Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-10-31
Editorials and Selected Items.

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Some local correspondence is crowd
el out this week
Lo, the poor Indian. with his family,
has come to town. and has taken ground
rooms ut South Paris
The Norway Messenger has been
discontinued.
Hon. 5. S. Marble. IT, s. Marshal for
Maine. is quite seriously sick at his resi-
dence in Waldoboro'.
There will be no change in the arriv
al or departure of mails from this Office,
for winter months. Notwithstanding the
change of time on the railroad.
The President has appointed Thanks
giving day Dec. SOth
The County Commissioners will hold
AN adjourned term at Paris. next Tues
day. Nov. 9Th.
Gen. Robert Anderson. the hero of
Fort Sumner. died at Nice. France. on
Thursday last.
The President has recognized An
drew Spring. a. Consul from Uruguay.
vt Portland.
The Governor has cUmPlimented the
State iroops tor their military appearance
81 Bangor. by General order.
Hon. VI. ID. l.. Lane, of Portland,
has been appointed Judge of the Supe
rior Court, of Cumberland County. vice
Goddard resigned
The town OF Paris. through three OF
its Sabbath Schools. raises about hun
bred dollals for the Chicago sufferers.
The Methodist school. a, South Paris
gave $500 the CongrOgationalist about,
the same, and the Paris Hill Baptist 80
In the report at the proceedings Of
the Oxford County Agricultural Society.
We omitted To mention that Elliot Smith
Esq of Norway. resigned the position of
Secretary of the society, and that a les
o'ution reported by Freeland Howe. Esq.
~a, passed. extending the thanks OF the
society TO Mr. Smith for the faithful and ef
hcient manner in which he kept the books
and transacted the business ol the ,uci
civ for the last quarter of century.
MIR Ziba Thayer. Of South Paris, 20
years old. dug and picked. a few day,
sgo. twenty. eight bushels and forty lha.
Of potatoes. in two hours and forty min.
utes. We should like To see the Young
man who can boat that.
We would call attention To the advcr-
,iSeInent OF Mr.. Andrews. in another col.
amn. He gets up nice birck coffin aud
baskets. and sells rs low rs any other
man in the County. il not lower, Since
April last. lac has sent out over forty.
MI. Seth Crooker of this village. was
run over on Thursday night last. by a
team driven by a young son OF Mr. Silas
2 Maxim The attention ct the boy was
directed to a passing team and lac did not
observe Mr. Crooker Mr.. c. Was con
Sidcrably bruised about the head. and has
since been quite indiSpo,cd His spine
seem. to be injured and his body some
What paralyzed
As a team had jus, passed Mr. Crook
or, it : supposed that he did not hear
MaNims team, which Was behind him.
lio was struck in the back. probably by
,hc horse. and received 80 hard a blow -
90 be thrown headlong. The shock At.
Irtlcd his spine. near the neck Mr.
,a>t spring. When We went to pres it
Was feared that he would not survive
through the day
We understand that II. +. Howard.
Insurance Agent. South Paris. is rrinsur.
iug those Of his policy holders who were
IN the Security, OF New YolE. This was
one OF the safest companies in the coun.
Try, having nearly two millions surplus.
bot It's losses were so great at Chicago.
that ii was obliged to suspend.
Senator Wilson addressed mass
meeting at Newark n. j. last week; in
remarks he stated that the next Con-
gre>s would reduced taxation fifty mil
lions, and that the Republicans next year
will carry the country.
The steam saw-mill in Bethel has
recently been sold 10 llezekiah Winslow
Of Portland and parties in Boston Hon.
John Lynch retains only one-eighth OF
the property. The mill has cut five anil.
lions of lumber the presents ses,son. run.
ling only by day.
MIR. ". F. Works. well known TO
The travelling public ss baggage master
on The T.. Il y. 4. regular mail train be.
tween this city and Mattawamkeag since
trains commenced running TO that point.
has been appinted Station Agent n Van
ceboro'-an important pO.t which he Is
well fitted TO oil. SAYS the Bangor Wing.
M Works is Norway boy
A lrtle daughter OF Mr. Levi Robins
OF Hiram. , years aud months old.
went oui into the field to fnd her father
on the afternoon OF the 10th inst. and
got lost la the woods. She WAS not mis-
sed until late in the day; search Wa ut
once commenced, bet the child was not
found until eight o'cIocE the next MORN
ing she had wandered about two miles.
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