Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-07-29
Editorial and Selected Items.

''N iitc-Cap, Runioru, thls season.
Paris Hill Lodge, |. o. of G.. T., viii
meet on Friday evening of this week, for
the choice of officers, &c.
Seventeen carloads Of sheep for
Brighton. passed through Augusta on
Monday.
A horse valued at $500. belonging 10
George w. Chase Of Gardiner, died from
the effects of the heat, Sunday.
Tho receipts for freight at the Halo
we'll station of the Portland & Kennebec
road average upward Of $4,000 per month.
Somebody tipicked the Hon Nor
rissey's pockets in Washington last
Thursday. That wasn't fair OH
The Kennebec Journal learns That
Gilbcrth's Knox horse "Knox them-alr'
has been sold for $4,000.
Mr.. Clifford, of the Press. is regaining
his health, and will soon be able TO re-
sumo his labors.
Hon. S. p. Morrill,, NJ. c., from this
Congressional district, returned from
Washington. last Saturday.
Rev. Mr.. Prcble of the Universalist
Church. Paris Hill, will exchange pulpils
with Rev. Mr.. Tabor. of Norway. next
Sunday morning.
There is to be n High School at Buck
field village, commencing Sept. 9th, under
the instruction Of John Stephenson, Jr.'
OF Knox, Maine.
Paris flour, corn, meal, shorts, fine
feed, &c, can be bought on the liill,oi j.
II. Rawson, who will keep at his store
good supply.
AT Dartmouth College Commence
ment, last week. James l.. Merrill, OF
East Hebron, who taught our Academy
last year, graduated.
Hannibal II. Emery. son OF Geo. +.
Emery, Esq. took one of the Brown
medals, in the late graduating class Of,
ut the Portland High School
A scurrillous fellow in Lewiston. says
the Journal, told the census taker the age
of maiden lady who lived up stairs
THAT she had been twenty two these last
thirty years
We hear that the Portland x Oxford
Central company is negotiating with the
Maine Central road for car. with a view
to run a passenger train. The road has
no passenger car fit for use.
Tho Bath Times learns that nearly all
the ice up the river has been sold. The
profits realized from the total crop that
was harvested last winter will not fall
much short of 100000.
Among the invited guests at Printers
Convention will be Hon. II. B. Anthony,
President pro TEN. Of the l. ). Senate,
Major Ben Perley Poore, and VIM. Lloyd
Garrison, Esq, all printers and editor,
speaking of jeff Davis, the New
Orleans Picayune says: with such men
as now bear sway, for him the post OF
honor is now decidedly the private sta
ton Oh!
Our editorial correspondent writes
that eleven bushels of blueberries were
carried into the market at Locke's Mills
one day last week by one man. They
were gathered in the mountains OF Stone
/ ham.
Postmaster Weeks OF this village, has
now received from the Z. .. Depanmen,
all the blanks required Tor money order
office. and will be ready to issue money
orders on and after Monday next, to all
money order offices. lie has list OF Al
such offices in the United States.
4 SMART Boy. Warren, son of Hiram
T. Fields, of this town, aged seven years,
can manage the Walter \. Wood Mowcr
of his fathers and drive the machine wiih
ease. which seems to be a feat quite equal
to the driving of the Buckeye, by
woman.
The Skowhcgan Reporter says WOO.
promises to DO little better for the
producer than i, did las, year. 1t stands
ut 40 to 42c against 80 to 40 at this time
las, year The clip is very much larger
hundreds OF sheep being sold to the
butchers the past fall and winter.
The house and barn Of \. II. GerrI'h'
at Gorham, New Hampshire, were con-
sumed by fire, Tuesday. Loss 5000.
Insured for s25OO The fire commun-
Gated with a tract Of timber on the oPP1-
site of the Androscoggin river, which IS
still burning.
The Journal says Messrs. A. c. Dem.
son & Co., have in contemplation the
building of third dam on their privilege
at Mechanic Falls. This will afford
power for a mill to be devoted 10 the
making OF pulp, and by running the
machine night and day, will increase the
production Of the mills about thirty-three
per cent,
j. W. Clapp, Esq, Genl. Agent OF
the p. & r. X. r. r., with his accustomed
Iliberality to the press, has furnished them
ticket Tor themselves and ladies, and
return over the roads connected with the
p. a. X. and Eastern and p. 5. Il p. roads
to attend the editorial Convention. HIS
courtesy will receive the unanimous cl5p'
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