The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
WESTPORT ESTATE
 IS VISITED SECOND
 TIME BY FIREBUGS
Gillatley Barn Destroyed With $2,5OO Loss Other
 Buildings Imperiled
Cspeoial to The Farmerl


 Westport, Jan.s 25-An alarm of fire was sounded this morning at o'clock calling the volunteer depart ment to the large estate of J. A. Gel 1at1y, on the main road to Weston. A large barn on the estate filled with straw and hay was totally destroyed The loss is estimated at about $2,5o0, covered by insurance. The Vigi1ant and Compo companies responded but the Pioneer H. & L. apparatus is un= dergofng repairs and was CI.able to answer. The barn was on the estate owned by J. A. Gellatly, of New York, a retired merchant, which GOV CTS about 300 acres. This is the sec
 ond fire on this estate within the past three weeks. Sparks were carried a great distancey some of them travel
 ling as far as Clinton avenue to the roof of the residence of Irving B. Stone. The firemen by hard work
 kept the fire confined to the one barn
 The blaze is believed to have been | of incendiary origin.
 The bells in Holy Trinity church belfry were heard pea1ing forth at l 9:30 this morning for services in 1 honor of St. Paul whose feast day is
 observed today. Rev. Kenneth Mac
 Kenzie, rector, officiated at the ser
 vices.
 The male members of the Sauga- | tuck Congregati ona1 church met Fri 1 I and organized a mems club. Meet 1 ings will be held once month. The 1 following officers were elected: Fred | Hubbell, president; S. M. Foster, sec- I retary; Clarence Hil1sdon, treasurer. l The next regular meeting. of the club 1 will be held on, Feb. 2, in the church 1 parlors.
 The work of the Lady Helpers and l the Junior Auxiliary of Holy Trinity I church will be resumed this week. l Rev. Kenneth Mackenzie, rector of I the Holy Trinity church. announces 1 that the union services of Christ church and Holy Trinity church will j be held in the Christ church. l County Commissioner Denis Null Il vihiIl. former Mayor of Bridgeport, l was in town Saturday on business re- l lating to his office.
 II Leslie Perry, nephew of MT. and Mrs Charles Fable, of King St., has I left for Lima, Peru, where he has i been engaged as 8 mechanical en- I gineer.
 l James H Kayser, chief at Kirk's ! Krazy Kat lunch room, has decided Il to become a jolly tar in Uncle sam S
 navy and will leave for New York l on Thursday to sign the enlistment 1 papers.
 A special meeting of the women's l Town Improvement Association will ] be held tomorrow afternoon at the I home of Mrs, John F. Goddil1et. The 1 gathering will be called to order at 1 2 o'clock. A large attendance is re- Quested as business of importance 1 will be- transacted. &sS l A. B.. -Jel1iffe will direct two plays this spring, to be given by local dra-
 matic artists. He has charge of the l one soon to be given by the senior class of the local high school entitled ''The Amazons." He is instructing
 the members of the westport club in
 the play which they will stage early | in the spring.
 1 Rev. H. M. Richards, of the Meth odist Episcopal church exchanged \ puIT1its yesterday with Rev. l.. L..
 Barber of the Congregational church I in Greens Farms.
 | The Young. Peoples society of the l Congregational church of Saugatuck will hold their regular meeting at the home of Julia Heggeman on Wash ington street Thursday evening.
 Rev. MT Moe, pastor of the Con- gregationaI church of Saugtauck, ex- changed puIpits yesterday with Rev.
 J. A. Langlois of the M. B. church of | tn esame place.
 | A sacred musical service was held last evening at the Christ church and
 the members of the two Episcopal | churches attended in a body. The
 noted soprano so1oist of New York, l Madame Grace Hildebrand. Miss Hi1derbrand rendered Lead Kindly ] Light and "One Sweet1y Solemn
 Thought E. H Perry sang a. bass
 solo, 'sFear Ye Not, o Israel" The Misses Parker and Gray of the church choir rendered a soprano and contraIto duet fs,The Lord is My
 Shepherd.'' The offertory anthem by
 the choir was Brightest and Best l Salvatore Fratino and John Gill l 1arti, both of Saugtauck, were arr | reSfad hv COnsf3bIet Frank StnrRiSt an | Saturday charged with assaultin g
 Nathan Shi1ipski, owner of the gen i eral store in thatp lace. They were ] lettering about his place of business and were ordered off the premises.
 They refused to go and when the pro i prietor started to use force they both
 assaulted him. A hearing was held at 6:3O o'clock last evening before 1 justice of the peace Joseph Morton | and the beligerents were released
 upon payment of costs of the arrest | and trial.