The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-12
BEDDING

Bedding, Sept. 12-The annual meet ing of the Bedding Protective League was held at the Mark Twain Library
 last Saturday afternoon with g fair report reviewed the work of the
 League during the past year, but of fered no particular plans or sugges- tfons for the fhture.s Treasurer J. B. Sanford reported a balance on hand Of s4s.29. The former officers were re- elected, follows: President, Daniel treasurer. !. B. sanford. There was also appointed a finance committee consisting Of pr. w.. c. Deming. W
 B: C1aflin, and 8. c. Shaw. Members of the League are reminded that the
 annual membership fee of $1 is now
 due.
 Georgetown had q period of. excite
 ment on Monday over a mad dog be-
 The animal first attracted attention in
 Branchville, where it bit several other town and there attacked and gashed seven or eight more. Word was sent
 to Dog Warden D. R.. Warner, who
 resRoa6dsd 6a prptly v ana eveTSsr snasd abdt the He afterwards saw that all the dogs which had been bitten were chained up Dr. Mansfield, health officer, sent the carcas of the Knox dog to Mid
 dletown for an examination to deter
 mine positively whether the case was
 one of rabies.
 CauCuSSS to plaC6 III nO111ndLIOH LnC
 ofhcers to be voted for at the town election on October will be held by both parties this week, that of the
 that of the Democrats on Saturday evening. It is regarded as cer-
 tainty that Zaimqn Read will be one
 of the Republican nominees for se-
 lectman and that there. will be an in
 teresting contest over the choice of
 the other candidate. A report that E.
 P Sanford would like to be one of the
 foN- ,YT7n
 office is authoritatively denied. Char
 les Sanford, the present first select
 man, says he does not care to run
 again, but the party may insist on his being a candidate For Judge of Pro-
 bate the present Democratic incum- bent is assured of renomination. Can
 didates for representative will be
 As regards the Bull Moose campaign
 it looks as if Bedding were not to be
 placed on the political map in this having been called and the time for e1ecting delegates to the Third party's State convention on the 18th having passed. MT. Barnett, who consented to act as the party's local agent sole ly as a matter of accon1mo moda tion, has handed back to Henry Sheppard of or seven towns on his hands may yet succeed in arousir1s some activity here.
 A man and team furnished by D. S.
 
 service between the Ridge and West Bedding, the job having devolved on Mir Sanford through his being one of the sureties for the original contrac- tor If. during October, the depart ment does not solicit bids for re- newaI of the contract it will indicate that the Ridge and Center post offices are to be discontinued after July next. Under the present contract the carrier receives only 75 cents for each round trip of about twelve miles, a rate of compensation absur1ly low. Should the government decide to continue the present system L. o. Peck will sub-
 The oil left over from the Ridge road job is being applied to the Cen ter road northWard from the town hall corner A short section there is of state construction but some distance above considerable stretch of the same highway has been since last Hepeated appeals to Commissioner Macdonald to rebuild the road have produced no results beyond a survey and the last letter on the subject which First Selectnan Sanford sent l to the commissioner about two weeks remains unanswered.
 The Ridgewold Inn, which since tho latter part of July has had all the guests it could accommodate, closes for the season on Sunday. On the | 24th of this month the Sanford school will reopen with enlarged and inprov- | ed facilities and considerable in crease in the number of pupils. A single change in the teaching staff is | to occur. Miss Dora Read Goodale, i who retires on account of poor health, | being succeeded by Roy F. DibbIe of 1 Clark college. He will be the instruc- | tor in English and biology.
 John ElIwood of Greens Farms died | on Saturday evening at the home in | Bedding Center of his daughter, Mrs. 1 Everett l. Gorha111, with whom he had l been living for several years. He was 1 about 30 years old and had been suf- 1 fering for several months with an ab- l scessr of the ear. A son of the de- l cea sed who was among those attend | ing the funeral on Monday, sailed for | India, the next day to resume mission 1 ary work.
 The higher department of the Center l