The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-04
WESTPORT

The election in town is passing off qV5gtly today. There has been no un- usual excitement during the campaign nothing like what was reported about the place being torn up and the pub lie buildings and bill boards covered with posters. At the Republican eau GUS few nights ago, everything was harmonious Louis P. @Wakeman was nominated for first selectman by ac- clamation, and on the 3rd ballot MT. Oscar Smith won the- second place. On the first ballot for second select man, the vote stood as follows: George $. Jennings 60, Oscar Smith 60 and M. H. Coley 54 At last Mr. Smith re- ceived 120 votes out of 190. MT. George G. Hyatt was nominated for town clerk by exclamation. The tax collectors will be Dr. T. c. Stearns and John Curtis. For treasurer MT. William E. Osborne received the nomination and all of these gentlemen are likely to be elected when the polls close. As was remarked in town this morning, the nominations represent the survival of the fitteSt.
 Booths for polling were erected in the basement of the new Town Hall which was used today for the first time for a town meeting.
 The Democrats today voted the fol- lowing ticket: Town clerk Frederick E. Perry, selectman R. H. Coley and w. H. Taylor. tax collector Samuel E..
  E. Mills and A. J. Hull, grand jurors Charles E. Mills, J. F. Daley, John Stuart, assessors J. F. Dailey, Thomas Quinlan, G. R. Thorpe, auditor S. B. Wheeler, school committee, J. H. Mo Ardle, w. J. Wood, treasurer F. N. Naylor.
 The annual report of the town was published on Saturday afternoon, and in the hands of voters this morning.
 F. B. Sturges & Son have dissolved partnership.
 Mrs. Phoebe Carver, having sold her place to Robert w. Post, of the Paper Company has moved to Norwalk.
 The divorce action of Ebert N. Sip perly against his wife, is one of the sensations of the hour in town. The happy couple once lived in a luxurious home in town called 'Millfield.'' Af ter it was destroyed by fire, they nov ed to Norwalk. As a resident of the town says: How little we can tell for a modest s35.O00 damages. This shows how high he valued the affec- tions of his wife who was Miss Ade- laide Nash.
 This town, like stratford, has an ac- tor to the manner born.' William s. Hart is said to have made success in the play called .'The Barrier He takes the character of Dan Stark, and recently appeared in Rochester, N. Y.
 D. A. [ dent not having had vacation in 15 years, will go to Syracuse to visit his son, Douglass.
 Fifteen new voters have been added to the voting list One of these is Principal George H. Boyden of the Staples High School.
 Much as the sewer question has been cracked up in out of town papers, none will be built right away. At a meet ing of the Westport Fire district, held on Wednesday, the report of the com nittee in favor of sewers was voted down, 35 to 22.
 It seems this town as well as Strat- ford, has had a clergyman who has been representing a great man. Strat- ford can boast it's Fulton in the per son of Rev MT. Bullock, but Westport, in the person of Rev. Royal W. Ray mond, who was also once preacher in Stratford, has been figuring con spicuously at Seattle. Washington. He