The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-06-26
SOUTHPORT.

A silly story has gone abroad that two
of the deputy sheriffs INDUCED in bit of
so-called lcvity at the hanging of Jacob
that one placed the end of the
rope around the neck of the other and
held it up in revolving similitude of the
tragedy even then going on. Sheriff Pike,
who, with Sheriff Clarkson, Tailor Wells
and Sheritfs Glover and Curtis, was the
only occupant of the platform of the gal
lows, brands the story as a falsehoOd,
pure and simple, as do all who were with
him.
To accommodate the large and increas-
ing demand for bread, cake and pastry
from his new establishment, Charles
Oehmichen has decided to build brick
oven, capable, if occasion demands, of
turning out 1000 loaves of bread a day.
The store will have to be enlarged and
the oven placed partly in the addition.
Northrop Brothers and Wheeler & Fur
Mss are engaged on the work and Mr.
Oehmichen hoped to be able to use the
oven for the first time on Saturdays bak-
ing. For some days, he has been unable,
even with two or three bakings, to sup
ply the demand, especially for bread and
biscuits. And his enlargement of the
ice cream department shows how the
people appreciate a good thing. This
part of the business has already out
grown the facilities provided for it and a
steam freezer became necessity. This
can be run by power at the old Church
Record office.
Northrop Brothers have been handling
a deal of coal of late. Besides keeping a
full supply in their bins, they have sent
out over 100 tons, half of which went to
Mill Plain, within 10 days. Several more
cars were unloaded, last week, and a
number arrived, this week. Northrop
Brothers coal trade is booming ,notwith-
standing the inconvenience caused by the
present location of the side tracks, ne
cessitating additional handling of the
coal.
Real Estate Buyer Fiske of the Consol-
dated was in town, last week.
A Columbia bicycle has arrived here
for Mr. Helleker.
Northrop Brothers, with their charac-
teristic energy, raised the frame of the
barn at G. c. Chambers's, Saturday. in
about a week after the contract was
made. The framing of the house was at
once begun and it will be raised in a few
days. William Lawlor of Norwalk is do
ing the stone work.
A small building for an office has been
put up on the grounds of E. S. Hand OF
Chicago and the work of putting up the
huge, oddly shaped building to be known
as Breakwater is to be pushed forward as
rapidly as possible. Robert Birch, Jr
does the carpenter work.
The Sherwoods of Mill hill have been
strawberry picking and are shipping from
II to Is crates day. They began June
10 and say that the season will be prac.
tically ended by the end of this week
John Ell. and Arthur Ell. Sherwood have
been picking four and five crates a day
and EIellis III. about four. The berries
were of finest quality and commanded
the highest price. Moses Sherwood OF
the Farms also has large crop, but did
not begin picking until last week.
w. B. Penny has returned to his home
here, but expects soon to go to East
Haven.
The Ramona made good time in the
regatta of the Cedar Point yacht club,
last week. She was sailed against time.
Besides her owner, Herbert Jennings,
she was handled by O. III. Jennings and
w. E. Penny.
A baseball club has been formed here
and several challenges issued.