Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-10-22
NORWAY.

Thk farmers deliver their small apples
at Sohth Paris and take home quantity
OF new cider. :,
Charles II. Adams of this place will
build the new shoe shop for sl2, 29S.W
He wis the lowest bidder on the job.
Sew ral parties will build dwelling
houses In the village. They must either
build new homes or move out, as there
are nd tenements to be hired ut any
price.
A. d. Kimball 81 Son and others in the
Grange Block are talking OF heating
their offices with steam.
Nearly all places Of business In this
villagk are lighted with electricity and
warm,kd with steam.
Jas. o. Crooker is to arrange to warm
his s,,|re and the public library with hot
water or steam.
l.. I Gilbert has the best meat market
In Oxibrd County. He knows his BUSH
ness thoroughly.
A feM years since very little coal was
used III this village. Nearly every one
burned wood. Now J. O. Croker, w.
c. Cold and +. F. Holmes have good
busineks in dealing In coal alone.
G.. 81 Cummings & Sons have nearly
completed their freight shed at the
depot.
A brhnch railroad will be built from
the main track to b. F. Spinney 4 Co. 8
factoriks. This will save great amount
OF trucking 10 and from the station a.
the branch will enable the firm to load
and unload at the factory door.
Jamtls Stone of Rumford was arraign-
ed In Ihe municipal court Wednesday
chargeh with breaking and entering the
house bf Geo. b. Hoyt, at Rumford,
Sept. y. After hearing several wit
nesses knd the respondent, Stone was
bound bver for the grand jury 10 Feb
rusry.
improvements are being made on the
Univer,|alist parsonage.
Collector Lord has given notice to oil
delnqubnt tax payers that he must have
all tn xek ssed prior to 1895 paid at
once. lie also warns all who do not pay
that tn, y will experience trouble aud
incur expense.
II. w Neal has purchased Maxwell Il
.Jordan'k candy business. Mr.. Maxwell
will go 30 California for the winter.
The game supper at the Beal Hotel
was irst class affair. Vim. Harley
was toa Ltmaster and filled the position
v It'll ability. The speeches were witty
and mo,t pleasing. Capt. Swetts side
won with vi points w. 5s7. The fol-
lowing i list: Capt. l.. +. SWEET, 4.
e. Thompson, ". II. Hooker, +. Parker,
II. c. Dian, J. True, A. ID. wyman.
Capt. T. l.. Bickford, l.. VI. Watson, A.
Curtis, j.. W. Dalton, 4. l.. Heath. A. J..
Cook, N. +. Jones. Scorers, c. q.
Mason, h. c. Sargent and w. II. Harley.
Theodore l.. Webb, who for some time
has worked for Noyes Il Andrews AS
trayelinh salesman, will open headquar-
tiers for himself At the oxford County
Shoe Stbre In November. He will be
on the r'Iad four days Ia the week sell
Ing and laking orders for clothes.
Mr.. AM Mrs. Frank L. Bartlett visited
At Bethe last week at Mrs. Bartlett's
uncle's, CHARLES Fsrwells.
DIR. Ba Ftlett OF Fryeburg Is shortly To
open an Office in this village. He In
tends to kettle here.
Ga Wednesday,, October sd, at the VI.
r.. church. the woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary society, Lewiston District Con-
yention, will assemble In this village.
An Interesting program is prepared.
Mrs. n. l.. kimball returned from
Ellsworth Thursday where she has visit
I'd her parents for several weeks.
\. II. Bodkin has leased the Masonic
store for two years. Mr.. Bodkin runs Il
first class restaurant.
A. l.. + Pike WAS elected Grand War
len Of ,hE Grand Lodge, |. o. o. f., of
Maine, r Portland this week.
Carpenters were busy at the post
office this week building an additional
at OF l(b boxes, making 10 all $50.
This mea b. that Norway Is growing.
Mrs. X lie Jones and daughter return
20 Boston this week for the winter.
G. NJ. Smith has made Improvements
,bout his residence on Main Street.
Prof. J.. l.. Angels lecture on
"Crusadek" at the Congregationalst
church III esday evening was all that the
large aud fence expected. IL was most
interesting and scholarly.
J.. |. Ba|rtlett's horse ran away down
Main STREET. Tuesday afternoon, smashed
he carriake aud ran into several teams.
rhe most dsmsgc was done to the car
rage in which Mabel Harlow Of South
Paris WAS No one injured, however.
The serhi-annual meeting Of Oxford
conference will be held at Norway Tues
lay and Wednesday, Oct. I'D and sd,
At the "a congregational church.
The ladies Of the Congregational
church ar paying for the new church
organ. SHINE thirty or forty have
agreed 10 barn one dollar each and pay
il 10 TO thu organ fund. One lady has a
very good garden and plenty Of cab
bages. SHE is selling cabbages to get
her dollar Two young ladies earned
their dolla by blacking boots at ''ten
cents sh ne" They found plenty to
DO. One lady on Main Street supplied
her friendJ with rolls for tea. Another
deiicered .|havings at fifteen cents per
barrel, and in two cases carried them up
stairs. one who Is very prominent in
he enterprise sold silver polish to her
friends and acquaintance. Two young
ladies' who have lived on the farm har-
vested garden on Beal Street. An
other will Eeli molasses candy. Friday
evening an ice cream saloon was opened
IN Main Street and all were invited TO
the house where cream and cake were
served TO nearly all in the village.
Those Who'll have attracted most atten-
ton were the ladies who prepared and
sold corn AZ l.. |. Gilbert's meat market
At s'iive cents bag" They had all they
could do I'd I'LL the orders. The organ Is
not yet pail for and the work goes mer-
rily on as 10 one thinks of rest although
many dol bars in some instances have
been raised. It is suggested by some
that meeting be held In the near future
At the Op4ra House; that small ad-
mission bE charged and the ladies
furnish entertainment by relating how
they earned their dollar.
The post office at Norway Lake was
broken int b Friday night by unknown
parties. Very little was taken by the
thieves. Al few postage stamps and a
small amount In change. Mr.. Partridge,
the postmaster, saws that he does not
miss anything from the store. Several
persons of suspicious character have
been seen about the Lake and village
and some clews left may lead to the
capture of the parties. The entrance
was effected through the door Of the
store. Thd door was opened with two
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