The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-09
HEIRS IN BEDDING
 WILL BENEFIT BY MRS. BARNES' WILL
Republican "COnference" Makes Party'S Caucus Just An
 0. K. Performance.

| H 0. K. Performance. | Bedding, Sept e.-An estate of more l than s200, 600 is disposed of by the will i of Mrs. Harriet Barnes, aged 85, who
 died recently at her apartments in @
 New York hotel Her three children,
 are Attorney Herbert S.. Barnes of Bedding Ridge, Harry Barnes of Yer
 mont and Mrs. Lucretia Howard of
 Buffalo To each of these is be- of the nine grandchildren $2, 900 each. i One of the latter is Mrs. Helen Ma
 brey of the Ridge, only child of Harry 1 Barnes. All the other grandchildren
 are minors, six being children of H.e@S. | Barnes and two children of Mrs
 Howard. Other bequests are $2,OO0 to
 Booker Washington for his educa-
 tiona1 work among the Southern ne-
 groes, $2,000 for educational and mis- l sionary work among %the Indians on
 reservations and $2,000 to the Salvation
 Arm. All theresiduary estate goes outright in equal shares to the three l children. This estate consists mostly | of two fine houses, one located in 51st l street, New York, and the other in 1 Buffalo. Their aggregate value is i about STE. .ooo and the will directs that.
 they be sold and the proceeds divided
 as above stated. Upon the demise of i the present chief 1egatees the tr lst be- quests are to be divided among their | cQ1IOT0n. 1n0 Will Id;II1GS N11ST00IL Barnes as sole execUtor. | The Republican caucus to nominate 1 candidates for town officers to be elected on the first Monday in October will be held on9 Saturday evening at 1 the town house and the Democratic caucus on Monday evening. next at the
 same place. Public interest in the
 makeup of the tickets or, in the result of the election has not yet perceptibly
 awakened Were there public knowl-s edge of what occurred at a conference held last Saturday evening at the reS~ I idence of Chairman Barnes. of the Re- pu blican town committee that party's ticket in it's virtual entirety could doubtless be announced here and now. Proba bly, it's most interesting feature
 was the decision made known by MT
 Barnes that he would not again run
 for selettman on. account of pressure of other business cares. It is under sood that Sanford H. Osborn was se- lected as the successor candidate. It is also said that Zalmon Read is in. a receptive mood as regards a renomina-
 ton and will probably be gratifed with it unless a scare arises anent his availa biHty John NIuennich will. sure ly go on the ticket for taz1 collector
 and probably ". H. Hill will be fe- named for town treasurer on the Dem ocratic side. Selectman Sullivan will
 be renominated if he can be prevailed Upon to accept. No safe prediction can be made as to the west side nom fnee. although the chances rather fa- vor. Joel Godfrey. For town clerk, J.
 B. Sanford, the present incumbent, is assured of a renomination and it would
 occasion no great surprise if he should also be the choice of the Republicans
 as was the case last year with the pro-
 bate judgeship.s
 The Gilbert & Bennett Go. have de-
 cided that the new Georgetown school house shall be one story building and construction operations are to start l upon it immediately. The contractors
 are. sLouke & Clarke of Wallingford- s. H. Osborn of the Ridge will do the excavation for the foundations, deep ening a part of the excavation to pro
 vide a cellar. The ground dimensions of the building are about 7120 by 70 feet. The entire length on one side is
 to be taken up by six rooms and at
 each end on the opposite side is to be another room, making eight in all. The space remaining is to be finished
 off for an assembly hall which will
 have a seating capacity for about 25o. The stone work of the foundation is to be carried above the ground surface and brick used as the material for the rest of the walls Two auto mfshapss occurred on the
 Ridge last Sunday. p. s. Sanford in-s trusted the driving of his car to a boy,
 the only other occupant, and below
 the Teets residence the machine left
 the road and bumped violently against
 the steep bank Nc apparent harm re-
 suited. aaIf a mile or so further on
 the car made another side flight and
 this time knocked down a considerable portion of. substantia1 stone wall
 MT. Sanford and the youthful driver
 managed to retain their places in the
 car, but the machine was put out Of
 commission from a twisted front axle
 and other damages At about the same hour H. L. Livermore's new car
 was rudely raked near Pine Tree Cor ner by badly steered machine. which: kept right on and was out of view be- fore it's number could be taken. One wing of the Idvernere ear was dis placed.
 Applications for enrollment in the
 rifle company which Herr Schoch is
 organizing have increased to fifty with
 the prospect of further increase to
 at least seventy-f1ve. As soon as a re- ply is received from the War Depart
 ment at Washington to the request for detailed information and an allotL naent of guns and ammunition steps will be taken towards the completion of the organization and the beginning of drill and target practice.
 Bedding grange will hold it's annual
 agricultural exhibition at Grange hall on the Ridge qn the afternoon and evening of Friddy. Sept. IT. The hear tyt cooperation iof the townspeopIe in