The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-24
BEDDING NEWS


 Bedding. Nov. 34-The Center school was closed the latter part of last week on account of the illness from diph- theria of J. B. Sanford. whose children are among the pupils Mir Sanford took the infection from a trained monia case of Mrs Van Fault an in mate of his household. the nurse was removed to the Danbury hospital where she is doing we'll Dr. Smith the anti-toxin treatment with such good results that the patients condi- ton has at no time been serious None of the other members of his family has caught the disease
 III feeling due to cattle trespass brought George P Williams and James Delaney, neighbors of Lonetown, into conflict last Wednesday Finding De laney's live stock in one of his fields. where there were corn and cabbages, Williams fmpounded them Delaney secured their release by paving S5 nominally in recOmpense for the dam age they had done A day or two later Edward Ryan, Delaney's father in-law. impounded Williams cattle for trespass- It cost Williams S to get them out and subsequently, when he sought Delaney to discuss matters the interviewer terminated in his be- ing knocked down by Delaney Then Williams prayed out a process for his assailantss arrest and also instituted a civil suit for S200 damages The criminal complaint came on before a justice Monday morning and was con- finued to Saturday in order that the defendant might have time to obtain counsel. He will plead provocation and self defense Attorney Bates of Danbury represents Williams in both
 Al sudden attack of appendicitis in acute form prostrated Michael Connery the Georgetown merchant and ex-rep- resentative, the latter part Of last week and for two or three days his condi- rton was alarming A change for the better occurred on Sunday and he IS now considered to be in no immediate danger An operation was not per formed although one may yet be
 The Rassert house on the lower Put nam Park road has been purchased by Henry S. Osborn from Miss Mary Bassett for $350. Miss Bassett removed last week to the home. of her niece Mrs. Thomas T. Brown. in Easton- She is the beneficiary of the entire sum left by her recently deceased brother
 A few days since Charles Favreau found one of his horses which he had turned out firmly imprisoned i'm a tan- gle of wild grape vines They had become so wound about the animals body and limbs that 1t was lying help less on it's back and except for being released would probably have not much longer survived
 The work or taking up and relaying to a deeper level the stone ballast of a mart of the Ridge State road which was first put down at a wrong grade has been nearly completed by the con- tractor. No detailed instructions for correcting the error have yet been re- cefved from the office of the highway commissioner
 A slight improvement has occurred in the condition of w. C. Sanford He now sits up much of the time and ap- hears to have entered upon a course Of slow but steady progress towards recovery
 me whist club met on Monday ev- enInz with MT. and Mrs Sanford Os- born
 Louis C. Rumsey has purchased a r,air of horses from New York parties. who surnmered in Dodgingtown.
 Tine assessors hold their second meeting on Monday next. the meeting appointed for last Monday being de- ferred on account of Chairman Con- nery's illness
 Herbert Arnold has gone to his home in Vermont for a brief visit and also.