Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-11-11
Editorial and Selected Items.

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There is to be a Thanksgiving Ball
at Andoyer. Thursday evening, NoVeni-
Ter oath.
A little snow fell on Tuesday after.
noon last, but it turned into rain during
the night, aud the storm continued the
next day.
A. c. Herrick, Principal of Hebron
Academy, was to deliver the lecture OF
last week. in Mr.. Swasey's course. We
have not heard from it,
Rev. d. b. By,hcr, the Universalist
minister OF Lowell and FryeLurg, has ac-
ceptcd a cal! to the pastoratc OF the sOcie-
" at Piitsicld.
There will be December session Of
the ). }. Court, commencing on the lst
Tuesday. Sueiug time foI the term will
expire on the I'D inst.
The Norway Savings Bank declared
scmi-anuual dividend on the lst We'd
nesday of Nov OF SIP per cent. De
posts SllS.722.00. au increase OF over
$4,000. % since May 1t.
-MeSSrs. W. Il. Howe and Co, Of
south Paris. are doing more this fall IN
the apple line than in potatoes. They
have already shipped about $500 barrels
of apples. mostly 20 Canada.
futile 4 Hobbs will sell at auction,
Nov 10Th. their farm in Bethel, known
formerly as the Daniels Farm also a lot
of hay. farming tools and household fur
ni,wc See advertisement.
-Acorcspondeut Of the Oxford Regis
ter saws that the new and expensive sun
day river bridge. in Newly, was blown
down on the morning Of the 18th ult. and
utterly demolished.
-A.yah ShUrtlcH. Esq, Of South Paris,
has admitted 10 partnership his son, VIM.
h ShurtleT They have a good store
and excellent facilities Tor doing large
business, which We doubt not they will
command,
-ThcusNt session ofihe County Lodge
Of Good Tcmpiars will be at Dixdeld, on
"Wednesday, the first day of December.
The DiXGeld Lodge hope to see a large al
tendance and will DO their best to enter
tain them.
MIR. NJ. y. Stanley has reiyej the
Chase house" at Por,ervilagc and opens
the same on Tuesday the Sth inst. Apub-
lie house is very much needed in this lot
cality, and the landlord is amply able,
competent ard willing to serve his guests
in an acceptable manner
A New Hampshire paper says that
DR.. :. II. Tewksbury Of Portland has pur-
chased neat, commodieus parsonage for
the use Of his brother, Rev. George +.
Tewksbury, pastor OF the Congregational
church in GorhSm y. H.
Missions first concert in Boston. Fri
day evening called out an audience OF
about zoo, Welding about 5000 to the
managers The regular price Of tickets
Va, from = to - but spectators sold
some tickets as high as $50. Nilsson,
herself received $1,000 per night, The
Bos,ouians were carried away with de-
light, Miss Cary was much applauded.
Horses. it Is s.ated. are among the
articles in Paris which have been most
greatly deprecated by the siege. Al the
fashionable bazaars, animals which be-
tore he war brought from $500 TO 81 900,
are now selling a low as from = 70 so.
and The miserable iades OF iiacrcS, which
are too small for government purposes,
sell As low As from three 10 twenty-five
cents
We omitted TO mention. las; week, an
accident which occurred 10 Nj. Leroy
Ryerson. which came near proving very
serious The dwelling house lately &C.
cupied by Nus. Sally Walton, was being
removed to 4 new site on Lincoln street,
when Nj. Rycrson ives tripped and fell
under one Of the skjds Fifty yoke Of
oxen were on the full stretch, but were
speedily checked, when he was rescued.
Il wa, found that no bones were broken,
though tbe leg was terribly bruised, and
remains much swollen 1t was 4 narrow
escape
1t is related tina, recent letter TO
Bismarck marked private" was opened
uy hi, confidential clerk, who had scarce
Is opened i, and read lew lines when be
was >iezed with violent pains in the head
snd tell back in a swOon Another Clerk
picked it up and Eel, the same symptoms.
After little while they recovered, and
carried the document to chemist. who
soon ascertained that the letter had been
poisoned with veratrim, subtle and
dangerous substance, the odor Of which
mounts into the brain and is very liable
to produce death or insanity.
The late capitol-moying convention
at Cincinnati WAS decided failure. Only
nine states were represented by sixty-four
delegates; ofthesc, Ohio furnished TWEEN
tv-lCw and Illinois twcn,y.four, leaving
the others to De distributed between Iowa.
Kentucky. Kansas. Texas, Missouri, Ala.
bama. Nebraska, and Washington Terri
tory. No distinguished men were pres
cut. and nothing was done of any import
ance. but the convention came very near