Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-04-06
NORWAY.


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Uuivcrsafs4 Church, Rev. Caroline e. Angel,
=. sabbath ss School, ss' Il IS 4. NJ r. 6. o.
Second Congregational Church. Raw. B. 8.
Rideout. Pastor. Preaching service Sunday
Meeting, 20 r. n; regular weekly Prayer Meet.
Ing. Wednesday evening; Young Fcope's
Meeting Friday evening.
Methodist Church, Rev. T. Grosvenor. Pastor
400 NJ; Social Evening Meeting. 100 r. n;
prayer meeting, Tuesday evening; class meet
Ing. Friday evening
Preaching service, Q 90 r. y; Sabbath School,
3ooP. n. Prayer Meeting. Saturday evening
/ STATED MEETINGS.
F.&A M.-Union n. A. G., No. 36, assemblies
Wednesday Evening. on or before full moon, at
Masonic Hall. Regular meeting OF Oxforu
| Lodge, No. Is. In Masonic Hall. Monday Even
Ing on or before full moon. Oxford Council, T..
as. NJ, Friday evening. on or afser full moon:
10. o. Irregular meeting In Odd Fellows'
Hail, every Tuesday Evening, widsy Encamp,
and fourth Friday Evenings OF each month. Mt.
Hope Rebekah Lodge, No. IS, meets on nrst and
third Friday Of each month.
X. fP.-Regular meeting In Hathaway Block.
every Thursday Evening; ., r. a. o. Moves
Division, No. II. meets third Friday of each
month.
r. OF NORWAY Grange meets second and
fourth sstardays OF each month a. Sranse HAL u
New G. A, r. Hall on the third Friday Evening OF
W. R. Cs~Mce,s In New G. A. R. Hall. Mon
NE. o. lakeside Lodge, No. IL, meets In
New q. A. Il. Hail. on the hrst and third Wed
nesdsy evenings Of each month.
Very good wheeling In the village.
Mrs. NJ. l.. kimbsll has been very sick
with the grippe.
DR.. Annette Bennett has been suffer
ing with severe cold and unable to at
tend to her practice for several days.
DIR. +. c. Walker appeared In the
municipal court Wednesday morning
and answered to a complaint made
against him by Officer Boober. The
doctor pleaded guilty to the allegation
OF cruelty to his horse and paid fine
and costs amounting to ten dollars.
The horse was killed.
Officer Boober destroyed horse be-
longing to Charles wentzel this week.
The animal was wholly unfit for use.
The drams, Rebecca's Triumph, pre-
sented by the high school girls, at the
Opera House, Wednesday evening, was
the best entertainment given here this
season. The leading parts by the Misses
Abbott, Richards, Chapman, Cannon,
Myrtle Cannon. Carter and Cragin were
nesrly perfect. The following Ia the
cast Of characters:
Mrs Rokeman. a wealthy lady, Annie ". Abbott.
Mrs. pclaire. n widow, Neitie kicharis'
Rcbccca. Lora l. Chapman.
! Clsris.a Goldman, a spinster. Clara NJ Cannon
Grace Greenwood, Of the club. Grace l.. Bennett
Dora e aines of the club. Franie VI. Parsrart.
/ Sadie Morrill,. OF the club, lice ~ smith
Jennie weciman, OF the club,
Nellie Dunbar. Of the club. Grace l.. faunoc.
Emma stevens. Of the club, GIace NJ Jorian.
Maria Gray. OF the club, Lolita y Richardson
Ahce Leeds, OF the club. btlle Hartman.
Gussic Green. of the club. Lillian y Anderson.
Katie Common. an lrish girl. Myrtle Cannon.
I Gyp. oolored girl, hmma n Sarcr'
Meg, vagrant, hstne T. Cfas'h-
The tambourine dance, between the
second and third acts, by young ladies' In
costume. wss most pleasing. The pro
ceeds will be used for the purchase OF
piano for the school. The house was
crowded.
W. II. whitcomb has opened the sub
scription books for the farmers to sign
10 plant sweet corn for the NORWAY
Packing Company. lie hopes to get $50
acres.
Hon. c. F. whitman aud his son. Prof.
V. NJ. whitman, who Is spending his
vacation here, started for Boston Thurs
dav for short business trip.
Miss Grace X. Nevers has gone to
I l. a -. ,xstt
l.. A. Wsterhouse, Congress Street, as
milliner.
The annual meeting Of the Universal
ist Circle was held Tuesday evening and
the following officers elected:
President. Olive 4. woo.isum.
Vice President. Mrs. II. l.. Libby.
Secretary. Ellie ). Swan.
Treasurer, Mrs. II. y. Favor.
Doorkecper, Della NJ. Soyes.
The circle cleared over hundred dol
lars this winter.
Norway Is the only town In the county
that furnishes steam heat and three good
square meals per day for tramps, and
the gentlemen Of the road all know
about IL. Thursday night no less than
niue were furnished lodging by Consts-
bic Bassett At the town lookup. Several
Of them were seen about town soon after
dinner Thursday. II Is rather expen-
sive for the town but luxury for the
poor tramp. Why not make them work !:
The grist mill Of C.. B. Cummings
| & Sons. the blacksmith shop OF +. II.
Haggett and the paint shop OF c. A..
| Young, all on Cottage Street, near the
depot, were broken into Wednesday
night. Nothing Of value missed.
Arthur Hebbard and mother have
leased the tenement In Jackson Clark's
house on Bridge Street.
Mr.. w. c. Leavitt has moved into his
new home on Orchard Street.
Mrs. V. w. Hills and her milliner,
Mrs. Fred Drake, are In Boston this
week.
J.. p. SWEET has very large and at
trsctiye display Of bicycles at his store.
Judge Davis, while building his office
fire one morning this week, got his over
coat too near the blsze and II ignited.
The Judge not knowing about It hung
the garment on peg. He Is now wear
ing new overcoat.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Allen OF Ray
mond sre visiting Mrs. Aliens parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses E. Kimball, In this
place.
CT. Lord was up town several times
this week. He Is on the gain.
c. n. Tubbs & Co. have discovered
why their store cellar has been full Of
water this spring. The cellar drain con-
meets with the street drain and the lat
ter Is frozen up at the lower end, and the
street water, instead Of running into the
river runs into the store cellar. For a
week or ten days crew have been
pumping II out.
John Callshan, for six or seven years
foreman of the stock fitting room at the
shoe factory, closes his engagement
with the firm Saturday. He will return
to his Lynn home.
Mrs. A. Z. Morrison and children Of
Rumford Falls are stopping with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Freeland Howe.
The relatives Of Frank +. Thompson
have news to the effect that r. w. East
ham, who shot and killed Thompson at
Davis, West Virginia, will recover from
his wounds.
Charles C. Warren, Esq, of Fryeburg,
was at the Bears House the last OF the
week.
The railroad commissioners have ap-
pointed Wednesday, April Z, at p. II ,
as the day of the hearing on the APP
prov.l Of the articles Of association Of
the Oxford Central r. r. Petition
made BY the board of directors. Capital
stock Is 500, 900, In shares Of 500 each.
| o w. Edgcomb, Of Mechanic Falls,
has leased Aaron Paige's tenement on