Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-31

y. r. o. P.-Lakeside Lodge. No. la. meets IN
New q. A. r. Hall. on the first and third Wed
nesday evenings Of each month.
Miss Frances N. Kuowland, after a
short visit with her uncle, w. II. Know
land, has returned TO her home In South
Berwick.
DIR. Geo. ". Hszelton of Manchester,
n. H., was Ia town last week Monday.
James Smith has shinglei his house on
Deering Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. james Smith are at
PresQue Isle for two weeks Wait with
MIR. Smiths son, j. o. Smith, ESQ, OF
the law firm Of White 4 Smith.
The village schools will commence on
Monday, Sept. 9Th, with the following
teachers In charge:
Principal-A. q. Wiley.
Assistants-Mrs. Alma Pendexter Hayden and
lei Grammar-Mrs. II. l.. Bartlett
I'll Grammar-Helcn faunce.
lst Intcrmediatc--Gcr %. Gardner.
81 Intcrmesiiate-AnnieL La farrter.
Advanced PrimAry-Cora ID. She'll.
Middle crcic Milieft-
upper-Helen !. swan.
Lowcr-IiSi-se Cragin.
At the annual meeting OF the Norway
and Paris Street Railway held at Free
land Howe's Office Thursday, the follow
ing officers were elected:
Prcs.-Frceland Howe, Norway.
TreAs.-H. l.. shepherd. Rockport.
Clerk. y. Hin, Augusta.
pirectors-J. y. Hlll, j. Manchester HAYNES,
Shepherd. Rockport. frceland Howe and Eliza.
beth u. Beal, Norway.
The Foresters' Lodge at Berlin, n. II,
visited Norway Tuesday.
DIR. and Mrs. Alfred Thompson and
daughter OF Davis, West Va, are visit
ing In town.
Porter Seavey will take the old tar
nerv chimney down very soon.
Surveyor Austin has greatly improved
the condition Of Main Street.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Henry T. French OF
Everett, Mass, after weeks visit with
Mr.. Freuch's sister, Mrs. +. p. Stone,
returned Saturday.
Mrs. Sarah A. Marston visited nj +.
+. Smiths this week.
NJ. l.. kimball, Esq, Was at Peru dur
ing the week on business.
The hearing on the flowage cases COM
menced Tuesday at the Engine House
Hall. and concluded Friday before Hon.
A. II. Walker Of Bridgton, referee. The
hearing was relative to the rights OF vari-
Gus land owners along the streams from
Pennesseewassee Lake and Bucks dam
on Tanuery Brook to Steep Falls, or the
dam Of the Oxford Light Company.
More or less land Is and has been flowed,
and the reference covered past, present
and future damage caused BY the flow
ing by the Oxford Light Company.
Judge S. ). Stearns. G. E. Holt, Esq.,
and Hon. James S. Wright appeared for
the land owners, and Ex-Gov. Cleaves
and +. F. Smith, Esq, for the Light
Company.
A. E. Stearns, E.q. Rumford Falls.
was In town the first OF the week.
Charles Walker has taken the contract
to build c. w. willey's new house on
Wiley Street In this village.
Frank kimball Is making improve
meuts at his new residence on Cottage
Street.
j. o. Croker Is putting a large
and modern furnace In. aud making con-
nections with the Cummings sewer.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. +. Wilson OF Itch
field, Conn.,, visited their sons, President
Fred c. Wilson and Chief Engineer l..
B. Wilson, of the Oxford Central Rail-
road, during the week.
Mrs. c. A. Hartman and daughter
and Mr.. and Mrs. s. c. Bicknell, who
have for some time past been visiting In
town, have returned to their homes Ia
Brockton, Mass.
Rev. j. c. Snow OF Haverhill, Mass,
at one time pastor Of the Norway and
Paris Hill Universalist churches, was In
town this week for few days, and WIS.,
tied many of his acquaintances.
W. +. Fuller and company OF Lynn
drove through the place Monday on their
carriage trip through Maine and New
Hampshire.
The well known dramatic company,
The Boston Comedy Company, II.
Price Weber, manager, will play at
the Norway Opera House, Sept. IL, 10
and l6. Mr.. Webber's company always
receives warm welcome In Norway.
There was a most pleasant and en-
joyable gathering at the cd homestead
farm of solomon l. Millett Wednesday.
1t was the birthday party given by Mrs:
Benson Hawkins TO select company OF
her friends. IL WAS an all day affair and
notwithstanding that some rain fell, all
WAS we'll with the merry company. Mrs.
Hawkins seventy-one (7D years did
not prevent her from being the happiest
and apparently one Of youngest OF the
company. All hands enjoyed picnic
dinner aud In the afternoon were enter
tanned by the we'll known reader Prof.
A. f.. Morse of Paris. The following
were present: Misses NJ. d. and o. j.
Parsons of Geneseo, H.; Miss Mary
Hagan, Minneapolis, Mimi; Mrs. Hiram
Hathaway, East Boston; S. X. Parsons
and wife, South Paris; Mrs. Elisha
Morse, South Paris; Mr.. Alfred Morse,
South Paris; Dora Parsons, South Paris;
Helen NJ. King, South Paris; Isaac
Titcomb and wife, South Paris; Geo. Z.
Tubbs and wife, South Paris; Mrs. c.
b. Cummings, Norway; Mr.. and Mrs. S.
/. Millett, Norway; Mrs. Eliza F. Frost,
Norway.
Lewis Lovejoy, VIM. Snow, j. II.
knapp and others, held most wide
awake temperance meeting In this place
Sunday evening. Several signed the
pledge.
MIR. C. F. Moulton and son Lewis Of
Sanford we're at the Beafs House the
first Of the week.
By invitation Of A. o. Noyes Division.
q. r., X. Of P, the Uniform Rank Of
Bridgton will visit Norway Tuesday,
Sept. 7th. The order will be trip to
Lake Penneewassee. street parade. and
dance at the Opera House In the even
ing.
L. p. Bartlett, Jr., Of Lynn, was 10
town this week looking after the shoe
business. His son Lawrence accompani-
ed him.
The dry goods store formerly known
as the Noyes & Andrews store, after Q
few days of stock taking Was reopened
Wednesday as the Smiley dry goods
store. The clerks will be Charles
Smiley, F. 8. Beck, Maude Williams and
Jennie Baker.
The crew of two hundred Italians have
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