Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-11-20

Mrs. Sally Crosby, widow of Judge
William Crosby, and mother Of ex Gov
ernor Crosby, died Thursday evening At
the age Of 81 She was the oldest rest
dent Of Belfast, and retained her meuta
faculties to the last
The Governor, with the advice o.
the Council, Thursday designated Thurs
day, the twenty ninth day Of November
as a day Of Thanksgiving and Praise.
This Is the day fxed upon by the Presi-
dent for the National Thanksgiving
Perhaps the city of Boston "dont
smoke but it evidently rides in a car
risge, and pays for the luxury, the cur
rent year $500 and that too under g
democratic Mayor Who was It that
said reform is necessary ?"
The Bath Times well says The end
that should be, and is, sought by Govern
ment i to make the poor mans dollar as
good as the rich mans. The silver and
greenback apostles, on the contrary, think
the laborer will turn tramp unless he Is
made to take ninety-three cents instead OF
8 dollar"
MoRE DEvILrRY.-Elisha T. Cotton Of
Brown6eld, writes the Argus that he Is the
man referred to in Boston Globe dispatch
under different initials, though, a. hav-
ing skedaddled from WoOdville, \. IT,,
leaving a man for whom be had contract
ed to build house, "out' by the affair
Cotton says the man owes him $500.
1t is alleged that there was surrep-
titions exchange Of bills in the House,
the other day, and that Mr.. Bland i'm
posed more radical law upon the House
than had been agreed upon in committee
The Speaker will institute an invcStiga-
tion. Mr. Frye exposed an Infamous
cheat which had been played upon the
House.
-Chas. Stevens Of Fryeburg, brake
man on the Portsmouth 4 Ogdensburg
railroad, was struck by bridge near
White Rock station aud knocked from
the inward bound freight train, Friday
His head was severely bruised and his
limbs mangled by the train passing over
them. lie was taken to the Maine Gen
eral Hospital and one leg ampu,ated.
A report Of one of the departments
Of the Post Office shows that the extra
ordinary number of nearly four aud one
hslf million letters were registered during
the past year, or about one letter for every
ter persons. The record shows that only
one IN every Eve thousand Of these letters
has been lost. and Of the number that
disappeared large portion vas recoy-
cred.
The republicans OF Wisconsin have
won, a. they deserved to- They stood u i,
boldly against financial heresie- Ia spit
OF the dreaded Western sympathy iy-
cheap money, and they have conquered
with = greatly increased majority. This
Is strong evidence that the West Is net
nearly so wild on financial questions a the
demagogues would have Us believe.
Mr.. b. c. Stone, of Bridgt9n, has
been examining two feet gauge railroad.
The cost including equipment, Is only So
900 per mile and it is capable Of doing u
large business. lie thinks, and the BIidg-
ton News agrees with him, that the towns
on the line are fully able to build and sus-
tain such a road between Bridgtcu aus
Portland, OF at least, between Brilgton
and Hiram on the Ogdensburg road.
There was an error in the report Sat
urday morning that l40 congressman
voted to reduce the regular army to l5,-
600 men. Only forty lall dcmocrats) so
voted under the lead of Banning Of Ken
lucky. All the democrats excep, the
Texas delegation and two others voted
against increasing the army to $4,000
men The narrow democratic majority
is shown by the fact that the united re-
publican vote and eight democrats carried
the amendment authorizing the increase.
1t is just as much the right Of the
common soldier says the Tribune to re-
eeiye promptly the sl3 month which
the government agreed to pay him when
be enlisted rs il is for Congressman TO
draw the SAG q month which he takes
care shall be punctually paid from the
Treasury. Ifsny debt Of the government
should have precedence over all others it
is that due to the brave men who have
been fighting the Indians all summer, and
every day of needless delay in making the
appropriation is an inexcusable wrong.
1.-The impression left BY the elections
Of Tuesday is, "says the New York Her
aid, that the various side-shows in the
shape of political parties, such as Pro-
hibitionists, Greenbackers and Labor Re
formers, are utterly senseless and silly In
yentiOns, serving simply to divert the
votes Of few well-meaning people into
channels through which their influence runs
ID nOthingnesS." There is more truth III
that than members Of these side-shows
are willing to admit. They never had 4
better opportunity for increasing their
vote than they have had this year but
their efforts have amounted to nothing.