The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05
PRICE OF DRUGS SCARS WHEN
 WAR CUTS OFF SUPPLY FROM
 ABROAD; DRUGGISTS HARD HIT
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS
Loss by Fire.

Loss by Fire.
 Damage estimated at between $1,000 and $1,50O was caused to the stock for owned by David Susnitzy in his fur shop at Danbury, Tuesday. Cause unknown. Some insurance.
 Divorce Granted.
 In Danbury, Tuesday, Judge Will Hams, in the superior court, granted a decree of divorce to Oscar Williams from Constance Caprio Williams, on the ground of idesertion. The evil dence brought out the fact that the couple were married only a. single day when Mrs. Williams became convinc- ed that she could not live happily with her husband and left his home. Cruety to Horse.
 Patsy Monika of Wilton was found guilty of cruelty abandoning horse in Darien and was fined s10 and costs, amounting to s23.74, when arraigned Saturday. Monika had bought the horse for $16 from a man named Moran in the Springdale section. Af- ter proceeding with the animal for awhile, he realized that he had made a poor bargain, for the horse could hardly stand. Therefore he abandon ed it to its fate without any protec- ton from the clements or food, or even water nearby.
 Left to Heirs.
 Giles Gregory and Mrs. Sherman Warehouse, uncle and aunt of the late Henry Green, of Norwalk, will share equally in his estate, which amounts to about $85, ,0o0. Gregory is 78 years old. and alone in the world, and has been a town charge for some time. On Tuesday he received three 1etters-- one genuine leap year proposal, from Jessie Belle, of T1fhn, Ohio;, another | n<- <g- Columbus, Ohio, to be remeInb bered by MT. Gregory when he died, and the third from Mrs. Millie KinkIer, of Philadelphia, who wants to become l MT. Gregory's housekeeper-
 1 Pays 16 Per Cent.
 At the final hearing on the trustees account in the bankruptcy case of Charles Ison of Georgetown, final dividend of 6 per cent was declared, per cent. makes a total dividend of 16 per cent.
 Two Desertions Reported.
 The adjutant general of the United States army has given notice that 1 William F. Hunt of Danbury and Ralph R. sprano of Oakville, are de- serters. Hunt was attached to Battery c, Sixth Field Artillery. He is re- | ported to have deserted at Nogalez,
 
 May 12. of this year Sprano was a member of the One Hundred Sixty fifth Coast Artillery Corps. He is re- ported to have descerted at Fort a.y. N. Y. on October 2. He enlisted on January of this year.
 Novel Point in Suit. Whether or not carriage stepping stone, placed at the curb of side walk, constitutes an obstruction with fva n inp f1f he T1xz is he issue in the suit of Catherine M. Boughton vs. The City of Danbury. The plaintiff was walking on Novenn- Der 25, 1911. when she tripped oyer a. carriage stepping stone located at thss curb, and falling to the side shape of bruises contusions and a broken Hgannent of the left wrist. The papers in the suit al1ege that the plaintiff also suffered a permanent nervous shock. The stepping stone l in question was about four feet long, | two feet wide and one and a half feet | high. The attorneys for the city 1 will set up the claim that the stone | did not constitute an obstruction l within the legal meaning of the term and that the plaintiff having passed i the point many. times was aware of the location of the stone and contrib uted to her injuries by not exercising proper care.
 s Deer was Blinded.
 Frank sturgess found a blinded deer in the Willard Adams property near I Stony Brook, Westport, Saturday. An
 examination showed that a charge of hot had removed the left eye and the right eye was badly damaged. Coun- ty Game Warden Wilbur F. Smith ex- anined the animal and on Sunday it was shot.
 Fiber Rockwell, of Danbury, shot a deer, Thursday, on the farm of his l father, Leonard Rockwell, at Balls T Pond. The animal was doe, appar-
 e1It1y about 8. year old.
 Is Perhaps Insane.
 After making careful preparations to take the life of William N Craw, novelty manufacturer of South Nor walk, Mrs. dolie Walker, Of Ne "
 York, told her plans to her sister ttt their home in New York on satur- l.day, and the sister had her arrested. Mrs. Walker is now being held for Walker, who is related to Mir. ACravY by marriage. being the wife of Mir, T Craw's brother-in-1aw, had secured 8 rifle and a revolver, together with an Indian costume It was her in I teution so she told her sister, to I come to Norwalk and while mas T querading as a Halloween ce1ebFant, te end Craw's life. After her arrest Ishe declared that her intentions were
 only to scare MT. Craw. She had pur- chased a ticket for South Norwalk. 4. The rumor that the construction of
 r the Westch ester Northern railroad is
 to be commenced ih the near future is
 again revived in New York city. The
 story is similar to the one that has
 been bobbing up from apparently good
 sources every now and then during the past two years and each time has
 been denied by officials of the rail- road company. That the New York, Westchester & Boston Co.,, which is a , subsidiary of the New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford system, expects to ex- ) tend it's line from White Plains. the -t1,-