Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-08-05
IN GENERAL.


the last decade.
Guatemala has increased the duties on
imports - per cent. Two months notice
Is given for the United States.
Two horses were attacked and Stuug
to death by a swarm OF curagcd bees N
Wc.l>vil,c, Y. Y. last week. \ boy was
also 50 severely Stung that his life was
dc>paircd OF
John Cox. q brother of Mrs. Hull'S
murderer. Is - be n candidate for the Leg
i>la-urc iu Chesterfield county, Va, in the
fall. having been defeated by only Is votes
last year. lie j. supervisor of schools and
worthy man.
The health officer reports that the 40
sci has over ~ StceraSe passengers, most
II Russians. The Russians represent a
capital of over 100000. Sixty families
have 2l3 children. They are a remarkably
fine looking class.
The story is told that Longfellow and
Fields were making a short pedestrian tour
some few wears since when 90 their sur
prise an angry bull stood In the pathway,
evidently intending 10 demoli>h both poet
and publisher. Il think. said Fields, "that
20 VIII De prudent 20 give this interviewer
"a wide margin" eyes replied the poet
lit appears 20 be a disputed passage.
-At- O'Clock I'm the morning two duel
lists. who are 90 fight 10 the death az place
iu the suburbs, meet az the ticket Office OF
the railroad station. Gimme a return
ticket as usual, 90 says the first ducli>t 20 the
clerk I'm 80 terrible tone and with terocious
twist of his nou>tachc. IL say, do YOU
ALWAYS buy return tiCket>:' StammerS his
opponent. Always" "Then apologize.
Miss Bowdeu did not deem it prudent
o. reject VIM. Flater'> offer OF marriage on
the spot, because they were riding on "a
I lonely road near Omaha, and he said that
Pee would kiu her if she refused 70 20
>traightway with him 20 a clergyman; but
as soon as they reached the city she called
out for help, and "a man took her away
from her .mpctuouS lover. Flater chased
and shot her. the bullet going through her
body. but not making "a mortal wound.
1t j. a curious fact that, notwithstand-
. iu. The general depression of which Eng
7 li>h agricUiuriStS 50 loudly complain at
. The present time. and the depreciation OF
farming land IN the market. the value OF
+ land i'm the suburbs OF London continues
+ 90 increase i'm spite OF the >laCkncSs of
trade. \ site containing an area of l1.7jo
square feet OF land near the ground where
the Royal Agricultural Show i held. re-
Gently brought price equal to Si5,jG0 per
acre.
/ a remarkable story j. circulating in
medical circles i'm Europe. certain ply
stefan states that ON the nth OF February
/ last his wife. while mixing some meal for
\ her fowls missed her wedding ring, and
after trUitle>S search gave il up Is lost.
I on the oth OF April, while eating an egg al
I breakfast, she felt the spoon CRATE against
something below the yOlk, and on inveSti-
CATION found her ring fixed by membraneous
alhc>iOuS 90 the bottom of the egg. The
. cgg. 10 is stated, was of extra size and was
I laid the day before.
A great sensation has been caused in
+ Sheffield, England. by the announcement
I that a firm OF cutters in the town, the ChieI
portion Of whose trade i i'm America, are
about 20 abandon their work in Sheffield
and commence operations in the United
/ States. The statement i that they are
pursuing this step simply 10 escape the
/ prohibitOry dues levied upon English goods.
/ About 100 Sheffield wOrkmen are, il i add
/ ca. removing with them. and much larger
number of Germans has also been engaged.
/ No names are, however, yet given.
/ some curious natural phenomena are
witnessed from the summit of Pixies Peak.
| Electric storms are so remarkable there
\ that those who have witnessed them are
[ eloquent a 10 their Splendor Little thun-
I der accompanies them; but the whole
mountain seems 20 be on fire, and the top
one sheet of fame. Electricity comes out
of every rock, and darts here and there
with indescribable radiance. An observer
SAYS that il played around him cOntinu-
ouSly; shot down his back; glanced out
/ of his feet, and so completely filed him
that he became charged like a Leyden jar.
I He could not retain his fOOthOld; he bound
/ ell and rebOunded from the rocks after the
\ manner of an india-rubber ball; he felt as
/ though a powerful battery were throbbng
and thrilling through his frame and fear
| ing consequences, he hurried into the sig
nal station.
A short time ago, says the London
correspondent Of the Liverpool Mercury, a
dinner was given 20 some Americans by
/ London University men, where the toast OF
| the United States was drunk. IL was first
proposed a. follows: "The United States,
I bounded on the north by Canada, on the
south by the Gulf of Mexico, on the east
\ by the great Atlantic, and on the west by
\ the broad Pacific" This, however did not
satisfy the more Republican members of
the University. They proposed, 1.-The
United States, bounded on the north by
the north pole, on the south by the Antarc-
tic Ocean, on the east by the Gulf Stream,
and on the west by the illimitable ocean. p"
Even that did not satisfy one member of
/ the party. His toast was, The United
Z States, bounded on the north by the aurora
borealiS, on the south by infinite space, on
/ the east by the procession of the equinoXes,
aud on the west by the day of judgment"