Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-05-13
THE STATE.

samuel GaddiS, of East MachiaS, a
grave digger. took a severe cold. while
digging grave, and died from the ELECTS
OF 10.
Henry b. Coffin, dealer in groceries
and provisions i'm Brunswick, died last
Tuesday morning. from the effects OF an
+. overdose OF opium taken 10 produce sleep.
Postmaster Goddard of Portland, re-
Gently sent 10 the department NJ Washing
ton three thousand OF the small silver three
cent pieces, twelve hundred of the small
silver FIVE, and five hundred twenty cent
pieces.
The Maine Central Railroad Company
request holders of the funded interest GER
tihcateS of the Portland and kennebec Kali
road Company. October 10, l>6S, 10 present
them for payment in full at their present
worth.
A tabernacle 100 feet long and 50 wide
Is 20 De built ON the camp ground at old
Orchard. for Use ut meetings the coming
season. The Old Orchard people expect
President HAYES. if Congress adiournS
during the season.
Our telephone develops some comical
things. The other day neghbor was
sending his voice over the wire. and re
cciyins messages in return, and became
50 interested i'm the workings of the in
>trumeut. that instead of saving Yes, or
some other audible affirmative he smiled
and bowed o. the mouthIiccc.-p'r.er &C.
-stts.
Hon Joshua I'VE, Insurance Commits
>iuucr OF the State, has transferred the
documents and official papers belonging To
the department 20 the newly appointed
commissioner. Hon. VIM. philbrick Of
Skowhe.au. who has entered upon the
dutic, OF commissioner. the first act Of
which viii be To remove the office 10 Skow-
hogan.
Fifteen million feet OF lumber have
been cut and hauled into the east side oi
Moo>chcad. and there are lu,uo0.u"o feet
II come. There were about lo.vo.ooo cut
on Dead river, which, added 20 the 30
o0n.uco cut on Moose river, make the AZ
grcgate Cut ON the kcnncbcC the present
season. tJ.uUo.unp la round numbers. or
. about l2.uUU. Obl less than the cut Of ISIS.
The Commercial prints statement
that senator Gordon. ot Georgia. ''prom-
i>cd~ that the last nomination Tor the BAN
- CoilrCJ1r~IiP should Poo confirmed IL
t.-uk~ Goriuu'> absence raised the ui~-
F. chief Well 10 is interesting 90 Snow that
senator Gordon of Georgia, Is looking az
ter our Maine affairs. But who did Gordon
.ur1mi>c. aud for whom did he speak
Evidently not FOR the Seuatc.-Eug.r
Vhig.
The Bangor C.BH,r-j1' bitches mp %
rur-m-llud team OF iuicrrosatiou~ and
.-f-.t.rT.s .fItH.rrur am foyer
which perylJy> Maine. The partisan rra-
son, which 10 gives are hy no means the
true ones. BUT SOME how the young men
have got themselves crazcd hy singing the
revival hymu There's "A land that j. t;tircr
than thiS''-aud expect 10 find its location
somewhere i'm Colorado, Idaho or Kansas.
It's mot there. not there. my child, a.
excellent Mrs. Hemau> has it-and you
won't SEE IL until your angc, plumaSr
grows - B.lffst Journal.
Distance. they say, lends cnchantment
Ito Oh, view. That i very cmphatically
true IN the case Of Governor Garceion.
Away down m the heart OF Dixie, looking
backward % Maine he secs or processes 10
see a Democratic Governor elected here
next fall hv 10000 majority. lllnaturcd
people viii suggest that that assertion OF
the Governors came from the most extreme
Iiufatuatiou: hut a. We are always Charita-
bIy inclined. We a>cribe his statement Who'll
" 20 the euchantmcnt Of distance. At the
I>thmuS of Darien he would doubtless see
+. a hundred thousand. and al Cape Horn he
would see nothing less than million Dem
ocratic majority in this state; and with
half the convex world" obtruding between
. his vision and good old Maine, his majority
would appear 20 him 10 Doe nothing less than
a billion of yoteS.-Bath Times.
An interesting auction sale OF antiqui-
p ties recently took place at Gardiner being
"A part of the effects of the late Mrs. Mar
garrt Branch The articles were contained
; i'm the building formerly occupied by Seth
b. Cav. who died in ISL, A. a store and post
, onice. Ii j. the oldest building in the city,
having been built in 1864. IL has been
used for many years only - store house,
T where have been placed articles of all
kinds and descriptions used by the Cay
family for several generations. Ancient
furniture. farm implements and household
goods were among the property sold, and
, many other articles OF value, simply for
p their age. \ large number OF newspapers,
bills. orders, &c. many dating back into
the last century were found in the part OF
the building formerly used a. pOStoiilce,
\ which remains fitted up - IN the days oil
, stage coaches.
nj A Young man and woman Of Bucks
port met. and were each charmed with the
others qualities mutual friendship grew
10 up. which in few days ripened into love.
/ Il was agreed that they should be married,
= and after brief lapse OF time they visited
= "A well known justice of the peace in that
\ town and were married, or supposed that
!. they were. Two weeks passed on and the
= discovery was made by the supposed jus
.sl -ice of the peace that his term Of Office
: had expired prior 10 the marriage cere-
! mouy. and that the couple were not legally
a married The surprise OF the man ana his
: affianced when the state OF the case was
told them can hardly be imagined. They
y had lived together Us man and wife for two
. weeks. aud the announcement OF the fact
"a that they were not married created quite q
little sensation.
But the sequel is even stranger than
l. What went before. The wOuld-bc hu>ban,
q said % his intended wife that they would
D.. 90 and see some one who was really ju>
tice of the peace and get legally married
e She said she believed She did not care TO
l. that she had had enough of married lii,
k Tor the present, and sersistins in that
opinion She len town the next day for Bos
ton Portland Press.
ri Among the the new discoveries OF TIT
/, Dexter savings bank officers in Mr.. Bar
m rom, business transactions are the follow
T. inc. They found ON the bank books under
Is date of October %. 1871. two charges q
% money paid, viz: 500 to a Mrs. CraitN O
u Dover. Me. on her deposit account, an,
f. Slnn ~ naril Y Straw. ESQ. Or Gniltord