The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-03-18

Miss Isabel V. Lyon, respectively bus
mess secretary and social secretary for
Mark Twain, was appointed for to-day
(Thursday) in New York 1t was to
be church wedding and Mark Twain
was to be one Of the guests. Through
her position as the feminine heac of
the Mark Twain household the bride
mas made a large number of acuuain-
tances since coming to Redding ana is
pronounced social favorite. She is
OF the brunette type, petite yiyacious
and attractive
A car load of furniture and two car
loads of merchandise for John Muen-
n1ch, the new proprietor of the Ridge
store, arrived at Bethel on TuesS az
MI Muenntch has bought all the ice
put up by Milo L. Osborn A soda
fountain will be one of the features of
his business. He has hired JOSEPH
Hill as delivery clerk and general utiI-
ity man.
Daniel O'Keefe of Sanfordtown is
nome from the South where he has
ceen motor boat cruising during the
WINTER with Fred O'Hara of BRIDGEPORT
as his partner.
The artesian well for the s. c. Shaw
mouse is being equipped by S. B.
church with windmill which will
surmount tank having a capacity of
10000 gallons. A hot air pumping en-
CINE will also be provided for use in
cases OF emergency. A windmill and
tank is being placed over Herbert
AodIHCS dTleSidu well Dy the Fairbanks
Morse Co, of New York
The. daughter and granddaughter Of
II. H. Rogers, the Standard Oil mag
nate, have been guests of Mark Twain
arriving last Friday and leaving on
Monday.
Charles King Gorham who died at
the Danbury hospital last week and
was buried In a cemetery of that town,
was g. native of Redding, being the son
of DR.. Gorham who is we'll remember
ed by the older residents as a practi-
toner here so or 60 years ago. The
son was lawyer by profession nd
had lived in New Haven since he was
young man. His age was about 20.
The baseball team of the Sanford
School will play their. initial game of
the season on April 10 against the
Stamford High. Only four of last
years players are on the present home
team Their grounds this season will
be in the field south of the highw ay
adjoining the home of Henry S. Sha w.
+ Additional work will be done this
spring towards the improvement of the
Ridge cemetery. The bank at the
front is to be graded down and the
stone piers of the street fence capped
with ornamental crown pieces. For
the latter feature Hal Sanford has do
mated 500.
Deputy Sheriff Banks has a pair of
young Devon oxen which he purchased
in RoXbury. Clinton Sanford also has
a new OK team bought from John Og-
den.
The renewal of dog licenses is now
in order. A supply of the tags for lat
purpose has been received by the town
clerk. Licenses not taken out by May
1 will cost one dollar more.
Charles Burr Todd is back from Flor
ida where he has been spending the
winter, and with his mother, who is
now in Bethel, will spend most of tie
summer at his home here.
Frank c. Nickerson, only brother tf
Town Clerk Nickerson, was at the
point of death on Wednesday at his
home in New York. His ailment is
cancer of the stomach.
Mrs. ST. Maur, the authoress, will
soon move from the Selleck place at
the center which she has occupied for
the last two or three years, to the Ed
ward Grumman house on the west
side.
Hal Sanford finds the pursuit of big
sport that he has postponed his return
northward from April until May.
When he comes he will occupy the res
idence of E. M. Sanford for a month
or two and afterwards go to Europe.
Charles Banks of West Redding last
week captured an old fox and nine
young ones and straightway proceeded
to make a claim upon Town Treasurer
Hill for the State bounty. He had al
ready realized 800 from fox bounties
this season.
w. E. Grumman, the librarian of the
Mark Twain free library, is now the
authors stenographer.
A new piano for Redding Grange
was brought from Bridgeport on Tues
day by A. H. Sanford.