Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-03-31
Editorial and Selected IT. mas.


-Pmgtee and Hall. South Waterford
advertise something for the benefit o.
Carriage Manufacturers.
The dwcllin. house OF John Stcaru.
Of Lowell, was burned Sunday March
22i, by sparks from The chimney. Loss,
$500 No insurance.
Attention Is called 10 DR.. MoTton's
Alyt Of Leghorn Hens Eggs and Mr.,
Dauon's Plymouth Rock Eggs. They
are both superior qua lilies.
Bangor is wide awake. on the tenn
perance question, under The auspices Of
the women. Ga Sunday nigh: an i'm
mense meeting was held. and over 200
persons present.
n very cool proposition is that of 4
ST. John paper, which desires that this
State should join tho Dominion in r LEI
that tariff could be fixed on ice all iae
Canada and Maine folks become lich.
Serious difficulties arc apprchcnAcd
NJ Susquchanna. Pa. on account Of the
strike among the Erie railroad men.
Trains were not allowed 10 ran, and the
militia were Fastening 10 the scene Oh
Sunday.
The case Of S;ato Us. E.bridgc W.
Reed, for murder OF john Ray, Ct Med
WAY, Sept. 20th. lS7Q. which has been ON
trial in Bangor. Tor two weeks past, was
terminated II p NJ, Thursday. 10y a
verdict Of mu' der in second degree.
Mr.. John W. Fowler, The Old and
popular driver OF the Bril. ton So &c. has
sold out TO Samuel Davis o. Bid. toa.
lie was interested in the liuc from b ID :
ten 10 Brownie.d, and has also sol ,Aat
on, 10 Mr.. DIN llibbard of Brijgtoa.
Rev q & Lcaycns, Assistant Mess
cnsor OF the House Of Representatives.
died OF consumption a. his residence in
Auburn Saturday. aged 81 wears. lie
WAS private in the 10Th. Maine Rrgi
mcut during the war, and lost his iigh,
arm Al Frederickburg.
-Brilgton is 4 great place for literary
circles They meet in halls and indulge
in literary AMI other exercises enough to
"shin.ls a meeting house" and when the
going is bad they collect the members
with four.ox team, We woulds sses,
mule train Tor steady teaming
ten. Sewa,l arrived in Bath Wednes.
day, and will establish his headquarters
there As Supervisor OF Internal Revenue
Tor The New England district. Tie Gen.
eral j. dilec, from the Pacific coast. and
Was on one Of the trains which WAS so
badly snow bound in the Siergas.
Mrs. NJ. Vinlou Dlh'grcn. widow Of
Admiral Dahlsren. United States navy.
has come out in opposition to the wOmcn's
temperance praying bands She says
their operations are radically wrong. and
that people cannot DC n once God fearing
and law breaking.
A gentleman OF Porter says that on
The 26,h OF February. 1860. lie wrote aud
mailed q letter to his brother in Monterey
Mexico, and on Saturday, The l4,h inst.
he found il in The pos, office at Porter vi!.
lage, returned to him from the dead letter
Office Of The United States without AIRY
other record Of lis many wanderiugs.
The track OF the Grand Trunk railway
between DAavi,le Junction & Portland is
being renewed with steel rails. \ section
near Portland has be laid. A gang
commencing ut New Gloucester is work
ing toward Portland; while another start
ing at the Junction IS changing the track
toward New Gloucester.
MIR. John H. Martha, South Paris, q
musician who knows wha, 4 good in
s,rumenI is, is SO well pleased with
ShoH!Hger'S Organs all PiII3s several
Of which be has been tho means OF SCI.
ling in this town, that he has taken The
agency of them. and will keep them for.
sale. They are OF German manufacture.
Advertisement next week.
The item which we copied from the
Portland Press, credited to the Brilgtou
Ne'rs, that the Insane Hospital now has
no legal existence" was Incorrectly pub
lished. Bro. Shorey. of the Nes05. who
is Trustee oil the Institution, did no,
make such statement. lie said, rather,
that it had legal existence until the 4!h
Of April.
The Press announces a meeting Of
The Board of Trustees of the Normal
Schools Of Maine. at Augusta on Tues
day, Slst inst, to consider the subject OF
a past graduate course and TO carry ito
effect The recent legislation authorizing
such course. The movement conlem.
plates 4 wider usefulness of tho Normal
Schools and such enlargement OF their
powers that they may prepare teachers
for the Free High Schools, now 50 gencr.
ally established.
The next session Of the governor and
council will commence at the State House
on Tuesday of this week, nj 10 A. NJ,
and continue several days. A, this session
there will be appointed q Superintendent
of Schools, two steamboat inspectors, a