The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-10


 At a recent meeting of the members of the sBrookfe1d Congregational church it was voted to call as a pastor Rev. Mr. Burke of Rockville.
 Two Bedding Resignations.
 At a recent meeting of the board of directors of the Bethel National bank, the resignations of L.. O. Peck and A. L. Livermore, both of Bedding and New York city. as directors of the bank, were accepted. l. O. RPeck's resignation as president of the bank was also accepted. I. F. Terry. first vice president was elected president, and H. l.. Shepard. seconds vice presf- dent, was elected first vice president. F. B. Peal was elected to the vacancy in the board Of directors.
 Good Bags sof Game.
 Danbury hunters say that partridge are fairly plenty and many good strings of partridge have been re- by many hunters but no large strings of these have yet been reported. With regard to the pheasant the hunters say that despite considerable advance information as to this game bird be- ing plentiful, but very few have been seen. The season Is late for Woodcock which the hunters say have moved south. Rabbits and gray squirrels have been reported in oedaquantities. Dfvorces Granted,
 Judge williams sin the superior court has granted a decree of divorce | to Harvey W. Backus, of Danbury, from Catherine F. sBackus, of. New Haven The divorce was granted on the ground of desertion. The court has also granted a decree of. divorce to Oliver S.l Burt, of Ridgefeld, from nr &H-1 grounds of assertion. The action was uncontested. The couple were mar ried on Now 2s. 1Ss6, and the deser- ton took place on March 16. 1911.
 Set Fire to Barn.
 Miss Carriel Fellmetti colored, and IT years of age, employed for three years as nurse maid with MT. and Mrs Austin Havf1and of Stamford district. admitted that she burned the barn on the Havi1and premises on Oct. 27.s Her reason for the act was her love of the excitement. She also admitted having. attempted to burn the house abou a year ago. Three years ago, a house in which she lived in RidgeheId, owned by Mrs. Poole. was burned.
 Awarded s5, ,OOO
 Verdict for the plaintiff in the sam of $5.0o0 was given Friday afternoon | by a jury in the superior court in Dan bury ia the case of Alexander Camp bell, administrator of John I4inster vs. The Standard Oil Go ofsNews r ork. The defendants will endeavor to have the verdict set aside. Linster was killed in the yards of the Standard Oil | Co at Wilson Point a few. years ago. He was struck by a freight train. Another Mad Dog.
 i in shelton a few days ago. making the lin SheItin a few days ago. making the second that has given trouble ins the town in the last several weeks Wilbur Nichols was scratched on the leg bE a dog belonging to Fred Dean The flesh was not broken, merely a mark being left, but precaution was taken and the scratch cauterized. pr F. D. Mcneil, town dog warden, did away with the animaIto MiddIetown where it was subject to the usual tests for I determining rabies and he received word that the animal had been mad
 Friends Skin Grafted on Hand I Eugene Y. Courte of Port Chester who was undergoing delicate Bkin- 1 grating operation in an effort to save l his left hand. from which the entire towering was ripped on Sept. 27, died Friday afternoon at the Greenwich hospital. He had a. henorrhage o1 the bowels. When he died his irtur- | ed nanQ was 1nCaSed Tn a pocket made in the skin. of the right thich of Died rich Dehmer, who was giving his ssIir I to save his friends hand. The hem. lorrhage, brought on by a fit of vomit- I ing, was suffered 36 hours preceding the end. With Dehmer, to whose lbody his left arm was held in a plas- | ter cast. Courte had been wheeled tc l a porch of the hospital Denmer no l ticed that iCourte. with whom he haC l previously been casually talking sud denly became unusually pale. He l called q nurse, but before the two young men could be wheeled bs elk into