The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-17
NEWS OF OLD
 BEDDING TOWN
Caretaker of Putnam Park is Dangerously III With Mys-
 teriOuS Malady

! Bedding, Nov. 17-Thomas Delaney,
 who has been caretaker at Putnam
 Park since the park was established, ! is dangerously sick from an ailment l which puzzles the doctors. He was l stricken suddenly last Sunday morning and has since been in a state of coma l most of the time. In the occasional | intervals of consciousness his mind re- ! mains clouded. Physicians held con- 1 sultation in the case on Tuesday but reached no decision as regards defin- | ing the malady. The conditions sug- gest concussion of the brain, apoplexy or spinal meningitis.
 The marriage of John P. McMahon | of Stamford, and Miss Teresa M. Ryan I daughter of Mrs. William Ryan of Pleasant Valley, was celebrated at the
 Ridge Catholic church on Tuesday l morning, Rev. Father Kiernan per- 1 forming the ceremony. Only a small
 assemblage of relatives and friends at tended the nuptials, and immediately after the ceremony MT. and Mrs. Me | They are to make their home in Stam- | ford The groom is a railway postal | clerk.
 | Messrs. Blackman and Osborn of the board of assessors began on Tuesday | the work of viewing property for the purpose of making a re-appraisal at | full value figures as directed by a vote | of the last annual town meeting. The property viewed was in the Sunset H1ll. I Ridge and Sanfordtown sections, and | in no instance were the final valua- l tions fixed. this being deferred until
 Chairman Connery takes part in reach | ing conclusions. He expects to share l in the journeyings of the board next
 week.
 l L. O. Peck and wife. and Commodore
 Luttgen have vacated their summer places on Sunset Hill for their resi-
 dences in New York.
 | One of A. G. Barnetts horses was found the other morning with broken | jaw, the injury having come from a | kick by another horse. The injured animal is under the care of a veterin ! ary who hopes to save it. MT. Barnett about the same time lost a valuable Holstein COW in calving.
 Registrar Lew Warner is making up l the military enrolment of the town as required by the new law, by a house | to house canvass, the first time the | job was ever done in this systematic manner.
 A party composed mostly of Grange members gave MT. and Mrs. George O. | Sanford, who recently returned from
 their wedding trip, a calattrumpian serenade late Saturday night. The
 demonstration was noisy one while
 1t lasted, but failed to bring forth it's recipients.
 Bedding still leads fin the pinochle
 tournament with Bethel. The contest ! ants are to have another session to- morrow evening.
 | MT. and Mrs. Fred Driggs were in I town over Sunday and arranged for the building of an addition to their ] log cabin summer home in Pleasant l Valley.
 ryIz C1app property in Umpawaug is Miss
 Catherine Drierer, an English lady
 now living in New York. She intends | to use the Clapp place for summer home.
 | William O'Brien. who has been in the
 employ of E. P. Sanford since last
 spring, Is about to return to his home | in Seymour.
 | Miss Lucy Wilson of Sanfordtown,
 recently suffered a paralytic shock, from which she is still helpless. James E. Treadwell and George l Treadwell of Sanfordtown. each lost l horse within the last few days. l To those who condole with Deputy Sheriff Banks over the approaching | loss of that position, he replies that i they needn't as he would not accept | a reappointment were 1t offered, the i office not paying enough to make it l desirable His successor will find it
 
 he has made no official mistakes and | there stands to his credit one really !! brilliant achievement, this being his | capture of the Mark Twain burglars. In that adventure he received a bullet ! in the leg which he still carries. Nat
 urally the next Redding deputy will i be a Democrat. The names so far
 prominently mentioned in connection
 with the appointment are those of Rep
 resentative-elect Bradley of the Ridge,
 and Frank Rider of the west side. The coming retirement from office of | Highway Commissioner Macdonald
 causes no regrets in this town, which | has suffered delays in the matter of l State road construction which would
 seem to be inexcusable. The Ridge l road improvement is the latest in | stance. It was promised for year 1 ago, and again for this fall, but has gone over until spring. Even after
 MT. Macdonald started on project he had a depressing way of failing to keep l his promises.
 1 In 1885 this town elected two Dem ocratic representatives to the Legisla- | ture, but did not repeat the perform | ance until last week, an interval of 9
 years. The 1885 representatives were Michael Connery and William c. San- | ford. The former has since been twice elected but each time had a Republican | associate.
 | The one eyed horse which JOnn Muen-
 nich sold to Arthur Tarlov of Norwalk about Sept. 1, and which the latter afterwards abandoned on the highway | after Muennich had refused to take 1t | back, was sold at auction on Wednes- ] day morning by Humane Agent D. R. Warner to make good the animals ten ! weeks board bill and other expenses amounting to $32. George Treadwell I was the purchaser for $15, leaving 9 | balance for Mir. Warner of $17 on the
 wrong side of the account.
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