Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-10-28
Oxford County NeiCs

The Gospel Banner says that widow
Hannibal Thompson, mother Of Rev.
Zenas Thompson, was nj the Oxford
Association, in company with her son,
ana attended all the meetings. She Il
now sjycars ofage and is still very smart
for one of her years. She resides with
her son. Mr.. John Thompson of Hartford,
Ne. and Till keeps up the habits OF M
dustry acquired in her youth. She says
she is still liable 10 cut and make the boys
and even mcn's-cothes, the same rs i
used to fifty years ago, and within the
last year and half have knit sixty-iivc
pairs of mems stockings"
II has been stated by Moore. one of the
robbers ofthc Norway Savings Bank, and
the Rock Bank of Rockand, that he had
settled the robbery of the Savings Bank
with the officers OF the Bank. Mr.. Upton,
Secretary of that institution, pronounces
the statement 10 be false. He SAYS, in 4
note to the Gospel Banner. THAT no settle
ment was ever made by the officers oil
this bank, and not one dollar was ever re-
ceiycd by the bank from. or on account oil
the robbers, except $500, Hallowcll bonds
that had been deposited in the bank by
Rev. n. Gunnison. and stolen thereirom.
These were returned. This is all the
bank has ever received. ! now have
copy of n letter written or dated at Boston,
offering $1,000 by way Of compromise.
and the officers of the bank declined max
ing any compromise at all"
Correspondence of the Lewiston Jour"
nal The gale at Mexico, Tuesday OF last
week. was very heavy, blowing down
trees, and frightening those exposed to
its fury. While the gale was at its hcish,
an alarm of fire was raised from the burn
ing out ola chimney in George ii. Glca-
sons house. 1t required considerable Ia
Dor TO keep the roof from taking lire.
The injury to fruit trees. fences, &c, Is
considerable. During the evening Samu-
ell Stevens house caught fire on the inside;
having no water near. The family took
brine from the cellar and luckily stopped
it before it had made more progress than
to break some glass, and badly deface one
room of the house. A portion OF Peter
Tholnps on's barn in Rumiord was blown
down.
Wednesday, H. IL. Wyman's buildings
were burned. with nearly all their con-
tents-some thirty tons Of hay, potatoes.
grain, a nice lot of corn, &C., &c. These
buildings were good ones. on what Is
known as the Isthmus road in Rumiord.
Caught in the barn-cause unknown; NO
insurance.
Burlcigh Smith killed a young bear. Oh
Wednesday, in Mexico. He fired at an
other one but failed TO kill him. These
two cubs arc undoubtedly the two seen by
Ayers. Little and others.
A very high wind, accompanied with
little rain, swept over the northern part OF
Oxford Co., Tuesday afternoon and even
ing 18th. In Andover it overturned fences
and partially unroofed the large barn OF
Mr.. Asa West, sprung the steeplc OF the
Methodist chuI ch there building. from its
erect position, and demolished its lofty
stagings. 1t is also said to have damag-
ed the new and expensive toll bridge at
Bethel, but how extensively, it il not
known The next morning the ground
was slisE lly frozen, for the first time this
season.
Rev. Mr.. Titus of Bethel, First Church.
is now absent in Massachusetts hoping 10
improve his health. In his absence the
pulpit is supplied by Rev. MIR. Tolman.
The church in Andover is still looking
for Pastor. 1t very pleasantly and. we
trust, proftably received the Oxford Con.
ference, the 18th and 10Th insls.
The barn of Mr.. Asa West in East Sum.
ner. and the new Methodist Church in pro.
gress there were materially injured by the
late gale. The earthquake shock was
quite heavy.