The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16
BEDDING

Of equalization nas given notice of it's intention to raise this towns grand list to sum $155,000 greater than that fixed by the assessors valu- ations. This shows that the State board does not accept the declaration by the assessors that they listed prop cry at it's full value. No increase was made by the reviewing board in last years list although the figures were substantially the same as those of the present list, the only variations being additions on account of new buildings or deductions for some good reason. Consequently if the State board were right last year they are wrong this year. Believing that the proposed in- crease is. not warranted First Select man Charles Sanford and Town Clerk J. B. Sanford went to Hartford today that while some sales of property might indicate that the assessors had not always placed their valuations on 100 per cent basis these trans actions were occasional ones, being mostly cases of building sites by city people, and do not afford ground for general advance to conform to such a standard. In other words they will quote the old saying that one swallow does not make summer and fortify the argument by facts and figures.
 Fred Cole of West Bedding, is slow
  ies inflicted upon him last Thursday by Patrick Dwyer and man named Malone. The two latter had apprO- priated team in Danbury and were driving homeward from Bedding sta. tion when they came upon MT. Cole their invitation to ride they seized him and threw him into their vehicle. Then they went through his pockets and finding little or nothing proceed ed to beat him up in brutal fashion. Infirm from age and rheumatism their his assailants had finished with him and thrown him down both his eyes had been closed and his face and body bore many other marks of the brutal usage to which he had been subject ed The Danbury police arrested Ma lone and he received sentence of six months in jail for stealing the team. Dwyer made getaway and has not yet been apprehended. A warrant for his arrest on the charge of assault is in the hands of Con- stable Warner as the assault was committed in this town. When Ma lone finishes his present sentence he will be tried before the Bedding au- thorities for assault
 A hitch over the transportation of school children has arisen between the school committee on one side and D. R. Warner and Howard Platt, transportation contractors on the oth- CT. MT. Warner made verbal con- tract to convey to and from the Gen. ter school the children of certain specified families in the former Hill district, refusing to sign a contract agreeing to carry all the children in the district. Another family recently moved in and their children MT. Var ner declines to transport unless he has more pay. A like situation exists L. which MT. Platt has the contract. The school committee discussed the ques- tion at their last meeting, but did not settle It. Meanwhile the children of the newcomers are not attending school.
 The towns first public meeting in advocacy of woman suffrage will be held at the Mark Twain library to- morrow (Friday) afternoon at 3 o'clock. The speakers are to be Mrs. Is. F. Davis of Bridgeport, Mrs. A. l.. Livermore of Easton and New York, and Mrs. H. H.. Knox of Cam aan Printed matter in behalf of the cause in the shape of leaflets and Oth- CT literature has been plentifully distributed within the last few days. If l.. o. Peck, who is now in Europe, were available he would probably in- troduce the speakers as he is one of the State committee of the forty ap- pointed to advance the suffragette propaganda. The first local suffrage manifestation occurred several years ago when there was a hotly contested school election on in one of the dis tricts and the women residents avail ed themselves of their voting privi- lege. The second was the recent ac- tion of number of the women mem bers of the Episcopal church in quail flying to vote at parish meetings.
 A sale has been made by P. M. Brotherton of his home property at the Center although the purchaser is not the party who bargained for it about two weeks ago. The buyer is Elizabeth Rechel of New York and to insure the completion of the trans action The property is the former Thomas Sanford place and comprises, besides the house and other buildings, about 100 acres. The consideration is
 At the Sanford School gym last ev- ening Bedding Grange conferred the third and fourth degrees on sixteen candidates. Members of the Grange continue to be busy with preparations for their building project l.. C.: Rum- sey and Lew Warner will do the ex- cavation and other work for the base ment story, donating their services. j
 Many of the summer colony will be at their homes here by the end of the week. Among these arrivals are the SCoCSOuS, I1SSSCuuduS, OuHIISliS and Dan Boards. MT. and Mrs. J. W. Tecto are to sail from Europe tomor- row and will come direct to their home on the Ridge, having given up their New York apartments. Robert walbridge, who did not occupy his summer home in Pleasant Valley last summer, will be there this season.
 Within the last three weeks Charles Faverean of Sanfordtown has lost a horse. a cow, two months old calf and a yearling bull. all from unknown causes. All the animals seemed to be healthy and thriving within an hour or so of their death and hence there is some suspicion of poisoning.
 A Leap year dance will be given at the Mark Twain library tomorrow evening in aid of the shed fund which has nearly reached the amount which the managers set out to provide.
 Tn a letter written by Curtis Hun gerford from the Bridgeport jail to a friend here he asked that he be sent a small sum with which to buy pos- tage stamps. He made no complaint of the general conditions of his jail life beyond saying that he was con- <ix,Sv o1jxy cn6c1rnS and diSfraQee6 Hvr ho