Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-12-20
MARKET sQUARE.

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/ MARKET SQUARE.
4 A new steel front has been put on
Masonic Block, the windows have been
taken out and large plate glass oues snb-
Situated, and other improvements made.
l N. Dayton Bolster & Co. and j. =.
Plummer joined 10 building q shed used
on Plummer's side for wood and on Boil
ster's side for half-dozen horse stalls
for public use.
PLEASANT STREET.
G.. w. Bowker has remOdeled what
was formerly "Cook's stable' into two
tenements Of seven rooms and q bath
each, with large basement and attic. He
has also removed his small stable and
built good-sixed one near the back end
Of the lot.
w. J. Wheeler has raised his house
and ell and built story under them,
with the addition Of three-story tower
on the southeast corner, double bay
window on the other side Of the front,
piazzas on the front and side, and other
additions and Improvements.
At the Methodist church the two old
furnaces, one Of which Was 10 the YES
try, have been taken out and replaced
by new ones, for which cellar has been
dug.
Hiram Pulsifer has built an outside
stairway and second story piazza on the
west side Of his house, with some
changes In the interior.
l.. f. Pulsifer has built the store with
residence overhead, now occupied by
him and Mrs. Pulsifer with boots aud
shoes and millinery.
Henry n. Stearns has built two-tene-
ment house Of fourteen rooms, nearly
opposite the house of 8. r. Stearns.
j. II. Linscott has made extensive Ad-
ditions to his already extensive buildings
near the Norway crossing.
PINE STREET.
The foundation for = new parsonage
for the Methodist church has been put
| in, on the lot next TO w. IL. Robinsou's.
W. Ii. Stiles has built an addition TO
the ell Of his house.
On the way which connects Pleasant
Street and Pine Street, near the shoe
factory building, +. l.. Millett has erect
ed = large, rwo-story, double tenement
house.
HIGH STREET.
Frank A. Taylor has added II
wing on the north side Of his house.
Griufill Stuart has added two gable
windows and = portico TO the front of
his house.
J. Fred Henry has built stable con-
nected with his other buildings.
| PARK STREET.
/. 7. Bryant has built q two-story
house, with two tenemeuts, between the
Williams house and the Baptist church.
w. q. Frothiugham has done quite an
extensive job Of remodeling and building
additions TO his house and ell.
+. W. Willis has the frame OF two
story house up and boarded In, and IL
steadily at work upon the completion OF
II.
G. h. Ripley has built stable In con-
nectiou with his other buildings at his
place the other side Of the river.
PORTER STREET.
c. n. Porter & Son have built IN Ice
house.
GOTHIC STREET.
w. B. and c. A. Young have built
25-foot addition 10 their stable.
George Giles has completed the two
story house for which ne put In the
Foundation In the fall Of 1897.
Alton c. Maxim has built two-story
house Of ten rooms, two tenements, and
a stable.
| WESTERN AVENUE.
w. B. Stuart has built the two-story
house now occupied by him.
| sKILLINGs AVENUE.
A r. Barrows has enlarged and re-
modelled his house, making two tene-
ments Of II, and has built q stable In
connection.
| OXFORD STREET.
Charles +. Bennett has large Ice
house in process OF building.
Besides the above there should be
noted the new boilers xnd boiler house
at the corn factory, and the expenditure
of $500 or more ~ improvements at the
grounds OF the Oxford County Agri-
cultural Society--includiDg new toilet
rooms, rebuilding Of race track, etc.
THE FIRE LOSS.
Some property has been destroyed by
fire during the season and not yet re-
stored. though the prospect Is that IL
will be- early 10 the coming season.
| In the fire on Market Square, the II.
n Bolster store was entirely destroyed,
the Wilson store practically the same,
the II .m stable was all destroyed, the
ell ruined and the house badly damaged.
S. p. Maxim has the sills laid for new
building on the Bolster lot, the full
width Of the lot; the Wilson lot has been
purchs sed by Will Richards, who plsns
TO build next season; and the Ham
house has been repaired and cellar
dug for IL on Pine Street, 70 which 1t will
be moved 10 the spring, when Il Is ex-
pected business block will be built on
the corner where the house now stands
The pavilion and most Of the seats at
Electra Park were burned the night OF
the Fourth Of July, and nothing has
been done toward rebuilding.
The house Of w. w. Jacobs near the
Norway crossing, which was practically
destroyed by fire, Is now being rebuilt.
The damage done By 6re to the house
of Birney Field has been repaired.
The damage done to the tin-plating
shop at the Paris Manufacturing Co.'S
plant last February, has been repaired.
The loss caused by the fire Of last
Thursday morning, when the Hotel Cen
trail was entirely destroyed and the Jones
store was gutted, was barge, and 1t is too
early as yet to say definitely what will
be done about rebuilding.
When Men Buy Plumes.
| Isat behind two women in Four.
tenth street car when funeral process.
sion, made up Of members OF some Sc.
cret society in full regalia passed uptbe
street. The sight of the plumed hats dis
pleased one Of the women in front OF