Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-07-18
The oxford Democrat.
SOUTH PARIS.

SOUTH FAkte fost oxtNk
oa,.s pcars ete 20 A. NJ $50 A. ~ b
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GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
a, and sfser June -. lsss. trains lesvs So.sl
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ssr'iay paper train arrives lo;is H.
CHURCHES.
yirs. Congregational Church. X ,. haugneon
pastor ON sunday, preaching servces 10 =
~ and 40 y. N. sabbath school u y.
prayer meeting r sss ~, ssSn,ss' of"oa'
sxs,sc.i,st Church. Rev. I. A. Bean, PAseor
ON sunday, moraing prayer meeting, ~ a
preaching service. lossy $500 a. Ap sn oS0
~, nag prayer meeting p. "a, prayer mesonl
T,e,slsy evening; class ne ting. Friday evening
Raptist church, Rev. Il. j. Rsmsdeii, Pastor
on san az. preaching service 10 - 4. n: SAB
hstb Sehsol IL N. PRAYER meeting No =. H.
PRAYER meeting TUESDAY evening
STATED MEETINGS.
N.-Parls Losixe, No. ~. REGULAR
,.'.,,S, Tpesday evening on or before full moon
TD d. s-Nount Mica Lossye, regular meet
So. Thursday evening OF each week-Aerors
EscampDent, nrst and third Monday evenings
Of SSS9 Mcupt Pleasant Rebekah Lodge. No.
a, meets second and fourth Fridays OF each
month in Odd fellows' Hal ,.s
nv. n. ktmban Post. No les. meets
Al thursday aud third saturday evenings Of
..,rh ronth. In g A Han
W n kimnan Relief Corps meets hrss
Thgr-.iay and third saturday evenings OF eace
month IN Relief Corps Hall
. of H-Parts TRANCE. second saturday OF
s,.b mouth The Strange store Is open for trade
y.Ir.--tisy and saturday Afternoons
q. ID &. C.-second and fourth Mondays OF
n q. P.-s,oay Brook Lodge. No Isl.
meets AZ l.. A. X. Han second and fourth We'd
NO. a zach month.
IN P.-HAmin Lcise. No. 81. meets every
Frilay evening Al Masonic Hall
Frank Stanley OF Rcxbury WAS In
town last week.
Mrs. +. :. Barnes and daughter Helen
arr visiting in Portland.
George T.. Mscomber, ESQ, OF Au-
gusts. WAS in town Thursday
Mrs. u. y. True Of New Gloucester
i.,tA. l.. Holmes for short stay.
Nrs.L. u. Stesrns is on visit to her
soa and daughter In Csmoridgeport,
MSS.
NJ 4. /. Buck and children are at
Clif island. Portland Hsrbor, for stay
oftWo weeks or more.
Miss Emma T.. Shurtletf and Miss Mel
III, whitman are spending their an
nunl vacation AZ Old Orchard.
Dr. l.. Buck goes to Andover this
,e.k aud his dental rooms here will be
closed Tuesday, Wednesday aud Thurs
day.
Nrs. l.. j. Dodge OF Minneapolis Is
here on visit 70 her brother, j. r.
Ming. and other relatives and friends In
her native town.
The North Atlantic Squadron, and a
single fare on the railroad. drew fair
number from this place 10 Portland, the
four last days of last week.
Mrs. c. W. Bowker and daughter
Nuriel are spending month with mrs.
RoUker's parents, John =. Stanley and
Nifc AZ the Auburn hatchery.
Nis.es- Blanche and Ethel Dean are
spspding A vacation Of two weeks IN
N,s.achusetts. and may spend some
time in Rhode Island before they return.
IL. Pulsifer Is having number OF
s,mples OF his dustless ash sitter msce.
n. proposes 70 do the fairs thoroughly
hi, fall with IL, in this state and Massa-
Chusetts.
I SpofFord has been here for sew
e-sl dsys, preparing TO move his iamhy
and household goods 20 HopedAle, Mass,
where he il employed, and where ne mas
been for the past fourteen months
Henry Merrill has become fully per-
susdsd Of bis preference for outdoor
wo-k and has closed his engagement 10
Plummer's store and Is Mt work hsying
in Turner. Harry Maxim takes his place
10 the store.
Supt Jones Of the Norway and Paris
street Railway will run moonlight ex-
cursion over the road including two
hons sail around Norway lake some
evening next week. The date Will De an |
uounced later.
The street car ran of the track jus,
hevond Gary Street THURSDAY forenoon,
In consequence OF short htnge on
peW wheel, and a slight spreading OF
the rails. No serious damage, except
4 suspension OF traffic for two hours,
Including the noon trips
The following newly elected officers
% Hamlin Lodge, h. OF T., VIII oe 70.
stalled ~ the next regular meeting oi
the lodge. Friday evening;
Co.'S. NJ King.
NC-R. l.. Cumming
P-vate-rhOnas = BArDes-
Mo- E-Horalio Woodbury.
" % F-F kimoAu-
h Ora S-A.W walker
Al A.-reryy NJ walker
N We NJ. ritcomb.
Ca Egelow
b &C. II. LuDt-
". H.H. futile, former resident OF
smith Paris. died az Ssowhegsn friday
,,,rning AZ The age OF 50 years. MI.
'rr.,Is as a .s.ortv-niuer," being one OF
~. ,;rst ~ 90 10 the land of gold trip
which occupied lS3 DAYS. since thst
- ~ hsd snent most OF his life In
t,lisornis ard other Western states, en-
: .ged in mining. In 1897 be spent sew
t-,1 weeks 10 South Paris WIN nis
LEI hew. Frank A. Thsyer. Atter iesV'us
D., "a ent 10 Montana 10 look si'er some
mining interests there, MAKING ,ne 'I,P
bl,h WAYS entirely unattended. ne
leaves three brothers, one in Ssownegsn'
one in Cleveland. aud one In San ran
cisco.
We have had thunder showers BEFORE,
tu. most people say that We have neSe,
had one 70 compare with the shower OF
l,.- Wednesday evening, between ana
...,ln,E There Was not heavy ram
f,ll. or a high wind, but the hghtnins
and ,he thunder were the memory OF
lifetime. IL ia almost remarKsoie 1na'
there WAS no more serious damage Done
CA the Top OF the ridge back OF =. l.
>pod1rd's house on Western Avenue; :
s-ge pine tree was split down and the
top cut of about twenty-five feet from
the ground. Along the line OF the cleo
trio light wire from the Gothic Street
crossing 20 Myrtle Street, severs poies
V.re spirtered, and corner OF hirsm
I.oy,iov's barn, which stood close 20 one
~ IN. poles. was marked BY the nuio.
\ holt came down in c. y. Penieys
grove on the river bank north OF .ne VIZ
Isge. and mother below A. +. Morses
on oxford Street. At A. L. Shurtlen
grain mill on Skillings Avenue, nSn,-
ming srres,er on the telephone WAS blown
70 pieces. and the top of the transformer
on a pole IN front Of the mill Was olo~u
OF 4 few other telephones iost ,nei'
fuses and were disabled for the Tune.
We nav consider ourselves fortunate
ih,r the actual damsge done amounts "
only few dollars.
There was a hearing before the county
commissioners 81 the court mouse iucs-