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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-01-22
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COUNTY OF oxroRD
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County Commissioner Bills.

ROAD HILL
COUNTY or oxrOnb
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NOTICE OF SALE.

Ia rs,'.r. J.a. 70. M. rasa. Mss. .s'd al
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-01-22

We are pleased to note the rapidly
increasing sale Of browns Instant
Relief At tho present rate it will
soon be the leading article OF the
kind in the market
Cook. EVERETT 4 PKssri.r-
wholesale Druggists.
Portland. Maine.
s~Your Noe, rsfanasd n u al. 70 bsssct yea
WIS sd strictly a. direcfed Inside vrspper, -
Yea t.ks ~ nsk n tryiaf 4.
sod ~ e. tsAlsrs.
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And n u ChssdIsr ofssli rry,tsrs Assis@y
0faat 4. syyoislsi ASent 10 sspsIia eai ne On
p<nduare ~ The same. Asi 10 regsifes W give
bo.d, ~ The Lao directs.
an Riley Pisntsiioa. for the psrposs Of ~.
I Bpaifiss ne road 10 ssii Pisatsiign, funainf
sP sasday River 10 Lsthef Lituehaie's, TIE ssm
Ian. siss dsl.rs aad seventy three cents 10 81.
a.. aS.fs "A ltllaaa
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COURT hill.
IL JOHN BARKER. To-
Jsn Al T. dsy, sftss.ishcs, 80
Fsb Al q, dsFs sftsn 100 81 milrs travel
ffuu Wet nsthsi o. f.fis All fttaru. sS
Nsrrh Al. Z. . days stise1sncs a. niis.
travel frum West hsthsl y f.f'' al -,
rsfafu. ~ -
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fIosa Ns.i h<thsl o. i'sfis snd Fstsra. ~
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Nesi hsthsi D. Prs AT rvtarn, LS
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from wssi Bs,l,si - Pare AT fstaru, u ~
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BORN
DIED.

I.E,s. ia. IA. 70 IA. sit Of o.a's, Ia. .
taaEhisf.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-01-22

COUNTY 90 oxroRD; ,..,,,,.n.u -.
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~ eli " Ch.posn Il Porter. ~
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wooi snd oh. u scsvu. 80
n mlis. travel "a sslns IRON Sor-r
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az b. Bstksl and rsiurn, 40
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= NE. travel 90 .,ns troy Sorsy
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village 20 fllai I'LL snd rstarn. -
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rs mllss travel 90 sane from Nof-
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COURT BILL.
JA Az m. day sii. 80
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els ~
JOHN BAEKEK
OXFORD. Dee .. lss''
uAsn psF.oa.iiy sgps.r~d Johs n.itsT Iad msts
oafh thsi ~ tnresuilg srcoanis ~ him saSscfes'
ALBEgT = AUSTIN.
Cisrk sep. Jai. Coar.
OXFORD, a. Dee. -. las.
u.sins tr.f sasfaiasd sAA sadited TIE inrvsoinr
ss,.sanfs - Iohn nsfksr. Cesnty ComaissHnsf. 80
csfti, thai sio- tbsrsoa ne ssm ~ t-e han1fsi
.ltty-slH aollsrs All uinsty .sfttn csnts.
Il = u
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Au.. sy,.-..l.. @'p &c {. DAVIS Si a:s.':'.
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Asdrossos sis water Power 20.
iois 10 ~ iED % Is
And n Iimsa n Liitishsls Of ssd Pisstslioa 10
arpoiatsi sgsa, 70 supriatspd the sxvesditsrs
81 sald tas. ss< IL reasired 10 give b'nd'. - ne
lao directs.
And 70 10 hereby ordsref, that aid ssssssnsstts
patiishtd 90 tbs lau rsqarss-
Is!ASE 7; ssxDLkr.l cessy coar''
Wv. WsifnHRsu. ! OXFORD csss,y.
AY x,s.sG ALBEIT s. AUSTIN. c'srs.
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COURT HILL
JA Az m. day a. ~
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FRANK Y. BRADLEY.
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oIroRD. .s-A,. c,ar Of rroe.s. held

A trus esvy-Aiis.t"1. {. DAVIS R.si.s.r.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-08-02

ii. c. Smith, the young colored man
who was summarily discharged from the
Sixth Auditors Office because he was a
Democrat. and because as Auditor Coul-
ter said, "the old soldiers are clamoripg
for places and can't be put of any long
err has resolved to carry the war into
Africa. Not only is he insisting upon an
investigation of his case by the Civil Ser
vice Commission, but he has announced
his intention of taking the stump in Ohio
to tell his brethren there OF the hypocrisy
Of the Harrison Administration in ito
treatment of colored men. The Harrison
boomers during the campaign treated all
negroes as their brethren, but after The
administration became thoroughly and
firm'y seated it begun to make distinctions
in its own family. dividing its colored
children into two classes negroes and
Democratic negroes. Mr. Smith belopos
to the latter class and will have to go from
the family table. However, if be carries
his threat into execution his efforts on the
stump may be of commendable assistance
to his race in tearing the alusions from
before their eyes respecting their white
Republican friends who use them simply
as tools.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-08-02

Wednesday night last. in Elktownship
Clayton county, Iowa, Wesley EIkins, but
little more than eleven years of age, mur-
dered his father and stepmother. After
committing the crime he took his infant
sister in the carriage and drove four miles
to the nearest neighbor, reporting that be
had discovered his parents murdered and
fled to preserve his own and his sisters
life. Yesterday be confessed himself the
parricide. To Judge Hatch Wesley FL
kins related the story of the crime He
had some difficulty with his father. The
night of the murder he slept in the barn
Between and O'Clock he GOT up and
went into the house aud took down rifle
which was hanging in the kitchen, load
ed it, and went into the room where his
father, mother and sister were sleeping
II placed the muzzle Of the rife near nv
fathers head, he says, land sent bullet
through his brain. This frightened my
mother and she arose, aud knowing that |
was discovered, went into the kitchen.
seized club, went back into the bedroom
and killed my mother. s,aid around the
house about thirty minutes, then decided
to arouse the neighbors took the baby
from the bed where it had laid between
its dead mother and father, took it into
the adjoining bed room, removed its blood
stained clothing, and with il in my arms
went to neighbor's and related the crime
that had been committed, but shielded
myself. l am guilty of the crime"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-08-02

II will cost but little 70 have our coun-
ty thoroughly and properly represented
at the September Exposition. Statistics
showing the quantity and quality of each
crop raised aud sold ; the acreage under
cultivation, adaptibility OF soil to special
crops, number and kind OF crops that can
be raised each year. the value OF land.
transportation facilities, nearest market
and everything OF value TO prospective
settlers disp 'ayed in large letters in con
spieuous part OF the exhibition. This ex-
position Is gottea up 70 advertise tie in
dustries OF all who tayk they are worth
advertising and they who do so with the
most taste and have the fullest statistics
and best exhibits will sc; the plum We
want ii and to get il We must do our hest,
for our competitors are many and are alive
to the advantages offered. The county
that gets the most first premiums for stock
will have Doom that it will take Others
along time to overtake. We have every
thing right at hand. Ours is one Of the
best stock raising counties in the State
and all that is necessary is little work
and much can be accomplished, small in
dustries are the ones that pay aud these
should be prominently represented. One
choice pig if better developed than an
other may be good start for your bog to
take special interest in the farm. Gail in
the family and see what can be done
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-08-02

Governor Francis, of Missouri. who was
in New York last week to place some
State bonds, has been interviewed on pol
Iitics as well He says he regards Mr..
cleveland AS sti the leader of his party,
"and, so far as the West is concerned, Mr.,
Cleveland will again be the candidate OF
his party for President. In our section
he is head and shoulders above any other
person as presidential candidAtes II we
cannot have Cleveland we will defna nd a
candidate Of our own; but Mr.. Clevelan d
is stronger wi h his party than he ever
was Every day his record as Presid ent
grows brighter a 7d hi. ht'r. IA d il will
continue u ,ln s." I e,e are lnt of en-
thusnstic Wes ernc ; wbu W.. that Gov.
Fancis would IN .kr Il 80 ii 81 OH name
on the natiolal irk I. Wh,a I'll, demo-
cratic committee met her" not long since
Mr. Dickson, OF Washington, was pHshing
part Of this boom.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-08-02
The Rich and the P0or.


A Spring Garden correspondent (N. y
inquiries whether it is yrue, as has beea
stated by both public men and public
journals, that the rioh oi our oouu,fy e
rapidly growing richer, and tia the pn :
are steadily advancing IN carnjngs and com
forts with them
No; it is not true. II rich meu wera
growing richer by legitimate enterprise
and fair competition, they would logical !
improve the condition of the poor; hu,
when the rich grow richer by gigantic
combinations of capital, whereby labor
and production are diminished aud op-
pressive prices imposed upon consumers,
the poor must grow poorer as the rich grow
richer
The financial conditions of our country
are certainly alarming Just now. Most OF
our leading industries are controlled py
strongly capitalized combines, and these
com bines are enabled to dictate terms IN
to both labor and consumers The Sugar
Trust has lessened labor for the working
men and advanced the cost Of sugar to
give the combined capitalists an increas-
ed profit of over $4,000 900 a year
How can the poor improve their condi-
tion wheR capital combines to lesson a-
Dor and wages and TO increase the cost Of
the necessaries of lite2 And that is lust
what the rich are dong to-day by the aid
of excessive tariff taxes. Thus the rich
are becoming richer aud the poor are be-
coming poorer, and we are slowly but sure
ly gravitating toward two great divisions
OF our peope-"millionaire aud tramps ~
Dr IT,.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-08-02
Charlie Mitchell. the nnnilis. who or

Charlie Mitchell. the pugilis', who ar
rived at Queenstown says that Kilraln's
defeat was due to skirkins of training
and to oVer-confidence in bis ability to
beat Sullivan. Kilrain, be said, was in
better form the day after the fight than on
entering the ring. Mitchell said that he
and Kilrain were good friends and that
he (MitchelD was ready to fight Sullivan
anywhere. Detective Norris did not sue
ceed in getting from Governor jackson the
necessary papers for the arrest of Kilrain.
1t is said that the latter will probably go
to Mississippi and surrender himself.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-08-02

From the 4th of March to July 18th the
Harrison Administration removed about
$4,000 Democratic postmasters. For the
same time In Cleveland's term, only about
1000 changes were made. Cleveland found
every office, nearly, in Republican hands !;
Harrison found not over two-thirds Of the
offices in Democratic hands A great
howl was set up over the removals by the
Cleveland Administration, by the Civil
Service Reformers, but scarcely any sur
prise is expressed over the course of the
Harrison Administration. The reason may
be found in the fact that the Republican
party is known to be party of spoils
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-08-02

A new industry Was started 1T the
Maryland penitentilry on August ls., and
a portion of the hui ding is now being
placed in readiness The work will en-
brace the manufacture of heavy boots and
shoes for rough wear. including such AS
are used 10y huntsmen, farmers aud others
requiring stroug and durable footwear.-
Il is stated that the uad, RI king will not
compete with any industry or workmen
in Baltimore, as there is no factory in that
city that does work OF this character,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-08-02
How 1t Is Done

The duty on raw sugar is about two
cents per pound. 1t yields $5o, 600, GOO OF
revenue to the government on a. annual
importation ot ABOUT threc taousa-d mil
lion pounds. "ho tariff is arranged to
give the sugar retiners a profit of one and
a quarter cents per pound as private tax
for their encouragement This tax, like
the other one, is levied upon the people,
not according to their means, but accord
ing to their use and consumption of the
article. In order that this private tax
might not be lost through the competi-
tion of the retners, a trust has been form
ed to advance and hold the price of re-
tiaed sugar at the highest figure that the
tariff will permit, and everybody who uses
sugar knows now how successful the trust
has been in accomplishing that result,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-08-02
Northern Farmers Prospecting in the
South

A party of ten Pennsylvania farmers
passed through Baltimore Monday after
noon in a train OF the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad en- route for West Virginia,
where they propose to settle. They are
from Berks county, and are Welshmeu by
nativity and most industrious tillers OF
the soil. They are not satisfied with the
progress they have made to fortune 10 the
colder northern la,itudes They have
heard glowing descriptions, but not goin :.
beyond the truth, of the kindness of soil
and general productiveness of the lands
of Maryland, the Virginias the Caroliuas
and the Southern States They have u
vailed themselves in numbers of the op-
portunities Afforded by the land and i'm
migration bureau established by the Bal
more and Ohio Railroad sixteen months
ago. NJ. V Richards agent. They are car
ried to any point on the line of the road
in Maryland, Virginia and West Virgins
and allowed opportunities TO examine the
country. The new settlers have core cyen
from the far West as well as from the
North. Two farmers from Dakota Terri
tory have lately bought farms 10 Prince
Georges county, between baltimore and
Washington, and gons to work with Ugh
ter hearts st the idea Of iaisiug their
children in the civilization Of the cpnti-
neut. The Shenandoah valley is becom-
ing peopled by the class OF citizens
They are not only farmers, but manniac-
turers and mechanics. who will develop
the rich mineral deposits and resources oi
Western Maryland, West Virginia and
Virginia. Mr.. Richards rec eived a letter
yesterday from the far-tamed valley OF the
Shena andoah from the owner OF 900 acres
OF farming land, with marble, lead open-
ing and other wealth veining it.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-08-02
investment of city capital in city real

investment of city capital in city real
estate. Ii the owner Of the count
land mortgage would disdain net
5 per cent. interest on his safe invest
ment and seek, the far west f,r more
profitable Investment, what is to be
said of the fools who pay premium
for the government 3 per cent. bonds
and who promptly take up the State
bonds bearing that rate of interest !?
The fact is these western mortgage
loans are not as desirable as they are
made to appear. They all bear State
and county tax more Or less heavy,
and by the time the cost of investi-
eating and insuriug the title and
placing the loan is deducted, the in
vestor has paid considerable pre-
mum on his loan.
But the honorable commissioners
seem to entertain grave doubts of the
constitutionality of the law exempt
ing mortgages from taxation They
say: ga difficulty in this matter is
the provisions of the 18th article of
the Bill of Rights, 1chich appear to be
ciolated By the exemption Of mortgages. :"
They are only enabled to see their
way around this difficulty by the
fact that the Legislature seems to have
been satisfied of its constitutional
power in the premises, and "becaase
the legal presumption is always in
favor of the existing status
As we promised last week, we be-
lieve the preponderance of sentimsnt
in the next Legislature will be favora-
BILE to the reinstatement of the tax on
mortgage loans and the exemption of
mortgaged lands to the extent of the
mortgage liens upon them. This will
not only be in exact conformity with
the letter and spirit of the organic
law of the State, but will, in our
opinion, be just and expedient.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-08-02

If anything can awaken the American
taxpayers to realizing sense of the
wrongs that they are enduring under the
existing system OF taxation, which may
be defined as governmental robbery, it
should be the cool, calm and unapologetic
manner in which they are informed that
their money is lying idle in the national
treasury, and that the accumulation is in
'creasing, Notwithstanding Corporal Tan
ner's vigorous efforts to distribute the
sheckles among the soldiers and the claim
agents. A few days ago the treasurer of
the United States receipted to his prede-
cessor for about seven hundred millions
of dollars. 1t has required months
for skilled experts to count the useless
hoardings OF the national government
hoardings which, like the miser's, are
never disturbed save when counted. The
preliminary report of Commissioner
Mason to Secretary Window presents the
anything but gratifying assurance that
the idle surplus is still growing, the total
CoiicCtiOuS Vi tut lulcTudI J6VcUu6 UuI6aQ
being about $130.S95. .632 SO for the fiscal
year, and about six and a. half millions of
dollars beyond the collections of last year
When the average American citizen, tax
payer and voter adds to these figures
those furnished by the enforcement of the
existing tariff he. will understand how
and why combined capital crowds inds-
vidual enterprise to the wall !; how i'm
mense fortunes are being made by pro-
tected monopolists, and how foolish the
mass of voters are, who, having the reme-
dy in their own hands, refuse to apply it.
1t must be startling to other people to
see these two great channels of taxation,
the internal revenue and high tariff SWELL
ing and rushing down on the people, and
yet also to see the victims OF the destruc-
tive flood make little or no effort to es-
cane t.+rH4f