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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
Z. RROWNFIRLD

The annual meeting ~ the woman
Christi,n Temperance Ualoa was held
Juue 4. Mrs W n Stickney. President ;
Dis Spring. Corr-spoaiing aud Record.
ing SECRETARY; Mrs T. & r.ltoa. Vice
President ADD Treasurer R-v Miss Wal
trrs wss appointed 10 devise or propose
some means ~ mAklog the meeting more
Interesting 10 the yOuug people Addie
Alsri i commlttcc on press work
Jans 9th Sss floscr Mission Day. and
several ofthe msm1ers visited the aged and
sick. also The poor farm.
The last m-siing ofthe Temperance A.
sncistion was Al IN Congregational church
Jnr-
Extremely cpd herr Tuesday.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
mas POSTAL CARD BRIGADE
SWEDEN

-. a,a Al, Coauty Conmis-ionsFs
- n iocsIiun Or pr''ps.' y
-. t...ti,y ~ M hoa-e - Dssti hiu-
- 49,. \, Ssr.i.a Ss-ten L. stroogN
l ...,.,'i 10 ne fosi. ans SAs repfss. n's',
~ r.mmittrs o. thrve. Sho snQiotfi
as'ir,ss O. mknkgc mir cas-. Ai'ff
p.'-.,l, nsteaIug D. M prps AM CO.'S,
-r,,uis.lon~rs fti-Ctri AZ prayer 'l
- 5000. Ss-isu 2, iicrs, nut ynar
=. ..l-,.7.,-.i-ut = di--pfsiut.i, D. oein< in
80 6i NE road
Wu-on. N u, u BOZ Win b.
al. placv a. ~ ilsi con-
80 M. staii-- ant graduated fl'fn t'ir
- .rhssi 81 Bruusslck ~ ngsf
.,..s- IA. M uf-r ~ soot P'siuoa lo
-.-.,.'..s hotcl in ~ esrtsru psfi ~
-. taat he hints 70 scCTQun- uoul
- b. sill hAng out hi. sainEle.
- Srslng C1rCl. ne sth Mr.
u.rIu. Wrdrrsfsy Oi thi. $3.50
80. r.nrsr wsrs pre-rrt
H KnesIsuds mare. over tssniy
$3.50 ruof iorking colt
-. - - ugysf coaght q foti fat.
~ Woeilury tails ~ hriugiug
!. IA, toss fof short Tine 10 tcsi L.
-.eofwm Roe kn.eisni OF Low
- rr.,frisy, Jans i0tn. amer very
...,,-.. M Kneeisni sNs born iu
-, ,savs lived here AL fss year
-. NJ Kneslsnd moved o. Lowell
...u,savery estmAh.e woman, respect
80 bgt bssi loved bT thoee VAC
- - She sks TIE daughter %
s...s,ris-sor. NJ kneelaut snd tso
7. - - hsvs m siucsrv sympathy Of
-, Ak circle of fiisuts.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
SO wOODSricX

q q Dos Kidd q fst pa y-.t-r.i,y. snd
- sre al - Yiag N laxafv Of htsin Z
-nlns frssh Pirk. % ~ isag-r ~ taii
gc~titn wa nur nrsis rc1tf All mil
tsus wnilr rilng
ueury Bfcck D. repsiriag ne unirr pare
- his hsrn
fiisu. daughter ~ Chester Pickett. T.
-lek sin r. W.. I unirr-tNni
Jim " Brysut rs f'ar III planting
sui rctRfuft o. his sOrk in SOC mil 40
n Inot
Rev Mr. nurrsu preached a. the Advent
charch last Sundsy
llrrnert fori y cutiing ant pceling pop
Tar ia Bethel H. has 90. dollar Ani mir
~ cruts pr cord Or cuttiug ant pssiiug.
Cross ar mskiug psd sofk sith coFu in
this viCialtv Wh.ry l. that correspond
cot Who thinks The crow i a blessing %
the farmerf We shogli Ike D. hear from
him. We think The evidence Il strong
against him. This spring
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
RECOLLECTiONs
AROUSED nY A QuorATioN 80 HAIR.
TOEps VERSION 90 hUNTs POM
Nor CoREfcTN QroTED.

W. Editor
Hartford, version Of Hunts famous
poem, IN lat seeks DENocEAr reminds
me Of an "Aboliiioni.t Convention
which | attended many years ago-l
think abou, lsij-in tue northerly part
Of The town Of S~eden. in lhi. county.
The meeting vas held in an oil country
church. and although the numb'r. we're
small, the eafnestness was very great
VI, father took me With him 10 the "Con
ventioa," (as IL was called and ~
travelled sixteen miles thu, morning aud
werr present when the meeting was Or
ganiz-d. At ten m.
Among others Who addressed the meet
iny VISA DR.. fauar. from Waterford.
the proprietor Of the "WAier Cure" e..
t.bllshmen, q, that place. lie was =
fne looking man. with a very bald head.
and he spoke very eloquen,ly in behalf OF
the southern slaves. Nv boyish fancy
pictured him a. a splendid specimen Of a
man aud remember wondering greatly
VIA, Kind Of oil he had used 10 maxi
his bald pate sli.ien 50 brightly.
IL ceased bis short bat sloquent ap
peel by ,eiting L~ish Hunt's beautiful
poem, and Il made 20 great an impression
upon my mind that | have kept u qar,
fresh 10 memory since, and gill here givr
n, believe, word for word as given b,
Dr.. Fsu4r fifteen years before the CON
meme. meni Of the var that liberated th'
slaves. and forty years ago this Ser>
month Il Juur;
Abou Ben Adhsm. NAV hi. tribe increase,
A~Ok~ one night ffun a deep dream Of p'ac"'
Aud -aw w'thin the moonlight ~ his rom
Making u fich, ant lise no IL bloom.
Il A. angel writing o. a t-ok - splt-
Escevsiing p-.c. bat msde bsn Adham hold
i And thus untO Inc pres n Utn tue rOJn ne stld
- hat srii.-t thosf- the angel raisesi IT, head
ADD 18th q iOok made al ~ sweet sccori
Answered. "rbc NAMES ~ thOse ~ho low" the
aAnd /. mine oaei- aid Abou "Nay not ~.
Replied the angel AbOu spoke more los.
bat cheffily stili aud said. Pray write me then
A. one that loves The bis feliw nee"
Tho angel wrote and vanished Tue nett night
i lie came again with great awakening light,
And showed the names whom love OF TOD had
And 10. Ben Adhsm'. name lei all the rest.
Your readers will perceive, a. given
how il IL not a sonnet, as sonnet !. a
poem Of fourteen lines. while thi. h.-
eighteen. The fourteenth line is faulty
no, having syllsblss enough. and my i'm
preston Is the seventeenth Is faulty In
language.
Can you give your readers a correct
version from Hunts poems n.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
LtNKES MILLS

A.iff lr-r.ck co g1.ag bone ths other
- az taf.ng o. amp u1rulng. pro-
- O. g1t ors. AT In ~ d1ing BROKE
,-nrfY Al bel s-ut for smother ous
is ',s amp Earning In his a.
- ~ ang os.ug 80 f1l 10 Csught frv.
- - le 11.e 90 fre. and with great
- of uinf b. SEIZED IN burnioE
a. af.i 30 .r hls hand untli h. cnuif
- 70 i1of ard thros u oct us thsu
- 80 EIt1 capt put oui IN ar
- ailst In 80 toing h. hurn.d hi-
-. ~ ally he exercised graf pre-
- 2. 1,' ani saved himself IRON what
e,le o-e1 = serious Gre.
- llllsits NAnufact1rng Company
-. - - received = nes weyno1th lathe,
iQsefrg machine.
A. -Fe tesms engaged In hauling
- ron Milton - this place.
H.oi hss iast rvturued from . trip
,cstry '-'-> -
-. - Correspondent bad ne pleasure Of
r.. ? sifssosrries. picket sunday
sT'si, A. Brysni's Poad. Jane 7tb, ~
= n IAnof Moss Young % East
, y - Ms ~ Cole % this village.
-. A.i.on las iatsiy purchased Top
-, - TO seat-d wagon. snd l. pre-
- eafry parties and furnish teams
eoaa1.s rates
a, "a snail attendance a. O1i
-, = neeting We slucerely hop
49,. psfssEsre. and vs hops % hes'
-. - nasic ron Vie Dec band stsni
~ ,lnef evenings Oar theory 10
10Y cannot b. produced sber'
veE . Cherished bss~een sny to-
r1..'.l l.no-rs We sincerely ~ish thi'
s,,e night b. rememosred and act
~ y sone % cur bands a. the prss
"a esocs a. Ridloals. June n.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
WIISONS Mills.

Dr a. Sgaaiiug of Nsshua, \ II aui
Gov Prescott have hsca Up ne Diamond
on q d.hlng s1curslou stopped 81 Pint =
over The Sabhsth - o. Camp Cailooa Ani
NJ Parma hcsncs waters today
10 l. Bennett. n ;. BcAn and John oal.
snu 20 sith then.
Sabnaih school commenced yesterday ,
ngt - present. oSlng D. bad weather
rrrnarks nate ~ pr Sqsaiting
The r,af drive 81 B-rilu Nils Co l.
over ArI-ceis Falis. AMI ~ ~ to-day
Rssmaus at drive sin b. q; M Dan
tne middle of ths yea.
A. ths drives % M snail streams are
hanr up flr want % wsier.
A uumnsr ~ crvss have eomneneca
p-s ~ poplar
nm LOMBARD hss moved - Upton l.
ID lAnncl ou o. The place b. IN
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16

san ounce Of prevention ~orth a pound OF
cure" u an adsgr bot true.
In view Of prsdlcu Nc that this country l.
liable to BE- visited by more than an ordinary
amount OF contagious diseases this year u be-
hsroyes all 10 isquir~ about nd practice even
sanitary measure. e-p.cisliy cisaolinsr-, which
as q preventive. Offrr- Our s1lne means ~
essap- Al least. and In this how important the
article 81 soap a. o. quality M for u-e cert-in-
~ ali infeffnr grades. mate - by foreign sub
stances and authorizations Of q que-tissnsble
character, should b. rejected. thai there may
be- no Amt lcit on the prrson Or clothes which
might IN any way invite the germs Of thes~
various diseasrs nr-fclas- article, made
by knosn reliable manufacturer. l. the Only
Kind that can be - fsly used 90 recommended.
IN the use 81 q standard sap, like the swell.
come" mad. BY Curtis Davis A Co. there can
be no risk, being the soods az nrm whose
purity.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
BETHEL.

Farmers ar making loui complaints OF
the dsprciations % the crows. some
dsii. 0f corn have been almost destroyed
They seen qaite domestic There ar
eompl,lnts also that the corn Is not CON
Ing we'll
l. u Phlbfook IA. planted eighty scrcs
Of pptstD.s
is Ssan l. silll shlpping potatoes.
Newell Tfafion ~ Norway bought ~ y.
u an phnbrook . nsir u four year
o'i ux~n that weighed 800 lns.
Grass q. badly wlat-r.kiilei.
Ther- IL M movement In wool vet man
afscturefs la This part ~ the STATE have q
foil stock. and dpu't care n bay Al any
price; hu.lnes. % all KIDD. Il al stand
-,ii and 40 Indications - improvement
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
RIfMFORD.

A. n. Prize has sold his big horse,
JUMBO. 90 william Hemlngway, 81 Milton
Plantation.
A Singular case happened Thursday eve
uine. At Ramford Point. - a horse which
two young men of Norway hal hired OF
John Cummings flr q trip - the Lake.
Ga their return from the Lskes. when ,heY
hat Got down n the roiut, the horse,
which hsd shown All right - far. -aiicn'
IN Jailed 10 onc hind leg, and when they
drove into the ferry boat his other hind
lex gave cot and the horse dropped dosn
In the boat Help vas soon AZ hand, and
TIE horse was got on 10 a drag and moved
% The stage stable Al The Corner. where be
Il under treameu, f,r kldney .rouhle. IL
occtNonslly rises upon his forward legs,
bot she hlnd ones seem pAfalyEei.
Many travellers have been In town The
past week. and business appears lively At
The hotel
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
ANDOvER

Ep,u Cutting died Sunday A n, aged N
years. ard VS. buried from The house on
rur.d.y. tn fun raj services h-ing con
dac'.d ~ Rrv Nc Dane. assisted ~ Rev
Mr. funn.
There wts pleasant sociahlc A the
Congregational Parsonage. wednesday
evening Thr Autovvr Band was In at
tendance. and adi,d much 10 The enter.
taiumrnt
Dr Mt Nrston and wife ~ Lewiston
src si.itiug bis father. l. 4 NeStpn, "a.
N y Cor-on and wife are visiting
friends In Bfiigton
Mrs. J II Bailey IL oonvalesclng.
Bruln l. on the war path.
Judge HAriy has his stable well toward
completion.
The Lake road IL bclng repaired.
The Lodge of Javenilc Templars. which
did not bold meetings through the winter,
recognized last saturday
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
CANTON

The remain. o' Ar- D. l. usi,h a.
uy,,i a. Csutou. w,,iue,dsy fsucfai scf'
vices ~rr, b,ld Ihufsiay
M road mschiuTs nave nrcn pufehA'e'
n, t,.n,.,u aud "A ,ftfYri fnry ave n-ru
in op,ratiou dufiug tar past ~''s ani have
a iu. guui ~ufk
To tssuut, e. "a nI-.inu.f- go" = D. a.
tns Tnsr.d, Boz gard DO tn' l'Nius "lt
40 several u.s rssi. iu AZ village
4 o.. n-tu qIIlr siCky iu tnis 'l'lnipf
80. sisIy smnug tur cuiif'n, aui W.
pn,.icisu- have su thst th-, go 'ti'"'
L. A ysaug chld 0i Aipn'n.p h.iis j.
vrry .ick got -xp.ctsd o. I've.
Nj. = ] II. Sauu. shp has urfu fffl
si,k iof thr past ts0 ~,vss j. Slowly I'M
proving
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
NEwRY.

Monday. Ta..dsy and wrdns.dav, were
v~ry cilf days fpr IN tine of N" yrar
luckily thrrv wss no frost % a. any dam
sEs
Grss. was h.diy wiot~r kiilet In this
section. me nv cnlp must p- hght
N y us-tlng. hs- p'snt~'i ~ scrrs ~
fpii.r corn which b. 1. lntsndlng % pat
lntp siln ihi. fsll
tn potato hug seems "a he waiting Tor
f.f falr-r -kl.- sud -anni-r t.F-; hsvsu't
heard - one brIug sen in this siciuiiF.
~
ia A. OF ~ Gf,noo. diei very .ui.
4 nly let IA stv m 'rainf
ar Brk-r. In IN" employ Or ip1n
WYNN o. N.sfy Cprn.r. .sssi On" ~
~ ID. h.ni. n.iiy z . dsy- sgo & :
x ca ,rison ~ B-th T. tax. hi. place bee
Ius mHu
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
PERIL.

The Baptist Society held their quarterly
meeting In this place on the sIh aud iOth
ipsts.
We have had . very cold aud windy time
for the past Two days.
There has been quite . complaint OF
corn not coming up. and having TO plant
IL over.
The white worms are doing considers.
BILE damage, eating potatoes 50 that they
d. not come up, and We are AFRAID that
they will hurt the corn a. soon - IL Is
large enough % they can nnd II.
TIE grass crop viii be very light owing
TO its being wintsr.kilIed and the worms
eating Il so bad Last fall.
There we're two men passing through
here with tame bear which wou I'd per
form many tricks.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16

Or hrners az much chesfet ~ N
.. fsrs rasy 49, hoQe % have 80
rlg1.s 'rn1 Ne potato nuxs t1i. yrAr. -
- -o % discover suf nssles "a "a.
ra1,i s1frs putAto.s grvs at year
-rt1rY lare slater allied
lsfosri Sac recently cslght Zoe "a
90 Lei F.osssut River. trinutary - IN
i-fr1s-nxE ~. sr.C1 vks stuCtrd 80
a11u hi, CO. sat frs var sgo
Ma Istrf - kblls commelC'ng o..
-llr a. rUKrs o.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
" srMNER.

a. n Bl.bee has b-en q the Lakes
w., lurk - % oh a. cannot say
Al = C,agru ha- -oid his hpr-e On VI
Danel.y Of Ls~i-ton. n" got szzS
Thr p.opis about II. b Vhsndlers store
we're aslts excited At the wonder OF pow
der. stone few from q rock where
George and Oscar Chandler were blasting
hittiug a bar and breaking IL 10 three pArt-
ans Penetrated J. Lothrop's shop. hitting
him on the leg. one OF the pieces new
against A. 10. Chambers shed, within three
fe~t OF a person a work. Several pieces
&C. O. me residence OF c w BATES IL
"a. quite . canDOn shot NO ~
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
BROWNFIELD.

The spple trees. the violet-. the dand'
lions are all blooming ia this town.
Very interesting temperance meeung-
are held every Sunday Afternoon. n"
speakers from shrosi come "a this town
The & l. : &. met with Mrs friuk,
23i ola next meeting with Mr.. Jordan.
l. Lane has bought house lot % ;.
warren; u l. sald he l. % build hou-'
TOO feet long AMI Gu feet wide, 90 b. called
th- Central
X Llnscou has built a pliIzl 90 The
front 81 his store.
y whitney has SCALA nllei his store
with groceries. Tor which every one Il
glad.
The ants are very plenty. What viii
destroy Chemf
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
= SUMNER

t,cs 80 uzht frost on ne 90 lsui.
sls-a -aru.rgs dufiug NJ w~-k pe-t
- "a ~ 10 material damage thrfr'
r. rtport in cirCalstion nat ever
"a - allied nut ne stoue-sal.s a.
- sfsc-d - vithout fountst.1n
lss7 Iouug hNs oct valuable q -
slf,sss
~ 'unerL % he widow ~ ne a.,
as Clover occurrci ou WEDNESDAY st
- Glover hNt rracheli tlr advanced A.,
over =. years Sac caves trscantsu O.
L tlrcs Eeusraturs
A .iie lcls1re heisecu planting an'
etg srlrts a. Opportunity Or thoss
- 80 3D. attsud th- Jan- mestIuxs A
80 ir.sgatou 'rou Samner wrfe lu al
et.a1ce A. ne CongregsuonA Confsrrucs
= So. tlr trst sv.k iu Jsus. Others a.
e-i-i o. Baptist Qlft-rIy- nesting a.
~ 81 SEA f1Il1sing. snf rrpru-ruta
-ivsa' i-t.uc.l.s Loigy of Good Temp az
80 o. sv-s.ou of TIE District Lodge
hfrs i-1e 90.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
SHOWS FALLS.

Messrs. Prescott 4 Forbes are manufsc
turing . wood nbre polishing wheel under
Mr.. Prescott's patent IL Is . splendid
polishing wheel, does not split, warp or
silver aud can be run 81 any speed with
out Dursting. II IL not only the best whs'
m.i-. hut II Is the cheapest In the market
A Sunday School has been orgsbiL,d H.
the school house NJ this village. rher.
are some twenty scholars. A large Gin OF
books has Just been received from church
in Damariscotts, Mrs. Pfesco,ts former
home.
The district 10 trying 10 put the Snow
Falls road 10 order. II l. quite m, bat
they are making good Roadway on IL
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
UPTON

Ms Hemsnway 81 BAngor Theological
Semiuary. came last saturday % labor
With the people ~ Upion dlring The sum.
mer mouths The church has been closed
80 loug u 0. quite a treat 10 have 70 oPcn
again.
The Ladies Benevolent Society have re.
organized aud gill meet with Mrs A. W.
Strickisud. the iTth
Issh,l DouglAs. retained from Franklin.
AT wrrk
JohnF Brown has torn down his old
hArn sni - hnililne rev one
There j. considerable huiidiug, repairing
and painting being dpue. which speak.
vel f1r tho prosperity % The place.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16

Nsrn = oal tsoagh bis foot l.
~ sskt -,
Nuhers crew Il Pcsing pnplsr
s-srrs Rsnssy l. D. ca sf-ns 80 90
.f-.-s' 40 r1U cords poplar Tor hs.tug-
-, ~ sr1ia scst corner of this tosu,
.ss11nef ,
-. n Poga
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16

Ss,,., ~. oeea having some quite cold
.,sA 'ro-s 10 some place.
NJ ai'oos are tor lsrxs crop his
NJ - ar rsiilsE on The cOrn-6-ld-
~, rners have bard vork 10 keep
ny arr 80 tame n u not Q rare
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16

No mistake shout ~ Jsdwin's Tar Sy-
rpp II shove and beyond any other remedy
for coughs and colds - well e. the largest
bottle for the money. Al Holden's.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16

l. sonderfal mcdic ~ &c hamor
W. A.Joas-os l. clotiing dsaisr on rieksring
sgaafs. R.neor. Il lavs had. p" ssld Mr. Jobnson.
"a oAnksr o. huns aboui ne fof . LOG un,s.
which showed iisslf In my stomach ant noah
AL hsi fesing ~hish I can bot csssubs a.
general dcblLiy. Haze md many rsnodie-. and
Al at boashi BfO-u'' szrsApanliA . an free 10
az, that, - far - ny srprrenos goss. u u Ne
bet thing fof panfyisg ths biOod kn0su.'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
Browns SarsaparilIa

dsliyi 4 you are ,iek uis solphuf Differs
The Vice President q the Bank Of
wavsfly. Iowa. SMITH y. HUNT,
uyti lhfeslarci u.A Caiiuh O. ne Ia,
tenyslfs. and also tlgrs nl'.aatac.s al Liver
CCmp.4.nL s.r,, ISgi ~ Caiauh rev rap
~ worse, 20 thai ny Ne u.s. d-frar,i a.
htthai tine ! vt. he'd one hundred ani ssysa.
ytfc Tc4ais, Ia grew smlaaicd % np.iiy
Cat vr|ghsi only one hundred an hgiy.
Aiirr ooniaiiing ths most crlctra'ui physicians
IN de wciern States. al spending m2ny
hundred iai'an. from ph.eh % reid vas CO
i-inoi, was lnllocl 10 ~ youf
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-23
REPREs, INITIATIVE BROWNING.

His Unexpected Death Last Night
Brief Sket>7 OF His Life.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-23

Captain w. W. Brown ing, The Representa-.
tive in the Lower House o. the Legislature
from Brown and Monroe Countiesi
died at bis boarding house. OF
North Delaware street. at II O'Clock
last night He had been suffering for ten
days past frOm a complication Of erysipeIas
and bronchitis, but bis dangerous condition
was unknown to his friends until yesterday.
Captain Browning was a soldier in the
late civil war, having entered the army
as a First Lieutenant under Judge
Jsmes Hester, of Company @. Twenty-second
Inoiana Volunteers. In this capacity he
served for six mon tbs when he returned
home, recruited a company and entered the
Eighty second Indiana regiment as Captain
of Company l. and served for two years.
Returning home be entered upon
the practice Of law, in which ne
has teen engaged ever since, with
the exception of two years when
he owned and published the Brown County
Democrat. In 1877 he served in the Lower
House of the Legislature as the Representa-.
tive for Brown aud Jackson Counties.
The deceased was ffty-fve years OF age,
and leaves a wife, who was with
him at the time of his death,
and q married daughter, residing in
Nashville, Brown County. He was an earn.
est enc rgeuc Representative, and devoted
10 the IL lerests of his constituency. While
be may ave lacked same of the polish OF the
education OF to-day, he possessed what is
better and more enduring, that cOurtesy and
nobility Of character which made him care
/ full of q interests entrusted to his Keeping
end WI ich under ne circumstances would he
| aban don for motives OF policy
The remains Will be taken TO Nashville.
| Brown County, this afternoon, accom- panied
| by a Committee of the Legislature, aud will
be inferred tomorrow under the auspices of
| the Masonic fraternity OF Columbus Of
| Which deceased was a member.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-23
THE RAILROADS.

The Western Trunk Line Association, for
The Union Pacific, Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific, Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul,
and Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Roads
has issued joint through Immigrant nova
bles tariff, taking immediate effect. The
rates are on the basis OF 500 per carload, 81 Oh
per hundred pounds to Lincoln.
The Chicago and Alton Road earned $780,
17127 during the week ending March 16,
against SlS3, 1875 "a in 1884, decrease of ST.
O23.97. From March l to Is the earnings
were S34S SCI 80, compared with S345.014l7
last year. an increase of So 553 10. From
January l to March rs, the earnings were as
follows: Passenger, S463 5000; freight,
1854 go rs; mails, etc, $40, 900: total of
l52S, $50 6S. against 81 5S4 $40 22 in 1884. a
decrease OF $50. $50 81.
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western
has given q check for $13S. coo to the State
Treasurer OF New Jersey. that being the
amount due for taxes. The following are
other payments which have been made by
various companies: Eastern and Amboy,
S33, 0G0; Lehigh Valley, $500; Morris aud
Essex. S122 0C0; Passac and Delaware, 81 900;
Warren, $40, 400; Sussex, So 500; New Jersey
and New York. 81, 400; Paterson and Hud-
son, SO. 100; Paterson and Ramapo, 81, 80
Inc SQSquenanna anO western mas WITH
drawn its application for certiorsri and
has accepted the law. The Philadelphia aud
Reading has until April 5 to make its pay
ment, which amounts to SlS2, 500.
A special dispatch from Ottawa says the
Dominion Government has considered an
offer of Norvin Green of New York, to pay
within ten days $3.50, 600 arrears due work
men on the Great European and American
Short Line Railway roadbed, provided the
Government will renew the contract de-
clared forfeited some time ago, and have &C
ctpted Green's proposition. Green expresses
his ability and determination to complete
the work This road, now more than half
finished, is q short line from Oxford on the
IntercolonIal Trunk Railway, along the
shore OF the Straits of northumberland to
New Glasgow, the center of Nova Scotis's
coal and iron fields. There il connects with
the Eastern extension running TO The Strait
of CantO Thence the company is to build
through Cape Breton to the historically IA
nous port of Louisburg. The company are
to sc: o subsidy from the Dominion GoverR'
ment of s. 200 mile. and q fee simple OF the
Eastern Extension Railway. The idea Is 10
utilize Louisburg, the near, s. port to Eurepe
for Atlantic passenger and mail service.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-23

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