Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
The Oxford pennerat.
SOUTH PARIS.


GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Commencing Oct. 4. 1903.
TRAINS LEAVE SOUTH PARIS
Going down (east)-5:36 A. NJ, daily, Sundays
included 9 30 A. NJ, lao P. N. sunday only,
Going up twest)-lO 90 A. NJ. S:SS p. NJ. s47
2 NJ, daily, Sundays includedD. Sunday only,
s.2A.M.
CHURCHES.
First Congregational Church. Rev. w. 4.
brooks, ID. D., pastor. Preaching services. 10 ;4S
A. VI. and 90 P. NJ; Sunday School IL NJ; Y.
r. :. G. Z. at 8 P. NJ; Church prayer meeting on
Tuesday evening at 80 O'Clock. All, not other
wise connected, are cordially invited.
Methodist Church, Rev. A. W. Pottle, Pastor.
ON sunday, morning prayer meeting, $50 A.
NJ preaching service l0;45 An; sabbath School
u NJ; EpwOrth League Meeting, SIS P. NJ;
,yeninS prayer meeting p. NJ; prayer meeting
Baptist church. Rev. II. 5. Pinkham, Pastor.
on sunday, preaching service 10 AS A. NJ; Sab
bath school II NJ; PRAYER meeting 90 P. NJ;
PRAYER meeting Tuesday evening.
Cniyersalist Church, Rev. j. III. Little, Pastor.
Preaching service every Sunday at 30 P. N.
sunday school at 80 P. ". Evening service, !
PH.
STATED MEETINGS.
F&A. M.-Paris Lodge, No. "a. Regular
meeting Tuesday evening on or before full moon
10. .. F.-Mount Mica Lodge, regular meet
lngs, Thursday evening OF each week.-Aurora
Encampment, first and third Monday evenings
Of each month.
ID. OF R-Mount Pleasant Rebekah Lodge, No.
30, meets second and fourth Fridays OF each
month in Odd Fellows Hall.
u. A. R.-W. X. kimball Post, No. las, meets
Grst and third Saturday evenings OF each
month, In G.. A. r. Hall
VIM n. Kimbal Relief Corps meets first
and third saturday evenings OF each month"; IN
Rgifa a.
P'ofH.EParis Grange, from May l to Oct l,
meets second and fourth saturday, during the
remainder Of the year, meets every saturday N
U. 8. 6. C.-Second and fourth Mondays of
each month.
\. n. %. P-Stony Brook Lodge, No. Isl,
meets second and fourth Wednesday evenings
Of each month.
X. OF P.-Hamln Lodge. No. 81, meets every
Fri,lay evening az PythiSn Han.
Modern WOodmen Of America.-SOuth faris
Camp, No 1885,, meets second and fourth Tues
DAY evenings in Golden Cross Hall; -, ,e,,
ROYAL ArCanum.-Parris Council, No. 1871,
meets first aud third Monday evenings AZ 81.
Sylvan Shurtleff of Portland was at
south Paris Saturday.
Rev. +. G.. NorcrosS Of Mechanic Falls |
was at South Paris Friday.
Mrs. J. A. Jackson is spending the
winter in Boston and vicinity.
Percy Murch has been visiting for a
week i'm Sumner and Bucktield.
Hon. Waldo Pettengill of Rumford
Falls was at South Paris Friday.
The Seneca club will meet with Mrs.
Frank A. Taylor this Monday evening
George A. Briggs and Mrs. Louisa j.
trif
sisters at Gray.
The officers of Mt Pleasant Rebekah
Lodge will be installed at the regular
lodge meeting Friday evening of this
week.
Twenty-four inch ice IS what the farm
ers and others are getting from the river.
It's abGminably awkward stuff TO handle,
but they have TO take IT.
Flashes of lightning were observed
during the snow storm about midnight
"Wednesday night As if we didn't have
winter weather enough without that.
.,Manley,' Cobb prescott" are
sounds that are beginning to leak out
through the cracks occasionally when
group of men are talking, reminding us
that there is a governor TO be chosen
this year.
Harry f. swan, formerly of South
Paris. for some three years reporter on
the Lewiston sun, has gone from that
paper to the Manchester N. H. Mirror
and American. The employees of the
sun gave him parting gift OF ring as
a token of their esteem.
Advertised letters in South Paris post
office Jan. Is, 1904:
Mrs. A. +. Whitman.
Mrs Fred Wheeler
Mrs. Albert A. Huzzey.
G. " Benson.
G.. ~. Clark.
ST. DAVIS, Postmaster.
Carl Briggs started Saturday for
Springfield. Mass, where he will remain
until spring, To study the violin under
the same teacher with whom he has
been taking lessons at Lewiston. His
mother, Mrs. Cora ). Briggs, accom-
panied him as far as Boston, where she
viii spend few days,
ON Thursday the remains of j. b.
Woodbury. of Brunswick We're brought
to south Paris Mr.. Woodbury., who
was - years of age, was former resi-
dent of South Paris, where his father,
Elmer b. Woodbury., formerly kept hotel
for some years. The deceased, familiar
ly known as jed Woodbury., was a
horSeman. and until within very recent
wears driver in races ON this and other
tracks He leaves widow.
The Paris Public Library Association
at its annual meeting Saturday evening
chose the following officers:
Pre-ldent-James 5 Wright.
Vice. Presldcnt-A. Z. L King.
Secretary amt Treasurer-N. ID. Bolster.
Directors-,Iamts ;. Wright Sias Z. Maxim,
Miss Alice b. Knight, Alfred II, Jackson.
The directors have re-appointed Miss
Alice b. Knight librarian. The librari- !
ans report shows additions 10 the
library during the year of 30 volumes,
carving the total little above 1000.
There have been in all 12S borrowers of
books, gain over the previous year of
y. The number of books loaned for the
year was 37l7, gain over the previous
year of 1851, or nearly 10 per cent.
On Tuesday Deputy sheriff Porter of
Rumford Falls brought to Jail Frank
Nicholas, the Italian who is charged
with murder in connection with the
Christmas eve affray in the Italian settle
ment at the Falls. His name has appear
ed in the papers as Francesca NicOlOzzo,
but the complaint against hint gives the
name in its English equivalent, Frank
Nicholas. He is charged with the muir
der of Cairo Gullo by stabbing. In the
ARRAY Nicholas got a bullet wound in
the head, and the bullet, which did not
break the skull, he still carries. On
account of the conclusion resulting from
this wound, Nicholas has not been in
condition To be arraigned until Monday,
when he pleaded not guilty in the Rum
ford Falls court. One other Italian was
slightly wounded in the affray, and he
has been bound over as a witness.
Eight young people spoke for silver
medal at the contest under the auspices
of the Woman'S Christian Temperance
Union, at Good Cheer Hall Wednesday
evening. The music for the evening
was by the Young Peoples Orchestra,
and was heartily applauded. Mrs. l.. W.
Berry, president of the South Paris
union, presided, and the contestants sat
ON the stage with her. The speakers
were Carleton Berry, Myrtle Buck, Wal
lace Clifford, Dorothea Doble, Ida May |