The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-22
OUR OWN
 NEWS LET ER

l Newtown, Feb. 22.-The s,rit of
 Mortimer Smith of Newtown against l the O'Brfen Construction company flor breach of contract, on trial Hast
 week In the Court of Common Pleas
 at Danbury came to an end Thurs
 day. The jury awarded MT Smith,
 damages of $1,6oo. He sued for fs2.- 000
 I Charles B. Blakeman has begun l operations on the Key Hole Rock l woodlands, with his portable steam
 saw mill. This tract is at the head | waters of the north branch of the tPootatuck stream, of which the Bridgeport Hydraulic company has options. This tract covers an acreage, testimated at 200 acres of the best
 standing timber now in the town. Some of it is virgin forest. An interesting sequel to the activ- i ity of MT Blakeman came to light this last week, when an old deed for l a. large section of the forest area, ex-
 ecuted score of years ago, was
 brought to the town clerks office for
 recording. This strip paid no taxes l to the town in all that time, and the
 present holders of the title presented
 the deeds for record as precaution-
 ary measure. The attention of the
 assessors and board Of relief has been
 called to the omission from the tax | l will be assessed It is believed that 1 there are other sections of the forest not entered on the grand list, as there are few fences and boundary lines on the territory and the ownership of much of the land is not known gen lerally.
 The family of MT. and Mrs. Mich ae1 Blake of Walnut Tree Hill had a happy reunion to-day. Present, were
 James Blake of assachusetts; Mich
 ael and the Misses Nora and Lena
 Blake of Bridgeport; Miss Margaret 1 Blake Of Naugatuck and the Misses l Elizabeth and Gertrude Blake. Former representative F. w. Camp l bell is i'll in New Haven where he went last week for a visit He is un- der the care of a specialist. .e wife l has gone to his bedside. l Miss Anna Troy of Sandy. Hook, is
 visiting friends in Newburgh, N. Y. Miss Catherine MacNamara return
 ed to-day from a visit of a week with
 her friend Miss Julia Heffernan of New York.
 l Francis and Mary. children of MT.
 and Mrs. John Heating of Shelton, were guests Sunday and Monday of
 their grandmother, Mrs. Heating. MT. and Mrs. Curtis P. Morris and l children of Bridgeport, are spending i L. c. Morris, of Main street. About score of taxpayers asked
 for abatement of assessments before 1 the board of relief this year. If all
 claims are allowed the total reduction 1 in the assessors figures will be small
 The board of relief met Saturday for
 the last time this year.
 The next meeting of the Silver Sir | cle will be held Saturday afternoon February 27, at the home of Mrs. George Lundgren-
 Mrs John Brady has returned from i hlxS ri1if n fI1I
 friends
 Coroner J. J. Phe1an's decision in
 the death of John Corr, is Slain by
 some person or persons unknown ! The illness of Mrs. Denis Cavan- augh of the Boulevard developed into l pneumonia, and she is now attended by Dr. w. Clement Kennedy, and 1 nursed by Miss Dorette Gordon, grad uate from the Connecticut Training
 School for Nurses of New Haven. I Miss Nellie Murphy of Danbury
 spent Sunday with. Miss winnifred l laedsch %t hIiss Mary Harrigan's 1 home.
 Mrs. w H. Kiernan of Sandy l Hook, was under an operation at the
 Danbury hospital yesterday. It was l successful
 | Mrs. and Mrs. Arthur G. Kennedy | of Waterbury returned Saturday ev- | ening from their Wedding trip, and l are guests of Mrs. B. MacNamara, the 1 mother of Mrs Kennedy, for a short | visit before they settle in Waterbury | The basketball game at the Town l Hall Friday night between the local I team and the New Milford Athletic I club. was won by the home team in I a mild game. The score was s6 to l s5.
 I Miss Helen Ward of Bridgeport is a I holiday guest of her grandmother, I Morris Leavy.
 Miss Fannie Beers of Queen street T Joined her neices, Mrs Sandford and I rs@Edwards of Bridgeport Saturday .I for a. visit of a. week at Atlantic City. Il Mrs Thomas O'Connen and chiI- dren of Shelton, were Sunday visitors l at the home of Mrs. O'Connel1's uncle I Thomas T. Carey, of Queen street
 Mrs w. B. Glover and son Walter T were Saturday visitors in Danbury.