The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-29
 BRIDGEPORT As T WAS
1oo-5o-ao YEARS AGO
4(TaLen from the Files of The Evening Farmer)
 
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
HOYTs PRIZES.

HOYToS PRIZES
 Fred Hoyt, of this city, took part Saturday in the Class A meet or the New England Wheel club at Nor wieh. Though the track was in poor condition he won a prize in each of three races and broke the state rec ord for a mile on a four-lap track, making the distance in 2:46 4-5: It was alleged that there was a. mis- take in his entry blanks and this berred him from participation in the mile and ha1f-nile handieaps. When he returned home he brought with him a $25 suit of clothes, $1O camera, $40 silver service $15 opal ring and Sig pair Of pneumatic tires valued at
 The fall meet of the Rambling Whee1nen will be held at Pleasure Reach, September 2d. It is expect ed that some of the fastest riders in the country will attend,
 MRS. BACKsIRDNG'S $5e.
 Frank E'orsberg and Ludwig Wud-' ingraw, two tramps, called upon Mrs. ADD BRIDGEPORT AS IT WAS Backstronn, who keeps g. boarding house at 1S7 Hancock avenue this af- ternoen and asked for something to eat and a needle and thread. o'The men got both1 the woman kindly al- Icing one of the men to enter a room and sew his clothes. The fellow ran sacked her bureau drawers and stole $se. When Mrs. Backstrom missed the money one of the boarders put in pursuit and caught sight of them run ming toward Fairfield. Special Off, eer Belberg also gave chase and the two. men were captured, but the money was not found.
 gentleman, who refuses to give his name, called at police headquar- -ters and gave Superintendent BirIn-- ingham a roll of bills, stating that one of the prisoners threw it into a vacant lot and he picked it up,
 A valuable horse belonging to. Se- 1ectman James sMcGuinness was shot this morning by Officer Golden. The animal got cast in its stall last Fri day night and sustained a. fracture Of it's spine from which it could never recover. The horse was valued at $500,
 PATRICK DOLAN WILL RECOVER
 There is no doubt now of the re- covery of Patrick Dolan, the man who lost his leg by being run over by the cars Saturday morning. At g Friday night one of the employees in the signal tower, near the elevator, found Dolan asleep between the tracks there and awoke him. He left the vicinity and no more was heard of him until after he was in- jured.
 A PLEASANT WINDF4AIL.
 It appeared that Mary, aged 10, and Charlotte, aged 12, daughters of John Reilly, of 421 Btratford avenue. have fallen heirs to a fortune Of S1O,- GOO each through the death. of their grandfather Charles Duffy. and their urcle, Charles T. Duffy, of New ' ork father and brother of their mother, -&r,<<. C c A MA be divided among six, two of whom are the Reilly children
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 WILL LOCATE HERE
 The Liberty Bicycle company of New Jersey, whose annual output is. something like 30.o0o wheels, will soon become one of the permanent industries of the Park City. The ne- gotfations which were begun some time ago, have been closed and the old Frary Cutlery building on East Washington avenue and Helen street will be leased just as soon as the nec- essary papers can be prepared.
 JOKE ON THE COUNCIL
 Certain members oR the Common council recently received invitations to attend a shore dinner at Minor Smiths in Stratford. at D. n.,s July z8. Those invited were requested to
 
 company to take a special car pro- vided for the occasion. The invita- tons were signed 'sThe Cornmittee'' A number of members of the Council responded and after waiting for a long time discovered that someone had played g. huge joke upon them Today. none of them feel willing to admit they were sold and assert that the meeting near the Traction com pany's office was purely accidental.
 HORSE HAN AWAY.
 A team owned by the Hammond Beef cempany and driven by Thomas Golden Hill street this morning about the wagon cel1ided with a trolley ear and then ran into Congress street where the horse fell and was caught by George Pease, Jr., a coiored boy. The horse was s1i ghtly cut on one of it's hind feet, but no ether damage was done.
 LOCAL BRIEFS.
 Henry schezsinser and George F. sanbern are te run a mile foot race at Seaside Park. August list, for a purse of $50.
 P. Bassett. of 21e Newffe4d ave- ford avenue Saturday evening and his
 Painted a gray war color and car rying a record cargo of war nuni-