Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-12-12
MAINE PERSONAL.

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church, Jan. lst, says the Herald.
! Rev. G. II. Pope of Thomaston, Is to supply
the pulpit of the Congregational church In Au
gusta during the month OF December.
II is said that Mrs. Blaine will sail for Europ,
this month. She goes 10 Paris to join her daugh
| Rand will be absent n couple OF months.
| A Bangor captain, recently arrived at New
Bedford, fed his crew on baked beans twenfy-iouI
| times in week.
Senator Frye saws the Presidents message is
| an excellent State paper. aud one that will Oc
cheerfuily Endorsed by the republican party.
Senator Frye has been heartily congratulated
by his colleagues ~ Washington on the magni1-
cent victory, won in Maine.
Mr.. Daniel Garland of Portland, died sudden
ly Of heart disease. SATURDAY.. lie had been ly
Ing on lounge. and, as he arose, fell dead.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sbepley died In Bangor, Fri.
day, at the age Of 50 years. She was the last
surviving sister of the late Hon. Joseph Chase,
of Newport.
Capt. Mowry has resigned the command OF
the Tillson Light Infantry, of Rockland other
wise known as Company ID OF the Second Maine
Regiment.-Vhi0.
Mr.. Dyer =. Jordan OF Ellsworth. lied very
suddenly "wednesday evening. The cause OF
death was the bursting of blOod-yessel In the
head. He was y years old.
Leander II. Jones of the firm OF l.. II. Jones &
Co., hay, grain and -four dealers. died Tuesday
evening, aged SO, from heart disease. Mr.. Jones
was born IN Alfred, Me-, and came 20 Boston 50
years ago.
Miss Fannie Davis OF Hallow well. 4 graduate OF
Oh class OF 90, and now principal of the Wilton
Academy, has just been elected Instructor OF
Modern Languages there 10 place Of Miss Park.
resigned -ReoiStey.
We are deeply panied TO hear that on Thanks
giving Day ex-Gov. Washburn was strick-
en- with paralysis, from below the small of bis
back at his residence in Portland. He is now
able TO move his legs little and II is hoped will
recover the use Of his limbs.
Captain Morey, Co. d, Second Regiment Rock
land Lieuts. McCriliis and Brigham, Dexter
Co, Second Regiment, aad Capt. Miller Fox
croft Co, have resigned. An election has been
ordered on the 18th, 10 I'LL vacancies in the Dex-
ter Co.
Ex-Governor Washburn had slight spinal
congestion on Thursday last not effecting In any
way his general health. and connected with
which there is not the slightest suggestion of
paralysis. His bodily health was never better,
and he will be out in a few days.-Portiand Ad-
rcytiSey-
Mrs. Mary Stafford. wife ofthe late James SAT-
ford, who resides above the Sprague farm, on
Cushnoc Heights, Augusta. will be 100 years
old the 9th day of next April. Her mental
faculties are well-preseryed and she remembers
many things that took place in the early histO-
~ OF Angusta.-JOWnHi.
VIM. II. Jones, under arrest for delrauding a
hotel keeper, Geo w. Sanderson. of board bill.
died In Wathnm police station. during Friday. OF
deriun tremens. He was about forty wears Old
aud had wife and two children. whose resi-
dence is unknown. lie Was formerly u hotel
keeper IN Augusta. Me.
The Bath Times says there died In Bath, Tues
day morning, one OF the Oldest residents of Bath,
Mr1.raei Eastman, aged ninety years, ii months.
Mr.. Eastman was one Of the few remaining citi-
zens who constituted the force Oi 400 men who
gathered on Union wharf In the war of 1872. 10
repe the invasion of the boats OF British cruiser.
There are only two OF this band OF 400 living AZ
present.
The Governor and Council OF Maine partially
considered Tuesday, the election returns for
county officers, and received the reports OF the
commission 10 investigate the State Reform
school Wednesday, they accepted the reports
OF the Reform School commission and ordered
them printed. They also cOmmu,ed the iic-sen-
tencc of Isaac y. GiIden. now In the State prison
for hurglary. 20 a term of fourteen years impfiS-
ment. The Council adjourned TO December llth.
On Friday last Mr.. John Frost, OF the lumber
ing firm OF Frost Adams, died az his residence
In Lincoln Centre. A month ago Mr.. Frost had
a stroke Of apopleXy and, while he somewhat
allied from the trouble. IL iiually terminated IA
tally a. above stated. The deceased was well
known throughout the Peno0scot Valley. and
has been prominently identified with the lumber
ing business. For several wears he vas a mem
Dor OF the Board OF Selecimen of the town Of
Lincoln Wing.
Sylvester b. Beckett, of Portland died Satur-
day night. after lingering illness. He learned
the printers trade. In lsiS be was admitted to
the bar While devOriug himself 10 the practice
ofthe law, Mr. Beckett also followed the graft
icaiion OF his literary tastes. Besides great
number OF fugitive poems and sketches, p ub-
l,ned in various papers, he left behind Il large
number that have never been gwen 10 the pubic.
HI, "IIester the Bride OF the Islands poem
OF $50 pages, was published In 1860. In poiilcs
he was republican, and was prominently identl-
fled with the municipal government OF Portland'
The Bangor Wing says tina, y Bangor fusion
1T told republican that he had offered TO bet
that during no single gear since 1861 bad twenty
or more vessels been built in Bath. The repubii-
can told him he would lose; so resort was had 10
B Collector RAYMOND Of Bath for information. His
reply showed that in 1860 20 vessels were built
in 1851 u; In 1862 q; in 1863, 20; In 1864, 80;
i'm 1866 IS; in 1866 -; in 1861, 40; in 1861, 10
in 1868. 80; in 1859 10 in 1870, i3; In 1871, %
in 1872 ~; in 1873, ;6 in 1874, 81; in 1879, 40
in 1876 IS; in 1877, ~ in 1873. IS; In iSi9' 81
2 I'll
,ele. arcregating 6i,2l76l tons. Fity-four
+ have already been launched in lSS2, and fifteen
! or more are on the stocks which will he oil this
wear. The iusionist on reading this concluded
/ he must look outside of fusion newspapers io'
information.
! Gen. Charles II. Howard, brother OF Gen. o
I o. Howard, formerly OF Maine Government In
dian Inspector, who for several months has Deei
nj Clifton Springs, for number OF weeks appar
entity not far from deaths door, has returned i'
his home at Glencoe, near Chicago. lie has al
! ready so far regained his health that MS WIZ
saws of him. that 1.-The resurrection Will be n'
! novelty 10 him" The value of such man n
he in the office of Indian Inspector Is very great
To a large extent these Inspectors are ewes ant
wisdom 10 the Indian Commissioner, and IN Ger
tain very important matters 10 the Secretary o
the Interior. By the way. the recent removal o
/ Inspector Pollock, bv order OF the Secretary, wa
maniestlv demanded By the interests OF the ser
vice Ii is an outrage to appoint TO such posi-
ijons foul-mouthed whiskey- drinking men.-Chi
ago Letter.
OF his adventures in Spain. Hannibal Ham
lin saws: "The day after my arrival nj Nittorla
went TO shoe-maker's TO get some repairs
done 10 my boots. There was nobody In IN
shop; the master was on the other side oil INT
street, smoking his cigarette. His shoulder
were covered with mantle iull OF holes, an
he looked like beggar. but a Spanish beggar
appearing rather proud than ashamed OF hi
poverty. He came over TO see me, ana ex
planned my business. wait moment sal
he, and Immediately called his wife. 'bo'
much money is there in the purse 'Tweiv
picettas,' fourteen francs, forty centimes)
Then | shan't work. put, said ]. 'twelv
pice,tas will not last forever who has see
tomorrow ? said he, turning his back on me.
The Hon. James s. Pike. who died suddenl
In Calais. Wednesday morning, was native Q
Maine and was descendant of Robert Pike,
Puritan. DISTINGUISHED in 1853 by the Gener