Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-08
NORWAY.


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The M,y term OF the Norway Manieips
Court Was held Tuesday the ist Nine
teen entries on the docket for the term
Oving IN thu fac, that the Supreme JufI
cisl Coart sl Paris VAS In session Tass
lay the attendance 81 the Municipal Cout
vas not a. large 40 usual.
The annual meeting OF the share holder
In Norway Pine Grove Cemetery Corporl
tlou was held n the Kim House Ss,urda
evening, al Z 30 O'Clock. General buslnss
aud election OF officers for the ensuln
year.
w. l. Foss OF Bowdoln College, q mem
Der OF the freshman year, is oauyassinl
this place for the sale Of an excellent worl
entitled "IIliien Treasures Mr.. Foe
takes this method 10 pay his college er
penses lie isA youog man OF consider
able ability.
Some two months ago G. iI. Haskell go
q cat In Oxford. some four miles from
his place In this village lie brought III
prize home In q bag under the sleigh seat
For some ave or sir weeks the Cat va
perfectly contentei with its new surround
ing. aud home when II disappeared.
few days since while visiting In oxford
Mr.. II. Was much surprised 10 dad his pet
cat by the stove The cat Vas not car
riei back. The question 10 how did u
Nd Its way IN Oxford.
Rspabllcsu csucus Al Norway Oper'
HOUSE. Thursday Nay 81. va
held In accordance with the call. y. \
Stsarns wa elected Moderator OF tk'
meeting. T. Y Smith. Secretary. Ol
motion OF Gen. Geo l. Besl the following
resolution ~n adopted by the caucus
Resolved. That Governor Marbles success
tli ADMINISTRATIVE ~ Ia States arAiIs, ent
tee hun " the coatinusd cDnfience 81 the Rs
| puhligan parry. sni believing that the sans
| csurtssy .hoali be sntsndei u him. that BY
common cons.ai his pr~iscsssor voald have
delegate. 10 tho Portland Convention % ace al
honofable mean. 90 .ecafe hts nomination fo'
the neat Sovvrnof OF Maine.
The following delegates were chosen u
the R-pabllcsn STATE Convention TO b
held 81 fortl.ni, jane i?thi
IIon, a. ". Bsarce. Gen. Geo. .. seal, >. A
Rob.Ft., A. y Address. Judge Z. D. whitman
and Irving Frost
tn, town Republican COMMITTEES for the
two ensuing years consists OF
=. = stssrn. chairman !. A noserts, n. W
nillstt. 4. y. whitman AMI ". u. rrscy.
y \. Wallace, Of R)ehss,ef. ". II
made q short visii la town this week.
Al The annual convention OF the
Msouic Grand Lodge. wednesday. al
Portland. II. ID. Smith, cashier OF norway
National Bank. Vas chosen one OF the
Grand stewards.
According ~ the Lewiston Journal.
Norway correspondent the total valuation
~ tn property In Norway IL soms els, 90
les. than for The year iss9. lie states thai
the following reductions Ia valuation have
been male by The present board for isss
The valuation for 81 II given ne by mem
her of the board ior ihs, year. A few OF
N. NOS, important Norway Wsiei
WORKS, valuation for ~. $1,000; reiaoe
~ the present board f1r lsss g. 900 !
Electric Light Company 81, 5000. re
dnoei O. 90. NORWAY ranu~ry Company
80. $1,000. redacei 5000, u. y. spin'
nsy & Co, 81. 5000, reduced 5000
The Se~ Shoe Factory Company, 81,
Is .OoO, reduced 5000, Partridge Dan
for,h's mill ., the Falls. 81, about So, 900,
r,dueei $1,000.
Ch.rle. Gates. who last October WAS Ia.
dltsd by the Grand Jary. lodged 10 Paris
jail aud later made his escape with hls
partner one q W Brown Of this village,
who Il now serving q term Ia the Reform
School, WAS taken At BfiigiOn Saiurda,
BY ofricer A. T.. Bassei aud again lodged
10 Paris Jail.
l. 4. Bartlett. Jr., Of the frm OF u v
splunsy 4 Co. WAS In town recently. lie
reports business prospects good.
Geo. X Howe AMI bride have retained
from their wedding trip 10 New YORK,
Phll.is;phia aud Washington.
The District Grading Committee, & v.
whitman, Rev. Miss Angsll sni Df. 0eo.
II,tsllOu have been hard al work ersmln'
Ing aud grading the schools this week.
Jesse Warren, law student AZ Besrce
and sleuns, has gone Into the shoe fac
tory. lie run. . hecllng machine.
j. II. Hs.elton has been engaged by The
Norway Medicine Company aud will 20
onto the road a. once.
w. W. whi,msr.h has been engaged In
q ROAD m,,,sr a. ksEn Falls.
Monday morning Mrs. Jackson CLARK
va. taken dangerously sick, caused II i
Supposed by the rupture Of . blood vessel
on the brain. Df Weeks ~ Portland In
consultation with the Dr.. Bradbury
visited her TUESDAY. rh- chance. ~ O..
oovery are slight although she Is very
comfortable.
District ~ h,ying elected an unaatu
ralirsd Frenohman fof school agent. an
other meeting will he called and al Amsfi
can citizen elected 10 that Important once.
Rev. ] Corey a. the Methodist church
on The Sabbath prior 10 Memorial Day will
preach the memorial sermon. larry Rust
Post, q. A. u, will attend the services 81
the usual hour. 10 Is, A. s
Mrs Joel Frost met with 9 serious seei'
dent Saturday afternoon. While passlne
from the shed 10 the stable she stepped
into q bad place In the door fell and broke
her leg. a. the same time snsialng olhel
serious inJarles.
Mss Hawkins ancient school Was sue.
ces.. The house Was crowded.
A large crew worked on the mill dam
Sunday strengthening the structure.
The OLD John y Allen boot aud shoe
store 10 Hathaway Block Il being repair
ID. A new hard wood hjor has been pa,
down aud the store greatly improved.
J. A. Bolster, our popular road survey
or In the village has recently turned Int
the treasury $500 of highway money col
lectsd and unexpsnded by him. The
streets have been kept In excellent eondi
ton We suggest his re-sppolntment.
Hose Company No. ! WAS out 10 full
force frid,y evening. They played two
stream. over the Advertiser bullilngs
from the same hydrAnt. The company
ven, from whitman 81 10 Cottage street,
applied the hose ~ the hydrsnt and wer,
plsyiug = stream OF water 10 Jasi one mln
ne and twenty-one seconds.
The High school entertainment given al
Norway Opera House Friday evening TO q
large attendance. by the students, WAS
wi,houtiques,ion one OF the best school en-
tertAinmen,s Norway has witnessed foI
years. E,ch was well adapted 10 the par,
be took. Every one who participated
seemed 20 feelIhat the success OF the even
ing depended upon his part. While II
would be unfair We think 20 hvorAbly
mention one over another Al
meri,ed the highest commendstlon.
The club exercises called forth the
approval OF the sailence. This IL the one
thing lacking 10 the schools OF to-day
More athletic. sinewy discipline IL de
msnded which when supplied by some
such daily drill ss the club exercises Will
revive the weak and strengthless coustitu
tions now so ofsen met with Ia the High