The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-24
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS
Dog Quarantine

| q
 Jeffrey o. Phelps, Jr, has author ized Dar1en to be put under quaran- tine as the result of the running annuck of a mad dog which was re-. ported to have bitten other canines. Tn Darien, it was reported that twen- ty or more dogs have been killed. Every precaution is to be taken by the Stamford authorities to prevent any serious results from the flight of a mad dog through Stamford on Mon day. Orders, effective on Tuesday, were issued Thursday by State Com missioner of Domestic Animals Phelps to confine or nidzzle all dogs in Starn- l ford for three months Additional in structions will probably be issued by the Selectmen.
 Almost Unheard Of l On Thursday, Florence Park, aged two years died at the home of her parents in Rowayton. Suffering from cancer of the eyes practically un- known among children of that age and claimed by some to be the first case in the history of medical science. the little girl gradually pined away and death came. Because of the fact that she was suffering with cancer | it became necessary to remove one of the eyes of the child. Later the other eye became affected and the tot became totally blind. The cancer spread until it covered the entire face | such a. condition that the head was the largest part of her.
 Destroyed By Fire The barn belonging to George Wes- I ton of Wilton, was burned to the ground on Saturday.
 Presented With Apples
 Mime. Clara Gabrilowitsch of Red ding. daughter of Mark Twain was | in Washington the other day for a, l GiF7aI a hp Sai f@1af GTa wanted it distinctly understood she would make her own name in the l world of art and not be dependent ] upon her fathers name for fame. A page at the theatre here during her concert with MT. GabrilowitSeh stag 1 gered up the aisle with a big basket of | Missouri apples smothered under l. flowers. The apples were grown in the county in which her father was l born and they were presented to his 1 daughter by his old friends and ad-
 nirers and neighborss Speaker and
 Mrs. Champ Clark.
 Saving the Interest Superintendent Stevens, of the Dan- | bury Water department, completed
 arrangements Saturday for the pur- chase of four $1.00o outstanding l bonds of the department that were l dent Stevens figures that by retiring these four bonds the city will save 1 $4,960 in interest. Interest on the
 bonds was paid at the rate of four
 per cent. a year.
 Taxes Levied
 At a Greenwich town meeting Sat 1 urday night, the tax rate was fixed I at 13.1 mills for the current year l This is an increase of II mills over last year.
 l A Danbury town tax rate of four 1 teen and one-haf mills for the cur rent year was laid at a special town m meeting held Saturday evening.
 Dogs Caught in Traps Elmer R. Clark, Danbury agent of | the Connecticut Humane society, is l Investigating a. case that has been
 called to the attention of the society l Clark on Saturday visited the farm
 of Robert Knapp, where, it is claim ed, valuable dogs owned by residents 1 of that section have been caught in l traps in which the legs of some of l the animals have been broken and l they have received other injuries It is said that at least forty dogs have 1 been caught in the traps some faring i better than others. Mr. Knapp in; formed Humane. Agent Clark that he has traps scattered over his farm for | the purpose of catching foxes and it l is into these traps that the dogs have 1 gone. He told the humane officer that he had released the dogs as soon
 as he learned that they had become entang1ed in the traps.
 I