Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-01-11
IN GENERAL.

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Topsham. He rolled in brook and was
unable to get up. His body made dam,
which raised the water. and he was
drowned
| There Is quite a temperance revival
now going on in Boston and In New ork.
Mrs Mary A. Livermore addressed an i'm
mens~ throng on Sunday, ut Haverlys
Theatre, New York city, on the subject OF
temperance.
| According to the Hartford Courdnt
an existing law of Connecticut declares
that every horse In any horse race, aud
on which any wager Is laid, or any purse
or stake made, shall be forfeited To the
State"
New York city has dozen Jewish
millionaires There are large number
| whose wealth ranges from 100000 to
$500, 900, while AZ least 100 are worth from
| $40, 900 to $50, 900 each. They own an im.
mense amount OF real estate.
The Occid.nt of San Francisco says
that Mr.. Moody's meetings in that city,
although the press has in many instances
tried TO make light OF them, are having n
decidedly serious effect. The daily news
meetings than they ever before have given
10 any religious services there.
Fitting cmblems are not always APP
preciated. The neighbors ola poor fellow
who died erected a tombstone TO his
memory. and had placed above IL the con
ventional white dove The widow looked
it il through her tears, and said 1t
was very thoughtful To put ii there. John
was very fond OF cunning, and it is an es-
pccislly suitable emblem"
Col. r. C. harrington OF Fryeburg, in
spector OF rifle practice for the State, Is
now preparing manual giving iull dl-
reciious In regard TO the use and care OF
rifles, which is to be placed In the hands
of every member of the Maine Militia.
reglmeutal team of twelve men with three
substitutes, is to be organized In each OF
the Maine regiments.
A Richmond dispatch says scene
quite common in antc-bellum days, hut rare
since the war was enacted in Liberty. Bed
ford county, ON Monday, where the sale of
three negro men took place. They were put
upon the block and Knocked down 10 the
hi chest bidder, for ninety days, for four
dollars for the lot They have been In
the comfy for some time nnd were sold
as Migrants under the old vasrant law, hy
ORDER of a magistrate. The sale attracted
4 good deal of attention.
The Post ONCE Department has just
ordered that the bond of the Postmaster
4, West Mentor. Ohio, shall DE Increased
10 double It's present amount. The busl-
ness OF the Office has more than quadruplcd
since Gen. Garfield was nominated. Dur
iuy the FIRST seven days Of December there
were sent from this office l3Oi parcels OF
mail matter and a much greater number
were received Gen. Gariields daily mail
is enormous.
A man may work twelve hours a day
for ffteen years on morning newspaper
without taking vacation for the benefit
OF his health but shoultthc same man get
n position IN one Ofthe government depart
meuts at Washington, where they com
mence work at . o'clock u. IN, and quit nj
3 D. m, in less than year he would be 80
| "overworked" and worn out that he would
want a six-weeks holiday 10 rccupcratc.
IL must be In the drinking waters.
Two men fired simultaneously al each
other In n Salt Lake bar-room, aud the
bullets came into collision. There could
be no doubt of this, for one bullet dropped
10 the floor midway between the antago-
nists. who were 10 feet apart, and the
other was turned upward 10 the ceiling,
while both were ilattened. Such incidents
were occasionally noticed during the war
of the Rebellion. hut they were very rare.
and Il is doubtful if such a thing as two
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fight between only two men.
A singular incident occurred at Mid
dletown, y. Y. the other morning. \
Young woman baked "A cake, and, alter
| icing il, set Ii In the cellar 20 cool. Short
ly aftcrward -he visited the place, when
she found that her cake had caught u
mouse hy the tail. The animal had evil
IDENTITY been enjoying breakfast, aud while
he nibbled the cake the icing had hardened
over his tail and he was prisoner of war.
The story i youched for by the members
OF the family, who are among the most re-
spected residents OF the village.
The following yarn Is going the rounds
OF the Maryland papers; Mrs. owen
| Dougherty OF Chester, dreamed Three
nights in succession that there was gold
under certain rock near Rising sun.
| This rock. In her mind had an ancient
moss covered brick upon IL. Accompanied
! by her father in-law, she visited one day re-
| Gently the locality, and found the rock with
brick on II ~ seen in her dream. On
digging under the rock gold To the value
| OF SIS, 900 was discovered, and the digging
is still going ON.
They have had a vcritable dark day"
| In Cincinnati-on Friday. u literal black
Friday" On the 10th ult., At II o'clock
| in the forenoon, the darkness was almost
as dense As on cloudy night Gaslights
were lighted throughout the city. a. at
night. No such dark day was ever known
there. We have seen no explanation OF II
except the unusual density of the clouds
which encompassed the city little closer
than usual
The whole cat family, says late essay
list, seem singularly alike In character from
the highest 10 the lowest. Not merely the
domestic cat, but the entire herd or lions,
tigers, panthers, leopards, jaguars, ounces,
oncelots and lynXes, present the same
general traits OF sanguinary cruelty, low
cunning and patient lying In wait for prey.
Moreover, they are all towards together.
from the lion downward, as modern ex-
plorers have abundantly shown. The soft
tread, the cat-like crouch, the eager but
self-restraIned attitude, the cold, cruel eye,
the deadly spring, the habit of toying with
their victim are common TO almost all the
tribe.
MIR. Thomas p. May OF New Orleans,
the first sugar planter in the United States
to emancipate his slaves voluntarily and
begin raising sugar by free labor, is now
announced a. the author ofthe novel The