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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-03-20
ERYERrRG. Feb. 1888

FRYEBURG, Feb, 1888.
The following items are taken from
some old papers belonging to Mr.. VIM
Gordon, of Fryeburg, a gentleman well
known in his own town for his interest
in matters of ye olden time.
The heading of the paper reads as
follows:
THE Essen GAZETTE
Containing the freshest adyices both
foreign and domestic.
Printed by Samuel & Ebenezer Hall, at
their Printing Office near the Townhouse,
Salem, Mass"
The Esser Gazette, Salem. Extract
of a letter from Albany, dated April 3,
1873:
John Wall, and two others were exc
cuted here yesterday, for being concerned
10 countefeiting the Paper currency OF the
province. Wall was hardened villain,
and believe great rogue; after he hung
on the gallows, had the curiosity to take
Up his cap, and saw, a | before heard,
that he was cropt. Such work As he and
his fellow prisoners made the day before
they were executed was never known here
before; they got off their bolts In the
night, and made their escape out Of gaol,
but were soon apprehended, and their irons
renewed; the next morning when they
were to have been executed) they had
them of again, bard the room they were
confined in, bid defiance TO the Sheriff and
his party, aud were determined TO Kill any
person that should attempt TO take them
out; the militia OF the whole city was OBJ
liged 70 be got under arms. Wall and his
two fellows kept them of, and none dare
90 in. Wall sat Ore TO the gaol, and eX-
pected to die so; but the inhabitants soon
brought the engines and eXtinguished 1t.
His next continuance was thus; he got
about two pounds of powder from some
malicious fellows, put it In bottle, and a
match TO put To II when the Sheriff or any
other person dare venture in: They thus
kept the city in an uproar for some time;
at last party suddenly broke 10 upon
them, and according to his scheme, fixed
his match TO the bottle, which he held in
his hand, but thro' the mercy OF proyl-
dence, the powder did not take fire. After
which they were carried to the gallows,
and executed according to their desert.
Wall seem'd to die penitent, AID sung
psalms at the place Of execution"
From The Esser Gazette, Salem, dat
ed Nov. 81, 1873:
eve are Informed that Gentleman in
the Admiralty has lately received Pres
ent from friend in North America, being
the body OF an American Princess, sup
posed to have been buried upwards OF 400
years ago; 1t was enveloped in Goats
Skin, and appears as fresh as If buried but
yesterday" mo.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-03-20

quakett Hills, and was the signal that
brought together the whole village to
receive their long-expected papers and
letters.
In the Echo and North Star for May
18th, the editor says he intends to issue
his paper every week for the future. He
did not do so, however, for the next
number is for May 81. The next mum.
Der in the Harvard Library is IA, which
is for July IL, making four numbers is
sued in FIVE weeks and six days. From
July | to Aug. IA ga days there are
two numbers. From Aug. 2s to Nov.
% only five numbers. There seems to
have been a hiatus Immediately before
Nov. 90, as on that date there is an edi-
torial on ECHO-revived,' in which
Russell complains Of lack Of supply of
paper. He says:
1.-THE editor did not calculate TWO
eclpses of The North Star TO take place
In less than six months"
So it seems there had been one hiatus
before.
In the paper for Dec. 81, 1898, a
History of Lovewelrs Fight, printed at
the Office of the paper, is advertised
price "S'=37t cents.
In the number for Jan. IL, 1899, it is
stated that " Lovewell's Fight will be
ready for sale in lG days When the
No. for Jan. IL, 1899, was issued the
name of the paper was simply RussePs
Echo.
The paper was strongly Federal in
politics. Here is an item from the issue
of Aug. %, 1898:
"A Buxton Jacobn who lately appeared
in Scarborough with French cOckade
was treated with French fraternity. A
Mr. Moses, pious Federalist, had the au-
dacity to cuff his ears, knock of his hat,
and tear the infamous badge from it, tram
ping it under foot. For all this Mr.. Moses
deserves the praise OF his country. May
every Jacobin receive similar kindness
In the course of an article in the issue
of Aug. II, 1898, occurs this passage:
1--WE observe, with pleasure, the Precep-
tor and Students OF Fryeburg Academy
have set us the example here OF wearing
the cOckade. May not a hat be worn
without one an hour longer Washing
ton, our great patron, has always worn
one. Who could not blush not to initiate
his inimitable graces.'
The following is from the first number
Of the paper:
"The Echo Is once more awake, once
more the NORTH STAR rises - and till
the Sun grows dim with age shall never
set again. Editor.
This looks as though The Star had
,hone on some other planet before it shed
its rays over this Pequakett country, hay-
ing experienced a sort of transmigra-
ion of-soul process. Notwithstanding
he pluck and undaunted resolution shown
in the above extract The Star not only
set, but fell from the literary sky, never
again to rise. Of this luckless editor,
who tried 10 establish paper in the
remote from centres Of civil
cation, with wild beasts and Indians for
, constituency, we will give, in future
number of the DEMOCRAT, chapter of
MS life, both before he came to, and after
eaving Fryeburg. l0
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Newspaper Decisions.

l. Any person who takes n paper regularly
from the 0fice-whcther directed 10 his nslne OF
snother's or whether he has subscribed or not ID
responsible for the payment.
2 II person orders s paper al scontinuet he
must pay all arrearagcs, or the Publisher NAV
continus q send Il until payment Is made, aud
collect the whole amount. whsthcr the paper l.
ttken from the once Or not.
me Cars. have decided that refusing n
take newspapers aud periodicals tgon The post
ode o. rem wing AMI leaving them unctllCd Tor
Is p~iua fIcie eviicace OF liag1
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-27

ings to high gambling. A correspondent
Of the Boston Herald says that draw poker
is the tayorite game,
The hszing for which FIVE sophohores Of
Bowdoin College have been suspended con-
sisted in cutting of violently one.half oil
the slow appearing moustache Of reluc'
tant Freshman.
A clerk OF the Chancery in Berlin esti
mates that during forty.eight years OF ser
vice, one whole year has been spent in
dipping his pen, and that he has written
100000 pages or 100000 lines.
A busy doctor sent ina certificate o.
death the other day, and accidently signed
his name In the space for cause Of DEATH
The registrar says he wishes the profession
would be as accurate generally.
A public speaker at Hamilton Depot
Ohio, displeased his audience, and they
pelted him with eggs and other missiles
The consistent police dragged him off t.
the lookup, but did nothing to the rioters
Advertisement in Hull, Eng, news
paper: Wanted, by handsome, virtuouI
young man In easy circumstances, brillian
talents, refined tastes, loving disposition
situation as son.in.law in wealthy family
Address, etc.
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BREAKFAST BUDGET.

The yicksburg Herald irresponsible fer
the statement that there are forty firearms
in Mississippi for every plow. 51
Ex-Governor Cobb, Of Alabama, is cred.
tied with granting 2O9 pardons during hi,
recent term Of office, orsomething over one
week. n go hr &
When the German Government sends
notice to ito subjects who are expected
home for the army, 1t does not prepay the
postage. '"
On her ninetieth birthday Mrs. E.A.
Jewett, Of Georgetown, Mass, coasted
down hill on a hand.sled at speed faster
than railway train. ...''4' J.
Missouri acorns are shipped TO England
in large quantities, where they are planted
by societies for, renewing and maintaining
the forests Of the country. z
A Chinese boy, in California, was made
insane by the jeers Of his countrymen be.
cause be had cut of his queue. Heshortly
Afterwards died in an asylum.
"A Minnesota farmer advertised that II
the man who had run OF with his vile,
two children and $500 would return the
Young ones, be might keep the money and
thewite. NJ
The membership in London clubs agsre
rstes nearly 100000. Their property is
worth something over s25,ooo,ooo,, There
ara clubs exclusively for clergymen, and
o,bers whose members devote their meet
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DIED.

wIMs-on Sunday evening, February 25, 1883. at
the residence o. y. W. AmIck, THoHAsH II. Wins. In
the SD year Of hlsage.
Funeral from his residence, No. 2l4l ChaplIuc
street. this afternoon at $50 O'Clock. Interment at
Peninsula Cemetery.
CULBERTsoS-on Sunday night, February IS.
1883, At y O'Clock. MAkTBA pItKEY, wife OF ThOs.
g. CulberRon, IN the 10Th year Of her age.
Funeral from the residence OF Mr.. ssmuel B.
McColloeh, Pleasant Valley, on Tuesday afternoon
at two O'Clock.
NICHOLSON Sunday, February IS, 1883. at 2
O'Clock A NJ. WLlIAs I. NICHOLS, nged 6S years.
Funeral from his late iesIdence, Clinton. Ohio
county, W. Va. Tuesday morning at 10 O'Clock.
Friends Of the family arc respectfully invited 10
attend Interment vt Greenwood Cemetery.
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Hall million Of money, almost entirely
from small depositors, means great deal
in city the size Of Lawrence, Massachu'
setts 1t represents the labor, the econo'
mics, the savings Of industrious men and
women for more than twelve years-sinee
the organization OF the Augustinian Society
TO do savings bank business.
Perhaps the money is not all lost As yet
there is no inventory OF assets, and the
climax Of disaster having been reached,
the managers Of the concern have prom
ised to make good the loss. Retrenchment
has begun, but the main reliance is on
subscriptions 10 what might be called re-
lief fund. The subscriptions must come
from the class which has suffered. The
end Is a long way oil.
As with Archbishop Purcell, 60 In this
case, the money seems TO have gone
mostly 10 good works-churches and
schools-and the payment Of interest to
depositors-just as honest, prudent business
men would not have used it. There is no
charge OF dishonesty; there was none
ssainst Archbishop Purcell. Dispositions
have, therefore, the melancholy satisfaction
to know that their money was squandered
by gross Encouragement.
"Line upon line, precept upon precept,"
ought to have taught the people something,
but they are slow to learn. The art oil
taking care OF large sums Of money, making
such investments as shall secure the princi.
pal and yield fair return, requires bust
ness sasacity trained in the school Of expe'
renee. This Archbishop Purcell lacked
this the Augustinians lacked; and II there
was no dishonesty in the management oil
the Isabella Mine, this essential quality Of
success was also lacked by the Methodist
ministers who were prominent in that en-
terprise.
A clergyman's work has little about it to
ct him for the conduct Of great business
enterprises. He comes but slightly into
contact with the worlds money.gettng
side. He knows something Of church
financeering, but that is not on a large
scale and it contains elements Of senti'
ment, charity, pious duty, wanting in
purely worldly affairs. OF all clergymen
those Of the Roman Catholic Church have
most need to beware Of such responsible.
ties as brought poor old Arch
bishop Purcell 10 griel. No church
has such hold upon its members, none
50 strong in the confidence OF its adher-
ants. The counsel Of the clergy is sought
in temporal affairs as in no other church.
1t would, therefore, be well as measure
Of mutual protection for the Roman Cath
Ollie clergy to resolve that they will not
undertake the care Of the money Of their
parishionert; and this might move clergy
men Of other churches to resolve to avoid
the appearance OF evil.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
A LEXANDER BONE, sR.,

A LEXANDER BONE, bK,
NOTARY PUBLIC, GENERAL BUSINESS AND
LICENSED RIAL ESTATR AGENT, STOCK
edgements, and Partnership Agreements dnWnuh
MefchAnh' and Manufacturer Boou opened
Houses Rented, L Rents Collected, Collections
promptly remltted-An bushes correspondents
COM sntiAlly attended TO-. No. ll6S AArtH !tiseh
"Otts block corner Market and Twelfth streets
wheeling West virginia, n0l7
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PERSONAL.

N,o Nsrv I;yermore's lectures il
Western cities on "supe,auous Woman, .
sraw hr, ANAL audiences
MI. o.. :, so..;, ,,..;,o. Al, bor brs
h,n a 1a,,er. a. o,,b6nsb tbs Moor fling can.
not naint, or embroider. or play the piano.
80, ~. n co.ao. 10. hor,h,
un ooo O oOn a.,a. ~ Mis.;ssinn; deI,s
ne A., 1870 49,. and noost rnheo,,hv in ,he
AMI AN wv
"o''" -
Mlss ohamoefiAih' 'ne nneii'an DeAu.y
40 eoin'ns r., n',ne A vs." .a,,.a -.
Si.;.r 90, 40 Car,d. ahorl The same
sons " Ia
uA'' -
FOLK iehnessesS ue,sui.iI ~, u.A0u's :.
VINO was lne s0oe 10y u mo os's :. ~ y
schooi, now iapsu'Sne' ~ !a'' anu :. 20
possible that ne may no' iive " W u'eu'
his lrienas, on Tue o,nef =, manu- m. ~ no'
mean 70 nave nin tf''u = ~ '''s''
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"A GARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and In
dIscretlons OF youth. nervous weakness, early de-
cay, los Of manhood, &C., will send recipe tina,
will cure you. FREE OF CHARGE. This grea,
remedy was discovered by missionary In ssuth
America. Send q selfAddresHed envelope TO the
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1 declined 10 insert your advertisement oil
Hop Bltters last year, because then thought
they might not be promotiye OF the cause oil
Temperance, but ind they are, and u very
valuable medicine, myself and vile having
been greatly benefited by them. aud ! take
great pleasure in making them knoEn. Rev
John SeAlnon, editor OF the Home Sentinel
Alton, n. Y. rTbs4w
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HENRY "! RUSSELL,
ALFRED CALDWELL,
WILLIAM I. HUBBARD.
a l.,a.f..1 l.,F. ., A,

FEBRuARY %, 1888 special Commissioner
l. Samuel r, MccolloCh, Clerk Of Eald Court, Ger.
tiiy that bond with security has been given BY the
above named commissioners NJ required " yin
the penalty Of $50 Us provided for IN said decree
= 60 SAMUSL b, MCCULLOUGH, CLERK.
WHEELING, February ~ 1888. I'm
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-27

Paintings Of ragged street urchins find
the readiest sale in New York art galleries.
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Hor.ford's Acid Phosphate For Women
and Children. nov "a.

DR.. Jos. Holt, New Orleans, La, sayt; "a
have frequently found 1t ofexcellent service
In cases OF debility, loss Of appetite, and In
c1nyaIescent from exhaustive illness, and
particularly Of service In treatment oil
women and children. rThs4E
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,

NTANTED-AN EXPERIENCED
w Manager. Apply imnedlitfly TO Belmont
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Mrs. Mary A. LiyermOre's lectures in
Western cities, on "supelhuous Woman,
draw but small audiences.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-31
Senator Harris interviewed.
speciaI 70 the Commerolnl anunlta


NEW YORK, May Ex-senator Ishau
g, Harris, of Tennessee, now here
speaking to-day of the political situation
in bis State, said;
III is very quiet, as it is an of year. OF
course, there is some talk among thC
voters of the State about q candidate for
1884, but the subject Is not of general In.
terest. as the State has no local candi.
date" '''N
W nat, among the prominent names
mentioned, seems to be the favorite?"
My impression is that Mr.. Mcdonald
Is the tavoriteIn Tennessee. | have Lno,,,n
him intimately, and believe him To he
possessed OF all the qualities necessary "a
make an excellent President, his record
is consistent and good,p Nv
how Is Mr.. Iilden regarded thereq"
There Is no probability of Tennessee
iiavorlDg Mr.. Tildon's nomination. While
ne la. many. admirers in the State. and
there Is feeling that he was cheated ont
OF Z he Presldency, still there is no proba.
!billty that Tennessee will favor his nom
ination.p ''7 "0'ii-
is Governor Cleveland ever mentioned
as candidate?' ''''N
When he was first elected there was
more or less talk of him, but lately his
name has not been mentioned To anE OK ex
tent. ! have meyer favored the idea of
ms nomination, for he is too little known
N the politics of the country. A candidate
should be taken from among persons
sufficiently identified with the politics Of
tue country Tor their principles to be we'll
and generally understood" :" WV"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-31
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Serious Complications Liable to Re-
suit From the France. China
Hostilities.
A sensible View Regarding the
Disposition of the Geneva
Award Moneys.


LONDON. May Sl.-The weekly state
iment OF the. Bank Of England shows an
increase in bullion Of f367, 600; proportion
OF reserve to liabilities 35H per cent.
Inc Duke Of Albany has recently re-
celved an urgent request from Canada 10
De the successor Of the Marquis of Lorne.
Inc Duke, after studying the affairs OF
canada, wrote to Gladstone on the sub
Ject. The Prime Minister replied that
the Duke was too young for such an inn
pOrtant position, and also that he lacked
experience in governmental work. The
physicians of the Duke of Albany were of
the opinion that his health would permit
OF his acceptance of the position.
BERLIN, May 3l.-Despite the assur-
ances of the French that there is no danger
of war between France and China, the
commerce of Germany with China % IL
already much disturbed by the foreign
dispute. 1t is hoped in Berlin that if
france declares a blockade on Chinese
ports that Great Britain and America will
refuse to recognize it, The French block
ade cannot be effective, and Germany will
certainly support England and America
In opposing 1t. The German government
Is considering the question Of sending
more vessels to the Chinese coast. Q
CoNsTANTINoPLE, May 3l.-Alphonso
Taft, United States Minister to Austria
hungary, and Eugene Schuyler, United
States Minister to Greece, Seryia and
Roumania, were presented TO the Sultan
yesterday by General Wallace, United
States Minister to Turkey.
CALCUTTA, May 9l.-Fightine between
the forces of the Ameer Of Afghanistan
and the Shenwarris has been renewed
The losses have been heavy on both sides
1t Is reported that large leads of dead
bodies have been brought down the Cabul
river. ''''
LONDON, May 3l.-The following is q
resolution relative to the disposition Of the
Alabama award, which Kennard intends
to move in the House of Commons That
in view Of public utterances of eminent
American statesmen with reference to the
destination, of the undistributed monies
resulting from the Geneva award. the
House is of the opinion that the exchange
OF views between the English and United
States governments would be conducive
to the development of friendly relations
between the two countries.
With reference to his motion in rela.
ton to the disposition of the surplus of
the Alabama award, Kennard, member Of
Parliament, writes to the Times that he is
still desirious Of ventilating the subject
de says his desire is fortified by the firm
conviction that the tone of the press and
government have evinced an honorable
desire to have the question finally settled
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-31
Mrs, ThOmpsOn's Statemen :
Surgical AssOeIatiOn Meetin

CINCINNATI, May Sl.-A statement by
Ms. Phil B. Thompson, the first she has
made for publication, and the matters of
tho cause of the killing Of Walter Davis
by her husband, appeared here this morn
ing. She denies pointedly that she was
drunk at the St. Clair Hotel and calls
God to witness that Wa ter Davis was
innocent of any wrong toward her when
she went into his room that night. She
says they could not waken Miss Buckner
and therefore she went into Davis room.
Her story was told at Mrs. DAYS house
and In her presence
The Annual meeting Of the American
Surgical Association began to-day IN the
hall Of the Cincinnati College. The pro-
grampe for to-day includes papars "a b,
read by Dc SAMUEL y. Gross. of Phila.
delphia; Q, y: B. Nonerede, Of Philadel
phia; b! A. Watson, Of Jersey City; Johr
II. Packard, OF Philadelphia, and Bgs
Norris, Of Washington, u, g,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-31
THE BRIDGE DISASTER.
The Same Accident Liable to 0ccul
at ANY Time, Regardless of
Police Restrictions.
Statement of the Bridge super
Observation-Disclosures De-
Iermined Upon.

New YORK, May 81 The universa
comment this morning respecting thu
bridge horror is that the same accident i,
liable to happen at any time, no matter
what the police restrictions may be, unless
the steps are abolished, or at least divided
for the two streams of pedestrians. The
superintendent of the bridge Martin,
makes the following frank statement
''The footpath is certainly no safe
place for such crowds as pass over the
bridge. 1t was not intended to accom-
modate any such travel as we are having.
As to the steps, it had been decided to
put railing up and down the middle to
divide the people going one way from
those going the other. The railing would
have TO be carried up some way beyond
the top OF the steps of course, We should
carry il probably hundred feet along
This was one of the alterations we had
already determined upon, and is to be
made IT once. Then we are going to place
side rails on the steps little iArthep back
Some space is now lost by them Then
further back between the cables we can
widen the passage by placing the railings
further apart and against the cables This
Is to be done.
"Could not the steps bedispensed WITH"
was asked.
rWell, we conld build what is called a
ramp, Or an inclined plane, from the top
Of the steps to point further down the
bridge, but there would be some danger
in making the grade any Fteener, especi.
ally IN Wet or icy weather.
To the Superintendent's statement may
be added that the fact is now obvious that
during those hours of the day when the
transie most lively and on holidays and
Sundays, there will always be great dan
ger of heavy crush similar to that of yes
terday, unless means of relieving it be
devised. Not eYen the bridge cable track
for cars, which Is now nearly completed,
will prevent the crush at these times.