Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-07-27
IN GENERAL.

a Murderer IN An>I1llA u >dlu 10
have been staksd down near an ant-hill and
eaten alive by the ants.
Mr.. Frank Emery, youngest son OF
Geo. +. Emery, esq, editor or the Boston
Post. died AT his fathers residence in Port
land Wednesday night OF consumption
The Unitarians Of the country will this
year hold their annual convention In the
church AT weir's Landing, y. II. The
meeting will commence on the first OF
August and continue oao week. Many
prominent clergyman will be present,
in l775 there were but three Post ON
ces Ia Maine, one OF which was az kenne-
bunk kept by Nathaniel kimball, another
IN Portland by Sam1 Freeman, and the
third In Georgetown OF which John Wood
was post master. AZ the present time the
whole number OF Post 0nioes In this State
j. nine hundred and Twenty-Five lS2s).
-The ox-eye daisy has become a great
pest IN some sections OF the country.
Those who are troubled with this weed
should bear ia mind that il is propagated
by seed aud not b; root, and that TO rid
themselves OF il they have only 20 NOW be-
fore the seed j. ripe. IL may take two or
tire, seasons 10 rid teld OF this innocent
looking tOwer.
a dispstch from Bucharest, Roumania,
saws a nGIabtr OF American farming imple-
mentS have bsen sold there. Their supe-
rior quality and extreme lightness have at
tracted the attention OF farmers, Who are
beginning 10 realize that they must intro-
duce American labor-saYing implements Il
they desire 10 compete in the grain markets
nf central anal western llrDua
The two-cent postal card is coming.
and will soon De in general circulation. u
has two stamps, one on each end aud
spaces Tor the two messages. The sender,
who desires information valuable 10 him
self occupies one OF the spaces, and the
return correspondent the other. One
stamp is cancelled at the Office rroui which
IL was originally sent, and the other at the
return Office. 10 viii be found very con-
yenient postal arrangement
A New York naturalist who !s sum
mering In New Jersey, says that afew dSys
ago, whfe feeding some birds with worms,
berries and insects, he picked up cricket,
and pulling Il apart, threw pieces Of IL into
the cage. While doing thi. he saw small
black ball roll out from il, which immedi-
ately showed signs OF life. In short while
IL became about eight or ten inches long,
and It's body was about the thickness OF
small wire. He says 10 j. what Is known
a. a hair snake, aud has placed IL on eNhi-
hilton in glass Jar.
The report OF the Cincinnati conyen-
ton were unanimous in saying that II pas
sed Of with unusual tranquility. The
Bayard contingent, however, met with
some little ripples in the calm. Mr.. Bel
nont's watch and money passed of rather
TOO TRANQUILITY for his comfort. Mr.. TRAY
ers had his little adventures. too. The
day after the nomination Of Gen. Hancock,
Mr.. TrayerS. while walking up street.
was accOsted by stranger somewhat "un-
der the influence. and carrying box of
cigars under his arm. The stranger asked
Say are you = Hancock mani" "I-y-yes,
i am q Hancock man" was the reply
"Well, it's darned lucky for you. Take 4
cigar; they are first-raters. I'm a-working
early for my candidate. and working both
ways, too" As the well-known wit walk
ell away smoking the cigar thus acquired
he heard row behind him. and beheld his
late friend engaged in laying on" citizens
who didn't happen 10 be Hancock men.
''Then," said he, in relating the insident,
Il began 20 understand b-b-both his ways
orw-w-working. The Hour.
The smallest lovers on earth were united
At the alter at Odessa, three weeks ago.
The Marquis, 4 native of kiel, is thirty
Years old, and weighs only nineteen pounds
while his bride, born in Neumunster some
two and twenty years ago, just turns the
scale az thirteen pounds At nrst glance
this tiny pair, IL is said. might be taken for
couple OF scarcely weaned babies, dress
Ell up for joke in the garb OF adults
They are both OF German birth, but never
knew OF each other until, while they were
exhibiting in different parts OF Russia, they
read OF each other in the newspapers and
entered into a correspondence which soon
eliminated in an engagement OF marriage.
A very curious coincidence is said 10
have occurred at the rifle match between
the American and Irish teams at Dolly
mount which seems 10 have escaped no.
tiee. In the published diagrams OF the tar
gets at 500 yards il is seen that the shots
in Capt. Fenton's score form an almost
perfect three-leayed shamrock, while those
in that OF DIR. Scott exhibit the ''stars and,
viewed vertically, the stripes
That is funny typographical blunder
in the Utica Herald In which il attempted
10 say that Mr.. Stillwell, private secretary
TO Collector Merritt, has been promoted 10
the Chief OF the Bureau OF Protests and APP
peals- The type made Stiawell chief or
the bureau OF potatoes and apples.