The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-05
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS.
New Corporations.

New Corporations.
 A certificate of incorporation has been filed by the Greenwich Real Els tate company of Greenwich which will do a real estate and building business. The authorized capital is $4O,000 and the corporation will start with $1, GOO paid in. The incorporators>a are Robert I. Chamberlain, John D. Chapman and Mortimer B. Foster.
 rhe Graham Ernst Cigar company of South 8Norwalk has filed a, certif1- cate showing that it has purchased 65 shares of it's own capital stock.
 The Ball & Roller Bearing company of Danbury has filed a certificate or increase of capital stock from $1o0, ,oo0 to $1, ,0O0, 900. .he
 A certinoate of organization has been filed by the Comes & Winthrop company of Stamford. -Lewy Comes is president, Ernest w. Northrop, treasurer, and Nettie N. Comes secre- tary.
 Want. State Aid.
 A bill proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State to allow for the appointment of one city as- sessor by the state tax commissioner when such procedure is requested by the vote of nnunfcipa aHties, will be pre- sented to- the next legislature and backed by the administration of Nor walk.
 Suicide in Byram RaVer
 Apparently denaented, John Pfrina, 8 nnoulder, of East Port Chester, com naited suicide Wednesday by jumping into the Byram river. A strong swim mer, Pirina refused all assistance of fered him, dove back into the water and disappeared. He was 34 years old and is survived by a widow and four small children.
 Requests in Will.
 Real estate of an estimated value of s3o, ,0o0 is disposed of in the will of on March 21. There is a. bequest of $7, coo to Miss Anna spahr. who has been living in the Ba1com family for years. To Mrs. Florence Crabb of Stamford, widow of Charles Crabb and a niece of the testator, s bequeathed 6ne-half of the residue of the estate, subject to the dowen right of the tes- tator,s widow. There is a. bequest to Mrs. Rachel J. Turpin of StamfordS sister of the testator, of the life use of the other half of the residue. subject to the widows dover right. To Mrs. Nellie J. Archer, wife of Sylvanus M. Archer Of Stamford, is bequeathed the other half of the residue of the estate, subject to the dover right of the widow and to the life use of Mrs. Tur- pin, who is Mrs. Arc1ler's mother.
 The will of William B. Beckley, who died in the Stamford hospital March A, disposes of real estate of an iesti- mated value of which is not given. It is said, however. the personal estate will amount to between 5$100, ,000 and s200 ,o00. He gives to his daughters, Miss Margaret E. BeckIey and Miss Gertrude H. Beclxley, two shares of the common stock of the Stamford Lumber company. A trust fund is created of the residue of the estate. The net income from this fund is to - Nr. 7-9-- widow ofsthe testator. Upon the death of Mrs. Gertrude e. Beckley, widow of the testatort the residue of the estate free from the trust, is to be divided equally between MT. Beckley's two daughters.
 Losses by Fire.
 A small building Oh the property of Mrs. James E. Walsh of Danbury. used as a spring house and which water bottles and other goods of a, similar nature was burned to the ground Friday. The cause of the fire has not been determined, Mrs. Walsh said that the building had not been used during the winter and she could someone entered the place. The tdam age to the building Mrs Walsh esti- mates at $100. There is partial insur- ance. The contents were owned by H. Ray Bailey. MT. Bailey estimates the damage to his property at about $500 with insuranc
 The small barn owned by Michael Murphy of Danbury was practically ruined by a fire of unknown origin Saturday. About a ton Of hay, to- gether with some tools and farming implements were also burned. Two wagons were saved. The damage is estimated at $700, and is partly cov- cred by insurance.
 Drowned in River
 Stephen Aczel, s5, was drowned at Shelton, Sunday night 3n the Housa- tonic river. He fell from the railroad l bridge during a fit of dizziness.
 Out on strike
 About 200 laborers, including ma sons helpers, pick and shovel men and those employed on the large es- tates and farms here struck at New Canaan Monday for $2.50 for a nine hour day. They are now getting $2 About 100 went to the railroad station lldaaring the day and a number Of persons coming in by trains to go to work were sent away again. About the town in a number of cases men who did not respond promptly to the strike order were taken from their teams.
 Red Hot Phone Arthur Bibbins. of Darien, awoke about am, Monday, and heard a. cracking noise in his room. Thinking a burglar had broken a. window, he reached out for his telephone to noti- fly the police. Emitting a yell he dropped the telephone instrument It was red hot and lot of the skin of his hand stuck to it. MT Bibbins then realized that the house was afire. He singed his eyebrows get A r.oJ7z ff3o fTor