The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-30

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 will have hard road to travel. 7 It was noticeable at the caucus that out side of two or three leading ofhces nominations fairly went, begging, state of things very unusual.
 The fact that 40 Democrats came out in the rain of Monday night to attend the caucus of their party indicates degree of interest which promises well for success next Monday. The folioW- ing ticket was nominated: Select men, Charles Sanford, Walter P. Row. land; Town clerk, J. Robert Beech CT; Treasurer, J. B. Sanford; Grand Jurors, stephen Sanford, Robert H. Rider, James DriScoll; Constable Jas Delaney, Arthur Stowe, James con nery; Assessors, 3 years, Michael con nery; years, James l.. Blackman; l year, M. Joseph Sullivan; Board of Re- lief, Edgar T. Field, Wm. A. Louns- bury; Auditor, Goyn A. Talmage; Reg istrars of Boters, Edward M. Bradley, Chester B. Mills; Collector of Taxes, Robert H. Rider: Town school commit tee, Daniel s. Sanford, Michael Con nery, J. B. Sanford, William c. San ford, Eugene Adams.
 With the exception of MT Beecher, who is a newcomer, all the nominees are well known and of tried and prov en capacity. MT. Beecher is recent graduate of the Yale Law School and a nephew of Attorney w. J. Beecher or
 Newtown and Bridgeport. Those who know him speak in high terms of his ability and character. The candidate for first selectman is member of the retiring board and has held the office for several previous terms. MT. ROW land, his west side running mate, has until the last year or two been res ident of Weston and is well and fla
 vorably known. There are in fact no weak places on the ticket and its pros poets for a majority vote next Monday
 are regarded as excellent.
 Among the matters to come before the town business meeting on Monday
 are an appropriation for the. further building of State roads under the last legislative appropriations the proposed
 equalization of school property Valu-
 ations with reference to the Umpa- waug district, and the continuance of
 the present arran gementS with regard to the Georgetown half district. The latter is a combination arrangement in
 which Bedding, Wilton and Weston
 are partners and will doubtless be
 maintained No particular opposition
 to the State road appropriation is look
 ed for only one eighth of the aut-
 lay under it falls upon the town. The Umpawaug school district matter may lead to a good deal of discussion. | Work on the State road above the Ridge has been temporarily suspend
 ed until the tangle due to the con- struction of section of it according
 to a wrong grade can be straighten-
 ed out by Highway Commissioner Macdonald. The error is from six in-
 ches to one foot and was due to mistake of Surveyor D. c. Sanford in
 setting stakes. They were not mark ed in -co,,.esormitv to the map or the other stssAs pus, down by Surveyor Kellogg.
 A license was obtained last week by
 LeGrand Baldwin, cofored, for his marriage to Maggie Sweeney, white.
 The wedding is scheduled to occur next week.
 The board of registration made elev- en new voters at their session last
 Saturday.. Mark Twain was not one of them although on the list of eligi- bles. Selectman Hazen could not at
 tend on account of illness and Select man Banks who appeared at the morn ing session despite a chill and consid-
 erable fever, wasi ordered home by Dr.
 Smith.
 The residence of Mrs. John Todd has
 been improved by an addition and an
 iron front fence. The house of Car
 rie E.. Knapp in the same neighbor
 hood is undergoing extensive altera- tfons including the building of a pi- azza. Ben Godfrey is still seriously i'll with blood poisoning at the Danbury Hos pital. Theshand injured by a charge of shot, fired by James Smith is the seat of the aiIment, in the treatment of which the doctors have gaShed the arm to the elbow. Frank W. Ewing has closed his house in Umpawaug and removed to Boston for greater convenience in at tending to his business as representa- tive of the Dennison Tag Co.
 Isaac Josephi, who recently bought a large tract lying in the northwest ern part of this town and in Ridge field, is rebuilding and enlarging the former Henry Taylor house after plans which will provide a spacious and handsome residence. He is also build ing dam to furnish water supply. James Reynolds, while working at the John G. Stetson place in Pleasant Valley on Tuesday, slipped and fell across a trough severely wrenching ] his back A doctor Was called and he was taken home.
 l. Arthur J. Todd started last week on a western trip having Denver and Se- attle for it's main objective points. William Heff, a cooper at Todd s | lime kiln had his nerves badly jared the other day by having his vision suddenly confronted by two big cop perheads which were exposed to view on his picking up some barrel slaves l from the ground. The snakes did not | bite him, and he soon dispatched them. | A meeting of the entertainment com l nittee of the Mark Twain library is | to be held this evening to make ar engagements for giving a barn dance Miss J. l.. Glider will this week va cate her summer home on the Ridge and return to New York.