The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-24
COST TO REDOlNG
 OF SNOW BLOCKADE WAS NEARLY Sl,OOO
Two Members of Towns Sum- mer Colony Prosecuted
 For Fraud.

DaTSO VIII amount ts to about SSOV~ Shovelling operations were not finish ed until yesterday making weeks continuous work of it and some of the back roads are left for a. fur ther thatv. Probably the worst block ade was over Sunset mill where for more than a mile the drifts had piled to a. height of from four to six feet. A way through was not cleared until last Saturday. Oxen were used as a help towards path clearing although not to such an extent as in former times when a string of a dozen pairs hitched to a single sled was often seen, under similar circumstances. There could be no such muster now because oxen have been mostly SUD- planted as a factor in farm work by horses. Four boys of the Sanford school shod with snow shoes, made the trip from the Ridge to West Red ding and back last Wednesday, car- rying the mail Their progress was at the rate of about a mile an hour. Both the rural delivery carriers made their first complete trip since the storm on Monday of this week. Car rier Ward had previously twice sue ceeded in getting as far as the. Cen ter while the best Carrier Stone could do was to get to the Ridge last Sat urdaY. Most of the n1iIkmen suc- ceeded in getting their milk to the transfer delivery point after a two days hold up.
 
 Georgetown-Aaron H. Davis, John Wesley Barrett and Charles Rosen- dahI-have passed away within the last few days. The most prominent was MT. Davis who >succumbed to a shock, the second he had suffered. He served in the Civil War as a mem Der of the 23rd c. ", was formerly superintendent of the Gilbert & Ben nett manufactory and had several times represented the town in the IL 1@-- se-1< Ife1 age was about 80. A son and a daughter survive him.
 MT Barrett was 65 and had been for many years engaged in the busi- ness of supplying fire wood in and around the village. His faYorite pas time was shooting and trapping to which pursuits he formerly devoted much of his time. In his case sec ond shock was also the cause of death. He is survived by wife and six cfi1dren.
 MT. RosendahI was an empioye of the Gilbert & Bennett Go, being an expert in the wire ga1vanizing depart ment His age was about 40 and he owned and occupied the former Sam lie1 St John property. Acute Bright's disease was the cause of death He leaves a family.
 The New York papers report the ar rest of Attorney William G. Mul1igan and his wife Agnes K. Murphy Mulh- n. charging them with un1awfully appro- prfating and converting to their own use S12000 which was intrusted to them for investment since 1902, in various sums. by Roger and Bridget T. Cunningham, an aged couple of case the accused were released on bonds of $5, DO each. The Mulligaas have a summer home on the shore of Umpawaug lake and are well known
 L e1- -r-% their cottage here was footed by a Ridgefie1d couple who were arrested and convicted on information furnish ed by Mrs. MuIligan. Attorney Mulli-. gan Is relative of the. late 'Big Tim Sullivan, the New Y or11 politician.
 The first deer to be bagged in this locality since deer became lawful game was recently killed with a shot gun by George Kicks. It was a four year old buck and had previously been shot and crippled. The carcass weighed about 300 pounds. The head and a.nt1ers were secured by a Bridge port cafe keeper.
 All the children of the town with their parents have been invited to ac- tend a carol service and Christmas tree distribution to be held in the Episcopal church at o'clock on Christmas eve. The arrangements are intended to provide a gift for each child present and more than
  Sunday school, The pupils of the Ridge public school are to Take part in the singing and in preparation therefor joined in rehearsal at the church on Tuesday afternoon. large box filled with donations from inc members of the parish Sunday school has been made I'D for presen- ta4ion to some charitable institution yet to be decided upon. On Christ Traea Day a parish corpor connmun-A !. ,e1l saf NSr 1runlr
 In order to econonnize time during the dinner hour the town snow show eIIers at the Ridge were authorized by SeIectman Osborn to get their lunch at the store at the towns ex- pense Two of them surprised the purveyor by absorbing at one session three pounds of cheese supplemented and assuaged with crackers and scft drinks to match. It was circumr stance quite as remarkable that they showed up for work the next day.
 The storm delayed the work of the assessors last week, but they conclud- ed their labors yesterday after making an inspection of the buildings on Com modore Luttgen'ss estate. It Is be- 1feved that the new grand list will not exceed last years total and may be a trif1e less.
 The marriage of Miss Hazel Fav- ereau and Joseph kIopsh will be sol ernnized on Christmas eve.
 Of last years taxes all except about l $2, 900 have been collected Most of the sum in arrears is due from non residents.
 Noble, the young son of D. R. War ner, is suffering from two abscesses l on his neck.
 Harold Sanford is home from Yale l for the Christmas vacation.
 A $3,0OO,000 refinery will be erected 1 at Savannah, Ga, by the Savannah Sugar Refining Co.
 The Italian ministry of marine os- | ficialIy denied reports that the battle 1 ship Dante Alighieri had been sunk.
 fsraat Britain will allow the exporta- |