The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-11-19
S0utl, Rritasa.
AUGUST.

-Almon b. Downes, Esq, has return
cd from his Long Island trip, having met
with good success; he is building up
quite trade for Bradley, Hoyt Il Co,
wooden manufacturers, OF this place.
They manufacture good honest goods,
and now they have got good honest.
man on the road as salesman.
George w Mitchell, ESQ. has COM
menced work on his new tobacco house
when completed it will be first-ciass in
every particular. The tobacco is receiv-
ed at the basement ard by means of an
elevator carried to the third story. The
tobacco can be kept at the desired tenn
perature 10y means of steam boiler in
basement, and by means of pipes the
steam is carried under the bench of
every assorter. Charles Roswell, OF
Southbury, has the contract for the ma
son work and John ID. Seeleg the wood
work with two such men at the lead it
is useless to say that it will he good
job. Mr.. Mitchell raised quite crop of
tobacco himself, about ten tons, so report
says, and, together with what he has
bought, he will keep ten or twelve men
at work asserting during the winter. I'm
til the time his warehouse Is completed
no will occupy the old Norton building
the one he Used last winter. The rain
and fog for the past few days has caused
the farmers those who iaised) to be busy
uay and night, and most of the tobacco
IS now stripped and ready for market
The case OF George Roswell vs.
Henry Ward. OF RoAbury ia an action
~ damages for assault and battery on
roswell at his own house by Ward is to
DO heard before q. L. Pierce, on Monday
at O'clock a. m. Hon. James Hunting
ton, OF Woodbury. IS lawyer for Roswell.
From present indications there will be
some very amusing testimony-a man
whipped in his own house, and by one
whom he thought was paying too much
attention to his wife, and, therefore,
caused him to pay some attention to the
lord and master of tine house in way he
did not expect, SO report says.
On the night of election, Nov. 4th,
Chas b. Curtis, better known as Captain,
and George Andrews, who work for Geo.
w. Mitchell, thought they heard noise
in the horse barn about 10 30 O'clock p.
IN, and on going to the barn found a man
prominent In the Congregational Church
helping himself to AIitchell's corn; the
man, when he saw he was caught, threw
The bag OF corn out of the window, but
Capt, by the aid CT his dark lantern, saw
him take mp the bag from the outside Of
the barn and carry it off 1t has caused
quite stir in town ever since. and the
guilty ono has made repeated offers TO
settle, but thus FOR Mitchell has refused,
either with the guilty one or any Of his
clique. 1t is time this man met his just
deserts, and at some future time | will
give your readers history OF his doings
for the six years he has resided here.
The SoGthbury stage route has
changed hands again; this time Henry
Ward Beecher is the lucky man-don' t un-
derstand me to say it is the H. W. b., OF
the Plymouth Church, but FL. W. b., of
Southbury. 1t is common thing to hear
OF people ira ing horses until one or the
other trades out; if such a thing was pos
sible with mail routes, this one has been
traded often enough for one or the other
TO trade out.