The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-09
BEDDING
BEDDING BROKER DUNNELL WILL AUTO NO MORE
Machine All But Toppled Into Bedding Gully With
 Load of Young People
DECISION AGAINST BURGESS

Bedding, Sept. 9.-By wonderful good fortune an auto accident which
 occurred Sunday afternoon near Put nam Park resulted in no casualties all
 though the machine was badly dan1-
 aged and the escape of it's occupants
 could not have been narrower The
 machine belongs to F. l.. Dunnell, a
 New York Stock Exchange broker,
 who has a summer home on the Ridge
 and his chauffeur was driving from
 Bethel with a party of young people, guests of MT. and Mrs. Dunnell. At
 a drainage bridge just below the park
 another auto was met and the bridge
 being barely wide enough to admit the
 passing of the two machines MT. Dun
 nell's driver turned quickly to avoid
 a collision, and at the same time shut
 off and applied the brakes. The auto
 left the roadway and went partly
 down a steep bank, where it stopped
 just in time to avoid topp1ing over. A few feet further down the gully and
 it's upset would have been inevitable. The wrench twisted the forward axle and damaged the wheels. Sanford Osborn was called upon and hauled home the crippled machine with horses. The auto was second hand one which MT. Dunnell expected to use until February when his order for a new machine is to be filled. On ac- count of the accident, however his in- clination for auto transportation un- derwent a quick and complete reversal and he has cancelled his order for the
 The petition of Lawyer C.i A. Bur gess for the acceptance of his report as guardian of his daughter Edith came up by adjournment for a hear ing before Probate Judge. Nickerson on Tuesday. MT. Burgess had sought to withdraw the petition after the first adjournment and did not appear. The court disallowed in it's entirety his claim of several hundred dollars against his daughter, this claim being made up of alleged advances of mon ey towards the purchase of the house at the Center which was deeded to his daughter in trust and for subsequent repairs and insurance. On the other hand the court allowed to Mary Bur- gess, the aunt of Edith and her trus- tee in the house transaction, about S2. 900 of the claim she had preferred. Her claim was interposed with friend ly intent, it's purpose being to place that of the father in the back ground. The effect of the probate decision, un- less an appeal from it is taken and sustained is to give the daughter the title to the property At the same time Lawyer Burgess has pending in the Common Pleas court an action by which he seeks to have the title con- veyed to himself.
 At the instance of Frank R. Cham bers owner of the Rogers & Peet re- creation ranch, a baseball ground Is being laid out in the upper portion of Putnam Park with the approval of the park commissioners. Recently a team from the recreation colony played against the Center nine and made such a poor showing that MT. Chalmers, who is his firms advertising genius, evidently concluded that they should have proper facilities for becoming better skilled in the national game. He offered to do the grading and other work required to prepare first class in an undeveloped quarter of the park if the ground was cleared of weeds and bushes and his proposition was accepted. The field will be ready for use in a few days. It will be open to all corners, subject of course to such regulations as the commission CTS provide. Its location makes it somewhat inconvenient for local teams. but aside from this disadvan- tage it fills a long felt want as the town has not before had a first class ball field.
 A special town meeting has been called for Saturday of this week at 2 o'clock to act on the offer by MT. Chambers to donate to the town that