Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-29

The Rev. George II. Shepard. son Of Pro.
fes.or Shepard Of Bangor, leii tina, city on
Saturday for the purpose Of preaching on
Sunday at Winthrop. lie retired in Do,
usual health on Saturday evening but va.
found dead In hi, bed the next morning.
H. had been subject To epilrptic fs. and
probably died in one Of them.
The Annual Fair Of the New IIamp.
shire State Agricultural Society will Chi,
year be- held at Dover. The Fair will com.
mencc on the morning Of Oct. s, and will
continue oP"n three days.
Mr.. q. l.. Eu,,i, Of Auburn is engaged
IN manufacturing Watch Spring skirts.
The m,uufcture ola peculiar spring ,kirt
has been commenced At Winthrop.
The Student. Of wa,crvile College are
making sympas,ic exercises a regular
praetics in that institution a capital
move---o says the Mail.
Mis-, Florence Nightingale is 50 extremely
III that the wor., results are apprehenii
Her strength j. diminishing sadly. Sheha,
been moved from llgh.elIe to London, bu,
is now confined 20 her room.
Tho Louisville Courier states that Col
Humphrey Marshall has declared that II he
were in Congress. with parties or,nt'i as
at present. he wopld vote for tie Democrat.
ic candidate for SPEAKER. and that if the
next election ol President were thrown into
th, House. and he were a member Of 10, 10
would vote Tor the Democratic candidate.
A gentleman from tho .outh.' passed.
through Chicopcc Ma, a few days sine,
on the underground railroad, on bis way to
Canada.
A despatch dated Stockholm July Sih,
says that H., Majesty Oscar, King of sve.
den. died that day. lie WIS 5orn on tho
l,h Of July, 1879.
There ., man by tho name n Hyde, ire
CINCINNATI. who j. one hundred and tn
year. Of age. and has been married seven
tunes.
James Toner and james Latte, Of Rock.
land. while on their way To Camden. On
Thur.iay were drowned by the ;AP'irIns Of
their boat.
The farm house. stable and ouibuIllins'
Of Mr.. VIM. Adams in Pennington Ne,
were consumed by dro on Thursday. No
insurance.
During the shower Of Fridsy evening.
lightning struck the houss occupied hy NJ
William Maxwell Of Bath. aud a. Mr.. NJ.
was in the act Of closing the attic window
he was killed instantly. Tho luid entered
bls neck below the ear, passing around
the head and down the che.t
The Lawrence machine shop, ~ brick
dwellings, AMI other property originally
costing million OF dollars were 'old
ton last week for $4,000.
An unofficial census Of san Francisco
makes the population 1908 white males
. ,9s5 white females $3.50 Chinese, and To-
Oj colorcd people.
Account. from Naplc- state thu, the vol.
cano Of Vesu,ius was IN au active state u
eruption. 4 river Of lava. Almins from
the crater, was already three miles long
and wrs destroying orchards and vineyards.
Gen. Alfred Rcliius,on. formerly OF Aa-
sus,a, was nominated or Governor By the
anti T.ecompton Convention Of California,
but declined 81 the honor"
Gigantic drain, have recently been con-
.tructcI under the ci.y OF Par. which con.
duct the refuse waters OIL the city into a vast
reservoir, whence they arr to be li.,,min.-
ted as liquid manure over the mos, barren
Of the plains round Paris.
The cannonadipg at Solierino. was heard
at Trieste, a distance OF $50 mics. as tia
crow llics.
Burning luid kills about one person a
day. The last victim was Mr, Weeks Of
New York, who on Monday evening, at.
tempted to GIL fuld lam? Will, lighted,
when 1t exploded, aud burned her - bad
liz that she died an hour Afterwards.