The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-18
BEDDING NEWS
Rev Store on Ridge-Latgen's Palatial ,' Home at Sunset HiIl.

banford. hag been leased by John Mu-
 hnuich- of Brooklyn who intends to open
 tt for a general merchandise business
 Dbout April l. To provide residence
 Tor himself and family in connection
 with his new commercial undertaking
 Mf. Nfuennich bargained with Dr.
 Anna M. Reid for the purchase of the
 former Shaw house, now known as the
 Ridge Inn, and it is expected that the
 transaction will be completed within a
 few days by the passing of conveyance
 papers. The price agreed upon for the
 property has not been made public but
 Is said to be in the neighborhood of
 B, ,00O.rs MT. Muennich is brother-in-law
 pf Harry Kennel of Sanfordtown and
 recently sold the real estate in Brook lyn which he owned preparatory to teeking a business opening elsewhere.
 Ridge Inn, will this summer have the kse for hotel purposes of D. s. San- lords. house on the Ridge the same As during the past two seasons.
 Next week will see the completion hf the final details connected with the building of Commodore Luttgen's mansion on Sunset Hill. In size, cost tnesa, sightliness of location and the development of landscape adorments Ehis place easily surpasses any other n town and next summer will rank as Reddings chief residential show place | distinction formerly held by the Mark Twain's villa Common re- port places the outlay for the buildings and other Improvements at consider ably above $100. 900 but this is probably an exaggeratton. There is good au- thority for the statement that the contract price for the buildings was fomewhAt less than $50,000 although this by no means represents the to- tal expenditure. The garage building with ifs f0war rising t0 a height of 50 feet from the center is an Institution in itself, and the water SUD- ply plant, the electric light plant and the cascade fountain with it's circular borders of alternate gravel walks and greensward are among the other mo- table features. Another is a deer park of about ten acres surrounded by a.. fence ten feet high and now ten- Rnted by three deer.
 Shortly past midnight last Sunday Louis Klein, of the firm Of Greenbaum E Klein who are conducting the former Sullivan store, awoke in his room above, the store and heard sounds which conveyed to him the impression that some one was working at door br window to force an entrance. Talk Ing. his revolver he made his way to the front Of the building by side exit. It was raining and so dark that ob- tects a few feet away could not be seen, but the. noises continued and he located them at the front door. Taking aim in that direction he fired. The next instant some one scrambled Diff the stOop and as he struck the ground tumhled down, to judge by the bound. MT. Klein fired again and a moment later heard some one rapidly running up the road. An examina- ton of the double front door showed fresh marks evidently made by pry- Ing with chisel or jimmy. A stout iron bar inside had kept the door from being forced. From the fact that the man uttered a groan as he fell MT. Klein thought one of the bullets might have taken effect but close inspec- lion of the ground revealed no traces pf blood.
 It appears that the town treasurer and the town clerk are we'll started bn the second year of their present terms of office without having furnish td- bonds. The omission is the fault pf last years board of selectmen who h the event of any financial delin- hrency by the officials in question would have been liable for the snort tge. Until the present board came ln the treasurer was not only without bonds but kept the town funds with his personal bank account. The am- punt of his bond is $10,000 and that of the town clerk $500.
 high compliment is paid the Sali- lord School by Sara A. Burtsall, an English writer, in her book 'Tmpres- bicns of American Education" publish by LongmanS, Green & Co. She is dis eussing the best type of schools for the training Of the sons of wealthy men for services to the community and Instances the Bedding institution as an example with it's elements of a farm and a cultivated home. A days rou- kine at the school is given in detail, l knd she adds that t'one would like to 1 saye one's brothers there.''
 4; suit for $5,000 damages has been brought against the Danbury & Bethel 1 Trolley Co,, by Richard Emslie, who | kas been directing the Luttgen build l hx operations. As MT. Emslie was Aavifie a car on the defendants line 1 aeyeraf weeks ago he claims that he | was struck and pushed off the steps | By the conductor and in consequence l tell and suffered a compound fracture | sf the, ankle.
 The contract for carrying the mail between the Ridge and West Bedding | Tor the next four years has been | awarded to Ames Merritt of Danbury. l His bid was slightly under $500 per l year and he enters upon his duties | July, 1.
 The board of relief will hold fur ther meetings on Saturday of this week and next Monday. So far about | 2 dozen applicants for reductions have tppeareo. No cases will be decided | lnt1i the last meeting day.
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