Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-05-15
Weekly Summary Of News.

her husband have taken up tlelr residence
in Newark, n j. In consequence Of tho
addition Of little lambkin 10 her n,ck, she
has given up preaching, her church at 81.
Butler, n. Y, has been dissolved, and tho
house closed.
A despatch, dated Vicksburg. May 9th,
announces, upon the authority Of the vicks-
burg Wing, that ninety.siK thousand dol
lars were subscribed in that city on the jth
| Tor the purpose Of purchasing plantation
I for EG.Presiden, Pierce. The sum asked Tor
the property is 100000.
The Boston Traveller says 1.-The late
failures Of dry goods firms OF this city prob
ably reach an amount VI million and quar-
ter Of dollars. We hear Of one case
whore as high as ~ per cent for money has
been paid within SIX months. It Is feared
by shrowd business men that we have not
seen the last Of such failures, the present
season.
Hon. John q. Montgomery Democratic
member Of Congress elect from the 18th dis
,r1ct Of Pennsylvania, died At Danyille, on
Friday last, OF the National IIgtel epidemic.
We learn by the Dover Enquirer that Mr.
Edwin Kingman II Bartlett, while driving
logs In the Saco river. at Conway, was
drowned on the 2lst ult. He was about p
years Of age. and unmarried.
Hon. Hiram Bslcher Of Pennington, died
in that town on the 9Th inst, at the age II
G. years lie has been suffering from ~
health for some length Of time.
Recently tie houses Of Hon. Geo. Evans
and EI.collector Carter. Of Portland, wcrs
entered BY burglars and on Sunday morn
ing the house Of y. A. Foster was alec bro-
ken into. In the latter case the rogue founl
about $3.50
Mr. Davidson, ior eleven year, the able
chief engineer Of the Portland Fire Depart
ment, has resigned hls office.
Tho IIallowcll Gazette says that Cyrus
Putnam Of that city has successfully demon
,trated the truth Of the theory Of perpetual
notion having invented a machine Of that
character capable Of driving machinery.
The Gr.t Parish Society, Unitarian, in
Portland. have voted to raise the salary OF
the Rev. IIoratio Stebbn' their Pastor,
from $1,000 to $1,000.
Hon. Neal DoE has arrived In England,
and i, received with the most distinguished
attention on all hand, both from Nobility
and Commoner,.
i The Boston Post says, among the per.
formanccs most worthy Of pniss, At the
late Harvard Exhibition, wa. dissertation
by John Dayi. Long, Of Bdck6eld, Me-, on
COwPer aud Young, as religious poets.
James T. I.eayi,t, E.q., Of Skowhcsan,
fell dead from disease Of the heart, At his
residence, on Saturday morning last lis
age was about 80.
I A lady Of Troy, one Of the ari',ocacyor
that city, los, her husband on Monday At .
O'Clock in the morning. Two hours later,
she causc,i the following iclegraphic dispatch
to be sent to a modi.,e in New York What
i, the latest fashion Of mourning goods?
Scad particulars by mail"
It is calculated that she guns cast at West
Point for the new steam frigatc Niagara
will throw $50 pound she'll four miles
Tho Lewiston Falls Journal man regrets
typographical blunder in an obituary no
tice, By which the deceased was made a
leading member Of the society OF 'oalsri.
IL should have been shakers.
Mr.. Brougham has bo'n elected to Con-
grcs- from the district in South Carolina
lately represented by p. ;. Brooks, BY loo
maj GRITTY.
v DR.. James wellman Of Fitchburs, write.
to friend that he passed the evening Of
April 18th with Hon. Charles sumner, in
Paris. Mr. Sumncr stated that he was rap
idly gaining from day to day, aud conf
dcntly anticipated a complete and speedy
recovery.
Rev. DR. Ciruthcrs, pastor Of the second
parish church IN Portland, has At the rcque';
Of the society, withdrawn his letter Of r,-is.
nation.
Tho Dalton diyorc, case which ha. been
on trial in Boston tor some two or three
weeks. was closed last week The jury did
not agrcc-being 10 Tor granting the libel
for divorce, and against It. Tho case has
excited the deepest interest in Massachusetts,,
, not only from the peculiar character Of the
case but from the celebrity Of the counsel
Choate and Dana. The details Of the tral
exhibits such a state Of morals as most peo-
plc would hardly imagine to exist among
tho " fret society" Of Boston.
The Bnrlcll murder trial has resulted IN
the acqnittal OF Mrs. Cunningham, and
Eckel is liberated On his own rccogninnce.
The authorities, it I, said, have discovered
clue to the real perpetrators Of the decd,
and will soon have them under arrest.
Mrs. Cunningham and her family now
reside in the house, No. 81 Bond street,
where the crowd became 80 great on Sunday
that the police dispersed them many Of
, her friends and relations, however, called to
, congratulate her.
Martha Conela Calhoun, the youngest
daughter Of the South Carolina statesman,
ILL.,, 4 C,Ihoun- died ON the VI INST. AZ