Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-02-16
Several communications received


Monday morning-too late tor publica.
ton this week.
Hon. lIoratio King. ex Postmaster
General. formerly of this village. wa,
married Monday, of last week, at 81
Johns church. Washington. TO Mis-,
Isabella G.. Osborne OF Auburn. n. Y.
A private letter from Washington
says oil Gen Logan's speech on The
Louisiana question at has had circu.
laliOn oil 500, 900. and there is no end to
the demand. Such universal interest
in public speech has not been manifest.
cd by the American people since the days
OF Webster and Clay"
The statistics OF crime in Arkansas.
during the years OF reconstruction give
astounding results. In tabulated return
published by the Aepu5Iic for January il
is shown la detail that in the lilty.Gye
counties in that State III crimes were
committed by Republicans. 1862 by Dem.
ocrats. 1913 By whites and 81 by thcks
The victims were S73 Republicans. to
29l Democrats, 1874 blacks, to Joy
whites.
Tho annual meeting oil the Maine
Woman Suffrage Association was held a,
Augusta, last Friday. The meeting wa,
addressed by several prominent speaker,
from abroad. The prospect Of legislative
acion favorable 10 this cause, is not so
bright rs IL WAS two years ago. though
its adhereuls claim large accessions TO
their numbers during the past year
The Lewiston Journal publishes
summary OF the business OF that city
From the tecapiIulation il appears that
Lewiston has eighteen manufacturing
corporations; ten cotton mill, aud i've
wooden mills, The number Of spindlcs is
2o6. lSS; the capital employed amounts
To 81 40. 900; the number OF women
employed in 1870. and OF men 1874 The
value OF the manufactured products IN
Lewiston in 1874 was $4,000. 900. The
yearly production OF cotton and wooden
goods IS $4,000. 600.
The American Newspaper Adyerlis.
ing Agency ot Geo Il. Rowell * Co. y.
York, is The only establishment OF the
Kind Ia the United States which keeps u.
self presistently before The people by
adyel Using IN newspapers. They eyI.
IDENTITY receive their reward. for We have
ii from reliable source that advertising
orders issued by them Tor their customers
have exceeded three thousand dollars
day since the commencement Of the
year, and this is not very good year Tor
advertising either.
The annual meeting OF the Sou.h
Paris Dairying Association. will be held
Oh Saturday. FEB 20, at o'clock F. NJ,
At the office Of e.. A. Wilson. Esq. The
business OF the meeting will be the re.
port OF the offices OF the past yoar.
relative to the operations OF the factory.
for the season oil 1874; also the election
OF officers for the ensuing year. All the
patrons of the factory are respectfully
invited TO be present
The Louisville Comip-JOuHa. al.
lirmes that the number ct illilerale votes
IN Kentucky is rapidly on the increase.
and that this increase Is 20 greater ratio
than the increase oi population; this. TOO
in face OF The fact thai there are lew PEI
sons ol foreign birth IN the State and Ul.
lew lmmi grants There are about goo
districts in the State. and not more than
100 are propeIly provided, even now,
with school houses. And yet Kentucky
is the stronges. Democratic Stale IN Ihe
Union, and II has no carpet bagger "
blame for any thing.
AT meeting OF the New England
Society Of Agriculture. IN Boston, he
matter OF holding the next Fair was JEFF.
To the executive committee 10 deter ~ re
The location. The following are ID;
officers from Maine: Vics-PresIdsn.
Wlldes Is. Walker oil Topsham; Trustees
Chas O. Gilman OF Brunswick. FieI
Atwood OF WmterpoIt. RUFUS Prince u!
Turner. s. T Holbrook OF Oxford, Sew.
ard Dill Of Phillips. " r. BoulelIe OF
Walerville, Moses III. llusseY OF North
Berwick, j. W. Lang OF Brooks W. ).
Tlton OF Augusta. ;. II. rewkes5ury Of
| Portland. Waldo 7. Prince OF Bangor.
New York. and the Sound cities Are
having a terrible time with ice. Tue
harbors are nearly all SO filled with ice
that travel is either totally suspended or
greatly impeded. Ferry boats. which
usually cross from y. Y. lie l.. |. in lIOm
three 10 ten minutes. have been many
hours making the passsge-one being on;
twelve hours. from 6 p NJ 10 : A VI.
The Steamer Geo. Cromwell from y !.
to Portland. made its last trip by Tue
outside passage Many vessels have
been destroyed aud injured, while pas
sengers and seamen have suffered sc.
veTely from Tho weather.