The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-02-06
s Oxford Village.


This pleasant village is located on the outlet
of Thompson Pond, aud is about two miles
from the Oxford Station on the G.. T. Railway.
1t contains between seven and eight hundred
nhabtauts, and has one of the best and most
reliable water powers in this part of the State
This pond is beautiful sheet of water, ABOUT
IL miles long and from one to three miles wide
Upon its outlet are two waterfalls. On the up.
per privileges are located Saw Mil and the
Robinson Manufacturing Co.'S. Mills, which rur
some ten sets of Wooden MachiLery, and make
speciality Of "repellants" which readily sell
even in 'panc'' times This property is owned
by H. j. Libby & Co., of your city, and Mr.
Joseph Robinson, the manufacturing agent Of
the company. They employ about 100 hands
and their monthly payroll, is about $45OO
On the lower falls, are operated the Shove
Peg Mills of B. F. Sturtevant Of Boston
The village has three large variety stores, one
grocery, and one shoe store, two millinery
and two apothacary shops. 1t has two lawyers,
two physicians, and two churches. Methodist
Rev. A. B. Smart, pastor; Congregationalst
Rev. Geo. A. Lockwood pastor. 1t has the best
..tn", ha,ase in Oxford county. built about ONE
year since.
IT has telegraph office, costing about $500
established BY its citizens, which is great con-
NculcuCc W tuis, duu UOWOS. IL also
has good Fire Engine and Engine House,
manred by an efficient, well drilled Fire Com. .
pauy.
Through the efforts of two or three leading
citizeus OF the village citizens course of Pop
ular Lectures, was organized in the fall and hes
been made grand success.
Two hundred and twenty season tickets were
sold and programme of four first class COT
urers from abroad and six Lectures, from the
professional men OF the village, was arranged
fNxrfN <Nft hn form kx,ID ~
of your city. the otherby Gen Chamberlain ha re
been given, to the great qualification of the large
audiences who have listened to them. Two
home Lectures one by Gen. Perry. subject COX
ford Village its past, present and future" and
the other by DR.. Orrin Stevens on "Physioloov"
have also been given to large houses
The course included also Grand Concert by
the Temple Quartette of Boston, assisted by
Miss Carrie Barr. This Concert came off on
the evening of the Doth instant. The audience
numbered about 500; large delegations coming
from Norway, Paris, South fars and Mechan-
ic , Falls: The number of tickets was limited.
inns Club fully sustained its reputation as the
ues' male qnartette in the whole country; while
Sno .11nging OF MISS Barr in rendering her parts
VI sne tP, cgsGt was very satisfactory.
ureat circuit Is due the Lecture Committee
who have managed to make this tho r,,ns, ,'o,'
ular lecture course ever organized il, this hart
OF the country; equal credit is due the citizsnS
of Oxford and adjoining towns, who have thns
Iar SO nODly sustained III. OLD OXFopn
NOMINATIONS BY THE GOVERNOR Gov
ernor made the following nominations on We'd
nesday:-To solemnize marriages-Rev. D. NJ.
Huges, Chebeague Island John Hemmenway,
Brighton; Trial Justices Geo. V. Mills, Brooks
Vile; Abner T. Wade, Sangerville; A. p Full
Ter. Fairfield; Charles b. Blanchard, Calais;
Notaries Public-Edwin III. Lawry, Rockand;
s. p. Baker Wiscasset; Coroners-J. c. Lord,
Lebanon; s. Coffin, Thorndike; Calvin E.
Woodbury., Cornish; Justices of Peace and Quo.
lum-Charles B. Reade, Lewiston; G. ID.
Weeks, Gray; Edmund Madigan, Houlton; Ar
thur q. Paine, Portland; Abel Parsons, Eustis;
Henry A. Priest, Vassalboro', Franklin Cross,
Albany; Henry d. Hutchings, Fryebug; Hilton
McAllisiter, Stoneham; Frank ingalls,, Passa-
dumkeae; Jacob +. Brooks Plymouth; Samu-
ell McGuile, Sangeryille Willard P. Hartman,
Belfast; Albert H. Sawyer, Calais; Franklin j.
Goodwin, Biddeford; Ferdinand w. Guptill. Sa-
CO: Atrial Kelly, Newburg; Dedimus Justice
Horace Fl. Jordan, Limerick; Thomas G. Null
yey Hollis