The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-26
Fairfield County News
Attacked by Pet Dog.

The death of George J. Jennings oc- cured Friday at his home in Wilton. following several days of suffering from attack by his pet dog, and during his struggles to free himself from the teeth of the dog. Mir. Jen- nings was aged 83.
 1 Awarded $1, 500 Damages
 verdict of s1.eoo damages was awarded the plaintiff in the case of Mortimer Smith, of Newtown. against the O'Brien Construction Co, by jury in the court of common pleas at Danbury, Thursday. Last summer the O'Brien company was engaged in the construction of a piece of the new state highway between Newtown and Danbury, and needing stone. made an I agreement with MT. Smith to take the stone it required from a stone wall on l the Smith farm Just how much of the wall the construction company agreed to remove was the point dIa dispute in the case. The contractors claimed that they agreed to take only the amount of stone they needed and I MT. Smith claimed that the company agreed to take all the stone in the lwaI1. The O'Brien company did not l take the foundation or surfaceN stones of the stone wall and the plain tiff alleged that his farm was greatly I damaged by leaving the s'foundation' stones in their original position
 Sues for s5oo.ooo.
 Joseph J. Asch is named as the de- fendant in the largest suit which has been filed in Norwa1k in many years Henry Lane Emo has instituted suit for $500, 900 against MT. Asch for money alleged to be due him. Property in N Westport and Saugatuck and in Nor walk was attached. The claim was secured by a mortgage on the famous Triangle Shirt shop block in New V4,,.Ir r711i inf am 7af1 ar wealthy residents of Saugatuck and New York.
 CB. Fitch a Bankrupt
 G. B. Fitch, first selectman of Da- Erien, has filed petition in Bankruptcy. placing his debts at $19,S72. .38. The as-s ued nomina1Iy at $21, coo: stock in trade, $s5o; vehicles $500; debts on open. accounts, s83.64.
 Sat Upon a Pencf1-Point. John Cappiella. 14 years of age. of E Sprin gdaIe, is recovering rom an at E tack of bIood-p poisoning which he in cured in a singular manner while at tending the spr.ingdale school soma. time ago. The boy sat down in his. seat. and a lead pencil which had | fallen into it in some manner, with point up, penetrated the flesh of his thigh. At first the Injury was treateds lightly. but later it was necessary to ck P11Vo4C4<ltt.4
 Hurt in Fall.
 Charles F. Sullivan of Danbury and fireman on a freight train, was stand. ing on the tank of the engine, Friday. when he slipped and fell The man was thrown off the engine and landed on the tracks and fractured an arm and three ribs, in addition to receiving injuries to- the head
 Pastor Accepts Call
 Rev. J.sI Kopp, pastor of St. PauIss Lutheran church, East Port Chester, has accepted 9. call from Christ church, Jersey City. and will go there after Easter.
 Cash Bad Cheeks.
 The Norwa1k police are on the look out for the passer7of three worthless Ichecks Wagner B Flynn are out $20 as the result of cashing two $1e checks and B. Lepopot2, a grocer, is minus $10 as the result Of cashfng one check. J lriman National bank of New York. A man claiming to be L. Herdz, son of the head Of a large cocoa firm in Brooklyn, was the man who cashed the checks.
 $25o0 Year for Baby.
 Referee Emory R. Buckner, appoint- ed by the surrogate to determine how
 much George, the 7-month old son of John Hamilton Tyson, of Riverside, should have, decided against the con- ! ltention of his father, who wanted to lspend $3,000 g year on, his account. Ac- cording to the papers in the case Mr. Tyson has an income of $24, 600 from his fathers estates. But as The has to pay out $3,000 alimony a year to his former wife and has considerable other expenses, including interest upon an Indebtedness of $75, 600, he has net Hl Income of only SIS GOO a year! That is he declared hardly sufficient to enable him and his wife. Mrs. Dorothy s. Tyson. to rear their son properly and still maintain their country estate, which is so far from the trolley lines that they have to have two automo- : biIes and a force of the servants to make life in the country worth living. He said that in view of the fact that little George has $4.5oo year accru- ing from one piece of property alone ,. worth $70 Oo0 he thought it would be !. a good idea fit the court would let him spend s3,0Qo a year to bring up fierce Buckner. however, decided that s2,5o0 would be enough.
 a Losses by Fire. The interior Of Luke WheIan's lunch wagon in Greenwich was ruined by !, fire. Friday. A leak in one of the gasoline stoves is believed to be the cause. MT. Whelan estimates his loss ] at over $s,ooo. Tn attempting to re- move money from the cash register, Andrew Fox had his right hand badly burned.
 ! The large coal delivery truck owned by B. Hershdeld & Son, of Norwalk, was Thursday destroyed by fire. The car back-hred and within a short time was enve1oped in flames assistance ar- irving too late to save the autonobila. The car probably cost. near g, GOO. IT was partly covered by insurance. When flames consumed an oufbuilG- ing on the property Of Charles Kana of Greens Farms, Saturday afternoon. John Barer was roasted alive. With him in the fire went the secret of how the blaze started. Indications are that