The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-08
BEDDING


 of Saturday night worked sweeping disaster to the telephone line across Sunset HfH. prostrating from twenty to thirty poles and reducing the cross pieces and wires to a. tangled mass of wreclage. Commendable promptness was shown in the repair work, the first repair gang coming from Dam bury and starting on the job at 2 Q clock Sunday morning. During the day other gangs arrived from Ridge
 field and Bridgeport, the latter bring ing a big truck equipped for such operations. Conditions having been partially restored the Bridgeport de- tac41m ent went home on Monday af- ternoon and the Rtdgefeld party the day following. The Danbury gang remained to finish the details which will take two or three days longer. The wreck was the worst known in this section since the system was es- ia blished here and although It caused general dernoralizathon of the service on the east side of the town the in- terruptton was of less duration than might have been expected.
 The selectnnen have been consider ing what course to pursue regarding the workingmenss compensation act as during a good part of the year the town employs steadily from half d dozen to dozen persons on road work. They asccrtained that the com nlIssionsrs had ruled that towns are liable under the act and have obtain cd from Commissioners Buckingham a certificate of the towns respo ibility the only apparent effect Of which is to confirm or recognize the town s right to take out fnsurance. It is probable, however, that the town will not insure as Seaectrnan Barnes, who Is a lawyer believes that the acts term of 'scofporations or inddvfduals,' cannot property be construed as ap- plying to towns and that consequently they are not 1iables despite the com trary 0panion Of the commission. No ruling on the question has yet been made by Attorney General Light and a deciaion by the courts will probably be required for it's settlement. Judg- ing 1ron1 the number of tfeclaratfonl blanks supplied by Town Clerk sam ford less than twenty Redding resi- dent have done anything to secure protection under the law. Several Of those whom he took the trouble to notdfy answered in a way which show ed either entire tgnorance Or indiffer- ence regarding kf1e act
 The holiday season brought { to Grand Juror Duncan two criminal complaints. both of which were ad- justed and withdrawn without a prosecution. One was made by a Georgetown man named Gourx against a nedghbor named Alfonson. The latter had lost two cats and sl1s- pacted Gourx of having poisoned them on Chrfstrnas day Aifonson became fired by strong waters and went to his neighbor's house to seek safisfactton. Finding the door locked he broke a. window and fired a pistol. No one was hit and before A1fonson could raise further r1ctionA other parties intervened and caused him to desist. Through the pleading of the offenders bride and the conciliatfon efforts of Selectman Stocking, Gol1rx was induced to withdraw his com plaanf.
 The otf1er disturbance occurred on New Years eve in the UmpaEvaug section. A youth named Doig with several companions went upon the land Of Edgar Field and started a bonfire, using as part of the material slabs from | pile which Mfr. Field in-s tended for building purposes. When the latter appeared and ordered off the inhruders. they answered de- hantly. and one Of them gave him a push which caused the dropping and breaking of a lantern he was carry ing. Mir. Field hastened to lodge a counplH1rt with ff1e grand juror, but consented to recall 1t after the offend era had apoaogized and paid for t11e es damage they did
 O4 the members of the Bedding Protective League, thirty or about one haaf, have fialed out and returned to Secretary Plump the postal ecards on the group they had chosen to be Classified with There are eight of these groups, divided among the arts. agriculture. church work, education and other civic activities A meeting of the league will be called soon to formally inaugurate a fresh start ur- der the new form of organization.
 Arran gements are being made to hold the next annual meeting of the Sanford Family Association in this town where a goodIy number of the or those eligible to mem bershfp have their homes. The as- sociation was organized about three years ago and the previous meetings have been held dn New York.
 Notices have been sent out by the Danbury Hospital management for a meeting at the Sanford gym this af- ternoon in the hospital interests. Tn former years subscription blanks for contri buttons to the hospital were more or less widely distributed here and this method Is now being supple nented by a public gathering at which personal appeals may be made and the facilities and needs of the institu- ton set forth. It vein be quite a good sized gathering if attended only by those who have received treatment at tn ehospita1.
 Mrs. George Adams, sister of Mrs. Milo Osborn Of the Ridge, died at her h oTne in Weston last Friday and was buried on Monday Her age was 38.
 The poles and other decrepit equip nent of the old Atlantic Pacific te1e- graph line from the Ridge to George town were removed last week. The ern Union abouty forty years ago and the line has been out of active service for some time.
 Ice harvesting in this section has begun, being led off by Miss J. H. Sanford who put in her supply last