The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-15
OUR BEDDING LETTER
News and Gossip of Happenings of Popular Interest Told By The
 Farmers Correspondent.

Bedding, Dec. 15.-In the New York World of last Saturday was a paragraph to the effect that a realty company had traded city property consisting of two apartment build ings valued at $5s.ooo for country property at Bedding Ridge. Conn, giving in the transaction severn, thousand dollars besides the build ings. There were few Bedding places which would match up to the figures given, there being the Mark Twain, the Commodore Luttgen, the l.. O.. Peck and perhaps the Daniel Wood property on Sunset Hill. Inquiry showed that none of these had been sold or traded. MT. Peck, who was communicated with by long distance telephone at his handsome new resi- dence in New York, 52 West 76th street, suggested that the country end CT Ridge near Mt. Kisco instead of Bedding Ridge, the former having an exclusive residential colony. This ex- planation may be accepted for lack of better one as it is certain that the transaction in question does not relate to property in this town.
 The report that the town would be asked to pay the expenses connected with the recount election case would seem to be a false alarm. Chairman
  mit+ who took the initiative in the suit although it was brought in the name of E. A. Pinkney, disclaims any intention of seeking reimbursement from the town. Meanwhile the mat ter had been fruitful of discussion. It was argued on the one hand that inasmuch as the plaintiff had lost his case the town should not be saddied with the costs and on the other hand that the town ought to pay because the grounds on which the recount petition was granted were based on alleged mistakes by the towns agents. As to the latter only one mistake was shown, this being the failure of the acting town clerk to place the official returns on record. The hearing required by law had also not been made in the two preceding town elec- tions. Whether the town counters actually made mistake last October the recent hearing failed to show ae the court count was conducted along and with more ballots excluded by the latter the result was not changed.
 Yesterday the assessors began ses- sions for the purpose of fixing prop erty valuations on full value basis. Their previous work was almost wholly devoted to inspection although at their last previous meeting the ap- praisement of Georgetown property was pretty we'll completed. The in creases decided upon as compared with last. years valuations averaged not far from fifty per cent. and a corresponding raise will probably be made for other parts of the town. The figures for the Gilbert & Bennett. Co.,, who head the great list in re- spect to value, are yet to be fixed. the assessors valuation exceeding their last years assessm ent by $5O- 900. Part of this at least is repre- sented by the large building erected by the company last year.
 Many responses in cash are being made to the back tax bills recently sent out by Collector Duncan while in many other cases the respons= consists of a production of receipt proving previous payment. There ar- also protests against interest charges claims of money listing and the like In order that these disputed claims may be thoroughly gone into and equitably adjusted the selectmen town clerk and collector will be in session at the town house from 10 ies interested will then have an op- portunity to be heard. There ha been an unexpected delay in the printing of Accountant Soule's report but First Selectman Sanford is as sured that it will be out next week The local pinochlers went to Dan- bury Monday night for the second contest of the series with the Dan bury Ten. The first meeting gave the latter lead of three games ana on Monday night this was reduced to one game. The visitors were hand somely entertained.
 Louis Burnett, who is now in the Bridgeport jail for having recently stabbed at Bottsford another wood chopper named Mcdonald, is we'll known here, having been employed last summer by different parties on