The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-24
BEDDING FIRE
 LIKE COMEDY

ONE MANS FACE DAMAGED B1
 HURLED FIDDLE-ROSA NIGH
 OILS REPELS SALVAGE CORPS
 WITH SHOT GUN-CANNY PRES
 DEST SEES BEHEADED CHM
 NEY. AND TAKES INSURANCE
 OFF-BUT PLACE BURNS DOWN
 ALL RIGHT.
 Bedding, Feb. 24-An old house west of the Center which was owned ana occupied by William Couch, coioreo' was burned last Thursday afternoon. The fire started from the chimney, the house being unoccupied at the time' h. T. Gorham, George Wakeman anu Meeker Jones who were getting ice Ill the vicinity, discovered the, ire m JUS earlv stages and breaking in the door succeeded in saving most of the TUT nit,re Coming upon Counch's hdoie Mr Gorham expedited the savage work by hurling it through window The instrument landed on Jones race in it's flight and split his lips. Inis made something of diversion anu Nichols. who had been sharing Coucn doriciIe. arrived On the scene AnS- cred. apparently at the liberty taken by the salvage party Tn torcins all en- trance to the house she optaineu loaded shot gun from an outpulloIlis and threatened to shoot them. one was disarmed, however, without nav frr done any harm. The house, Wnlcn was entirely consumed. had formerly been insured in the Williamsburg Co.' but q few months ago Marshall Drlg- 20. the company'S president notieeu a while motoring past that the top oI the chimney was gone and promptly ca1coIIed inc insurance as too hazardous to carry. No further insurance was secured upon the property
 Denial is made by Attorney D. C. Shaw that the discrepancy founn III II the records in the matter or some o1 the back taxes which he has coliecteu is due. to any negligence on hIS pai a;. The selectmen. in going over the slt- nation. discovered that taxes to the arnount of bout $4O0 which had been made the subject of liens were enter ed as paid on the town clerks DOCKS, inc liens having been released. Al the same time these sums renamed on eA- Col ector Gorham's rate book as stlll ,nneid although the money had been turned over by MT. Shaw to the town freasurer. When questioned by the seleetmen on the matter MT. GorndHi said the payments were uncreolteo on his books because notice or Such pay ynents had not been given hlm. NOW MT. Shaw declares in letler to i,se Se1ectman Sanford that he dld give Mr Gorham such notice and conse- ouentIy that the latter's record should tally with the other accounts.
 The first hunting license for 1910 to ba issued in this town was taken out on Tuesday by Ray Ezequeile Who obtained it that he might legally shoot
 
 remains off until April 1. The license holds good until Jan. 1 next. The day m which Ezequelle got his license ne more than squared accounts py snool- ing a skunk, the pelt Of which mas market value of s325. All skins cap able of Being dyed ana otnerwlse pro to cessed into material for fur garments have gone sharply upward lately A No skunk pelt now comm ands $4' red fox sS and No. 1 mink $11 while that of the plebian muskrat which us ed to bring only 15 cents now sells for about S1.
 The board of relief held their final session for hearings on Monday. They were to meet today, to reach declslons and make up their report. Their work will not materially affect the grand list total as they had only few ap- pucants for reductions. In some ln- sr hoes they contemplate an increase 
 Charles Day, whose home is with ms narents at the Center underwent an operation for appendicitis at New York hospital last week.
 The machinery is being removed from the old cider mill in Pleasant Valley preparatory to it's removal tMu M a mill in another location which VIII be run by other than water power The old mill was included in the pur-. chase by Miss Esther Waterman o1 the Turney Sanford property.
 Clarence Abbott, a former Redd1ng boy, has accepted an offer of the principalship of an Episcopal church school near Chicago. For some time he has been prosecuting attorney of the Humane Society of Albany.
 The Sanford School basketball team went to Washington, Litchfeld Coun- ty. last Friday for a game with the Pidoe school and met with defeat by a score of 26 to 20.
 About a dozen of the members of Bedding Grange drove to Newtown Street on Tuesday evening to partici- nate in the silver wedding celebration of MT. and Mrs. Henry Rupf.
 Jeremiah Grumman or Easton died last Friday from stomach trouble al the home of his sister, Mrs. Mary Whitehead. in Pleasant Valley.
 Mrs. Woolsey Randall, who was the subject of an operation at New York hospital, recently. has returned to hel home at the Center.
 E. M. Bradley attended the motor boat show at Madison Square Garder last Saturday.
 The little daughter of Rev. W. H Jepson who has been dangerously il with pneumonia in Bridgeport, is re covering.
 Extensive interior improvements 1T