The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-27
BEDDING NEWS

r Bedding. Jan. 27.-In consequence of
 the absence from town for a week past l of Selectman Pinkey nothing further
 has been done towards clearing up the ! discrepancies disclosed by the work so 1 far carried on with a view of closing
 up the old tax books by collecting the
 accounts as far as possible. One of
 these rate books is said to show a dis
 crepancy of about $400. That is, en-
 tries in other parts of the public rec ords indicate the collection of this
 amount of taxes which fail to appear
 on the rate book in question. It is
 Of course possible that the sums when | paid were turned over to the town 1 treasurer instead of being paid to the 1 tax collector for transmission to the | treasurer, or there may be other eX- plantations and demonstrable facts con- | sistent with a form of irregularity
 amounting only to carelessness. The l examination has not yet proceeded far
 enough to show whether the money, i'll
 case it was paid, reached the treas
 urer. It is the firm purpose of the | Selectmen to find out what are the l actual circumstances of the situation
 and to this end the employment of 1 professional accountants may be judg- | ed advisable In the event of such
 action, which will probably be taken, 1 the Selectmen consider that they pos sess the authority to go ahead with out OpCainlng ttle SdllclloH oI d loWH meeting. Should a special meeting be called for that purpose, however. it would doubtless vote the authoriza- tiOn desired as matters have progress ed beyond the stage where a repeti- tion of the 'suppressive policy carried through at the previous town meeting could command effective support, and therefore the investigation which was Staved off for a time seems bound to come. The Selectmen hold their reg
 ular monthly meeting on Saturday of
 this week, but the session will probably
 be occupied mostly by routine matters,
 leaving the special work on the pro-
 gram for special meetings which it is intended to hold in the near future.
 The heavy downDour of last Thurs day night iE connection with the
 breaking up of the ice in the streams did considerable damage to bridges and roads on the west side of the town.
 The most serious loss was the carry ing away of the bridge over the Saul gatuck river below Knob Crook by the
 ice which was hurled against the structure by the swollen current. It
 is probable that the Selectn1en will de- eide to replace it with an iron bridge
 A smaller bridge in the Umpawaug section was also swept away and the damnling of the stream by an ice gorge turned the water upon the high way which it followed for several rods. This is one of the first of the sections of State roads constructed in the upper portion, leaving bare the stone ballast. Further down the flood swept through J. l.. Blackman's barn yard doing some damage. Another small bridge about a mile west of Li brary corner was also floated from it's foundation and deposited in the fields about half a mile below.
 When a marriage occurs in a town Of which one or both the contracting par ties is a nonresident the law requires that it shall be reported to the town clerk of the town where they live. One of the marriages so officially re- turned here this week was that to which William Banks, son of Deputy , Sheriff George $. Banks, was one of the contracting parties. The bride was Miss Wenele Huggar, residence New York, and age 25 The groom's age is given as 21. The ceremony was performed in Greenwich on Dec. 10 by Rev. MT. Waller, @ Presbyterian clergy man. There has been unusual activ- i ity, locally, in the matrimonial line of late, the record showing a total of 23 marriages since the advent of the New Year. Of these nine were performed ] out of town.
 On Friday last a herd of four deer made their appearance in the Lone town districts. coming quite close to 1 several habitations and otherwise | showing little timidity. It was snow l ing at the time and they were evident ly seeking food about barns.
 A few days ago Philander Ferry ! while cross-cutting a, good sized yellow | birch which he had just chopped down, l noticed that something was obstruct- 1 ing the working of the saw. Investi- | gation showed that feathers were the clogging material and that the feath- 1 orc. haIOn to nieeop hawk which | had it's nest in the hollow tree trunk. The saw had nearly cut the pigeon 1 in two. It is supposed that the bird 1 failed to make it's escape on account 1 of being stunned by the fall of the tree
 The assessors sent the tax lists to Town Clerk Nickerson last Monday and | he will endeavOr to have the abstract | made up in time for the initial meet ing of the Board of Relief on Tuesday next.
 The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs John Muennich has been seriously ill witk acute stomach troubles but at last accounts was slightly better
 The Good Samaritans, a Bethel col bred organization which has several members in this town, will give a supper at Grange hall tonor- row CFriday) evening.
 The Sunshine Society of Bethel pre- sented the dramatic sketch entitled Crawford at Grange hall last Satur- day evening before a small audienceA
 Rev. E. R. Evans. formerly pastor of the Congregational church here. and lately of Gloversville, N. Y., recently an operation for appendici- tis. He is convalescing favorably
 A milk inspector representing the State Board of Health was in town )n Tuesday and examined the COWS of several parties who send milk t6 mar let, and also the quarters where the are housed. It is understood that the inspection will take in all those who sell milk.
 The dancing class which has been conducted this winter under the aus pices of Bedding Grange. with John Muennish as teacher. will hold a re- ception at Grange hall on Saturday evening of this week.
 Mrs. Woolsey Randall of the Center went to New York on Tuesday to en-