The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-02
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS
$1,000 to Church

BY the terms of the will of the late
Mrs. Abby j. Beers, the. Method ist
Episcopal church of Danbury is be-
queathed about $1,000 from the per-
sona1 property of Mrs. Beers estate.
She also leaves requests of $50 each
to the Women's Foreign Missionary
society and to the Home Missions
society of the church, as well as other
personal property to different socie-
ties connected with the church.
Bath Houses for Darien
Darien may soon have bathing ia
cilities similar to those at Compo
Beach. At a recent town meeting,
question of expending $2,800 for the
tearing down of the present town and
individual buildings at Pear Tree
Point and to erect new bath houses.
Is Declared Dead
Search throughout the land having
failed to locate John D. Smith, once
of Stamford he has been declared
legally dead and his share of the es-
tate of Julia C1ason has been ordered
distributed among the other surviving
heirs of his father, Mark Smith, de-
ceased, who was the brother of Julia
Clason.
Will Receive $175,OOO
John H. Tyson of Riverside is the
largest legatee of his aunt, Fannie A.
Il.
He will receiver about $175,000 partly
in trust. The deceased owned proper
ty in New York valued at $42, 147. and
had other assets worth $196,990. The
bulk of the latter consists of 1880
shares of the American News Com
pany, worth $156,10O. OF this, 1900
shares are to be held in trust for Ty-
son, and at his death the principal
will go to his children.
A Dynamite Plot?
Mystery surrounds the finding Fri
day by jeremiah Mcclure, a. paint
er of New Fairfield, of dynamite fuses
and caps under the porch of the
house of Edward Jennings in New
Fairfield where he was working. No
dynamite was found near them. Both
Mr.. Jennings and Mr.. MCGUIRE were
at a loss to tell how the dynamite fus-
es and caps had gotten under the
porch, but the superstition is that they
were left there temporarily by per-
sons in the vicinity who were con-
templating blasting.
Wealth of Greenwich
Commodore E. c. Benedict of IN
dian Harbor has given 100000 for
the Greenwich hospital which he pre-
scented to the community, and Mrs.
Nathaniel WithereH the new $500,
Y. M c. A. Both these institutions
will be ready for use in the early sum-
mer. The new Greenwich post office
will cost about $4,000. One of the
trust companies will in the spring
erect a marble front building to cost
$15O,000. John A. Topping (of steel
fame) will build 100000 home on
his large estate at Round Hill. Henry
A. Croft of Pittsburgh, who recently
bought a large tract, will build a res
idence to cost 100000 Among 9TH
ers who will spend from $4,000 to
$1,000 on improvements and new
buildings are Cornell WooIley, w. R.
Steinmetz, George Price, VIM. Chad
burne, Lydia r Coffin, Adams Cal
houn, Mrs. F. c. Rawolle. Frederick
ZitteI and a number of others.
Through Both Eyes
Frank Moschella, age six years, is
at the Norwalk hospital taking treat
ment as the result of a peculiar and
serious accident which occurred at
his home Friday afternoon. The Soy
found a cartridge pear his home and
exploded it between two rocks The
bullet passed through both eyes. In
addition the lad injured his right
hand badly. 1t is feared that the lad
will lose the sight of one, if not of
both eyes
Rural Carrier Resigns
Josiah L. Day, rural carrier of the
Danbury post office, has resigned. Mr..
Day has been in the postal service
about fifteen years.
Six German deserters were executed