Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-03-17
NORWAY.


10 30 A. N; Sabbath School, II :t5 4. NJ; Socia
| Meeting, 90 r. NJ; regular weekly Prayer Meet
Ing. Wednesday evening; Young People
Mctheiist Church. Rev. y. Grosvenor, Pastor
Preaching service, 10 80 A. ~; Sabbath School
ls 90 NJ; Social Evening Meeting. 90 p. n.
prayer meeting. Tuesday evening; class meet
Baptist Church, J. l.. Harding. Pastor
Preaching service. 200 p. "; Sabbath School
I3@P.n n. Prayer Meeting, Saturday evening.
STATED MEETINGS.
F.&A. M.-Union u. A. C., No. %, assemble
Wednesday Evening or before full moon, a
Masonic fall. Regular meeting. OF oxfor'
| Lodge, No. Is, In Masonic Hall, Monday Even
ing on or before full moon. Oxford Council,
4 :. NJ. Friday evening. ON or after fiil moon
| Norway Division, Sons OF Temperance. In Rycr
sou Hall every Saturday evening.
| 10. q. F.-Regular meeting In Odd Fellows
Hail. every Tuesday Evening. Widely Encamp
mcnt. No. 81, meets In Odd Fellows Hall. second
and fourth Friday Evenings OF each month. Mt
Hope Rebekah Lodge. No -, meets on first and
| third FRIDAY Of each month.
| X. Of Irregular meeting In Hathaway Block
every Thursday Evening. L. X, A. u. Noye.
Division. No. u, meets third Friday Of eact
| month.
| GA. R.-Harry Rust Post, No. 81, meets In
Ryerson Hall on the third Friday Evening OF
| each month.
seconf and fourth Friday Evenings OF each
| month.
W. r. C.-Mects in Grange Hall third Friday
| evening In each month.
| U.O.G. C.-Mects the 81 and 9Th Thursday
evenings OF each month In Ryerson Hall
| +. Of H.-Sorway Grange meets second and
| fourth Saturdays OF each month nj Grange Hail
| y. n. q. P.--fakesi'ie Lodge, No. liz, meets In
Ryerson Hall. on the first and third Wednesday
evenings of each month.
Quite winter after all.
Mrs. Sarah A. Marston who has passed
the winter with her daughter, Mrs. w. Il.
| Whittier, 10 Newton, Mass, has return
ed.
l.. L. Bartlett, Jr., of the firm OF Il. +.
Spinney Il Co, OF Lynn, Mass, WAS In
town this week looking after the interests
OF the firm.
The school board have elected VIM. +.
Jones Supervisor Of Schools for the
year.
j. +. Stearns Of Lowell, County Com
missioner, was In town Wednesday.
The high school closed Thursday for a
ten days vacation. The schools are In
excellent condition.
Coleman +. Lord is still confined to his
house and most Of the time To his bed,
but Is slowly gaining.
The Republican County Committee
met at the Office OF +. +. Smith In this
village, on Tuesday, and organized.
Eugene F. Smith was reelected chair
man. Voted to call the county Con-
vention. Tuesday, June 23rd, &c.
A special communication Of Oxford
Lodge, No. Is, +. Il A. NJ, was held at
Masonic Hall, Wednesday evening,
March llth. Masons and their ladies
were present TO the number Of about one
hundred. The party was social sue
cess. The short entertainment consist
ing OF music and reading, WAS follow
ed by an excellent supper in the |. o. o.
+. Hall, below. The following pro-
gramme was carried out:
Duet, Chas- Johnston. Lulu VI. Cook.
Solo, Mrs. Ava finney.
Reading, Annie Cole
solo, Herman l.. Horne.
Duet Mrs. finney, Miss Cook.
Rcadiug June Leayi.i.
Solo, Mrs. finney.
The band played several ne,c pieces.
Mrs. Henry T. French ia in town for a
few days.
Harrison Buck Is on the sick list. He
has typhoid pneumonia.
DR.. +. T.. Drake has been elected to
fellowship in the Maine Academy OF
Medicine and Science.
T.. C. wiuslow is clerking for c. F.
Ridlon.
Mrs. J. \. Bolster Is gaining. She Is
able to SIT up every day and Is much
better.
Mr.. Moore, who was injured on the
street, has moved his family on 10 his
farm In the town Of Albany.
Judge {. +. Whitman has been coufia-
ed to his house by sickness but Is now
at his office.
Uncle Hiram" was greeted by large
company at the Opera House, Wednes-
day evening. IL was first-class.
Ambrose Warren, Edna and Janet
stephens and Lutte French are at home
for their vacation from Colby University.
Arthur Noteworthy, who has been at
Portsmouth, y. H., for some months, IL
10 town this week. He thinks Norway
rather the best place after all.
c. NJ. wormell OF Bethel, and +. {.
Park, ESQ.,, OF that town, were In the
place Wednesday.
The young gentlemen will serve the
supper at Concert Hall, Tuesday even
Ing. They have, or think they have, an
excellent supper for all who wish to at
tend.
On Saturday, April 18th, at the high
school building, will be held the exam
nation OF teachers.
Chas. III. Adams was In Portland this
week figuring on the Eastern Maine In
sane Asylum, TO be built at Bangor.
The old custom of holding weekly
meetings will be followed by the present
board OF municipal officers. People
now know when and where 10 find the
town officers.
About twenty from South Paris High
School visited Norway High School
Tuesday evening. A social evening was
passed at the school building.
Geo. A. Brooks has resigned from the
board of municipal officers and special
town meeting Is called for Saturday,
March 2lst, at three o'clock in the after
noon, for the purpose Of electing his
successor.
1t Is reported that the contract Is made
for an iron bridge across Crooked River.
Cost about seven hundred dollars (S7O0.)
While IL Is somewhat more expensive at
first il Is much the better plan to put
iron bridges In instead Of wooden struct-
ures.
A sleighing party OF nine came from
Waterford Monday afternoon and put up
at the Elm House and returned in the
evening.
Charles A. Hemingway, while clip
ping a horse for John NJ. Cummings
Thursday, was kicked In the side by the
horse. He was obliged to quit work aud
90 home. No serious injury probably.
At the annual meeting Of the board OF
management of the Norway Public
Library Saturday forenoon, at the asses
sors' Office, the following officers were
elected for the year:
President, j. A. Roberts.
Vice. President, II. $. Perry.
Secretary, 5. S. stearns.
Treasurer, Eugene +. Smith.
Dean Stills of Portland will hold even
ing services of the Episcopal church,
and administer the rite Of baptism on
Wednesday evening, March 18th, at 80
O'Clock in the Methodist church, Nor
way. All are invited. The dean will
give informal instructions on church
teachings Monday and Tuesday evenings
at the Beal's Hotel parlOrs, and will be
pleased to call on any one DESTROYS OF
seeing him at their home.
LOST PART OF HIS HAND.
A Young man by the name OF George
Bryant, an employee OF the Portland q
Rumford Falls railway, had his left hand
badly crushed at Mechanic Falls Friday
while coupling cars, near the station.
| IL was necessary to amputate all four OF