Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-11-26
Editorial and Selected Items.

In Frycburg inches OF snow fell
Friday night.
jay Gould has been arrested by the
Erie Directors.
Tho Legislature convenos the first
day of January.
Tweed is looking up his case. over
hauling vouchers.
The snow OF Friday night, made fine
slcighing in Lewiston and Bangor.
Moderate weather has nearly carried
of the snow. and wheels arc in use again.
The great fires hit everybody-if in
no other way, by increase Of insurance
rates.
There will be r Thanksgiving Ball at
tn Andrews House, South Paris, Thurs.
day evening.
The December term OF the Supreme
Judicial Court sits next wesk-Judge
Kent on the bench.
Mayor CASTOR, of Bath, having de-
clined TO run again rs Mayor, has boon
nominated hy tho democrats.
Dry hard wood brings 50 n cord in
our market, and is scarce at that. Hay
is plenty. Cattle are high. aud not much
doing.
r Henry Davis is serving ~ pastor
OF the Congregational church at Hiram.
Mr. Davis was recently ordained as an
evangelist.
Charles Walkers dwelling in Stowe,
was burned Monday morning 25th inst.
Insured for $500 in the Hartford.-Nor-
ioay .adUertiSer.
William Severy, Esq. Of DixiieId.
has been appointed Trial Justice; Geo.
Hopkins, Esq, franklin Plantation, Jus
tice of the Peace.
A wag, in what he knows OF farming,
gives \ plan TO remove widows weeds;
he says n good looking man has only to
say, wilt thou" and they wilt.
The Mechanic Falls murder sensa-
ton has exploded because it has been as-
certaincd that the boy ElweII, who
suffered murder most foul, had run away
| to sea.
Henry Ward Bcecher dclidorcd a
popular lecture on Universal Education.
last week, At Portland. He drew a large
audience, and held themdccply Interested
TO the close.
There will 10 Thanksgiving service
at the Baptist church in our village at
II O'Clock 1t is expected that there will
be lecture by layman, should no
minister be present.
The members Of the old 18th Maine
are talking about getting up IN AsSocia-
ton. Gen Shepley. the lot Colonel, Is
| in favor of il, rs is also Gen. kimbait.his
successor, and many other officers.
The Contract to supply the County
wood for the ensuing year, was awarded
to Messrs Alexander Thayer and > +.
Maxim, for FIVE dollars per cord, good
merchandise cleft wood, saw ed split
aud put under cover.
An unsuccessful attempt WAS made
Wednesday night to throw tho Maine
Central passenger train OIL the track at
Fsrmingdale. 4 similar attempt was
made to throw off the same TAIN Al the
same place about a year ago.
Mrs. Fair attempted 10 lecture At
San Francisco Thursday on Wolves in
the Fiods,n but the crowd around the hall
and her residence were boisterous and
threatening, and the ehief OF police do.
cined TO furnish hsr an escort.
Speaker Blaine entertained the Re-
publican State Committee at his residence
last week, after business session. lie
desires TO be relieved of the Chairman
ship hereafter, but we hope he will not
insist upon this, ~ it would be hard TO fill
his place.
1t is Mr.. G. NJ. Daley, OF Auburn.
who has leased the Moore and Farar
building and Water Power at Buckiield.
and who intends TO start another Shoe
factory there. He is connected with
the we'll known Boston firm of Badger
& Nanny.
Rev. Mr.. Linsley, ot Buckfeld,preash-
ell an excellent discourse at the Baptist
Church, on Sabbath morning last. A
contribution for the benefit OF the Buck
field meeting house fund was taken up,ot
1928. Many OF the church have sub
scribsd literally on subscription papers.
| besides.
President Allen stated at the Farm
ers' Convention at Skowhegan, when
speaking OF the profits of small fruit eul.
ture, that one of the students ut the As-
ricultural College was maintained at the
Institution from the proceeds OF straw
berries grown and sold by his wldowed
mother from one acre of land.
The question is, how is the horse
market affected by the Epizootic ? We
notice that in New York the sale Of
horses is active, railroads and stage COM
panies buying freely to make good their
stock. The price of horses does not
seem TO advance much, however.
Some of the married ladies in Port
land, in view of the scarcity OF servants
talk of breaking up housekeeping, and