Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-06-19

Ten thousand sheep were recently
sold in California at five cents a head on
account Of the drcuth.
Two ex-slayes, neither Of whom
could read two years ago, have started a
paper in Missouri and are getting many
subscribers.
The Democratic state Convention
will be held in August, majority Of the
Committee having decided to postpone 1t
10 that time.
During last week portions Of the
roof Of the mines, in Scranton Penn, fell!
and three lives were lost, and several min
ers hurt by the accident.
The Editors and Publishers Associa-
ton will this year 60 to MOOsehead Lake,
on their annual excursion, starting from
Bangor, Saturday July 18th.
The Maine Baptist State Convention
il to be holden at Thomastou, on Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, the 18th,
10Th and 9th Of the present month.
A Texas paper says that that State,
under It's Democratic administration, Is
running in debt at the rate Of something
like one million dollars 4 year, and a.
ready has a good start Of FIVE million dol
lars.
Mrs. Francis o. j Smith has petit
toned the Judge Of probate for an allow
ance out of the personal property Of the
estate, waving the provision in the will
that affords her only what the law allows.
The Governor Of New York has
signed the act to prevent frequent changes
of textbooks in the public schools, which
prohibits change within five years after
the textbook has been adopted
The present number Of inmates Of
the Insane Hospital is four hundred and
fifteen. At the semi-annual meeting Of
the Board of Trustees last week, the COM
mittee for inspection reported all depart
ments Of the Institution in most excellent
condition.
In the case Of J. Winslow Jones ct
al. of Portland, vs. George Burnham, to
recover royalty for packing corn under
license, in which the jury returned YER
diet Of S3556.l6, the full bench has over
ruled the exceptions and ordered judg-
ment on the verdict
"A friend Of Ben Buffers writes to him
after reading his reply TO KcYeagh,
Why mutilate corpse? why continue
to rend a carcass? p" His crisp aud prompt
reply was. TO illustrate the doctrine Of
eternal damnation. which | was early
taught was the doom of the wicked"
"HEAyENwAKD" The new collection
Of Sunday School Songs by James r.
Murray, P. 2. Bliss and others, has
reached a sale Of $4,000 copies in one
month. No Sunday School worker should
fail to examine it. Sold by booksellers
or mailed on receipt Of 80 cents by the
publishers, 5. Brainard's Sons, Cleveland,
..
During the ceremony Of decorating
the graves Of Confederate soldiers at
Baltimore recently, Captain McHenry
Howard, president Of the Society Of the
Army and Navy Of the Confederate States
publicly announced his belief that the
lost cause was Just one, and that there
would be no reconciliation until the peo-
pie Of the North recognized the justice of
that cause.
Mississippi might take lesson from
California, the San Francisco Alta say
ing "The Chico outrage was commit
ted on the Nth Of March. -Four Of the
ineendiaries entered the gates Of our State
Prison, under the aggregate sentence Of
10 years, ~ days after their arrest. Five
OF the murderers are on the eve of life
sentence 10 days after the commission of
their crimes.
BY the burning Of the Mansion
House, one Of the old landmarks Of the
city has been removed. 1t has a history
Is OlQ Is Tue lUhu Ilsc4L- EEhlOQS 10
lel7 it was occupied as a dwelling house
by the father of the late Judge Weston.
1t was an old fashioned two story house.
and in 1917 was purchased and CONVEX
ted into a public house by Orphan C..
Plummer, who was the proprietor Of the
first Mansion House, which began op-
erations that year. Since that time it
has passed through various transforma-
tions and change OF ownership and pro-
prietors. We remember the admlnistra-
tons Of Messrs. Scruton, Holmes and
others. In 1864 the house was enlarged
and greatly improved in its appearance
and purchased by W. NJ. Thayer, who
continued Its proprietor until 1874, when
he sold to W. L. Hadley, whose term as
landlord was about a year, when Mr..
Thayer returned to the Mansion and re-
NAMED Its proprietor until the old and
popular resort went up in a chariot of
hre.-Augusta Journal,