The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-23
OUR BEDDING
 NEWS LETTER
WATER CO.'S CONDEMNATION SUIT BRINGS AN. AFTERMATH
 CONTROVERSY
Committees Bill For Services Too High Says the Company-Lone Woman Caught in Raid on
 DfsorderIy House.
Especial to The Farmer.)

tlz Especial to The Farmer.
 l Bedding, July 2s.-There promises to be still another chapter incidental to the litigation which the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. started against E. F. Sanford to acquire land in Pleasant Valley and dropped, for some reason not fully disclosed. before the pro- ceedings reached hnality. The three members of the superior court com
 mittee that heard the case were At
 torney John W, Banks and George w Finn of Bridgeport, and Francis Greene of New Canaan. These gen t1eme. presented to the water com pany a bill of $25o each for their ser vices. As they held six sessions, this was at the rate of $42.33 per session.
 The company considered the figures excessive and refused to pay unless there was a. sealing down process. The committee refused to scale and as the matter now stands the courts will be called upon to decide the dis l pJ1te. While there is no established { rate of compensation for such ser vices as the committee performed mem bers of at least one former com | imttee serving in the same capacity l in a cond ndennation suit brought by the same corporation received about $50 per day without any Wrangling 1 over the subject. By the rules of the Fairfield County Bar association in force a few years ago its members were entitled to $25 per day for each days services in the superior court Probably the present rate is the same or nearly so, and of course the sched- ule may be deviated from through
 agreement between lawyer and client.
 MT Finn, in a casual discussion of
 the matter V tn MT. Sanford the other
 day, said that in his own case the bill. from a practical standpoint, was ] not excessive because the time he ie.7ao +1,.o fsoa- n would have brought him larger re-
 turns if devoted to his regular bus mess as a real estate dealer and rent
 ing agent MT. Greene is also in the real estate business with a yearly business, mostly in suburban prop
 erty, reported to run into the hun dreGs of thousands.
 < Peaceable street in the Georgetown section has again obtruded itself upon the public mein through the arrest, on Thursday last, of Mary Clarkson, one of it's residents and small prop eIty owners. Many complaints had come to the authorities that her house was the resort of ddssolute persons and the scene of unseemly doings- Last Wednesday night a deputy sher- if Of Rddgef1eld descended upon the place in search of two men wanted for assault and disorderly conduct. He found them there along with a party of other male carousers, and taking the two culprits and Justice E. A. Pinkney-the 1atter from his home by polite fnvitation- -nlotored to the home of Grand Juror Duncan, where warrants were drawn and a. court ses- sion at once held. The accused were fined and jailed. On the afternoon of the following day the C1arkson wo- man was arrested by Constable " S Banks on a warrant issued by Grand Juror Duncan charging her with sell ing liquor without a license, intoxica- ton. breach of the peace and Keeping disorderly house. On each Of the four counts Justice Pinkney gave her a jail sentence of 30 days and a fine of S7 and costs. She did not appeal and consequently will stay in the Bridgeport jail for several months
 The past two or three weeks have been troublous for the farmers on ac- count of the almost continuous wet weather which irterfered with hay ascribed a sudden disruption of ami cable relations between Senator I..l o. Peck and the high priced farm super intendent whom he engaged a few weeks ago, Quite a quantity of hay had been cut in one of the intervals between showers and during one of the succeeding intervals the superin- tendent, ordered it raked up and cart ed in. While this work was going on Senator Peck arrived on the scene CnOu2n to go in. It was largely clover he pointed out, and would surely mould Besides, it might heat to the extent of producing spontaneous combustion and resultantIy a fire. Tie foreman disagr with him and tho discussion ended with a notice of discharge The foreman went. with a threat to bring suit for the enforcement of his Is months contract. So far suit has not been brought.
 It has certainly been a peculiar summer sss to weather with the gen The rains have kept the pastures bet ter than for several years. Owing to the low temperature of June, corn re- mained backward until the hot and moist spell brought by July when it took sudden jump. Potatoes never looked better and, barring the blight which is a danger most growers are trying to combat by spraying, promise a record crop. The same is true of oats, so that taking it all around it should be a good year for the farmers in this part of the country.
 The Ladies Aid society of Christ Episcopal church will give their an nua1 fair on the afternoon and even ing of Tuesday. Aug. 4, at the San ford school gymnasium. They call the entertainment a sale and supper. From 5 to 2 o'clock they will serve a supper chased regular meal. From to 12 o'clock there will be of fered lighter refreshments such as ice cream, cake, coffee and lemonade. The articles to be offered in the sale de- partment comprise rugs, aprons and many other things desirable for dec orative or utility purposes. There will also be a fish pond for the children and other side attractions.
 The land which John G. F,e1lowes has arranged to buy from the estate of the late John Todd comprises about 100 acres divided into some half dozen parcels as counted through derivation from the original owners. The tract in a generality descriptive sense, bor- ders on the Saugatuck river and ad-
 joins to the north the 20 acre tract ,,,-.,-ic,,rl,- ,cc,11ir.ed hu E-alfouro.r