The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

bad condition, and learned that th' animal belonged to a, herd which the dealer drove through Bedding the daI before on the way to Bridgeport. MT Clark learned that some of the other cattle in the same herd had beer beaten while being driven through Bedding.
 Shoots His Rival.
 Mike Cilundano and Joe Too are lshoemakers and business rivals iI Ridgef1eld, or at least they were rivals until Friday night, when Mike made a complete failure of trying to wipe out his competitor by means of a. re- volver. but ended the business rivalry by landing himself in jail.
 According to the story that comes l from Rtdgef1e1d Mike closed his shop just before dark and Joe Too closed were on their way home. Mike call ed Joe saying that he wanted to talk with him. Joe had just reached the sidewalk when his eye noted g. suspi- o1ous movement of Mikes hand to- ward his hip pocket. He turned and ran and the crack of a revolver shot from behind was accompanied by a. blow upon the heel of his shoe. A second shot followed and by that time Joe had reached shelter. He found that the first shot had bored a, hole in the heel of his shoe. The second
 
 Capture Bald Eagle.
 While Sidney H. Wilkins, deputy game warden of Danbury and I. Au- gustus Beebe were returning home during the shower Friday evening, over the old road across Moses noun tain, they saw an object lying in the road Approaching nearer the men discovered that it was a large bird. After 8 struggle of half an hour the men succeeded in capturing the bird and bringing it into Danbury. MT. Wilkins felepToned a description of the bird to County Game Warden Smith and learned that it was g, bald eagle, a bird rarely seen in this vicin- ity and seldom if ever captured alive. The men were able to subdue the eagle only because 1t had been shot in one of it's wings In spite of it's in jury the eagle put up a stiff fight. The eagle measures six feet from tip to tip of it's wings. It has all the dis tinctive markings of a bald eagle.
 Fined $125.
 Arthur ChippineIlf was found gull Justice F. s. Dawless, of New Canaan, Friday afternoon and fined $100 and costs. amounting to $125.23. He took an appeal. From the evidence it appeared that on Sunday of last week Chippine1n sold beer to several of his patrons. Evidence of the i1le- gal sale was given to Chief of Police Schmidt by one of ChippineI1fs GUS toners, Mike Kelley. It seems that, upon the refusal of Chippinelli to all low Kelley to carry a bottle of beer to his wife. Kelley beame inensed.
 Attempts to End Life.
 While in a state of despondeny, worrying, her husband believes, over the possible fate of her brother in the German army and from whom she has not heard in several months, tried to end her life at her home, Thursday evening by drinking car bolic acid. MT. PawIowski knocked the bottle of poison from her hand before she could take much and un- doubtedly saved her life.
 Burglar at Bedside.
 A burglar who entered the country place of Mrs. Ludwig Rothsc1iId in Stamford, early Sunday morning. was granddaughter of Mrs. Rothschi1d, Miss Edith Heynann, after he had threatened Miss Heymann with a knife. It was 2:30 when Miss Hey mann aWoke and saw a man at her bedside. Warned to be quiet, she said that she would. t'If you make a sound" the burglar added, ''I.ll kill you" Miss Heymann saw a. knife in the burglars hand, but. she was not so frightened that she lost her wits. It was dark in the room, and the burglar had no hash-light. Quickly slipping out, on the opposite side of the bed, she ran into an adjoining room, and soon aroused the house hold. The burglar Iran out of the house and made his escape. It was found that he had ransacxed the low CT part of the house thoroughly, and had gotten together some plated siI- verware. Entrance was gained through window on the first floor The precaution was then taken to raise all the windows on that floor to facilitate an escape.