The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-25
OUR BEDDING
 NEWS LETTER Matters of Interest to Far mer Readers Succinctly
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Redding, July 25.-This town is to be a temporary stopping place for some of the military forces of twenty thousand men comprising regular ar- my soldiers and state militia who will nave their main encampment along the HousatOnic river where they as- semble on Aug. g for the performance or part of an extensive plan of man. oeuVres in imitation of real war; On Saturday last four officers from the Governors Island post were at the Ridge on the business of securing camping place for the detachment as- signed to this locality. The force con- sists of 300 men, and 500 horses with battery. The visitors desired to get place convenient to some stream
 which would provide good drinking water for the men as we'll as. the location near the Aspetuck river. They were not quite sure, however, that the river water would do for the men and accordingly also prospected for site west of the Ridge not far from Little river. The use of a tract there was offered them by Milo Os- born and the fact that it contains two good springs seemed to be a strong argument in it's favor. On Tuesday second party of about twenty cavalry arrived here and found sleeping quar- ters for the night in the Pleasant Val y Sanford They virtually closed a bar
 gain with Mr. Osborn for the use of two lots, but in addition wanted good sized, level area for drill and evolution purposes and this they will probably obtain in the Aepetuck val ley. The battalion will arrive here Aug II and depart on Aug. If for a camp six or seven miles distant. The party who were here this week will send back to headquarters maps show rNf %1n 1%Voxy a1 nd the roads.
 Thanks to the liberality of Andrew Carnegie the, Mark Twain Library is now financially on Easy street and the managers will no longer have to give entertainments in rapid success sion in order to raise money to meet running expenses. Upon the arrival at New York last week of MT. Car
 negie he was met by Albert BigelOW Paine who set forth in detail the needs and conditions of the library, supple menting what he had already written the millionaire dispenser on the sub
 ject The latter had already said that he would consider it a privilege to help the Bedding institution and following his talk with Mir. Paine promptly pro- ceeding to make good by trusteeing to the Mark Twain Library s10,000 in United States Steel Corporation bonds yielding an annual income of $500
 The new telephone arrangements went into effect at o'clock last Sat urday afternoon and from the start wrought a vast improvement in the service and have worked with smoothness which is most gratifying all around. The former buzzing and deadness of tone no longer hamper and annoy and with a reduction by one-half of the number of subscribers on wire the user is seldom bothered by long waits New wire equipment and near by battery service also aid materially in effecting the improved conditions. Chief Operator Van A. Danbury. office are here for a few days to start off the new Ridge ex- change in. good style. The Misses Ostling who will remain as the reg ular operators are also on duty.
 That the death of Margaret Sweeney resulted from natural causes was the finding of Coroner Phelan who came here last Thursday to investigate the case on the representations or pr. Smith, the local medical examiner. Miss. Sweeney died suddenly the % nIgn. previous at the home of George Poyse at the Center to which she was a ire uuent visitor There were no partic- tular circumstances indicating foul play. but Dr. Smith thought the case should be passed upon by the coroner. The deceased had been affected with heart trouble and various minor ail- ments and also had a bone cancer at the shoulder, although the latter a1l- ment was only remotely. if at all a contributing cause of death. About four years ago Le Grand Baldwin, col ored, took out a license to marry Miss Sweeney. who was white. She ob- tained from him about S75 ostensioly to buy a wedding outfit, and then tilted him and t'took up'' with Poyse Soon afterwards Poyse's horse was shot Baldwin's gun was found near the carcass and while the authorities were pondering over the coincidence Baldwin skipped from town ana mas ever since been a voluntary exile. l
 It turns out that the car load or road oil which arrived at West Red ding last week was intended for Ridgefeld instead of this, town as supposed, a mistake having occurred in the billing. Another load has been ordered for use in this town however, l and it is expected to arrive in few days. |
 A tract of about sixty acres of sprout land in the Hopewen Woods section has been sold by Henry 5: Osborn to Commodore Luttgen. It adjoins land already owned by thel purchaser through which he has been laying out and building roads.
 One of the telephone subscribers in the Ridge district was called to ac- count by the management on sunaay for using bad language over the wire; | Thereupon he defied the company and cussed worse than before. Neverthe- | less the company warned the offender that any more vocal misconduct would be punished by the removal of his 1 phone.
 Two New York parties are negotiat- 1 ing for the purchase of the place in 1 Umpawaug owned by Elizabeth Sey- mour and a sale to one of them will probably be effected in a few days.
 Willard Fisher and family of Larch- l mont are occ1Ipying their new bunga- low at Mt. rom farm west of the | Ridge.
 A need felt by Ridge residents is a | building for public use to serve some l what the same purpose, although on a broader scale, as that formerly sup