The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16
BEDDING NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST
 TO- OUR READERS


 Redding.. April 15.-The will of the late John Todd was filed in the pro bate court last Saturday by Alanson Osborn of Danbury. one of the execu- tors. but in accordance with their re- quest it's contents will not be divu'ged orr administration proceedings under it be commenced until May g. the date of legal limitation. The executors. be- sides MT. Osborn. are the widow and Arthur J. Todd. adopted son of the testator. During his last illness he caalsed to be recorded two deeds which he had execAted some time before and Qi1e conv9ys to Arthur J. Todd the house which he occupies and 1c5 acres of land. The other conveys to John Todd His son. the homestead. also life use of the widow. Within the last two or three years the late MT. Todd sold and converted into other forms of pzbperty the considerable number of Abuses in Bethel and Danbury which he owned.
 TsUpon, the urgent desire of the teach eds the committee and the parents of Umpawaug school district, Mrs. An drew Steitzel.who broke up the schools session on the 5th. was arrested last Friday and arraigned before a justice on four counts During the lnterven- ipE days the school had not been in
 
 raid from the woman. The evidence showed that Mrs. Steitzel. for wholly 5lnaginery grievance relating to one of her children. who was pupil. had descended upon the school and violent IN aseailed Mrs. Brownlow, the teach eE with vituperative language. The talk and conduct of the accused while her trial was in progress made it quite HpDarentS that she was demented. With the purpose of keeping her in custody during the rest of the school term she was sentenced to 6O days in the Bridgeport jail and to pay a fine oe $l and costs. amounting altogether to 3l5S8. The supposition is that she VIII be transferred before her sentence IS served out to the insane retreat at 1G1ddletown. The case is sad one. &s the woman has five young children 1nd the family are. about to be evicted 1H6m their home under a foreclosure judgment in behalf of the town. the e11t having been based on obligations assumed by the husband for expenses 417Eurred by Mrs. Steitzel as town insane patient. The woman is of TO- bust physique and when she is on the var path the neighborhood trembleS. 1n4 Danbury she once knocked into un- conscioueness with a fist blow police man who arrested her and several uafEutes elapsed before he emerged from his trance. Occasionally she pdnrs out flood of talk regarding the royal families of Europe. it being one ok her Authorizations that on the pa BEX68l B1Q6 Sne springs IQo ILL Gen1ollerns of Germany.
 The fire which last week swept over q large tract in the lower part of New town. starting in the Dodgingtown dis t1fct and extending southeasterly to the Hopeweu road which marks the Hedding line, broke out on Wednesday and was not extinguished until the fol- 1&kinE Friday. The burned over area fSfabout two miles long and in places hile wide and comprises what is Known as the East woods. On We'd uesday night the flames threatened one Of William Platt's barns and through ont the night he fought the fire un- 63ded, morning finding him helpless ffom exhaustion but the building 6@Red. The next day while furious wind ragged nearly one hundred men esmbattedl the aamss and partly, by tenement house belonging to J. E.. Pfaft. Mrs. Benjamin Bassett. who Twas at the time alone in her home, be- came SO alarmed for the safety of the house that she moved out the furni- ture- The brigade; of fire fighters sue ceeded in conf1ning the conf1agration to the upper side of the Hopewen road. the Reddfng side being promtply auenched- Although no buildings were destroyed the property loss was quite large as about 1.500 cords of piled up G6rdwood was burned. Most of it was owned by Danbury and Bethel parties Nho had bought the standing trees and cut the wood to market.
 At the annual meeting of Christ kchurch parish held on Monday evening EStepheu Sanford was elected senior warden. W. c. Sanford, junior warden, fChafleg Sanford treasurer and A. G. 1Barnett clerk. The other members of he vestry chosen were: Rev. w. H.
 epoon, E. F. Sanford, Randolph Brad
 and Charles Warehouse.
 Tho Harpers publish this week a new book by Mark Twain entitled 'Is E<E4nI IA na0 ic Cofd fr onr tain something about Shakespeare and e good deal about the authors exper- 3ences in the Far West and on the Mis- slBstppi river.
 Six new members were received into tho Center Congregational church on Sunday In the evening Rev. MT. Un- derwood conducted the final service un- der his two months engagement The society would have liked to extend the period to a year but the requisite fnan- clal pledges were not forthcoming.
 The Ridge, Center. hometown and Couch HiII districts have each raised s1o under the plan by which the town and the State will add $15 more in such case for the purchase of new educa- fdonal aids.
 Samuel Friedman of Bridgeport was drawing a heavy load of dressed beef up the hill west of the Ridge a few days ago when his horse collapsed un- der the strain at the summit and went down to rise no more.
 Charles H. Bradley has placed his residence in Plea asant Valley in the hands of the Sanford agency for. rental, but if a lessee is not found may occu- py, it himself this summer.
 In a poor exhibition of ball playing for which the icy wind was partly re- sponsible the Stamford Highs defeated the Sanfords at the Ridge on Satur- day, 10 to 3.
 Only 13 dog licenses have so far been taken out in this town. Owners who delay until after May are subject to a fee of $1 additional.
 Edward Ashworth has moved from the neighborhood of Putnam Park to Bethel and the. house he vacated is now occupied by James Delaney, who bought the property from his brother Thomas.
 Robert Walbridge will this season