Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-11-13

Probate Court next Tuesday.

Hon. VIM. P. Frye has eur thanks
for valuable documents.
The Citizen. published at Ellsworth
for year past, has been discontinued.
Capt. Bolster of South Paris presents
his bulletin this week. He says he can
sell goods as cheap as anybody.
The editor Of the Andrescoggin Her.
aid. Mr.. Clark is about to start a daily
paper in Auburn, democratic in politics.
Gov. Williams has appointed Daniel
W. voorhees, 70 fill the vacancy in the Sem
ste occasioned by Senator Morton's death.
They said that Simon Cameron was
TOO old for the English mission, but the
yoouth who has actually been appointed is
lowering on the frisky verge of seventy
three.-Portland Press.
Monday afternoon two sons of Tim
othy Stowe Of Newry were out cunning,
when the elder one fired at a partridge
and the whole charge lodged in the heart
of the younger, aged Is, killing him in
stantly.
Monday, in the House, Mr.. Frye
introduced bill to amend the bankrupt
cy law also q bill in relation to the
competency of witnesses in the United
States Courts; and they were appropriate
ly referred.
Wide Awake, Lolhrop's magazine
for children, presents new prospectus
in this paper. Wide Awake is a bright,
healthful monthly, and its low subscrip-
ton price places it within the reach of
sll.
We have received q prospectus of the
Bangor Wing. almost as big as the paper
itself. The Wig is good. sound Repub-
licsn paper. and We should be glad to
exchange with it-bus this prospectus
business has got to stop somewhere. We
draw our line on Sl5 tor s. exchange.
American bonds declined at once in
the Londan market on receipt of the news
Of the passage of BANDS silver swindle
by the House. There'll be grand rush,
all over Europe, to Hunload" United !
States securities, should it look as though |
this bill would become a law. Then fare
well to al further attempts to refund the
United States debt at 4 per cent interest.
General Grant expressed deep feel
Ing at the news of Senator Mortons death.
He said Morton WAS one of the worthieSt
sud most illustrious Americans OF recent
times and spoke IN terms Of highest praise
Of the energy. activity and ability he dis
played during the country's trials, bu,
FOR Morton's i'll health he said he would
have appointed him Chief Justice after
Conkliug hsd declined the sppo, tment.
A little girl seven wears Of age, liv-
ING in Portland, was poisoned last Friday
by a coIored slate pencil, which she bough.
on the morning Of thar day and had try-
quenty il ber mouth at schoo during Jat
day. She was tskeo sic, 20 night, with
severe vomiting and on Monday was 81,
low. it wa, thought she would not recover.
These PENCILS are very common ard par
ents should not allow young children &
Use them
Annie Louise Cary had benei o.
San Francisco recently, singing ia Aida.
and 3 correspondent says tue performance
was simp y maxnifcent. Such enthusiasm
has never before been witnessed in san
Francisco. II took all the male member,
Of the cast TO remove the floral inundation
she received in the third act. The stage
was literally covered with boquets anu
floral decorations in every imaginable de-
vice, and she was recalled repeatedly.
democrats have generally been more
distinguished for talking about retrench-
ment and economy before coming into
power than for practicing such virtues
when they have the opportunity. For
instance under democratic management the
debt of the city of Brooklyn, \. Y. was
from 100000 in 1864 to
S40,0O0.0O0 in 1874, or over 600 per
cent. During the same period the rate
Of taxation was increased from a fraction
less than > per cent, to little less than
4 per cent.
"A mining convention will be held at
Portland on November 18th Of persons in
New England interested in mining matters,
the object being to form mining Ex-
change on plan similar to the swansea
method in England. 1t will be foI the
mutual benefit Of all concerned in mining,
as the plan proposed will give mine-own-
ers an opportunity to dispose of their ore
at fixed market price, and stock can be
exchanged, bought and sold 4 Mr.. Ma
son Of England, a practical miner and
smelter, will address the meeting and re-
ports from various places will be read,
and the condition Of the New England
mines will be correctly set forth.
We have received the first number Of
the weekly National Union, published in
d. c. 1t is in the form Of
a magazine Of % pages and is filed brim
full of interesting and valuable reading
matter. 1t seems TO have been established
on a firm basis and with the superior ad-
yantages It has for obtaining information,
particularly in regard to the official pro-