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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-01-20

TIE uamr of a =. k.unai csi cf Nor
vay. tas hcrn arortr.y utrtluci Or hc
u.o.It.cn 20 lr.tsf stats MarshA wacu-
ever q - appointment IL male t1f ma
orcs. NJ kImnkn neIouEs - tar pro.
grcssive wing of the Democrats party aui
lsagertcmkn 90 af.Ify sn1 experience lu
rractlca. a-alrs -E1nr.r e. arlrr..lL
Aswe have remarked heretofore. Ca.
ford C1un,y = prepared % ilru.'t good
material % fl al ihe o.hce.. no matter
~hich party l. in che ascendant
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-01-20

A Call has been issued for state
Temperance Conve n,iOn TO be held a, Au-
gu.,s, Jan. 2s and 20 The State Board
Of Agriculture will meet at the State
House, Jan. 81 and %. The Maine Press
Association will NEE, probably Jan. %
and 80. The next two or three weeks
vii be full Of interest for Augusta.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-01-20
BORN.
MARRIED.

q! . .'a'A I'''' ''a H. 70 ''' 80 q Wa '''''
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PAnIs.-There will be . parish meeting
In the Baptist yestry, Tuesday anernoon
a. ? O'Clock Let the legal voters OF The
parish attend aud transact the Annus besl.
ness Of the society.
The old gentleman, Mr.. HOsght0p, se0
fell on the Ice and broke bis hip fortnight
since, IL 10 a. comfortable . condition a.
could be expected. lie Il attended by Dr.
Bsdoary.
Three new members were Initiated into
The Good TsmplAf's lodge, Friday night
The yoarg men are taking bold In earnest
and mean 10 make 10 q success.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-01-20

DR. W. p. smArrUoK Of the Maine
Hygienic Ins,itate. Waterford. writes US
that he is suffering from rheumatic
troubles and /. obliged to elOse his e.-
,sblishmen, and will spend the winter in
the South for his health. We hope DIR.
:. will recover his usual physical con-
di,iOn and remain a citizen Of Oxford
County.
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CROP PREMIUMS.

AWARDED BY OxFohD SovsIi "I,
crtrunlL socIErr-oFricIM NE
rorr FuESsHrD nv A. c. i. hiso'
SECRETARY.
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uErrTiGs.
Aivan b. Goodwin. Bethel
cyrus NJ. Wormwcl, Bethel
josiah W Whitten. Buckdeld
Roueli0 A. Barrows, Canton.
william II. Tsiuter, Dixneid.
Eibridge O. OsgoOd. Fryeourg.
Albert p. BAssett. Norway.
Oscar \. TrAsk. (P. .. Dixnsh Mexico.
John W. ChadbOuru, oxford.
Austin z. SteArns. Paris.
james L. Parker. East Stoneham.
Eoeu Barker. Cornish.
Isaiah y Webb. Brldgton.
waldo NJ Benton, Lowell.
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n Frystors. Jan. n. by Re-. n. y staas, NJ.
fr.ak &. Bellls q Loved AL Mlss No 4. irsh q
fpetlrs.
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FATAL ACCIDENT

on rnH NORWAY BRANcm RAuRoAD-
Tur ENoINE LKAvrs THE TRAcK.-
Two LINN GfRis SERIOUSLY IS-
JrRED-KArIE WILLIAMS ScAiprD TO
DFArn-juDoE wusoS's DAuoHrER
Has ura SHOULDER BEoKEN.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-01-20

County Commissioner Accounts.
COUNT OT oNfOHp.
fsst TswAlnp rFTENsff.I. d..
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Nnn. " To
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lla al il. fsTa a. kanfIf Hr fft
nfAk hnaru. 80
tmIrs fflFfI ~ atIFf. n
AZ D. AL on @ fsys 81 lisri1fl nn ~
nf "a a nfsnfN. so
w r. 'faf flFfI 11 above. i0
SIT d az nn rrt ri n iHluhtaa
AZ Anfr'n 4W
farff fHrfa f llaffllf1 20 re
nfAF Cos 80
mIIHs rave. Hn aI.HH. Iu
N1l lf anf fi iara tf ilaft1ff H1 fft
oft.M ifsh 80
tI nfratrlrrI nn a1.Nrt SO
ua.IlL fkIs al uslffl. Pc q
sfHr uFr, 80
umift fafsi on above. iU
aa
A. a. a., efrrrEx.fff
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-01-20

W. J. ConoVer. Midlothian. Va, says q
Few drops OF Ag0il on . little sugar cures
cough very promptly and a. general pain
rclleyer he Keeps 10 constantly In bis house.
Sold 10 south Paris BY A. NJ. Gerry sam
pie hoitles free for Vial
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NORWAY

TINS BAss ISLAND CLUn-AN On TIA
cIEE-EccKNrKIc EArEns-HoNr-
NAM NioLiS-INsURANcE Cows.
frfNo Hs OLD PAHismoSEEs-TEN-
rrHANcr MEErISo-BUsrNEss mir
Esrs -THE GaAN0KRs-AN0THER Coon
HonsE- BurruR MAKKRs-AN An.
rIsr-A SHow-A PLAY On NANrs
An AociDNSr-NoEwAf NArioSAL
RASK-OruER f.ocAL MATES.
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Mr.. ]. Lyman % Grand Rapids, NC

Mrs J. Lyman OF Grand Rapids, Mich,
saws DR.. Agols Pills cured her u Liver
Coupiaiut 80 The uorsf forms Of Dyspepsia.
aner everything else had nued sold ~ A.
n. Gerry.
ANY Of your OH plugs are xood frames 20
fufff on Wears Condition fusiCrs I'll
buil1 on run fiown animal NOR" han anl.
tnfnf else knOWu. wears Powders are dcAi
shot for worms. sold In ,Outh fAris, ~ A NJ.
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STATEMENT or The
Phoenix Insurance Co.,
or uanrroHD. cow
On the 3ls, day Of December, 1884.

KELLOGG, Pr~slieat
D.N.C. skiLIOS, secretary.
srATE 90 G1ssECffCUf,
tuJNrl uT nAErIuhu,
HAarfoRp. IatasrT n I, i-.3-
Fertoaaily sppeAfci, ~. keloss' ffssiisai AL
ID " a. .tilt6f, secrclkfY OF The sait fhHaik
Irsararrs 1mpsnr, ard male oaih 90 the ~ uh
Of ne foregoing ~iatemenf, ~ them .ubscfite1'
sr-ordins d her best kaOsleiEe All tencf
xotarx PabIe
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COURT BILL.
C1uaty % OsfJrd " ffkak h. Braiiey. Dr..
Lah Lem. IL } dal. AMI % nile. LLa,sl. Oh
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-01-20
DEPUTY sHERlFFS

Tn Lsr So Fan MADE UF ToR 1855
1850.
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The following list Of Deputies furnished
By The High sheriff. jordan Stacy, esq,
l. oficiAl. and embraces al those who
have ye, been qualified More names
nay b added before the Ii, Is eomple,-
Cd
suEEiIr
Jordan Stacey, z. y. Kezar fallsl Port
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-20
Unharmed by Thronging Sharks.

Trinidad Letter to the Pittsburg Dispatch.
When a whale Is captured Off the Bocas,
the blowing Of horns heralds it's approach to
one ofthe whaling stations in the islands Of
the Bocas. We at once determined to follow
the whaling boat which we soon saw round
ing a point, rowed by eight vigorous
whalemen, and towing huge shape
less mass. The capture OF whale OFT the
coast OF Trinidad Is altogether different
from an occurrence of the same kind in
swarming of countless sharks about the de-
funct monster and their ferocious attacks on
his carcass. We followed in the wake of the
whaleboat and quite close 10 the whale. Al
ready the sharks, with an instinct rivalling
that Of carrion birds, were gathering round
their prey and increasing In numbers every
moment. We reached Monon, another island
in the Bocas, and there at the whaling station,
situated at fiat point on shallow water, the
lifeless whale was hauled in close to the
Shore Now began the work of cutting ur
the whale, and carrying the blubber masses
to the cauldrons. At this stage the shark
actually grew frantic, and would jump out
of the water to seize on some piece OF blub
ber they thought within reach. These
otherwise dangerous fishes are on an occas
ion OF this kind. perfectly harmless to man
and this is well known to the whalemen
One of them having dropped his .n..c IN
the water, dived To recover IL I'm the shallow
water, and was lett unmoiested by the swarm
ing monsters, whom he almost touched q
every moment Numbers of sharks are alst
har ,'oOned with the greatest facility on thes'
OCCASIONS and the oil which is obtained from
their livers, Is said to be superior To COT
| liver oil in therapeutic properties.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-20
PERSONAL.

THE Grant monument fund in New York
amounts to Si5, l25.
GENERAL LEW WALLAcE's story, "Ben
Hur," paid him s., 200 last year in royalties.
Gov. PATTIsoN, Of Pennsylvania, and
family are now at Rehoboth Beach, Del,
where are also Cows. Stockley, of Delaware,
and Lloyd, OF Mary land, the former Of whom
called on Gov. Pattison on Sunday.
REV. DIR. FARRAR, Archbishop OF West
minister, will deliver three lectures in New
York, the time and place to he named later.
DIR. Farrar will arrive in this country in the
course of a few weeks The archdeacon will
be accompanied by two friends, the
venerable Archdeacon Nisey and q brother
OF Jean lngelow. Cannon Farrar's object is to
see the country and visit some friends
FRANK HATToS says that when Bob Bur-
dette commenced on the Burlington HdWk-
eye he was addicted to long sketches, which
were positively beautiful, but unsuited by
their length for daily newspaper columns.
Burdette was aware that his work was meri.
tOrious and IL annoyed HIM because he
wasn't quoted. Hatton finally told him what
the trouble was. 'Your sketches are too
long" said he. "Cut them down one-half,
do more paragraphing, and you will find
your work copied all over the country"
Burdette followed this advice, and in less
than six months he had the satisfaction OF
seeing himself the best-quoted writer in
America.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-20
Good News from the south.

AL must rejoice at the splendid agricul-
tural and business prospects of the South,
as shown by the special reports obtained by
the Pa,t.;ss,ssre a,.s,ssre Manufacturers Record frc'n
oi 'ovuvIivIn uIaue. IL IS not the
mere rose-colored story of progress, written
to draw Northern capital to Southern en-
terprises but it is the plain unvarnished
tale Of how the men who formed the
Southern Confederacy have turned their
swords into ploughshares and made the
wilderness, caused by wars bloody trail, to
blossom as the rose. And in this tide of
prosperity for the South must float away
the last dregs of the bitterness engendered
by that strife.
The striking feature of these carefully
gathered reports is their general evenness
over very wide areas. Not often does it
happen that the biggest crops are of finest
quality, yet this is the case with the cotton,
corn and tobacco for 1885. Wheat will
prove the only exception to the rule this
year, when the crops are not only the best
produced, but are at the same time the
largest on record. Then too they have
never been raised with less moneyed outlay
and never before have there been so few
liens made in advance on growing crops.
South Carolina, which led the movement
for secession, will raise about 4,OOO,O 900
bushels more of corn, and probably over
1000 bales Of cotton more than in 1884.
Georgia adds to last years corn
yield 100000 bushels, its total
production being about 10000, 900 bush
els this year. This is a gain of more
than 10, ,0OO,O 900 bushels over the product of
1888. Taking the whole Southern yields
into consideration the commissioner of
agriculture estimates that there will be an
increase of $1,000 900 bushels in the corn
crop of 1885 over that of 1854, while the
cotton crop will be the largest ever raised.
This phenomenal prosperity must have
its effect on all branches of business
in giving them quickening impulse. Big
crops mean money in the pockets of their
producers, a good part of which goes to the
purchase Of supplies, of farm implements,
and the necessaries as well as the luxuries
Of life, all of which industries will enter
on an era of increased prosperity when the
crops are sold. As has already been noted
the railroads of South Carolina make their
best showing for the past three months,
when the Northern roads were all losing
money.
The lesson of these facts are so plain
that he who runs may read. They mean
that the South has put off the old man of
the sea from its back and has resolutely
turned its face in the direction of progress.
1t recognizes that the war of the Con-
federacy was mammoth error and with
grim determination it has set about re-
covering the ground lost thereby. In its |
efforts all true Americans must join, for a
South points surely to pros
porous Union.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-20
AN OLD-TIBfE SWINDLF.
How Franklin County Farmer Was Robbed
of Over Thousand Dollars.

nv" franklin county Farmer was Robbed
of Over Thousand Dollars.
On Saturday well-dressed stranger called
upon Samuel Shank, a wealthy farmer resid-
ing In Guilford township, Franklin county,
and said that he desired to purchase farm
and inquired whether Shank had not adyer-
tised his for sale. Being informed in the
affirmative, the stranger requested to be
shown over the place and expressed himself
as being pleased with the property. On Sat
urday the same man, in company with an
other stranger, visited Shank. They repre-
sented themselves as agents for a sister-in-
law and stated that they would call on Tues
day and purchase the farm Tuesday
morning these two and still another
farm, carrying small satchei, which
upon opening, displayed greenbacks s in large
rolls. The men requested Shank to put IN
si,2Oo as penalty OF forfeit against with
drawing from the cOnsummation of the sale
and that the money should be placed in the
hands OF one of Shank 's..neighbors As Shank
did not have that sum in the house he. i'm
company with one of the strangers, came
10 Chambersburg and drew the
money out OF bank. AS they were
returning, when within mile of the
farm, they were met in lonely woods by
tho other two men, who said they had be-
come tired waiting and thought they would
walk out to meet them. Suddenly one of
them pulled pistol, and covering Shank,
demanded the D, 200, which was handed over.
The robbers then cautioned Shank about fol-
lowing them and escaped. The robbery took
place at four o'clock, in broad daylight. The
money contained in the satchel is supposed
to have been counterfeit
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-20
ahe ca,,faster 1ntflligei,fer.
LANCASTER. AUGUST 20. 1855.
The Civil Service Commissions Way.
When Mr.. Hedden became collector Of

The Civil Service Commissions Way.
When Mr.. Hedden became collector of
the port of New York, and Mr.. Beattie be-
came surveyor, they found the examining
board of the local civil service commission
packed with Republicans of the most radi-
cal and offensive kind. They had been ap-
pointed from the force in the Office on the
recommendation Of Collector Robertson,
than whom more bitter partisan has not
been developed during recent years.
Abuses of almost every kind were discov-
cred in the custom house as soon as Secre-
tary Manning had time to make even
surface examination. AS opportunities
permitted deeper investigation, still more
serious frauds were discovered until it was
plain that something should be done in the
way If rceving out the men under whose
administration the evil had been fixed in
the public service.
As result some of the men in the clas-
sified service who also held positions on the
civil service examining board were removed
from Office entirely, while others were
taken from the board or resigned. The
collector and surveyor, therefore, recon-
mended the names of men for appointment
to the vacancies, and the civil service com
missioners are now hesitating about nam
ing them. An attempt is thus made by
the commissioners to dictate to the officials
of the New York custom house in such ;
way as to work an injury to the service j
they are permitted to have their way.
Civil service reform on, the lines lait
down by the agitators, will never be WORT
the paper the bill was written on until un
der it the members of one party have jus
as good a chance of securing places as thos
of the other. Under the present arrange
ment this is not the case. The classiiie
service was full before the law was passed
and those persons still remain, barring
few deaths and still fewer removals. T
be fair all these should be subjected to @,
animation, and to make the system effect
i've or respectable, every member of tn
commission should be removed and live
practical man put in his place.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-20
Locomotive Hun by q RattIesnake.
nashville Dispatch to the st, LouIa Globe. he,

Nashville Dispatch to the st. Louis Globe. Dem.
ocrat.
Henry Andrews, an old engineer on the
Nashville, Chattanooga 4 St Louis railway,
tells an interesting stoiy about the capture of
his engine when he was "pulling" a pas
senger train. His engine was So, and he
pulled out of Nashville with full train of
passengers bound for Chattanooga. At
Stevenson, Ala, they stopped to wood up
started again, and just before reach ing
Anderson station Jim Wilson, the fireman,
who had turned around to get some wood,
sung out, "Great Scott i! Look at that rattler p'
81 jumped" said the engineer, ssas he
uttered the words and, 20 my horror, saw a
tremendous rattlesnake climbing down from
the tender with half his body over the plat
form. My hair commenced to crowd my cap
Off my head, and for to say / was scared
doesn't begin to express it. Jim gave a veil.
and when looked around two seconds later 10
see what he was doing, / saw the rattier crawl
ing into the cab. But Jim was nowhere to
be seen. He had just left me. I pulled
back the throttle and leaped over the snake
landed in the tender. Standing on log, /
watched that snake take possession of the
cab which he did without any ceremony
The steam was not completely shut OFF, and
knowing that the train full Of passengers was
at the mercy of the snake, started back
toward the hab with a stick in my hand,
when the rattler, hearing the noise made,
elevated his tail and ratified in mighty
lively fashion. That settled it. BY this
time we had crossed the mountain and were
sailing along pretty lively. No. 8 was waiting
for us at Stevenson, and knew that II
that snake ran the engine till we got there
the coroner Of the town would be kept busy
for a week. Crawling over the tender and
making my way into the Postal car, hur-
rledly told my story to Charles Henderson,
the messenger and then to Frank ARM
strong, the expressman. We held hasty
consultation, and determined that something
had to be done, and done quickly. The
train was moving along lively, and the
thought OF No. at Stevenson made us fairly
wild. Arming ourselves with pistols, fur |
nished by thepostal expressman, we carefully |
crept out to the tender, and, looking into the |
cab, saw that doggoned rattler stretched out |
ON the board by the window. Well, 1t didn't |
take more than three seconds for us TO put |
three bullet into his carcass They struck |
him SO quickly and so thoroughly that before |
he could get a chance to rattle he was as dead |
as Hector. Grabbing q stick, jumped into |
he cab, threw the snake out OF It and got |
bold OF that throttle Well, 70 make q long
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-20
LATE WITH.

An Interesting judicial Decssion in New York
on the Muci-Used Term.
From the New York Herald.
1t Ii very common practice for a man
starting In business TO announce himself on
his sign and business cards as 'late with"
30 and so, his former employer. Has per-
son any right TO do this9 Can he be pre-
vented by legal means from 80 using the
name OF his former employer?
An opinion ON this novel and interesting
question has just been rendered by Judge
Westbrook, OF the supreme court In this
state. A jeweler who had been employed in
a jewelry store opened shop Of his own i'm
the same town. On his sign and business
cards he used the words I" late with
James p. Van Wyck." The latter
complained that the effect OF this an
| hiscustomers and injure his business. There
| was no allegation OF fraud. Judge West
brook holds that the defendant had no right
| to make such use OF the name Of his former
employer He says .'Nothng is more COM
pletely the property OF q man than his name.
| No person can use Il without the owners
| consent The use of the plaintiffs name to
make conspicuous the rival business and
name OF the defendant Is clear violation OF
| the property rights of the plaintiff"
Judge Westbrook does not cite any autho-
rity or precedent In support of this view. lie
reaches his conclusion by reasoning. We
think the conclusion wrong and the reason
| ing unsOunu. Wnen person mas DeeI
for long or considerable time in the
service Of business house or firm widely
and favorably known, that fact raises {
presumption of his capacity to carry
on the same business for himself 1t is fac
which, in the absence of fraud or unfair deal
ing he has Alright TO announce to the public
! In music or art 1t would seem ridiculous t
deny to person the right truthfully TO repre-
sent himself or herself as the pupil of a well
known teacher or artist. The principle
the same in business.
This view of the law has been taken b.
: our court Of appeals. firm Of dentist
dissolved partnership. One continued bus
ness IN the same place, the other opene
Q another Office The court OF appeals hel
that the former had no right to represer
(; himself as successor TO the late firm, sine
D such was not the fact "But," said the cour
!. che maylawfully describe himselfas tormerl
! or late of that firm, He would thus stat
simply a fact belonging to his own life,
0 much 30 as IL he were to give tho time an
place of his birth, the name Of his father
. Instructor or the college from which !
Q graduated. All this might be done in goo
J. faith"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-20

istHtion BY the Democratic state conven-
ton Of Iowa, the resolution having been
adopted with much enthusiasm:
That in President Cleveland the country
has found a man OF solid Judgment consci-
entious integrity, unswerving fidelity, patri-
otism and courage equal TO that Of Andrew
Jackson, and In his efforts for economy, for
the exposure OF criminal acts Of the Republic
can party and its officers, for his upflinching
firmness in dealing with the cattle kings, for
his real In behalf OF reform, for his efforts to
restore the public lands 70 the settlers, for his
efforts to enforce the law against polygamy,
and for his constant watchfulness Of the pub
lie kwelfare, in such way rs to receive the
hearty thanks OF the Democracy OF Iowa, and
its unswerving support
And this praise is as deserved as 1t is un-
qualified. During Mr.. Cleveland's brief
occupancy of tile presidential chair, he has
won the respect Of the country by his firm
and tireless hunting down of wrong-doing
in official quarters, and in all the fierce
light that has beaten against him from op
position journals none have dared tc
breathe word against his integrity. 1twa.
not 80 under some of his immediate prede
cessors' administrations.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-20

CIVILIZED nations, generally, have adopted
hanging as the quickest and most merciful
means of getting rid of criminals who have
been condemned to die. Death by fire has
been long ago relegated to barbaric tribes
and the guillotine has well nigh gone out of
use. Many have contended that death by
strangulation on the scaffold is as painless as
forcible separation of the soul from the body
can be made. This theory has gained
strength from the fact that many cases of
suicide are not completely suspended, and
that If they wished they could easily relieve
the construction by assuming the erect pos
ture; and in other instances of recovery from
attempted suicide by hanging there is no
recollection of suffering DIR. James Barr,
however, takes contrary view of the ques-
tion. He says: 1t should be remembered
that there is great difference between the
mental attitude Of the suicide and one who is
about to suffer the extreme penalty of the
law. The loss of recollection of suffering
does not prove that there was none. 1t
might almost as well be said that, because
often after recovery from meningitis there
was no remembrance of any suffering, there
fore there was none Whatever the status of
the question, the investigation of IL can i'm no
way be fruitful. None know the horrors of
strangulation save those who have gone
through II, and they will never tell. 1t
would be blessed consummation if hanging,
too, could be buried in the barbaric past.