Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-08-07
Editorial and Selected Items.

Miss Won Hillern succeeded in her At
tempt th walk 80 miles in twelve hours
at Portland, Monday. having I'm. 23' to-
spare. Her best mile was in lin. AO''
The editors of Maine took their an-
nual trip, to Moosehead Lake. last week.
The editor being unable TO attend in per-
son, this paper was ably represented by
DR.. T. Ii. Brown and wife. We shall
publish some account oil the excursion
next week.
An exchange says that Francis
Murphy, the temperance advocate. Is TO
be married to Mrs. Rose Wood OF snes-
vile, o., u widow, lat. fair and forty.
member of the Society oil Friends. OHIO
Rosewood for a Maine murphy" will he
n fair exchange OF commodities, and viii
no doubt improve the crop OF Early
Rose.
We received a call from Mr.. James
Hersey of EArlviIe. Iowa, last week
He says crops are in splendid con-
dition. The hay crop was secured
with scarcely any rain to interfere. The
grasShopper plague has greatly aba'ed,
not more than half dozen Counties
being seriously injured by thom this sea-
son.
GKAND EXCURSION There Will bo
grand excursion To Portland aud the l.
lands, next Saturday, under the auspices
OF Mount Mica L0dg5 vi Odd Fellows.
Train leaves South Paris at $40 n. NJ,
and returns from Portland ~ j:lj. The
fare lJr the round trip vii! be but 81 %.
and the tickets are good from ". Paris,
So. Paris, oxford and Mechanic Falls
This affords rare opportunity 10 visit the
city, rs every body is invited 10 lJin Iho
maternity on this trip.
The last Congress came very near
abolishing the U. S. army, and did leave
it without any appropriation Tor pay and
transportation. Some OF the speeches
made by leading democrats held up the
regulars AS the great enemy OF the M
ernors OF West Virginia, and Maryland
have been obliged 10 call Tor the assist
ance OF these same troops. which seem
to be abont The only effective obstacle 10
the triumph OF the mob, VIC trnst we
shall hear no more denunciation OF Fed
eral "bayonets."
Every body knows that mob is -
coarse, GeIco and inscriptions Wild
beast, Tor the time being, and as such
must be dealt with But how are we la
/ characterize without doing wild beasts
/ Injustice the mob at Pittsburg, which
actually carried coffin 10 the house al
Gen. Pearson, ard told Mrs. Pearson
that they intended 10 kill her husband
and put him into il? Sho was there with
her children, her mother and her sister,
and with no protection. No wonder her
hair grew white in single night. IL Is
queer that these mob characteristics
should bc always the same.-If1GtIie.
The Presidents proclamation sounds
well. but there arc no bayonets To en-
force it, The American army has been
pared down by the Democratic House
until il is q corpoTars guard beside The
armies of foreign nations. Yet that little
army has to patrol the Rio Grande, gar
rson u long chain OF iorts on the West
ern plains, over-awe the treacherous
tribes in New Mexico. prevent the return
OF Sitting Bull TO The Yellowstone Valley,
fight with Joseph in Idaho, and now re-
press domestic violence in five States
The Government ought TO have material
as well as moral power in an emergency
like this. N. \. Tribune.
The first elections of the year will be
held on the 9Th OF August in Kentucky
and Alabama TO choose Legislators.
California and Vermont will vote on the
9th OF September, and Maine on the 10 b,
Tor members OF the Legislature aud State
Officers. Colorado will hold an annual
election tor members OF the Legislature
on the % of October, ard Ohio and Iowa
tor State officers and members OF the
Legislature on the ,9lh OF October. On
the 9th OF November Massachusetts,N New
York. New Jersey. Pennsy Mary
land, Virginia, South Car DINA, Tennessee,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota. and Nevada will hold
elections. In nine OF these Governors
will be chosen, and members OF the Leg
islature in all.
The Boston AdccrttSer very justly
observes: a great cry is raised against
the shooting oi innocent citizens by the
soldiers engaged in quelIing the railroad
riots. All sympathy in this direction Is
i'll bestowed. When riot is IN pro-
gress the place OF a good citizen Is ri
home. or any where but ut the scene OF
disorder. Every man in the mob either
is u rioter or is aiding the rioters-some
by sympathy and all by augmenliDg the
crowd and thus embarrassing the action
of the police and military. 10 neither
case has he any title to sympathy or con-
sideralion. Served me right said q
locker on, whose leg was broken by a
cannon-shot in the Cooper street riot in
this city, 10 the time Of the drafts; i had
no business 10 be there"
The New York Tribune, in an edito-
rial on wages OF railroad men, says the
engineer who received Sol So per month
in 1860 ought now TO be able TO buy
quite as mucn with 500 &c per month,
whereas he is paid. even alter the late
reduction, from $Sl upward. On the
leading roads there has been no reduc-
ton in pay since the war. until the recent
10 per cent. reduction so savagelY re-
sisted, but the men at tho close OF the
war were prosperous and uncomplain-
ing. and yet needed at Wholesale rates
$ll3.77 TO purchase as much as S65.76
will purchase now. In fact the wOrkmen