The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27
SHERIFF RUSSELL TO FACE CHARGES
 IN COURT FRIDAY
Additional Complaints Are Not Yet Made Public Other Inn portant News of City's Sub urb..
Especial to The Farmer)l

Especial to The F'armer)
 StratSord, Aug. 27-The case of Sheriff Daniel Russell, who was ar rested sometime ago by lConstab1e8
 William Bassett on charges of ex- ftortion from George F. Dumraesse of New Haven road, Milford, and Mrs. Mary Mccormick of Bridgeport and which was postponed# several times failing to appear. will be tried tomor-s TOW August 2S at 10 o'clock by Jus tice Lewis A Policy.
 Additional complaints have been registered against the sheriff, the na-5 ture Of which will not be disclosed until the time of the trial. The out come will be awaited with interest by hundreds of Stratford and Bridgeport people, owing to the promin ence of Russell and the publicity he has gained in the campaign which he Ewaged SO successfully against auto.
 mobile speeders since assuming of flee.
 The committee comprising J. Ar thur Sherwood Clarence R. .Hall and Dorr R. Whitney who were appointed by Judge Howard Curtis of the Su- perior court of Bridgeport on Aug. 5, 1914 to estimate and assess dam ages for property owners in the Put EneyATIiH district held Q meeting Wed nesday afternoon at the Town Hall and awarded damages of $250 to the O estates. The damages will be paid { to the town through the administra- tor ]. Emmet Blakeman- Work will be started very shortly in grading and refi3ing the highway.
 This highway has been a bone of contention for some while and satis- factory layout could not be agreed up on until a few months ago when a series of conferences were held and all deemed it the wisest thing to have i- sAA. At the meeting held the other af- ternoon, no one opposed it..
 1 William &. Curtis of Stratfords has received word from his brother, Clifford Curtis, who, with his wife, has been touring Europe all summer. that he is to sail for home today on the steamer New ' ork from Liv- erpool arriving in this country Sept l 2 or 3. MT. Curtis will no doubt have very interesting stories to tell about the present war in Europe, having
 been in Brussels for eight days from l in great agitation and turmoil. due ! to the fact that the Germans were
 near the city
 Two automobiles, one a Efathewson
 six, driven and owned by a man who
 would not disclose his name and the other a roadster belonging to Walter 1 s. Baker, of Brooklyn, N. Y., were l wrecked in Stratford avenue. Strat-
 ford, late Tuesday afternoons the
 running board of the touring. car be-
 ing badly bent and broken and about
 eight spokes on the roadster being
 smashed beyond repair. The dam
 age done to the six was $50 and to l the roadster $35. Both cars were I lowed to Bolsters tgara ge in Stratford | for repairs and were taken axgaya by I their owners yesterday afternoon. I The touring car driven by a man l accompanied Ey his wife and daugh- l ter was traveling along Stratford ave
 nue at a fair rate Of speed when-the
 st caring gear refused te work and the 1 car plunged head1ong into a teIegrar,h | pole near BeardsIey Lane. None oi 1 the occupants in the car were hurt
 due to the fact that the machine was
 progressing very slowly. The road ster hit a bump in the middle of the
 road and. the spokes gave way. l Many friends of Mrs Raymond
 Jones of Stratford will be pleased tc i. hear that she is able to be out after her long illness due to the Westport trolley wreck on July 22 Mrs. Jones
 is still quite weak but with great care
 will recover fully from her severe in.
 juries.
 There will be a food sale on the lawn of the South Congregations
 church Friday afternoon of this week } from 3:30 until 6 o'clock. Cake, ice ' cream, and home made candy will be
 on sale also hOt ana Iced tea, sand wiches. and lemonade. The proceedt of the sale will go for the mission work. If stormy, the sale will be heIc in the chapel.
 The Cupheag club of Stratford vii hold it's annual outing at Sam Lewis farm on East Main street Saturday } August 729. There will be a, bake il | the afternoon and athletic contest will be indulged in-
 2 MT. and Mrs Don Bolster of Strat . ford are enjoying a weeks autono bile tour to Narragansett Pier, Sa, | Harbor and other points along tn 3 coast. 3 CLEANEASY. BEST HAND SOAP t Guaranteed not to in1ure the skin . instantly removes Stove Polish, Rust f Grease. Ink, Paint and Dirt For tn l hand clothing. Large can 10 cents