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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-07-04
Republican Cou.ty Convention.

Republican County Contention.
The Convention assembled ut the Court
House, Paris Hill. at 10 o'clock. June
30th. Called to order by g. A. Wilson,
Esq. Chairman OF the County Com.
miitec, who read the call, and nominat-
e.l Z. &. Harlow. Esq. OF Dixfield, as
temporary chairman. Mr.. ri. took the
chair in neat address. NJ. S. Moulion,
of Potter. and Milton +. Kicker. OF Can
ton, were chosen Secretaries.
On motion of Gen. Kimball. of Paris.
voted, that those members of the Con.
ycntion who are on the County Com.
mittee. he the Committee on Credentials.
While the Committee on Credentials
was out. Gen. Perry was called upon TO
address the convention. He responded,
saying that he reioiccd that he still be.
longed to party that was not ashamed
of its record lie continued his remarks
in his usual vigorous and eloquent style,
till the Committee OH credentials came in
with their report.
The Committee reported ninety six
dele gates present.
The County Committee nominated
Frecland Howe, of Norway, Moore of
Buckfeld, and George. of Hebron, n
Committee on permanent organization.
Mr.. Howe, of Norway. reported that
The temporary organization be made per-
manent, which was carried.
Mr.. A. j. knight. Of Rumford, moved
that n committee OF five be raised to re-
port Co. Committee Passed, and the
chair appointed A. j. Knight. of Rum
ford; John =. Hubbard. Hiram; David
Knapp, Norway; John j. Perry Oxford !
w. X. Kimball. Paris.
G.. A. Wilson, OF Paris. John j. Perry.
OF Oxford, Isaac Cushman, OF Sumner,
j. s. Mondall, of Hartford. c. c. Cush.
man. of Hebron, were appointed Com
mittco on Resolutions.
Gen. Perry moved that Otis lIayford,
Jr., of Canton, be re-nominatcd for Sena-
tor from the Eastern portion OF tho
County. 10y reclamation. Carried.
Mr.. Knapp. of Norway, moved that \
Committee OF five be raised 10 receive,
sort and count The ,ota' lOl another Scna.
tor from the Senatorial District. The
Committee Is rs follows David Knapp,
Norway; G.. y. Bisbcc. Buckiieldi q.
Blake. Bethel; 5. G. Hobbs, Fryeburg;
T. q. Tarbox. Denmark, who subso-
quently reported rs follows:
Whole number OF votes. %
Necessary to n choice, Is
VIM. Bean. of Denmark, IS
Enoch c. Harrington of Fryoburg, 81
j. G.. Larry, OF Gilead. !
Mr.. Bean, OF Denmark, moved tina,
the vote be made unanimous. Carried
with applause.
Gen. Kimball, of Paris; John Z. Swa-
sey, of Canton; Henry Colby, Rumiord;
Nahum Moore, Buckfeld; j. w. Clark.
Andover, were appointed committee TO
receive. sort and count the votes Tor a
County Commissioners. who subsequently
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-07-04

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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

INCIDENT OF THE CHICAGO FTRE-A
newly marred pair. who had come to
Chicago to spend their honeymoon. were
stopping at one of the hotels. About
midnight, alarmed by the Signals Of FIRE.
the gentlemen went out to get view Of
II, but presently returned to prepare for
instant flight. Not wishing to startle his
fair bride, he simply told her to dress
herself, to 90 to look out at the fire.
As she was doing so he told her to put
ON her best things, ami thus save as much
as possible. Comprehendlng at once the
situation, she drew the sheets from the
bed, spread them on the floor, emptied
the contents of their trunks into them
tied them into bundles, and so fed down
Wabash Avenue, each with bundle over
the sht ulder, not unlike Adam and Eve
driven forth at the point OF a " flaming
sword which turned every way"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03
HAMILTON Fish, Secretary of State.

ORIGIN OF THE FIRE The story OF
the origin of the Chicago fire, by the
kick of COW, is stoutly denied by the
owner of said cow.-A reporter of The
Chicago Journal has had the following
conversation with Mrs. Leary in whose
stable the fire started:
Reporter :" Are you the lady of the
house? Mrs. Leary--"I am, Sir" R.
DO you own this place ?" Mrs. L.
do" R.-"Did the fire start in your
barn ?" Mrs LIT did" R.-"What
was in i'll" Mrs. L." Five cows, a horse,
and about two tons of hay in the loft. .
R.-"ls your husband an express-man ?"
Mrs. L." lndade, he is not We knock
ed our living out of these FIVE blessed
cows, and | never had clint from the
parish in all my life, and the dirty Times
had no business to say it, bad cess to it. y
R.-How about that kerosene lamp sto-
ryP Mrs. L.--There is not a word Of
truth in the whole story. Ialways milk
ed my cows by daylight, and never had
lamp of any kind or camille about
the barn. 1t must have been set afre.
Two neighbors at the far end Of the al
ley saw strange man come up about 8 )
In the evening. He asked them was the
alley straight through They told him
1t was, and he went through. II was
not five minutes till they saw the barn
on fire. Before be had time to Get out
the horse or any of the COWS it was all
gone, and the fire was running in every
direction. The boys turned to and saved
the house. l hope to die if this isn't ev.
cry word of it true. If you was priest
| wouldn't tell it any different" All
further questioning was useless. The
woman had nothing more or different to
say upon the subject
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

DIR. Barrows at Congregational
festival told story of ladies' sewing
circle in the country. which at first went
hard, consisting of only four old ladies
who spent the afternoon in knitting. By
and by, however, the meetings were fully
attended, and there was good time gem
orally, when one evening the paste said
to one OF these old women, Better meet
lngs than we used to have" "Yes," was
the reply, "but they amt near so solemn"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03
National Thanksgiving.

PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
The procession of the seasons has
again enabled the busbandman to garner
the fruits of successful toll. Industry
has been generally well rewarded. We
are at peace with all nations, and tran
guilty, with few exceptions, prevails at
home. Within the past year we have,
in the main, been free from ills which
elsewhere have affected our kind. Ifsome
of us have had calamities. there should
be an occasion Of sympathy with the suf-
ferers, of resignation on their part to the
will of the Most High, and of rejoicing
to the many who have been more favor
ed. |, therefore, recommend that on
THURSDAY, THE 30TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER NEXT, the people meet
in their respective places of worship and
there make the usual acknowledgements
to Almighty God for the blessings He
has conferred upon them, for their mer-
ciful exemption from evil, and invoke
His protection and kindness for their
less fortunate brethren whom, in His
wisdom, He has deemed it best to chas-
tise.
In witness whereof, ] have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed. Done
at the city of Washington this 2Sth
day of October, in the year of Our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy and Of the indie
pendence of the United States the
nineGy-sixth. u. S. GRANT.
By the President.
HAMILTON Fish. Secretary Of State
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

ZANrTA.-Hurd& Houghton have pub
lished novel from the pen Of Mrs.
Iherese 1elverton, entitled "Zanita, a
Tale of the Yosemite" Mrs. Yelverton
IS the lady who, some years ago, made so
many attempts in the various Irish,
Scotch and English courts, to prove the
legality of her marriage, eventually car
rytng her case to the House Of Lords
Her husband, then Major Yelverton, tax.
ing advantage ofsome legal flaw, disown-
ed the marriage, and, though she lost her
case in the final decision, she still claims
the title Of Lady Avonmore. She has
been for several years in this country,
and came near losing her life, by becom,
ing separated from her travelling compan.
ions in or near the Yosemite Valley in
California. Her book is strange and
somewhat sensational story but the
reader is held by strong interest in the
characters and incidents, and will End
the tale interesting For sale by Cheney
IL C-app Brattleboro. Price $50.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03
The Ho, rors of the Prairie FIRES.

The Hon rors of the Prairie Fires.
SCENES OF HEARTRgNpING AGONY.
A correspen dent Of the New York Trib-
une, last week visited the Counties of the
late fire 10 Wisc onsin aud writes what he
has seen on that terrible Held, and heard
from the survivors. We give Il few ex-
tracts as follows;
THE SLAUGHTER AT PEsHTEGo.
When the hapless jewellers in the re-
mote streets saw themselves cut off from
the river, groups broke in all directions
in a wild panic of flight and terror. A
few took refuge in a cleared field border
ing on the town. Here fiat upon the
ground, with faces pressed in the sand,
the helpless sufferers lay and roasted. -
But few survived the dreadful agony
The next day revealed picture exceed
ing in horror any battlefield, Mothers
with children Rugged closely Law in
groups, the clothes burned off and the
poor flesh scared to crisp. One moth
err, solicitous on y for her babe, embalms
her unutterable love in the terrible pic
ture left on these woeful sands With
her bare fingers she had scraped ont a
pit, as the soldiers did before Petersburg
and pressing the little one into this, she
put her own body above it as shield,
and when the daylight came, both We're
dead-the little baby face unsecured, but
the mother burnt almost to cinders. y
After the burning heat of the night, a
numb.ng chill followed, and the water
soaked group crawled over dead bodies
and hot sands to the only blazing building
in all the waste about them. Groups of
dead were found within stones throw
Of the water. The CHASTITY throng hud-
died, shrieking and bewailing about the
faring embers, and the terrible roll Of
the missing was soon called from end to
end of the ashen waste. On Sunday
night something over two thousand peo-
pie were assembled within the confines of
this Industrious, prosperous city; the
dreadful morning light came upon a
| haggard, maniacal multitude of less
than seven hundred. As the motion
sands cooled off the woful work of rec
ognition began. Peering into blackened
| faces, mothers, fathers, brothers trem-
blingly sought out missing ones. Remote
dwellers on the highroads, warned Of
the great danger, with their families safe
ly packed on their great tarm-wagons
made northward through the highways
for security; but the flames enguifed
them in the heart Of the woods, and the
fragments of stout vehicles, burned tc
the irons, now strew the road hither from
Marinette, the last town on the Northern
Wisconsin border. Among the pines
scores lay, not burnt, but smothered to
death. Through this underbrush 80 bod
les Of men and children were picked up
more or less injured by fire. In great
many instances the human remains were
distinguished from animals by the teeth
alone. One horror-struck relative rec.
ognized the relics of his nephew by a
pen-knife imbedded in an oblong mound
of ashes.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

MRssRs. CHIcKERING q Sons, the cell
ebrated Piano-Forte Manufacturers of
Boston and New York, have been award
ed during the months of September and
October, 1871, five first premiums GOLD
and silver medals) over all competition,
at different State Fairs. This makes a
total of eighty one first premiums receiv-
ed by this house for the superiority Of
their Pianos.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

The government has thus far done IT.
self much credit in its management OF
affairs in Utah. One of the elders has
Just been sentenced to a fine of 5000 and
three years imprisonment for bigamy
and others are held and are to be tried
on similar charge, and still others ar,
held in arrest on charge of murder OF
melting murder. The black spot in Utal
is at last to be wiped out, and the laws
no longer set at defiance.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

ADVANCE IN CoFFEE.-The recent
rise In the price OF coffee is attracting
considerable attention in meroaniile cir
Giles as well as among housekeepers, who
are now compelled to pay from FIVE to
Elk cents more per pound than was ask
ed few weeks ago. This sudden rise is
owing to short crop in Java, Ceylon
and Brazil, the principal coffee produc-
ing countries The estimated deficit is
100000 tons.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

= The republican administration has
refunded sos. 100000 of the debt at )
per cent, saving by that single &C 81
100000 year.
"A western editor was serenaded A
few evenings since, and in the next issue
OF his paper complimented the serenad-
ing party on their "judicious musical
taste in selection of pieces" He was in
formed by listener, after the publica-
ton, that they had played the "Rogue's
March"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

NJ. Edior:-I have been somewhat interested in
the articles which have appeared in the IDiEs, in
regard 70 J. W. Barry of Virginia. have nothing
to say, for or against either party TO the troubles
which exist BUTT is little singular that Dr. Rock
well who has given the best years Of his life, and
ever since can remember, TO the treatment Of the
unfortunate, and who know stands high in the es-
umatIon OF the fraternity TO which he belongs
should know less Of the mental faculties Of his pa
ITEMS than Doctor Of Divinity, il seems to Ine
mat the case not unlike that depicted by Carl
eton, who having little domestic trouble, writes
that at about the moment the row was reported
The neighbors. a couple dozen strong
Lent their kndesl saryice TO help the thing along
HARRY Boy.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

IHE Subscriber offers for sale the well 81
= FARM. late owned by SILAS DAVIS, deeeil
conssnHs OF about 40 acres. and situated one
mite westerly Of HOughtongilie ia the town Of .,
ton SAID farm is well adapted for the uses thss
ehterFrlzing farmer generally values. coBtaina
good proportion OF filiage. Moving. 6ra1ing =
Woodland. 1t contains also good Apple 0rebs
and Naples IN abundance The buildings o0nss
good Brick House, a splendid Barn. all well y.
ca ana Ia complete repair. Water is plenty o :
farm. the house and barn are supplied by uufsl
anu superior running water. The Farm is nes (.
Tered nc private sale. and if not sold preglca. .
January lst next. It will then be sold at Pnblle
uen- Purchasers in quest of a good farm, as y
ed by the Subscriber. now living on said farm y
and examine for themselves. Reference ms
had OF kANClS PHELPS of Grafton village
information. JOHN MCQUAIpS
Grafton. VT. Sept 18th. 1871 So
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

GEEAT AGE-Mr Edward Beetbam
of Chester, Me, died last week at the
greats age of one hundred aud three years
having been born in June, 1868. The
funeral sermon was preached by Elder
Gowen, of Enfield, who has attained the
advanced age of ninety-aix years.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

lungs in mounds, Thiriy-nine fell in one
spot, eighteen in anotber--not much dis
figured, just breathed upon by the fur
mace breath of the tornado. Hundreds
were flung among the ruins, dreadfully
disabled and not dead but it would have
been better, perhaps, ii they had been.
Where the seekers came upon dead and
disfigured kindred the keenest torture
perhaps came upon the heart.wrung sur
vivors. The quest for the dead continued
for hours, and before the sun went down
SO were gathered for sepullure. The
people coming in from Oconto and along
the shore came upon dead bodies miles
from the scene. In the sheltering recess
OF cedar thicket 90 bodies were huddled
in what seemed tranquil and painless
death. On the northern road leading to
Peshtego 40 of the number in the grand
total were found scattered not very wide
ly apart From II group of tarm-houses
near the bed of "a babbing little stream
frighttul track of death was discovered.
Women with ba6es tightly clutched, fair
young girls, and bright-faced lads lay
mingled and embraced in eloquent ago
ny. Others unacceptable, partly burn
ed aud dreadfully lacerated, covered the
spot. Mingled with this holocaust of
human beings innumerable swollen car
casses of cattle and horses covered these
acres. Fowls but slightly siuged cum
bered the ground in shoals. speculating
on the scene with dead, glazed eyes. In
the shallow mill-pond 80 women and chill
dren were found unable to stir, but un-
harmed. They had joined hands by di-
rection of few self-contained men, and
wading in the waters survived the perils
of the night.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

PETERsoN's MAGAzINe for November
claims to be the cheapest and best Of
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only two dollars a year to single sub
scrioers, while other magazines of its
class are three or four. To clubs the
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the Magazine sent gratis if written for.
Address, CHARLES j. PETERSON,
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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

Old Thanksgiving is again at hand
The President has appointed Thursday
the S0th of this month as a day of Ma
tional Thanksgiving, and the governors
of most of the States will doubtless name
the same day.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

We give this week another chapter Of
the awful and sad story of the prairie
fires. The calamity, in proportion to
population is much greater than that at
Chicago, and is not exceeded ii sadness
and horror in the annals of tragic histo-
nv
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03
gelluws falls Times,

Elections in Massachusetts, New York
New Jersey, Wisconsin and several other
States next Tuesday.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03
prick FOR SALE.

bhlCh Tor sale in Westminster A sampIe NAV
6e seen at the store of Arms 4 Wilson in Petl1s
Der. .Afe'tS VI me 50 oscrl-
Westminster. Aus. /. ISL. nils H.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03
A BRAVE MOTHER.


A resolute mother gathering about her
a brood Of FIVE little ones-the Young
est ten days old-threw her dress skirt
over their little heads, and seating her
self calmly at the foot of tree, with
her back to the severest of the fire, calm
ly plucked the burning brands from the
group at her feet, and outIasted the tenn
pest with every life sate-though one of
the little creatures has since died from
the burns received. The mother is bad
ly but not fatally injured.
VAIN EFFORTS OF A FATHER.
Brave in the purpose of saving wife
and child, Mr.. Tanner rushed with
his family toward a fancied place of Sc
curity; the hot dealing current witbered
the woman, and in moment scorebtd
the breath from the lit one. Disdain-
ful OF life, the unhappy father drew his
knife, buta merciful limb fell and crush
ed him into safety and life. Two ghast-
ly wounds attest the fervor of his deter
mination.
These are the pictures that are credi-
bly, attested. | spare you the inconceiv-
able incidents that one hears narrated.
Remember that all this desoIation came
upon these Two counties in one day, the
same hour, almost the same moment.
and in almost identical shape and cir
cumstance.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03

The Judicial election in California
held on the 18th ult, resulted in a large
majority for the republicans.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03
" anted.

4 GOOD. RESPONSIBLE MAN to drive team
u American man preferred. Apply immediaqsaiIv
Bellows Falls. Oct. 18th. II
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03
Wanted Immediately

CUSTOM COAT. PANT AND VEST MAKES
I'M Experienced Workmen, constant empio ~
" viii be given. and best prices paid. az
u once % EN-. suIIp
Bellows Falls. Dot. 3d. ISL.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03
FEW ESCAPES.

Men who were in the turmoil of fire
describe it as a chance against double
shotted batteries ranged at either end Of
the plain-it it SO happened, the blas
passed by you, and struck the compan-
ion by your side. The waves laterally
ricocheted and rebounded from the earth
upward and downward. Those that re.
main marvel most at their escape. Fright
ened birds, lowering far above the tree
tops, were helplessly swirled into the
whirling pool. More wonderful than all
the rest, perhaps, few families compare
lively, so far as can be ascertained,
were burned inside the houses all rush
ed outward, and death was with them
on every hand.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-03
IN THE BUSH SETTLEMENTS.

On that solemn Monday morning,
there were anguish and despair. OF the
eontented thousand that peopled the
place at sundown, scarcely 400 could be
found in the yellow glare of the morning
sunlight. But even these woful relics of
life and hope and energy did not forget
the instinct of helpfulness, and the ter.
rible work of succor and Identification
commenced with decent firmness and re-
straint- Hecatombs of dead covered
the fields By some curious fatality
crowds sought safety together and ia
masses fell with scorched faces and burnt