The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-21
Fairfield County News
Trolley Gar Hits Wagon.

Trolley Gar Hits Wagon-
 George H. Bracken, of Norwalk, was badly injured Monday afternoon when the team which he was ur1slng was struck by trolley ear s.a Pos.. arms were badly torn, his knees were badly injured and his clothes were torn from him in a, number or places.
 Clerical Changes.
 Rev. Otto E. Edwards. pastor of the Danbury Swedish Inmanuel ehurcn' has resigned, and his resignation has been reluctantly accepted.
 Rev. Lincoln H. CaswelI pastor Of the Norwalk Methodist Ep1scopai been unanimously called as pastor for the next year.
 Farmer Roots Election.
 Lyman c. Root of Stamford, who was elected president of the State Roard of Trade. at the recent meeting, has lived in Stamford for 28 years For 10 of these years he conducted 2 milk route from his well-kept farm. Subsequently he became the manager of a model dairy farm. Mr. Root was the first milk inspector of Stamford and of recent years has been interested with the late A. J. Pierpont, manag- CT of the State Agricultural Farm at Georgetown which has provided the most ideal milk service within the state.
 Much Of his lifetime has been given to the pursuit of two important branches of agriculture-tine produc- ton of milk and of honey. For 15 years he was engaged entirely in bee keeping in the Mohawk Valley. Dr. Hoffecker's Arrest.
 In regard to the arrest of pr. w. D. Hoffecler of New Canaan, pr. Ralph w Crane, town health officer of Sta1n- ford, said Friday that he had been called into the case by Dr. O'Shaush- messy, New Canaan's town health ofH- scer. and by County Health Officer Hill Parkington children told Dr. O'Shapgh- messy that their children were i'll of diphtheria, Dr. O,Shaughnessy had received no word to that eject from pr. Hoffecker, SO be investigated and found that such was the case
 .Hennery Burned.
 A large hennery on the property of destroyed by fire Thursday night: The loss is $1. 200. With the assistance of firemen, the cook in MT. Johnson's s employ saved 200 valuable fowls. The ineuhators and fixtures in the hem nery were destroyed. Less than a week ago, chicken-coop in Glen vile, belonging to Hugh Goefsch ner. was destroyed with about 200 Ply mouth Rock hens. This fire is believ- ed to have been incendiary, as MT. Goerschner had received a black hand letter.
 Ear Almost Burned Off. | Peter Maurer, of westport, who was seriously burned while fighting the Williams fire in Saugatuck on We'd nesday afternoon, is in a dangerous 1 condition. He was burned by an exp1o- sion of a gasoline tank of one of the two automobiles destroyed as he en- tered the barn to fight the flames. Maurer was horribly burned about the face, especially on the left side and he may lose his left ear. His hands were also badly burned. Blown From Porch.
 Mfs. Frank Hoyt was taken to the Danbury hospital, Sunday. A week ago, during the high winds, Mrs Hoyt was blown by the wind from her front porch to the ground, distance of but a: few feet, but sustained a severe wrench to her back A day or two after she. began to lost the use l or her lower limbs, a partial paralysis Isetting in. An examination showed that she had suffered heInorrhage | of the spinal cord
 1 Work of Burglars.
 The house of J. Lindsay Hoyt. o1 Stamford, was burgiarized on Sati1r- day between 5 and 11:45 D. m.. and 2 quantity of wearing apparel was stoI- en. The value of the nissing goods is $500. A cellar door was forced and the house was ransacked from cellar to attic. A number of articles oI wearing apparel were taken out an6 were abandoned in an orchard