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The Nome nugget., 1901-08-02
LIQUOR
 LICENSES fifty-Seven Taken Out For Present Quarter. IN OUTSIDE PLACES
Have Thus Far Been Bought and Paid For. Over S2O, 900 Paid in Nome in Past Month to Clerk o! the District Court.

Between July l. and August l, 1901. the clerk of district court has issued U wholesale and retail liquor licenses in Nome and 222 for points outside the city.
 Liquor licenses are taken out quar- terly for the most part. on the basis oi Sl.50o per year in cities and towns for retailers licenses. 5000 for whole salers. and $oO0 for road houses
 Up to date Nome has contributed, approximately. $2l GOO to the govern ment for liquor licenses. one-h half of which amount will be used for schools and general municipal purposes. Figuring on the basis of the quarter ending September go next, the amount paid for liquor licenses for the fiscal year ending June 90 next would reach the enormous sum of ST 900. But. a., before stated, the licenses are taken out quarterly and succeeding quarters will. without doubt. witness d big de- crease in the number of sa alO0n5 in Nome.
 Licenses have been issued tothe fol- lowing houses in Nome: Northwestern Commercial Co.,, Arctic Trading Co.,, A. LamoreuX. Dawson X .outer O. Brown X Gunderoon. S'eilert X Gibson. J. A. Johnson X Co.,, E. M. Wheeler May X 'Kemter, George J. O'i,eillN. Moore & Jackie. w. A. Balrieau, T. 1. Urquhart, B. Hetfron, Muther X Adams. J. Brannen. O'lirien & Hogan. J. B. Miller HoXsie X Earp, (. F. Schneider, F. F.. Daggett, F. F.. Simons. Northway & Nelson, J. D. Jourden, A. Otto. T. J. Nestor. Linde- berg X Kjelsberg @. Ba! les & Co.,, A. (. Schow, W. F. Fairchild. II. C. Wilkinson O. Cooper X Duprls. A.. Anderson X Co.,, J. B. Starr. Kickard Murphy X Little Reber X KrebS. J. J. Wilson. II. Madden, Mver X Hickic. Nuhr X Muhr, klonquist X Steele English X Beaton. Frank Johnson, w. NJ. Wheeler, Quallv X Thorp, Thomas \. Gill; Murphy X Hayner, Rust X Roberts. Fred A. Hamilton, l.. F. Per son. II. Thomas, Kelly & Holland.
 Bluff City-Charles Hermanson, Ole Iaggenson, E. l.. Trcttcn.
 Council-A. F.. Co.,. |. Brogan.
 Mary's Igloo-W. J. Mertaugh. Me- Lean x Co.,. Nj. J. Farrell. Geo. w.. Thompson. Leve Balner, Schultz X Figur. II. Rolfe.
 Checkerstown--A. F. Eaton. J. A. Myer.
 Alder creek-J. A. Dineen, J. B.. Dyer.
 Gold Run--Nels Swanberg.
 Teller-Gibnel X kearney.
 Solomon river Gordon Shea.
 Kougarok J. SiiscOvich.
 Hungry creek --puinton X Ramey.
 Anvil creek O. F. Davis.
 Carson-.Jas. l.. Cain.
 Dexter creek McGovern, F.. Richards.
 Port Safety-ChaS. Meyer.
 Nome river-7J. Sutherland.
 Johnson X Nolkner, Par rish X Kaufman. Roll X Walsh.
 Chinik k-Northern Commercial Co.
The Nome nugget., 1901-08-02
WORK OF THE
 CITY ASSESSOR
Difficult in Many Cases to Find the Owners of a Good Deal of
 Improved Property.

Faxes on real and personal property will become due on September l. next. In the meantime City Assessor Watson is busilv engaged preparing the assess ment rolls, assisted by R. r. Barden.' formerly of Helena, Mont.
 Ihe work of preparing the rolls is necess ,arily slow. as Mr. Watson finds it difficult in many cases to ascertain the owners.of improved property. and it is only upon Improvements that an assessment can be levied. Many men who own houses or cabins are out in the different districts at work on the creeks: their houses are closed and their next door ne ghbors don't know their names.
 The assessment rolls will be fully completed, Mr. Wa.oon says, before the first of Septcmbor, and he will have them in readiness for the col lectOr to do his work. He has not, as yet, even an approximate idea as to what figures the total assessment will reach.
The Nome nugget., 1901-08-02
A RAILROAD NAMED
Jos. SIisco,iCh, the Veteran Golden Gate Mining N;ar flakes Prophecy AS to the Production of Gold in this Section in the Next 20 Years.

'"Over half million dollars in dust district this year if supplies could be gotten in to that scction,' said Joseph Slisrovich. the other day. There is probably DO man in that section who knows it better than Mr. SiiscoVich. He was the first recorder of that dis trct when it was organized in 1899. Subsequently, when the disti jet was merged with the kougarOk section, he was appointed recorder for the new district. which was called kOugarOk. He has interests in that section, and he upon actual experiences and hard work. He has, besides. investigated for him self many other sections of Northwes- tern Alaska, travellny over them and prospecting the country as he came to it.
 Nlr. Sliscovich is located at a place called Golden Gate, on the Pilgrim river. He came into town the other .tiav, and in the course of a cOnVers 1- .tlun with the NUGGET he said:
 "lnSide of 20 years this section Of Alaska will have produced more gold than all the rest of the world combined during the same period of tune. There is gold in abundance in this country. The creeks. rivers and mountains abound with it. and sometimes 1 won der why the American capitalist is so slow in recognizing the fact. But We do not want capital: we simply want transportation facilities. Give Us the opportunity to lay down the supplies on a hundred creeks in the Golden Gate country at a moderate cost, and the miners will do the rest. We need a railroad between Nome and the mouth of the Kougarok. IL can be built at q . small cost. as there are no great en- yineeriny ditiicultie, to overcome. There is absolutely no grading to be done. no big fills to be made. nor no deep cuts. The grade is easy all the way. A few streams would have to be hridged. but for the most part line of rails could be stretched over the tundra at comparatively small cost.
 "The great need of this section is easy and quick communication between the various points. Give Us these and you would see a steady stream of gold pouring into Nome. Work is retarded in the Golden Gate section simply for the reason that the supplies are not there to work the claims. What is the consequence? Men who would be talk ing out gold are only doing their '.s- sesSment work in order to hold their claims.
 ''Besides the placer fields the quartz outlook is promising. Recently a ledge has been discovered in the vicinity of Golden Gate creek that can be traced a distance of l2 miles. 1t is from 20 to loo 0teet wide, and is a true ti9sure vein. Only the crudest kind of assays have beon had, but the rock is rich Tn gold. | have with me some of the quartz, and am gong to have it thoroughly ,aSt.6 v
The Nome nugget., 1901-08-02
OUTSIDE NEWS NOTES.

The treasury of Hawaii i. in serou, condition of depletion.
 Prince Non Hohenlohe, formerly Ger imperial chancellor, k dead.
 A report that the bandit, who robbed the Great Northern train in Montana, han been surrounded was discreditcd at Great Falls.
 The crews of the Center Star and War Eagle mines. Roosland. B. C.. walked out on July l2. The number on strike is l.2OO.
 on July l3, it was expected at Pitts burg that the strike of the Amalgam- atcd Iron aud Steel Workers would be compromised.
 On July r. intense heat was still pre- vaiIng in Kansas and Missouri. kdn.a, i- stricken with a drought worse than any since 1850.
 The yacht Columbia defeated the Constitution on July L. at Newport. t. l. The md'pencence lost her top- mast and came in last.
 Frank I. Hoffman of Los Angeles. established u new worlds record for amateur bicycIi>ts. July To. at Butte, Mont, riding a AaII-miIc Ill 1G 41 ~,c- Onde.
 \. D. Lynch has been recommended by Comptroller of Currency Dawes d. his successor. Dr. Dawes res 4ucd in order to become d candidate ror the United Slate- ~enatc from Illinois.
 Frederick D. White, son of Andrew n. Whitc United :,laieo amhaooador to Germany. committed suicide july at Syracuse. x. Y. Deceased WIS 42 year, old. Ill health i, assigned d, the cause of the act
 The Ohio Democrats have nominated James kilhoutnc for governor and Anthony HoWclI, for lieutenant gov ernOr. During thc convention the por- trait of Bryan, which was being carried through the hall, Was tlampled on the floor.
 Sixteen persons were Killed. two fatally injured and a number of others more or less seriously hurt Jul ' g on the Chicago and Alton railroad at Nor ton. Mo-. a, the result of d head end collision between d pa,aengcr and d live stock train.
 Judge NJ. (. Brown. of the first judicial division of Alaska, i, visiting his old home in Wyoming on d 60 days leave of absence. Since Judge Brown opened court. in 1900, 41 .!unruu he has tried and disposed of 900 cases, civil and criminal.
 The machinists' strike. which was org Inized May 20. ha, been declarpd o1 in Cincinnati. At the hcadquarter, of the Intcluational Association of Machini>ts at Washington. D. C.. President o 'Connell admitted that the collapse 0f the strike al Gin 'innati, was likely to have considerable effect on the general etijk' ao Cincinnati had been regarded ae the center of fighting, but reiterated thnt there Was no in- tention to call off the general strike.
The Nome nugget., 1901-08-02
RuhIin Beats .:tzc:lnmOrs.

'' Gus Ruhlin. the Akron giant. de- feated Bob titzsimmon> in d GrHco- Roman wrestling match in Madison Square Garden. New York. July IL, Ruhlin winning two falls in succession, with a quarter of an hours rest be- tween. Ruhln secured first fall. in ii minutes ana 34 seconds, and the second in l2 minutes and 31 seconds. Ruhiin' $ weight, l90 pounds, was too much for Lanky Bob, who weighed l60.
The Nome nugget., 1901-08-02

Family rooms can be had by apply. ing at the Golden Gate hotel.
The Nome nugget., 1901-08-02
Cons:dines Admitted to Bail.

John w. Considinc, the Seattle va riety theater man and gambler, who killed former Chief of Police Meredith of Seattle on June ?. and his brother. Tom ConSidine. were admitted to bail by Justice of the Peace George on July l2. John COnsdine in the sum of S2O, = GOO, and Tom Considine in the sum of $2, 800.
The Nome nugget., 1901-08-02
What the. Agents Say.

Agent Reed of the steamship Ore fion. says the Oregon should arrive about August , from Seattle. As will be seen elsewhere in this paper the Oregon is advertised to leave Nome for Seattle on August :. This steamer Is a record breaker.
The Nome nugget., 1901-08-02
The Signs Come Down,

Yesterday the owners of buildings along Front street were notified to re- move their projecting signs by 10 o'clock this morning. Therefore early this morning dozens of men were busy tearing down signs, and by noon Front street presented totally different aspect from the night before.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-11-05
EAST HEBRON.

The parishioners are treating the meet
ing house to new coat of shingles.
Quarterly meeting of the F. B. society
commences the evening of the 9Th with
a lecture from Mr.. Ohol from India,
now student in Bates College, who has
been here eight years. He will dress in
suit such as the natives of India wear,
lecture on their customs and sing song
in his native language. A large assembly
is expected.
Mrs. L. R. Hodsdon, Mrs. II. A. Rec.
ord and Hazel Hodsdon passed few
days with relatives in North Parish,
Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Allen recently Wis
tied relatives in Arson.
Mrs. Frank Nash returned last week
from her visit.
Clara Washburn is in Turner with heI
niece, Leala Davis, and other friends.
Apple A. Merrill is passing a few
weeks with her cousin, Maud Farris, al
Mechanic Falls.
Caleb Farris has commenced on his
new purchase, the farm known as the
n. Il. Merrill farm, by breaking up 9
part of one field, that was somewhat
run down.
Mrs. Rufus Fuller is gaining. Emma
Bailey is with her.
Mary Warren has gone to Virginia fol
her health, where she passed last winter
and received benefit from the climate.
Mr.. Sturtivant has bought large
amount of apples around US for IS pei
barrel.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-11-05
LlNCOLN'S LOGIC.
How Old Abe Learned to Tell When
Thing II Proved.

How Old Abe Learned to Tell When
q Thing II Proved.
A man who heard Abraham Lincoln
speak in Norwich, Conn.,, some time
before he was nominated for president,
was greatly impressed by the closely
knit logic Of the speech. Meeting him
next day on a train he asked him how
he acquired his wonderful logical pow
ers and such acuteness In analysis.
Lincoln replied: 1T was my terrible
encouragement which did that for me.
When I was a young man, I went Into
an Office to study law. I saw that a
lawyers business Is largely to prove
things. said to myself. Lincoln,
when Is a thing provedT That was a
poser. What constitutes proof? Not
evidence; that was not the point.
There may be evidence enough, but
wherein consists the proof? I groaned
over the question, and finally said to
myself, 'Ah, Lincoln, you can't tell
Then I thought what use Is 1t for me
to be in law Office II can't tell when
a thing Is proved?
$50 gave 1t up and went back
home. Soon after I returned to the
old log cabin I fell In with copy OF
Euclid. l had not the slightest notion
of what Euclid was, and I thought !
would find out. I therefore began at
the beginning, and before spring had
gone through the old Euclid's geometry
and could demonstrate every PROPOSE
tion in the book. Then In the spring,
when had got through with It, l said
to myself one day, 'Ah, do you know
when a thing Is provedY and I an
swered, Yes, sir, do. Then you may
20 back to the law shop and went"
Exchange.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-11-05
EAST WATERFORD.

Henry Joseph Haggett, after long
illness passed away the morning Of the
18th, aged 10 years. He leaves widow
and three children, Mrs. Nancy McCrel-
lis of Norway, Elmer H. Haggett Of
South Paris, and Jennie, who, with her
husband, Geo. Stevens, lives on the home
farm.
Mrs. G.. L. Kilgore has been spending
a fortnight with her people in New
Hampshire. Her brother, Ed Witham.
came back with her.
James Tibbetts is building q wood
shed.
Pride Brothers are laying pipe to bring
the water in the house. There will be a
pump down stairs and one above.
Arthur Swift is repairing his house
on Temple Hill before moving In.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman Berry of Den
mark called at Will McGown's and Mrs.
Ella Ames' Sunday.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-11-05
BYRON.

Mr.. and Mrs. n. Greene of East Win,
throp have been visiting their daughter
Mrs. lothian Shaw, the past two weeks
Mrs. r. E. Taylor and her children
came down from the lakes Friday and
stopped over Sunday. The party, con.
sisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Greene, Mr.. and
Mrs. Shaw and daughter, and Mrs.
Nellie Taylor and children, visited
friends at Weld Sunday.
DR.. Proctor and lady of Weld and DIR.
Kittredge and wife of Pennington were
in town the other day on a hunting and
pleasure trip.
Burt Brown was in town Wednesday
of last week collecting barrels. He re-
ports barrels scarce, and apples quite
plenty in Weld, Carthage and Dixfield.
George and John Taylor are at work
in Swain Il Reeds mill.
Miss Grace Ladd, who has been sick
for some time, is somewhat better.
Miss Gertrude Ladd is attending high
school at Rumford Falls, going down on
the train daily.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-11-05
What to Read.

Read the good old books that have
lived and held their own by the vital
ity of matter and style that makes
them standards. Don't read lot of
new books about the Bible. Read the
Bible, and then you will understand
what you may afterward read about
the Bible. Read Shakespeare, not con-
troversies on Shakespeare; read Scott
and Thackeray and Dickens and George
Eliot. Do not be content with a'short
history of literature that tells you their
best works and makes few discon-
nected extracts and tells you their
standing and what you should think
Of them.
Read intelligently and with interest,
and every book you read will guide
you to the next that Is good for you
personally far better than a strange
mentor can do, who is often full Of
theories and prejudices or perhaps has
got up course Of study as pot boil
err and has no real love Of his subject.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-11-05
WEST BETHEL.

November woods are bare and still.
November days are bright and good,
Life's noon burns up life's morning chill,
Lies night rests feet that long have stood.
Some warm, soft bed In field or wood
The mother will not fail to keep
Where we can "lay us down to Sleep"
HELEN HUNT JACKSON.
Harry N. Mills is now employed al
clerk in the II. w. Dennison store.
Mrs. NJ. E. Tyler went to East Burke
VT, on Monday last, to spend few
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Flora
Dresser.
Amos Z. Scribner, formerly of this
place, who recently moved from Wor
cester, Mass, to Gorham, N. H., was II
this village one day last week.
Joseph Wiley Cummings of Albany, 6
battle-scarred veteran of the civil war
visited his old friend, E. r. Briggs, or
Sunday last.
Nahum w. Mason, whose sudden pros
tration and serious illness we reported
last week, died on the morning of Oct
18th, aged IS years: He left a wife, one
son, one daughter, and five brothers
The son, Otis n, is a Pullman car con
ductor, married, and resides in Boston
The daughter is the wife of W. D. Mills
of this village. Four of the brothers
live in Bethel, the other is in California
The funeral was in the Union church
Sunday afternoon, Rev. Arthur varley
officiating. Mr.. Mason was farmer
and well-known bridge builder, and
always a hard working man. Worn out
by labor he now rests.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-11-05
WEST SUMNER.


The village school finished last Fri
day under the instruction of Mrs. AL
phonzo Mclaughlin.
Mr.. j. NJ. Dugan of Brattleboro, vt.
has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. G
E. Durham Of this village.
Nahum Moore of Rumford Falls wa
here visiting friends last week.
G. A. Chandler has been shinglinG
some of his buildings-grain store, car
riage house and blacksmith shop.
John Murch is at work at the santa
rum, Paris Hill.
The people at Black Mountain and
north of Labrador Pond are putting in 9
telephone line to connect with the CEN
trail here.
There were six cans of trout from the
hatchery at Auburn put in the POND
here last week.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-11-05
GREENW0Ol

o, these moonlight evenings! How
they remind one of away back there
when pairing bees were much more CON-
mon than at present, and
Deacon S. b. Cummings says that one
day last week he saw the largest flock OF
wild geese that he ever saw, and he has
seen quite number. They were all
broken up when over his place, circling
about as though half inclined to stop in
Twitchell pond, but finally proceeded
in southerly direction. 1t was i'm
possible to count them, but he estimated
the number at 100. The deacon is now
with his daughter, Mrs. C. Wesley Cole,
where he intends to stop during the
winter.
1t has been suggested more than once
that the tin cans accommodating in such
numbers might be utilized in some way,
Now a squirrel has shown how it can be
done-at least on a small scale. While
Floyd Morgan was at work in the woods
the other day, he found one of those
cans about half full of beechnuts, which
squirrel had slowed away there fol
winter use.
Daniel Bryant returned home Monday
from his excursion, having been absent
just one week. Besides the Hub hi
visited several other cities and towns IL
Massachusetts,, and he says it is aston
ishing to see what is going on there
especially in building railroads.
The apples from the three principa
orchards about here are shipped, so tina
it is now possible to give the amount
John Titus sold 106 barrels, Daniel Bry
ant AZ, Harry Cole AZ, each one, o
course, reserving enough for family use
The price paid was 50 per barrel, includ
ing first and second quality.
The forest leaves are mostly fallen
and so are the flies and mosquitoes.
Edward Lapham made very pleasan
visit at the Bennett place last Friday
He is one of the four brothers of TIT
late DR.. w. B. Lapham, and now lives il
Gardiner.
The whooping cough is still on in al
its glory, and the school is now reduced
to the teacher and four scholars.
C. r. Houghton of Canton, together
with his wife and daughter, visited hi
daughter, Mrs. Harry Cole, the last o
the week, returning home on Monday.
The meeting at the Centre last Sun
day afternoon was success, although
the number present was somewhat les
than usual. Rev. Mr.. Brown preached
an interesting sermon from these words
"There is a way that seemeth right unit
man; but the end thereof are the way
of DEATH"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-11-05
0xEORn


Eugene Burns and Granville and Altor
Verrill have gone to Richardson Lake
deer hunting.
The Parsonage Society met Thursday
with Mrs. Edward PARROT.
Frank Lords little boy has been quite
sick.
Leon Cash is sick with scarlet fever
and there are several cases in the block
Nj. and Mrs. Walter Dawes of Au'
burn were here for a short time last
week. They are having the family lot
in the cemetery graded.
Mrs. Oldenburg of Otisfield is at Mrs.
Caldwell's.
A. s. Fuller has gone to Rockland.
Mrs. John Eden is suffering from an
injury to the eye, and has been obliged
to remain in a darkened room.
Charles NJ. Andrews has bought the
ice business of John White.
Mrs. Ella q. Jordan Of Bethel, assist.
ant inspector, visited the T. A. Roberts
W. r. G. Friday afternoon.
Nettie Martin has returned from
Rhode Island, where she has been visit.
ing relatives, and Is quite sick with
what is thought to be scarlet fever.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-11-05
HEBRON,

Miss Hazel Donham and young lady
friend were at DR.. DOMAINS over Sun.
day.
We hear that $92 were taken at the
Harvest Home Festival Friday. The en-
tertainment was good and we'll attended.
Monday, the ladies of Hebron Grange
met for the purpose of cleaning the
hall. The men assisted and attended to
various matters outside the building.
A fine new eight light chandelier,
present from Prof. W. E. Sargent, was
put in place and is great improvement
in the looks of the hall as we'll as in
lighting it.
Frank Smith has torn down the shop
in front of his house and will build an
ice house and hen house on the same
side of the road as his other buildings.
The change will greatly improve his
place.
w. A. Bartlett is doing quite an ex-
press business between here and South
Paris twice a week,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-11-05
cnEEREo THE CENSOR.
How . Gallant Irish Reginaent Teek
nm After Battle scolding.

How = Gallant Irish Regiment Too8
an After Battle scolding.
The leading regiment Of our column
wus the Elfty-third, commanded that
dag by Major Payn, afterward General
Sir william Payn, K. G. B., a very fine
regiment, who, being mostly Irishmen,
were eager to meet their enemy. Mean
while I received orders to cross the nv
er by ford and get round the enemy's
right flank. and l had gone for this
purpose and was crossing about quar-
ter of mile lower down, when sud-
denly l heard loud cheering and q
heavy musketry fire, and then I saw
our troops CALAMITY advancing across
the bridge to the assault
It turned out to be the Fifty-third.
who, tired of the delay under fire and.
It was whispered, hearing that Biz
Colin had sent for his pet highlanders
to take the bridge, took their bits be-
tween their teeth and without any
further orders determined to rush the
bridge themselves, which they accord
ingly did, and with great success. The
enemy, once forced out Of their POSI-
ton, showed but poor, desultory
fight and, as at Cawnpur, fell an easy
prey to the cavalry, who, having cross
ed, some by the bridge and others, In
Guiding myself, by the ford, fell on
them and pursued them with such sue
cess that we captured every gun they
had.
The Fifty-third were well pleased
with themselves and the result OF the
fight they had so suddenly initiated
but we heard that Sir Colin was great
" annoyed with them and after the ac-
ton rated them soundly for their In
subordination. But little old these
wild Irishmen care. They had had
their fight, and real good one, 50 far
as they were concerned. and as sir
Colin concluded his speech Of reDuke
they gave him three cheers, and giving
three cheers more for General Mans
field, Sir Collins chief Of staff, who
had formerly commanded their regi'
ment, they quite upset the chiefs equa.
nimity, but at the same time cleared
away his wrath.-"Old Memories"