The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-12
BEDDING TRESPASS CASE IS DECIDED
 IN DANKS' FAVOR
Nominal Damages of $1 and Costs Awarded to Owner of
 Disputed Meadow Land.
Death of Mrs. Rumsey Follows Long Illness = S n f ord School on Exploring Tour.
Especial to The Farmer.)

Especial to The Farmer.)
 Bedding, Nov. 12.-In the case of George s, Banks vs- John Peters, an 1 action for trespass involving the own E ership of about an acre Of river l meadow land Justice Pfnkney has 1 rendered a decision for the plaintiff, l awarding nominal damages of $1 and 1 costs. Damages Of $100 were asked
 for, this being the value placed upon l two cuttings of hay and a. number of l sfall trees taken by Peters. The l amount of the award indicates that 1 the justice finds Peters clearly be- l Iieved he had a valid title to the land 1 encroached upon. Peters has declared,
 all along, that he would appeal if the
 decision went against him. and 1t is 1 generally supposed that he will do SO
 After a period of chronic invalidism l extending over several years, Mrs.
 Lewis c. Rumsey died on Tuesday i evening Heart failure was the ac- l tua1 cause of death Her original ail- | ment Iocomotor ataxia which came i upon her when she was about twenty years old, a circumstance which made
 the case an unusual one. During her | liIlness she has been under treatment 1 by several schools of the medical l practitioners, including those of the regular school, osteopaths and Chris l tfan Science hea1ers. Her age was l
 Daniel G. Wood of Sunset Hill, one of the towns largest land owners and ! milk producers Her husband and two l children survive her.
 The farewell reception extended to l the Rev. and Mrs. Boone at the San
 ford school, Tuesday evening, was a i sincere tribute of the church and com 1 muI1ity good will towards the couple who are to take their departure next
 week for NIr. Boone's new field of la l bor in Arizona. As thek guests, some
 50 in number, arrived, they were re-
 ceived by the rector and his wife. ssubsequent exercises com mprised songs l by Mir Lake, one of the school staff.
 piano selections by, Mrs. John Nor l throp of Newtown, recitations by Mrs Olivia Sanford, mandolin playing by 1 the school pupils Tea, cake, coffee
 and other light refreshments were
 served.
 The Bedding branch of the Equal l1Suffrage league which was organized Hast fall and has so far since had a very feeble existence, is being galvan- 1 ized into new life through the efforts
 of Mrs. Samuel c. Shaw, aided by
 Miss Emily Pierson and Miss Alys 1 Gregory, the latter of Norwalk- This 1 revival movement started last week | at the summer home of Mrs. Samuel lC. Shaw and. there was another chap l ter added last evening when Miss 1 Pierson addressed the large audience gathered in Grange hall to attend the performance of "A Grain of ust." At l the repetition of the entertainment
 this evening Miss Gregory will ad- dress the audience in behalf of equal l suffrage Some 60 recruits have been l gained as a result of this movement
 The dramatic performance was the
 best the grange has ever given. It l greatly pleased the audience.
 I rrTl- &ir1w, ky f aa l pupils of the Center school will be I held at the school building Saturday
 afternoon of this week.
 A rare opportunity to combine ed-
 ucation with pleasure was afforded the boys of the Sanford school last l Friday Professor Gregory, head of the Department of Geology of Yale l University, and authority upon the 1 geology Of Connecticut conducted the I students and teachers Of the school I upon a field trip over the western part of the township Of Bedding.
 I Directly after breakfast, big and lit I tie, faculty and students set out afoot, | in automobile or in farm wagon, whichever pleased them most, for BranchviIIe-a distance Of about nine lt miles. There the party was met by Professor Gregory. A feldspar quarry
 in Branchville was the first objective Il point After a few moments of ram DunS aDs3QC the pll7 aEIVLCSSOI IAO6O1y y |I appropriated the place for lecture
 room. His audience was made ac~
 quainted with the age of the rock.
 how it was formed, the topography of
 the country at the time it was form Fl ing, and it's present composition. Nor l were the industrial uses of the quar-
 ried product neglected.
 From Branchiv1lle, the party worked
 back toward the school, roaming
 through the beautiful country of the
 lower Berkshires and making ire
 quent pauses and detours, in order to \ hear Professor Gregory explain the
 geology and topography of the re- II gion-
 A very appetizing mid-day lunch,
 eaten around a camp fire, and a visit
 to some garnet mines, where the | younger set delighted themselves with
 digging the crystals out of the rock, |i added much to teh holiday character
 of the trip.
 In the evening the professor deliv-
 cred a stereoptican lecture upon the
 geology of the entire state.
 The Bank of England bought f57g Fl OO0 in gold hars and f155, ,00O ir