Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-12-12
CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES.


The leading Egyptian rebels will take foreign
| trip and stay there.
Hon Nelson Van VOORHEES,, ex-C0ngressmaD,
| of Athens Ohio, died Monday.
A fire at Quebec. Thursday, destroyed between
Sl25 900 and $500 900 worth OF property
AT Melbourne, Australia one person Was
killed and tifty wounded by recent railroad ac-
cident.
The Missouri Pacific has cut down freight rate.
from 10 to 40 per cent TO all points east OF ST.
Louis.
The Tsar of Russia and his family puckei ny
courage and went out 10 military celebration
las: Sunday
A sl00. 900 fire occurred al Hanisyille, n. H.,
Montay-a wooden mill owned by Going
Grew Of Boston.
One of william Arrat's twin mills in Phila-
dephia was burned Tuesday, ani the total loss Is
estimated at $4,000.
Frank Frayne, shot AZ an apple on Annie
Won Behrens head In a Cincinnati theatre,
Thanksgiving day, and killed the girl.
VIM. Redmond, now in Paris, Is to be arrested
on account OF a dsloyal speech In Ireland. Mr..
Herley is put on his good behavior In Dublin
The statement that the Grand Trunk Railroad
authorities had purchased A controlling interest
the North Shore road Is authoritatiyeiy denied
The Western Union propose to retire 10 mil
lions Of Illegally issued stock. Gould thus takes
the bull by the horns and gets point on the
Mutual Union.
The civil service reiormers ought 10 do some
thing for Russia. By private and official embez-
elements her people have lost over twenty mil
lion dollars the past year.
ship J. s. Phinney arrived at New York, Mon
day. An attempt To sink her by boring augur-
holes through her bottom, was defeated. The
first mate Is charged with the crime.
The corpse of Il negro was found in a bale
cotton II Greenve, y. c., Monday. IL subse-
auenily iranspred that be had, unobseryeJ
q rown himself into The cotton press with sui
ciial Intent.
Mr.. Charles Simpson. a colored gentleman OF
81. and once Stephen Girsrd's waller. and Mrs.
Mary l.. Harris duskv widow of Alexandria,
- years old. were married In Philadelphia the
other evening.
Cincinnati /. getting 10 be the center OF must
cal culture. The College of Music in that city
has Just had $50 900 windfali from a gentle
man who proposes soon 10 die and prefers TO be
his own executor.
New York Is afraid lest Bartholdi's statue OF
Liberty NAV be swallowed by Boston, and so she
/, holding rallies 10 promote The opening OF
pocket-bOoks that the great statue may be up
raised in Gotham'S haTbor.
Mrs. Langtry, Saturday, concluded her Ne"
York CITY engagement with two performances
tina, Welded more than four thousand dollars.
HE entire engagement OF IOUE Ntths Nlclutu
more than sixty thousand dollMs-mo!e than
fifteen thousand dollars per week.
The Comptroller OF Currency has levied a.
sessments upon the stockholders of the Pacific
National Bank OF Boston. of 800 share, pava-
bile at the office OF the receiver as follows 500
share within three DAYS from date thereof, and
$50 share within sixty day..
Bill Allen, negro desperadO, who recently
murdered Chicago policeman, was Gagged on
10 vrnuutpI "A pOirpmau
who sought 10 capture him, and was riddled
with bullets by squad VI police sent out to
arrest him.
In consequence of one murder and two at
Temps 10 murder the city OF Dublin has been
placed under curfew law. According 10 this Law
any person found In the street OF the city one
hour before sunrise MAJ be arrested as susplc-
iOus character.
Can't, Young and he life-saving crew of Prov
incetown, Mass. performed heroic service Sun
day in rescuing the crew Of the wrecked schooner
Oliver Ames Of Taunton. In heavy sea. lhe
life saving boat was capsized thrice and Capt.
Young narrowly escaped. He, however, res
cued his men.
John Deyov was put on trial IN New York.
Monday. for libelling Belmont, the banker. He
refused 10 answer the question as TO who was the
head of fhe revolutionary parry that appointed
him committee man To take charge OF the lrish
fund moneys. Judge Cowing committed him to
imprisoned for life be would not answer.
The most destructive fire Sunday occurred al
Houston, Texas, where the works of the Inter
national Compress Co. were burned at q loss OF
$4,000. At Pete rsburg Ind, the entire business
portion oil the Town was burned. Loss about
$4,000 Other fires destroyed the business por-
ton OF Bunker Ill., H., loss $4,000; aud
lscher's Hotel and Therlots meat market at
Pork City. Utah. Loss $1,000. Colchester,
Conn, had $4,000 fire Saturday.
Two men of the Inflated Cedar Grove, who
shipped on the steamer Liddesdaleat North sgd
ney, for Bremen, are now, by the disaster to the
later ship on the Newfoundland coast, wrecked
for the third time within week. vessel found
cred Tuesday, on the English coast near Tyne
mouth. and all on board were drowned. II Is re
ported that the propeller Michigan, OF ihc Good
rich line which left Grand Haven, Sunday night
has not heen seen since, and IL is feared she was
wrecked in the recent storm. The Allan steamer
Peru, ian was sunk in the Mersey, Liverpool,
Tuesday, by collision. No lives lost.