The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-29
LITGHFIELD COUNTY NEWS.
Idtchfield-Torrington


 chfeld-Torrington.
 Wheaton F. Dowd of Winsted has been elected president of the Litch- field County NCo., holders of the char ter of the Litchhe1d-Torringto troll ley line. Thomas F. Ryan of Ldtch- field is secretary and treasurer. P. Changes.
 Cora M Bain has been appointed postmaster of Iotchki4ssville, succeed ing William Crowell, who resigned.
 Egbert A. Warehouse has been commissioned postmaster Of Kent
 Certificate, of Dissolution.
 The Fuller Hardware Co. of North Canaan, has filed a final certificate of 1 dissolution. Directors signing the paper were George S. Futile and AL l Iyn Fuller, both of North Canaan.
 Corn Yield Champion. Lester S. White is the man who has put Co1Iinsville on the map as the place of all places in Connecticut for I raising Indian corn. and his Collins | in the state, according to the decision recently made by authorities at the ing the most corn to the acre of any | Panama Pacific Exposition. The record yield is 164 flo bushels to the acre.
 sH 4 Frederick M ChatfeId of East Ca naan, who on the night of September 22, shot his daughter. Catherine Chat field. 22s through the body while he was in a drunken rage. pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with intent to kill in the superior court last week and was sentenced to from 10 to IS years in the state prison at Wethers- field. T did not know what was do- ing he said, when asked why he shot his daughter 'sShe was the best friend ever had Miss Chat field has returned to her home in East Canaan, having been discharged from the county hospital
 Lesley Andrews, Is, of LitchfieId. pleaded guilty to forging 8 check for $9.5o drawn on the First National bank Of Litchfeld. He had signed G. w. BueIs name to the check and l endorsed his own on the back. He had raised several checks. He was sentenced to the state reformatory at
 Olive M. Handlin of Winsted was granted a. divorce from Joseph l.. Handlin of Torrington on the ground of desertion and was given the GUS tody of their minor child Mrs, Handlfn testified that they were mar rfed in Pine Plains, N. r.. February Blanche Mercer was granted a di- avorce from Laton Mercer on the ground of into1erab1e cruelty and was given permission to change her name. She said that they were married in Illinois in January. 1906.
 Gilbert L. Hart, who has acted as received for the Goodwin & Kintz Co. since it became inso1vent about a year ago, was allowed S3,000 for his ser vices. s. A Herman, who acted as counsel for the receiver, was allowed $500.
 Mackeys VIII Admitted. A will executed by Andrew Maclxey on June IA, 1860. has been admitted to probate at Stamford. It bequeathed all of MT, Mackey's estate to his wid- osv Josephine Mackey. MT. Mackey died April 1, 1901. His wife died Jan. I2, 1915 Her estate. according to the inventory, amounted to $161, ,5o9. 14. l Heirs of Mir. Mackey, who opposed badm1ssion of the will, claimed that lagreement executed by the couple on Sept 6, 1893, and recorded in the Da- rien town clerks office, was incom- patibIe with the existence of 8 will In this agreement. the couple under l took to abandon all rights in each l others estates under the common law, and agreed to accept the rights given 1 to the survivor under the general stat utes in effect at the time. MT. Mac keys heirs were claiming that what | naent became their rights, at his death They alleged that Mrs. Mackey's es- 1 tate was comprised largely of her for mer husbands estate. There is also claim of $90 000 pending in New York, against the estate of Mrs. Mac key. It is based on the claim that An drew Mackey's father lent that amount of money to hls son. Heirs of the father arc presenting the claim. Another claim of $50.OOO has been pre- sented by Elsie Kerr for services ren- dered MT. and Mrs. Mackey.
 Suicide Used Knife.
 Depressed, it is said, by business cares, Edward Werzanslxy, who re- gently bought out the ladies furnish ing store of M. Mo1tasch & Sons of NorwaIk, ended his life Tuesday in a most unusual manner, stabbing him. self under the heart with penknife. The act was committed in the base .nent of the store and Werzansky died in a short time.
 William Knapp of Danbury, 55 years Of age, made an unsuccessful attempt to end his life by cutting his throat with a razor Tuesday after noon. He will recover.
 Canada Day. was celebrated at the Panama-Pacific Exposition.