Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-30

Mrs. Ia. A. Rounds.
Mr.. aud Mrs. w. B. Edwards are a
Dixfield to spend Memorial Day.
Howard Wheeler is at home fror
Burlington, Vt, for Memorial Day.
The factory of the Paris Manufactur
ing Co. is shut down for the day Mon
day.
The Littleton Fruit Co. opened busi
ness in the store in Maxim Block til
last of the week.
The c Pond fishing party returne,
Thursday with a good lot of trout and
report of good sport.
Rev. FIR. Summa of Lewiston was tn,
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. Emele.
the first of last week.
Misses Grace and Lisbeth Murphy ar,
at home from their schools in Gilead t.
remain over Memorial Day.
Mrs. l.. B. Carter is in Boston fo
medical treatment and expects to re
main there for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Merrill and two
daughters of Auburn were guests a
Lyman S. Merrill's on Sunday.
A. C. Jones and Edward l.. Greene
have returned from Freeport where they
have been plumbing bath room.
George A. Wilson, Jr., inspector fol
the New England Telephone Co. at Bid
deford, was at home over Sunday.
The Woman's Home NJ. S. of the
church will meet with Mrs.
d. NJ. Richardson Friday at p. NJ.
Paris Grange will hold the next meet
ing June Sd, and will vote as to holding
every other meeting in the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Tucker of Port.
land spent Sunday with the family OF
Mr.. fuckers father, James r. Tucker.
Rev. II. A. Clifford and others will
hold meeting at Elm Hill school house
next Sunday at 3P. NJ. All are invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. |. Monk and two
of Auburn are guests of his
father, |. j. Monk, over Memorial Day.
Miss Bertha Andrews and Harold
made trip to Miss Andrews
home in Lowell Saturday, returning Sun
lay.
Roy II. Curtis, who has been attend
ing Shaw's Business College, has gone to
The Maine Insane Asylum for months
trial.
The switchboard of the Citizens Tele-
phone Co. is being transferred from the
store of j. F. Plummer to the drug store
IF j. Ii. Brooks.
Miss Frances King, who has been at
tending Bliss Business College, has a
position as book-keeper for ID. b.
stevens, Auburn.
y. d. Bolster has begun work on the
J. J. Morton house. A stable will be
built, a story added to the ell, and other
changes and additions made.
Mrs. II. E. Wilson entertained the
other members of the Schubert Quar-
tette, with Mrs. Cora S. Briggs and Mrs.
Penfold, at tea Friday evening.
The Congregational pulpit was sup
piled on Sunday by Rev. Mr.. Woodwork
Df Lewiston. Rev. A. h. Baldwin begins
his pastorate next Sunday, and is expect
ed to be here.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Meth
Ddist church will serve a supper in the
vestry at $50 p. NJ, Wednesday, to be
followed by an entertainment at p. NJ.
The usual prices.
Ernest S. Bartlett, formerly of Paris,
now a special examiner in the pension
bureau, stationed at Ionia, Mich, is in
Oxford County on few days vacation,
and called on friends here Monday morn
ing.
w. Doten of this place and Miss
Annie l.. Merrill of West Bethel were
married at Bethel Sunday by Rev. A. ID.
Colson, and came at once to South Paris.
They will 90 to housekeeping soon in the
Bryant house next the Baptist church.
Mrs. G. W. Peckham of Somerville
will speak at the Baptist church next
Sunday evening in the interest of home
missions. She has recently taken a trip
the missions of Indian Terri
tory. A cordial invitation is extended
to everybody.
The Oxford County Sunday School
Association meets at RumfOrd Falls
evening and Thursday. Rev.
n. A. Clifford will give an address.
Mrs. Clifford will attend the convention
and visit her father, Mr.. A. j. Knight,
at East Rumford.
A very successful fair was given by
the schools in the brick building Saturday,
with a sale in the afternoon and an en-
in the evening. A good net
sum was realized from the sale, and
there was large house in the evening.
The programme included recitations and
music, farce entitled "A Family Jar"
and floral drill by eighteen girls, which
last feature was especially attractive.
Ernest Z. Cross and George r. Bray
were arrested at Bethel and brought to
Jail Saturday morning. Mr.. Cross has
for some time run drug store at Bethel.
Last October several indictments were
found against him for liquor selling, and
at the March term of court he was given
a sentence of sixty days in Jail. The
other indictments were continued by
County Attorney Barnes, on the distinct
condition that Cross on the expiration OF
his sentence should promptly leave the
state. His sentence was concluded few
DAYS since, and he returned to his home
in Bethel. As he made no move to leave
and showed no disposition to do so, war
rants for his arrest on the other indict-
ments were issued. Sheriff Mclntire
and Deputy Kilgore drove to Bethel in
the night, and in the morning not only
secured Cross, but also Bray. Bray,
who is a son of Mrs. Cross, was indicted
several times for liquor selling at the
last October term, but got away before
he could be apprehended. 1t said tina,
he has since been back occasionally, but
has kept out of sight when here. UP to
Monday noon neither party had secured
bail, which is fixed at $500 on each IN
dictment.
BOLSTER DISTRICT.
Mrs. Charles Gowell is i'll with stom
ach trouble.
Ed DeCoster of Buckfield was in thi'
place last Thursday.
Miss Nellie Dwinal of Mechanic Fall
is a guest at Wallace Clifford's.
Henry Maxim has moved his famil!