Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-11
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
| cHuRCHKs.
Univcrsalist Church. Rev. Caroline =. ANGEL
Pastor. Preaching service on Sunday o. 10 80
A. NJ; Sabbath School. II rs A. n; \. +. G. u.
Second Conversational Church. Rev. n. 9.
Rdecut, Pastor. Preaching service Sunday,
10 80 A. n; Sabbath School, II IS 4. ~; Social
Meeting, 90 r. NJ; regular weekly Prayer Meet
Ing. Wednesday evening; Young Peoples
Hcthodisi Church. Rev. +. Grossenor. Pastor.
Preaching service, 10 90 A. NJ; Sabbesh SCHOOL,
Il 90 NJ; Social Evening Meeting. 100 r. n;
prayer meeting. TUESDAY evening; class meet
Baptist Church, J. L. Harding. Pastor.
800 P. \. Prayer Meeting Saturday evening.
| STATED MEETINGS.
| F.&A. M.-Union X. A. e., No. 80, assemblies
Wednesday Evening, on or before fun moon, ~
Iod i 10. Is, in Masonic Han. Monday Even.
| ing on or before full moon. Oxford Council. K
4 8. NJ. Friday evening. on or after fulI moon:
ET %Ssns %a sS Encsmp
ment. No. 81, meets In Odd Fellows Hall. second
and fourth Friday Evenings Of each month M
Hope Rebekah Lodge. No. IS, meets on hrst ana
third Friday Of each month.
X. OF P.-Regular meeting In Hathaway Block,
every Thursday Evening. U. r., 4. q. Noyes
Division, No. Il. meets third Friday Of each
Pot H.-Norway Grange meets second and
fourth Saturdays OF each month nj Grange Hall.
g. A. R.--Harry Rust Post, No. 81, meets In
New G. A. r. Hall on the third Friday Evening Of
W. r. C.-Mects In New G. A. r. Han, Mon.
't se o. T-LalosIde Lodge. No. liz meets in
New G. A. r. Hall. on the nrst and third Wed
nesday evenings OF each month.
Delightful weather.
A few more trees, killed by the large
fire OF 81, have been cut down.
The Norway hotels have all been filled
to OVERLOOKING during court.
The lawyers and officers are In at
tendance at the May court, South Paris.
J.J. Fuller has the frame for his new
tenement here up and boarded. The
crew have accomplished great results In
the past few days.
Mrs. Ada Greene has moved from her
place, corner Bridge and Water Streets,
to her farm in Oxford, the Nat Frost
farm.
DIR. Thompson, wife, and daughter,
OF Davis. West Virginia, are stopping In
town. Mrs. Thompson's mother, Mrs.
Jonathan Blake, Il very low.
The Norway Masonic Fraternity, or a
very large delegation, attended the grand
lodge this week at Portland. The fol-
lowing are names of few: Geo. W.
Holmes, Geo. A. Cole, II. ID. Smith, ii.
L. Jones, l.. |. Gilbert, w. c. Leavitt,
y. s. Stearns, A. +. Andrews, +. W.
Sanborn, G. ii. Adams, c. F. Ridlon, d.
r. Bradbury, Irving Frost and M. l..
Kimball. As usual Norway furnished n
few officers. Hon. A. S. kimball was
elected senior grand warden OF the
grand lodge, and In the order OF High
Priesthood junior vice. president. How
ard ID. Smith was elected grand scribe
10 the Grand Chapter, and DR.. b. +.
Bradbury secured the Office OF grand
master OF ceremonies 10 the Grand Coun-
Gil.
The roof OF the Elm House is being
shingled.
A new sign appears on Beal Block,
&c. B. Pike, Bicycle Sundries."
The circle and promenade at Concert
Hall Tuesday evening was well attended.
There will be another one Tuesday even
ing, May llth.
Open cars are run this week, for the
first time this spring, on the Norway &
Paris electric road.
At the special meeting Of the village
corporation at the Opera House, wednes-
day evening, Freelsnd Howe was elected
moderator The chief engineers and
assessors made a report OF their investi-
CATION relative TO the cost OF fire alarm
system. Two bids were received, one
for the Gamewell system, $1,000, the
other for the Stevens for sos. Voted
to put In the Stevens system nj once. A
sum Of $500 was voted TO be raised by
taxation this year, for the purpose.
There will be five fire alarm boxes with
several miles OF wire TO connect with
bells. The electric light poles will be
used.
We understand that Mrs. Susan L.
Kelley has purchased lot on the Rum
ford road and will build at once.
c. w. Wiley 4 Sons new house Is 10
consist OF seven rooms, a one and one
half story. Chas. Walker Is doing the
work.
Geo. Bartlett OF Portland Is the new
hair dresser at Charles Littlewood's.
Ii IL reported that our very popular
superintendent Of schools, W. +. Jones,
has resigned.
ID. Is. Morse attended the state coun-
ell OF the o. L. A. NJ. held at Lewiston.
David Brsntz, the Junk dealer, had a
lively experience Thursday afternoon,
when his horse took fright near the
Methodist church, ran down Lynn Street,
and in making Il sharp turn on Main
Street overturned the cart filled with
tinwsre, etc, etc. No particular damage
was done TO stock or team. The crowd
enjoyed the free exhibition OF tinware
however.
South Paris Ministries, The Ebony
Kings, appeared at the Opera House,
Friday evening. The house was well
filled and the company received warm
welcome. The programme was an ex-
cellent one and carried out 10 the bills.
The crowd was In an uproar for two
and a half hours. The company APP
peared TO be well posted on local affairs
and cracked numerous jokes on Norway's
innocent citizens.
A dance was held at the G.. A. K. Hall,
over Millett's store, this week.
Ransom d. Gould has bought out \.
NJ. MeKenney's business and Is trading
In the old store.
+. Z. Stone, the druggist, Is doing
some extensive farming this spring.
Stone says he was brought up on farm
and knows just how 1t should be done.