Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-11-02

and walking up 10 IL he gave IL few
kicks and found a drunken man completely
covered with snow and In very fair way
10 freeze 20 death. He was taken to the
cooler, and given nights lodging and
was probably introduced the next morning
TO Justice Bardine, all of which probably
cost him a dozen dollars or more; but he
ought not To kick" for without doubt his
life was saved by the ''peeler."
Considering the age OF the Magic" city,
we think Leadyillc has tue set OF police
men; many OF them are from the East,
some having done duty in New England
cities.
The fire department OF Leadville, of
course i not 10 De compared with that of
New England towns OF it, size. However
| think they have very fair department
here. There never was a fire In Lcadyille
Of any account until last night, when they
had big blaze The fire broke out in
room IN the second story ofthe building on
nut streets, at about II O'Clock, p. m.
This, and adjoining buildings being built
OF pine, as are nearly all buildings in town,
Of course il was only fun for the flames.
The iremen were promptly on hand and
lid effective work combining the fire to
what buildings stood on half acre We
should Judge. did not learn the los,
but think il must DC very heavy a. all those
burned ont carried large stocks OF goods
and there wa, very Nltlc saved Tiny
were well insured believe.
Daring the past week VT have had but
one murder outright. Thi, happened
Thursday eve at : O'Clock. on the Malta
road where u gentleman named Sloan.
was riding in his carriage toward the
Malta depot and was shot three times.
once through the head and twice through
the body, either OF which wounds would
have caused death. There seems but little
doubt but What his partner who was in the
carriage with him at the time, was the
cold plooded murderer. This fellow : name
j., L0ckw ood, and be has been in business
with Sloan and il seems they had some
trouble on the night of the murder. Lock
wood Is under arrest
What came very near being another
murder happened last night In State street.
John Barrett, railroad man, came To
town in the early evening and visited one
of the Theatres, after which ne thought he
would like Bro. Talmadge) 30 through
some of the leading houses in town. The
trst and last one he visited was Coon
Dive on State 81. He had some trouble
with one OF the coons and before John
could be pulled out by Il copper" who
heard the row. he was cut and slashed with
a razor, and had 4 junk of pure galena' in
him which one the dWSAy direrS had let so
~ him nom a - caliber gun. John Bar
rett Is alive though very seriously wounded,
and he SAYS he don't care 10 take another
trip for the purpose of getting matter for
his coming lecture"
Mons la Pierce, noted cook, has ar
rived in Leadyille. He Is lately OF
Delmonico's Of New York, and he presided
At Tire White House during President
Llncoln's administration. lie is now chief
., cuisine NJ the Clarendon Hotel; has full
charge of the culinary department.
The Chrysolite mine is still shut down.
There Is 50 much gas and smoke below
that il is impossible 10 work. lis very
uncertain when she will start up. Ii was
said by some last eve, that they would
start again Monday, the 18th, but Mr. Mel
son thinks differently, in fact he told me
not 10 be surprised if she did not start this
month. The little Chief and Little Pitts
burg are also shut down, the gas having
escaped from the Chrysolite into their
workings Many OF the men who were at
work az the Chrysolite have left town.
know of several who have gone to Arizona
10 try their luck.
Politics are getting hotter every day; il
reached boiling heat when we heard from
Indiana. Tuesday evening the Republican
headquarters were quite lively. and when
we heard At s O'Clock by wire that ''Indi-
ana had surely gone Republican, we felt
good. But when later in the evening the
dispatch came that ''Landers conceded
PorterS election by $500 majority" we felt
better. Soon after this the ''unterrited"
made themselves scarce, but we stuck TO
the wire and thanks 20 the voters in Indi-
ana, the wire stuck TO US, and at 5 o'clock
Wednesday morning she says: "lndiana's
majority for Porter is 5000 sure, and We
gain one and possibly three Congressman"
Then was when we felt BEST, and we all
stood on our heads, took walk around
the ash barrel and went home. One thing
is certain, there are brains in Indiana and
they did their duty the 18th OF Oct As
Sam Adams said, Twas glorious morn
inc for America" We did not care for
Ohio for we knew she was solid, but really
it was gratifying to learn that she had
elected every man on the State ticket,
gained six congressman and had answered
DIR. Golyer and Credit Mobilier with %, 900
majority. That is what took the starch
out Of the democracy. We had another