Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-05-14
Editorial and Selected Items.

The County Commissioners are in
session this week.
The weather has been highly fay orable
for agricultural purposes the past week.
Tuesday was an uncommonly warm, dry
ing day, and farmers are busily engaged
in their work Thus far, the season is
more forward than last spring.
Rev. Il. Thompson will conduct
divine service in the school house at West
Paris. II past one o'clock, 2. NJ, next
Sabbath.
United States bonds took a rise lasl
week, going up Saturday and continuing
to advance Monday and Tuesday. They
have advanced from IL to 2per cent.
The roof of the new Auburn Court
house settled about six inches last winter,
says the Journal, in consequence OF the
pressure of snow. Too small timberS
were used.
Butter is drug in the Lewiston
market. New butter is pale and won't
keep long. The article has fallen to
cents the past two weeks, says the
Journal.
The Sprague candidate for Mayor of
Providence was defeated on "Wednesday.
zen. Mark II. Wentworth, of Kit
terry, is appointed general inspector at
the Navy Yard.
Observation-Disclosures was present
ut Trains lecture on Temperance in New
York. After Train got through Sprague
spoke. They only want Daniel Pratt
great American traveller, TO make up
their set.
Mr.. A. III. Chadbourne of Welchyille,
is delivering some of the best nursery
stock this spring that we have ever seen.
We learn that his trees are giving uniyer-
sal satisfaction everywhere. These trees
are from the celebrated New Canaan,
Conn, nurseries, grown on high gray
ely loan, says the Mechanic Fails Herald.
Tickets from Portland, Maine, to
Sacramento, California, all through by
rail, are sold now at Portland, for s244.
The trip will probably be made in seven
or eight days.
A gold check tor $500 was Monday
presented to Sergeant Robinson, OF Beth
ell, Maine, who.saved Secretary Stewards
life at the time of Paynes assault. II
came from the citizens of Nevada, who
thus testify their regard. 1t took some
time TO find him, bat he was finally dis
coyered-a clerk in the QuartermaSters
Department.
The Gardiner Journal has the follow
ing Died at Gold Run, Placer Co., Cal,
March %, Joseph Hubbard, aged 80,
native of Maine. The deceased left q val
liable property, and has brother and
sister living in Maine. If they chance To
see this they will telegraph Immediately
their p. O. address to Fred Bourne, Gold
Run. Placer Co., CAL
A train on an Illinois railroad was
overturned the other day by sand drifted
across the track
The Bowdom Seniors have chosen toe
following class day officers: President
Norman Call; Chaplain, Clarence Hale
Marshall, George w. Hale Orator, Hiram
Tuell Poet, G. Frank M1sher; Chroni-
cler, John c. Coombs; Prophet, Leayitt
Lothrop Address at the Tree, Edward F.
Payson; Odist, o. F. A. Greene.
An Indiana husband adyertises his
runaway wife, saying that she "has left
him just as the summers work IS begin
ing, notwithst anding he has had the ex-
pense of wintering her"
Norway Savings Bank, declared a
dividend of per cent. for the SIX months
ending May LIST.
We would call attention to the adyer-
tisement in our columns for man to take
the General Agency for this County oil
one of our best and most successful Lille
Insurance Companies. The opportunity
here offered is altogether unusual and
superior.
Among the appointments announced
on Tuesday, is that OFF. w. Perry, Esq,
of Ellsworth, Supervisor of Internal
Revenue for the district of North and
South Carolina.
The Baptist church at East Dixfeld
is being strengthened in that best of ways
by new converts.
The cholera has made its appearance
in ST. Louis.
AN Indiana clergyman makes ms
pastoral calls on velocipede. He wasa
colonel of cavalry during the war.
j. Alden Smith, formerly of the
Bethel Courier is one of the editors ofthe
Register at Central City, Colorado.
During recent debate in the Massa-
chusetts House n point of order was
raised while member was speaking,
that he had no right to disturb other
people ngaged in conversation at the
time.
Speaker Blaine haspurchasedahouse
in a new block on 10Th Street, Washing
ton, in which Senators Swami and
Buckingham, and Fernando Wood, have
recently bought dwellings.
Gen. Grant says that he means to
give the people of Virginia, Mississippi