Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-06-02
Editorial and Selected Items.


Editorial and Selected Items.
Sunday last was Intensely hot.
Trees arc leaving and poisoning.
Splendid thunder storm Sunday night.
Down by ih>, Sea- at Academy Hall
tonight.
Tickets from Portland 10 Boston are
selling TOT 3
-Loriag's Specific, advertised in another
column, is highly spoken Of
The Democratic State Convention will
be holden al Portland, June 2Sd.
S. r. Bcarcc. Esq Of Lewiston. the
great lumber operator. died on Saturday
Mr., and AIRS. Sarloris arrived at
Queenstown on Saturday. in just q week
all well.
We have received The FIRST number Of
Tile Cai>en." a new paper published in
Portland.
Columbus Head Esq. has been
appointed Post Master at Sumner, and
DR.. L. ingalls, al Falmouth.
Rev. Mr.. Tinkor's sermons in the
Congregational church. -. Paris. on
Sunday. are highly spoken q.
-Qucca Yic,oria'S birthday ~. ob
served by the display OF buulias upon
vessels in our ports on Monday.
The examination and graduating
exercises al the Eastern Normal School.
occurred on the 27Ih and 2S.h inst.
Rev. II. P. Forbes Of Gaysyillc, VI.
preached Two very interesting sermons at
the Univcrsalist church las, Sabbath.
Mis-. NJ. /. Merrill mas leased her
house in this place to II c. Davis. Esq.
and with her daughter i, going to Michi-
gun.
The House has passed q bin 20 admit
New Mexico As \ State, and folks HAT
have Aags may prepare TO add another
star.
/. yoa want to see a good Dug Store
give Wilson, So. Paris, a call. lie has
fitted up bis establishment in truly met.
ropoli,an style.
The Summer term OF our District
school commenced Monday, Junc lst,
under The instruction OF Misses AlaJclle
and Lo,,ie Hammond
Memorial Day, last Saturday. was
generally observed in our State. The
addresses were all pcrvadcd with 4 Kindly
spiri, towards The South.
Norway has got i; now. Their dam
has been considered unsafe Tor some
time. l, did not 90 over, however, be
cause ,hey opened the gates!
Rev. Mr.. Mathews Of Auburn. gave
q very practical discourse upon coubin.
ing religion with every day work at the
frs. Bapls: church. the SIS, inst.
The coroner's jury on the Williams
burg disaster is bringing out abundant
evidence that the dam wasweak and that
the owners, or part Of them knew it.
Dispatches from Calcutta state the
distress from the famine il Indm is in
creasiug. Nearly three millions Of peo-
pie are dependent upon the goycrumcn;
tor food.
The Wing says that the ladies engag.
ell in the temperance work in Bangor,
visited The Jail Wednesday. and held a
prayer meeting The prisoners listened
with attention.
We regret 10 learn that Hon. Joseph
II. Porier's residence was destroyed in
the Oshkosh fire that we chronicled week
before last. lie also lost other property
in The same fire, says the Register.
Hon. VIM. P. Frye. NJ. c.. accom-
panied his family home last Saturday,
and WAS 20 leave again Tor Washington
on Monday. He thinks Congress will be
"scorchcd OUT by The 1st Of July.
Prof Z. c. Ilamlin. formerly OF Maine.
of the Museum Of Comparative Zoology,
is to have charge of The instruction on
Mol,usca. at The coming session of the
Anderson School OF Natural History.
The barn OF Abel Taylor of Hebron,
was struck 10y lightning last night and
turned One horse, three or four calv, 5. |
some pigs aud sheep together with other
contents of the barn, were destroyed.
Robert Noyes, the only book binder
in Oxford cOuuty, has a regular book
binders hen; she gives him eggs with
out any yolkS. as he only wants the whites
to use in his business. says the Aolrer!tser.
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