Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-12-01
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Minneapolis L. the placr. aud June :
4. the date. Zoe the Republican national
Convention % n-Nt wear. The rrpr-cn-
talon Sill D. AZ usual; four delegates
AZ lArg, from each state. ani tso dele
gate from each cougrvssional disirici
The state delegates must b. chosen AZ
least thirty DAYS b.fur, the date "a the
convention. 80 that the state conventions
fur choics % delegate. musi ~ held not
later than Nav 'th.
m. ssleCtion of Minneapolis as the
plac, Tor the convention l. llarrison
victory. II 3. a blaine ,ictorv. The
plAc. Wh~rv M. convention l. held eau
have Bo Influence upon the .elc,tion 20
candidates. AL the-s statements arv
made upon authority mostly the author
ity ~ Dymocratic newspaper 80 they
are reliable.
John l.. Sullivan b. "spolling Zoe |.
Eight" lie has challenged >laVin to
m-~t him. aud avs that. win or lo.e, Il
Will D. hls last fght. 10 D. SURF, h.
has finally left the prize ring for the
stacy, but. Ike other stars. he has Ca
make q great many positively last sT'-
peanBccs.
The Rryablican National Committee
al it, rcC.nt meeting confirmed the
choice 20 ,. :. 'larkson a. chairman In
place % senator Vusy.
There l. some di.cu.siou al the Maine
state College a. "a whether u !. b-tter
"a have the long VACATION In the summer
ot In the winter. Those affected most
are those students sho have "a earn
money during vacation. They do not
agree about II. q. those sbo teach wOuld
rather have the long vacation In the
winter, while tbo-e Who do other kinds
% work prefer Il Ia the summer. IMAM
unity 81 opinion In the niAttAr will
probably never D. reached.
The Democrat like. o. b. appreciated
by having other papers clip from hs 10
cal correspondence AMI although ~e
like IA sse the matter credited, ~ under
stand that Il l. appreciated u no
credit Il given. Hut When q cOntem-
lorary clip. from the county CORE
-pondence % the Democrat aud not Only
neglects % give any credit, but lay the
sceDe In "a Cumberland County town
AS has hsppen~i In two recent In
Stance--we object.
some idea Of the amount ~ silver coin
which the government has stored up
may be gathered from figures presented
by David 4. Wells In Harper. Weekly.
The amount l. loO millions, aud !. Ia
crvsslng az the rate 20 seven tons q day.
n would make column Que foot la diam
ster and six and half miles high. To
transport IL would require 90 freight
cars. 5.yOO twohorse wagons, or an army
of ss.0O men. each man carrying lu
pounds. To count IA. silver dollars Ia
store would take Que man eleven years.
working eight hours q day. Notwith-
standing thi. huge mass ~ silver lies In
the government vaults apparently use
les, IL Ia, a. the Portland Advertiser
points cut, practically In circulation Ia
the more convenient form Of paper certih-
Gates.
A California man, who has q new
method 81 producing rain by artificial
means, warns people % the dangers Of
Gen. Dyrenferth's dynamite method,
which h. says IL liable to produce floods
and earthquakes. Judging from the ex-
treme drought which has accompanied
and followed Gen. Dyrenfcrth's bom-
hariment of the heavens, there l. no
n-~d Ia feel serious approximations OF
foods a. the result Of the dynamite
work