The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-29
FAIR FIELD

The whist and dance given by the society of Children Of Mary at St. Thomas hall, last evening, proved an enjoyable occasion. whist started with 27 tables. Five sets were played with the following scoring highest and earring off the prizes. offered for yictors: Miss K. L. Doyle of Bridge port, first; Mrs. D. Pryor, MT. Elton Florence Weary, K. Russell, Mary Granville, Margaret Grady. Rose Flanagan, Bessie Coates, l.. Balog,
 Mary Gleason, Edna. Sanderford and
 F. Blake. Pinochle cyontest best two out of three games was won by A. Ct Muttit and William Dalling. The win ners Of the Spinoehle contest carried off a large jar of good smoking tobacco. Music for dancing was furnished by Maloneys orchestra and seemed to de- Hght the large attendance. This even- a ing an entertainment will be given, which will be an attraction worth wit messing, according to promises madO by the promoters of the two nights affair.
 F Conductors on all through ears re- lceived orders this morning that in fu- ture until further notice, they are not Ito admit passengers from the right hand side of cars between Pickett,s
 
 and Benson's corner and P1ckett's switch going west. The writer wonA dered at the activity of Conductor I39gs, this morning, in closing and open- Ing the doors in such 9. short space of his trip and asked the reason where fore with the above explanation. No. 3998 is one of the most obliging and popular conductors on this section of the trolley line and says 1t is up to him to obey orders. The vagaries of ,1.a;s Notices have been received by tax-a Epayers in town of new valuation placed on some property holdings. The ISasco Hill property has received an increased valuation tax which will leverage about one-third of former va1-s uation. zThe advisability of this raise lis questioned by property holders on the Hill, notwithstanding the prestige given by the new Country club The addition of this club to the Sasco Hill property owners is given for the in-s crease by the assessors and while a number of the small taxpayers are fin no wise affected by the new club, in solar as increasing value of their holdings, still the. raise in their tax lists have been made and is causing The long expected and much talked of steel cells which are to be placed l in the Berry house in the rear of the
 First Baptist church, have arrived at l La6 f1TelSAIs QGPOI.t-s The recent IOWn
 meeting authorized the purchase of these cells to be used in the new jail on the Berry property. The cells were made in Covington, ky.
 The Fairfield fire company has re- ceive6 300 feet of new hose for the department needs.
 The Tuesday Afternoon Bridge club
 attended the meeting heyd at the home
 of Miss Laura Libbey Id Bridgeport. 1 MT. and Mrs. KflIan attended the
 dance given by Grapflophone fire de-
 apartment in Bridgeport last evening. l A tank of oil consigned to I. DeVer
 Warmer has arrived at the local freight depot. MT. Warner will use the oil I in the neighborhood of his mansion in Mill Plain as soon as the weather opens up sufficiently for such work in
 road Improvement. Robert Hitchcock of Stratf1efd, after a siege of sickness, was seen about the center the last few days Being of a robust nature and in the habit of out door exercise, MT. Hitchcock found his recent confinement rather irksome. The funeral of Rev. MT. OImstead l of Greenfield Hill took place from his I late residence yesterday afternoon. Friends and relatives from out of town arrived on the 12: 30 and 1:4O trains. Interment was in Oaklawn cemetery.
 l A delegation of local aremen at tended the dance given by Grapho- phone fire company last evening at Bridgeport.
 l Henry Sherwood and wife of Mil
 Plain are visiting friends in New Ha- ven. A This afternoon the Ladies' Aid so-
 ciety of the Strat1e1d Baptist church met with Mrs. Si1bin Yam.
 1 Mrs. William Taylor is confined to her home with an attack of pleurisy. Mrs. Joseph H. Wheeler is spend l ing few days with friends in Jarnad- Icas L. l.
 E There was no meeting of the Green field Country club last evening on ac- count of the death of Rev. MT. Ohm stead.
 Brotherhood of First churcl, of 1 Christ will be held tomorrow evening. l Mrs. N. w. Ogden is slowing i'm Iproving from recent Illness.
 | A few days are being spent by John W. Langdon and family in New York l with relatives l Assessors this morning finished their I work on the list of 1913. l Residents of the Stratdeld district in the neighborhood Of Moody's mill Isay they have just cause for complaint in the allowance given by authorities in allowing degenerates to run wild in
 their neighborhood. Yesterday after moon highly respected woman of that f I1oca1ity was shocked by the appearance of a man fin a vacant lot, almost in condition of nuditity. High time po- lice protection was given to this To- cality.
 The breaking out of fire at the I home of Francis H. Brewer on Main I street yesterdal morning about 8: 30 I o'clock was found to have been caused by an overheated furnace. An alarm l brought the local department to the I scene and was quickly extinguished I No great damage was entai1ed. 1 That Minstrel Nine company, under the direction of George Bradley, will give first part minstrel entertain ment at Fairfield this evening. The l young ladies of The Children of Mary Isociety of St Thomas. church. are in