The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-26
Litchfleld County News
Wounded by Rooster.

With q deep and Jagged wound just over his right eye and blinded by the resulting blood, Henry ". Beeman of New Preston, was attended by Dr. Stevens and restored to censciousn essi He had been in a battle royal with a. full b1ooded rooster which attacked him without warning when he went into the chicken enclosure to o6eed his flock.
 Divorces Granted.
 The divorce mill ground out six de- screes in the superior court at Win sted Friday.
 The first was that of Wilheluaina L. SchnelI Of Warren against Max Schnell Of Warren. They were mar Iied April 26, 1877 and lived to- lshe was sick in 1910, the physician ordered her to go away. She returned home that fall and found that her. husband had moved from the farm owned by her to one owned by him self four miles distant, and had taken declared she had kept house and. boarders for seventeen years, and had 8 son and daughter, both married. She obtained a decree
 Mrs. Gertrude Newth. of Roberts kvi1le was granted a divorce from Ar thur J. Newth. supposed to be living near Columbus. O., on the grounds of desertion- They were married in, Kansas City, October 5, 1884. He left her ten years ago May 8, 1914, she found a letter from a woman in Ohio complaining that she was lone some and wanted him to come and live with her.
 A decree was granted in the case of A1leta Driggs of Pleasant Valley against Herman Driggs. They were
 married December 3, 1909 and sep arated April 25, 1910. They had been living at his fathers homes and he told her to get out, that he did not want to live with her any more.
 Mrs. Fannie Marcia of Wipsted was l divorced from Louis Marcia to whom 1 she was married February 18,z 1907. He left her April 6, 1903, when they were living in Granville. He had been arrested in Norfo1k for non support. Her husband was a team ster and of a rowing disposition Rosina Werner of TorTington was granted g, divorce from Arthur Wer- ner on the grounds of desertion. They had lived in Winsted, Torrington and on a farm in Harwinton. The couple separated three years ago. It ap- pears that Werner had acquired a fondness for his step- daughter. and when she married against his wishes he left l Anson IT. Norton of winsted ob- I tained a decree from his wife, Au- g1lsta Marcey Norton Of Red Hook. ". Y They were married January i1e, 1889, and separated at MiI1erton, N. F.. March 10, 1907. His wife was not contentad, and wished to find ex- citement. She remained out late nights and left him. Judge Case rendered his decisi on denying the application for divorce of Sophia PIatevoet against Theodore l PIatevoet and in her suit for an ac- counting in their agreement for her l to receive half of the proceeds from
 the sale of the farm, decided in favor of the defendant.
 For Postmaster.
 Representative Kennedy has rec commended the following postnaster-
 ship appointments: John Mulvil1e, at 1 Norfolk; Daniel P. Hurley, at Terry vile.
 Allen Joyce has been classified un-
 der the civil service as postmaster at
 Roxbury Station. M I Farm Bureaus Agent.
 A meeting of the Litchfeld County
 Farm Bureaus directors was held at I Ltchde1d Saturday for the purpose of appointing an executive commit tee, to secure the annual grant of $6o0 from the federal department of | agriculture and $500 from the State I Agricultural College, a total of $1,- HOO per annun. The movement aims at a close organization of the farm
 ing, mercantile and manufacturing I interests of the county, the employ ment of a sa1aried expert for consul
 tation and investigation. An execu- l tive committee was appointed as
 follows: Professor R. B. Dodge, I Washington; John Petttbone, New l Milford; Homer P. Deming Cole
 brook E. Bronson, Wfnsted,- and
 Rev. c. H. Perry. Kent. The execu- tive committee then appointed Allen slAAanchester of Bristol County Agent l at salary of 5000, dating from \ March (4eorae F. IOI1y1as xvAS