and Mrs. l.. c. Morris for their vaca- ton.
 Miss Margaret Carroll of Gray's Plain returned today from a week s
 visit with Bridgeport friends.
 Miss Julia, Heffernan of New York
 is the guest of Mrs. Mary McNamara
 of Sandy Hook.
 MT. and Mrs. Andrew Budlong of
 Mohawk, N Y, and MT. and Mrs. J.
 Harris and daughter of New York
 are guests of Mrs. I. B. Harris of
 Jeanville.
 Mrs, Alice Benedict, of Ridgefeld
 Is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. B.
 Glover, of the borough.
 William Kennedy, of Bridgeport, was a Sunday guest of Mrs Daniei J1onan, Walnut Tree Hill.
 A son was born to MT. and Mrs Thomas Rafferty of Walnut Tree Hill Sunday, August 9th
 ! 1 a n.
 pointed, administra tor, c. La, of the estate of the late Abel F. Clarke by the Probate Court.
 ! Gordon DriscoH and wife of New York are spending a. month with Mrs ) W. J. Drisco11 of Cedar Cliffe cottage Complaint comes from the residents Of Walnut Tree Hill over the depreda-
 tions of rambling vacationists, who in wade private orchard and gardens and carry away and wantonly destroy fruits and flowers.
 These residents say if asked for the favor they will be glad to give gener- ously without distinction to anyone.
 The old Niantic Mills property is
 now the sole possession of GIedhill 6
 Co. of Bridgeport, who offer it for sale
 A suggestion has been made that g board of trade be organized in Sandy
 Hook at once, whose first act should
 be to purchase the property and then sell or rent it. It is admira bly suited for the hat industry and capital could be secured for this purpose readily ] The Sandy Hooks defeated the. al star Royal Blues yesterday at the Knoll baseball fields by a score of IS tc : 5.
 1. Thomas Moroney of Flat Swamp has . taken the contract for building a, con
 crete wall for the house to be erected
 by Arthur A. McDnnaId on West street
 The work will begin as soon as the Q town will remove the lookup from thai
 thoroughfare.
 Among the co1Iegians at home lately
 are noted, Joseph Barnett, and Arthur
 Ferris from Trinity
 ' motorcycle belonging to Moss {sohn of Oil Citv pa uas s+o1o,, fro,,-