Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-10-21
William B. Russell and wife are visit

George Ham is spending week in
Albany hunting.
The additional tier of cells is being
put in at the Jail.
E. c. Peterson of Portland is a guest
| of Writ Stanley this week.
A. j. Bigelow of Berlin, formerly OF
South Paris, was in town Sunday.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Titcomb of Rumford
Falls made short visit here last week.
Mrs. j. F. Stanley of the Auburn
Hatchery was at G. W. BOwker's last
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bonney of Sumner
were guests at j. d. Haynes last We'd
nesday.
The Relief Corps will have an informal
meeting at their room next Saturday
evening.
Chester Record and family have moved
from Portland into rent in Leon
Tufts house.
Advertised letter in South Paris post
office Oct. 20:
/ Chris DonohO.
DR.. J. W. Davis and family of Cliff
Island made short visit at DR.. c. l..
Bucks last week.
The Washington excursionists, who
returned home last week, give glowing
accounts of the trip.
Rev. A. W. Pottle of the Methodist
church exchanged pulpits with Rev. b.
+. Pickett of Norway Sunday.
Mrs. Clara Howard is visiting her Sis
ter at Jamaica Plain and other relatives
and friends in Massachusetts,.
Judge Strout is accompanied by Mrs.
Strout at this term of court. They are
stopping at the Andrews House.
Fred Jackson of Lynn, Mass, a resi-
dent of Paris when boy, visited his
aunt, Mrs. S. F. Briggs, few days last
week.
The ladies of the Baptist Social Circle
will give supper Thursday evening at
$3.50 o'clock and entertainment TO which
all are cordially invited, price - cents.
The Good Cheer Society meets We'd
ueSday afternoon, and il is desired that
all members shall be present, to make
arrangements regarding the association
next week.
w. D. Morrison and wife of Ruther- |
ford, y. j., are guests of Mrs. Morrison's |
brother, l.. 5. Billings. Mr.. Morrison is |
an assistant superintendent for the Pull |
man Company with an Office in Jersey |
City.
The second lecture in the Peoples |
Course will be given by Judge Percival
Bonney of the Cumberland Superior
Court, at the Methodist church next
Friday evening. Subject, "A New
England Town"
The schools were all suspended on
Friday, while the teachers attended the
of the Oxford County Teach
ers' Association at Norway. Some
more than a hundred teachers, from all
parts of the county. were in attendance,
and very interesting and profitable ses-
siOns are reported.
Among those who went to Boston on
the excursion Monday morning were A.
H. Doble and wife, Master Louis Clark,
+. A. Shurtleff and wife, Mrs. W. p.
Morton, Mrs. II. E. Wilson, Mrs. Charles
Miss Annie Edwards, n. c.
McKeen. E. NJ. Thayer, II. b. Holden.
large number of tickets for the ex-
cursion were sold, both at this station
and at Norway.
Mrs. Eliza r. Wheeler, widow of
Joseph Wheeler, died Friday at the
home of her son, p. Z. Wheeler, in South
Paris, at the age of s. years. The
funeral Sunday afternoon was attended
by Rev. 4. W. Pottle, assisted by Rev.
DR.. Brooks. Paris Grange, of which
Mrs. Wheeler was member, was
present in a body, and performed the
burial service of the order at the house.
Mrs. Wheeler has had seven sons. The
oldest one died in the army. The
other six are living, in various places in
Maine, New Hampshire and Massachu-
setts.
Sheriff Tucker on Wednesday searched
The room in Mrs. Rideout's rent in Davis
Block occupied by Linneus r. Cole. He
found there two gallons OF hard liquors
IF various kinds, in bottles and demi-
Johns, and an empty jug. Mr.. Cole was
taken into custody, and Thursday morn
ng was arraigned in the Norway NUM- |;
,ipal Court on a search and seizure COM
plant. He pleaded guilty, but was adj
Judged guilty by the court. and sentenced
20 fine of 500 and costs of about SO, |,
,r sixty days in Jail. He appealed, and
bonds was released from
custody. Mr.. Cole paid fine for single
ale a few weeks since
Ground was broken for the Univers-
Hist church at $50 Monday morning,
md quite an audience were in at
enhance Rev. Mr.. Little, in opening,
cad portion of the account of building !,
he tabernacle, and offered prayer. He
ollowed this with q brief appropriate
and then called upon 5. p.
Stearns as the oldest member of the !,
parish trustees, to throw up the first
,hovelful of earth. Mr.. Stearns was
followed by several others of the parish,
men and women, and few representa-
ives of other parishes and denomina-
ions, each of whom threw out shovel
'ul of earth. The exercises closed with
singing of the doxology, and benediction.
The Good Cheer Society furnished
supper for over $50 at its anniversary
Tuesday evening. The
supper was served in Grand Army Hall,
which was nearly three times filled.
The evenings entertainment was given
IN New Hall, beginning at s o'clock. The
feature of the entertainment .
was Mrs. Jarley's Wax Works, which !
was given in two sections. Mrs. K. l..
Cummings as Mrs. farley set forth the :
attractions of the collection in glowing
terms, and Albert d. Park and George ,
Soper in burnt cork brought in the
'figgers" and manipulated them with
much dexterity. The characters rep
resented were too many to enumerate, ]
but they were varied and highly anus
ing. Between the sections of the wax
works miscellaneous programme was
given, including q song by Howard Shaw,
by an instrumental duet by
the little Misses Dean, song by the
little Misses Chandler, and song and
dance by Ralph Andrews and Raymond
Penfold, all of which were heartily en-
cored. There was also series of we'll
posed tableaux. The audience filled the
hall beyond it's seating capacity, and the
financial results of the evening were
very satisfactory.
The first lecture of the Peoples
Lecture Course under the auspices Of
the Epworth League was given at the
Methodist church Friday evening by
Rev. C. E. Lund of Portland. 1t was
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