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1827
In January, Anthony Bennett, Jr., commenced to run a weekly stage to Bethel .- Nathan Noble was fatally injured by the fall of a tree January 13th, aged about 56 .- Uriah Holt was elected represen- tative to the Legislature. He was also chairman of the selectmen .- Ebenezer Whitmarsh, a soldier of the Revolution, died June 6th, aged 67 .- The wife of Phinehas Whitney died "of old age" June 26th.
1828
Rev. Benjamin B. Murray settled in Norway, as pastor of the Universalist church society. He had just been ordained as a minister of the gospel .- The town valuation had risen to $106,000, and the number of scholars to 637 .- Greenwood sent the representative to the Legislature .- The contest in the Presidential election was between John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, then the Chief Magistrate, and General Andrew Jackson of Tennessee. General Jackson was elected. The vote in Maine was about 20,000 for Adams to about 13,000 for Jackson. But Jackson obtained one elector from the Port- land district. The Adams men elected the Governor. Norway was strongly national republican in those times.
1829
In July a fire engine company was organized. It comprised 18 of the younger element of the business men. Among them were Ezra F. Beal, Horatio G. Cole, Jonathan B. Smith, Elliott Smith, Asa Bar- ton, John Tucker and Dr. Asa Danforth. The selectmen appointed 15 of them as enginemen to take care of and manage a fire engine subject to laws respecting enginemen. They met at the village school- house and organized by electing Lewis Crockett, master and keeper of the engine, and Elliott Smith, clerk. Asa Barton, Dr. Danforth and Ezra F. Beal were appointed as a committee on by-laws, and the company was named the "Defence Engine Company." The company dissolved in November, 1833. In May, 1834, it was reorganized. In August, 1837, the company was again disbanded only to be reorgan- ized again in 1838 .- Uriah Holt was representative to the Legislature
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for the last time .- David Noyes was chairman of the selectmen .- The number of scholars was 600 .- Solomon Millett lost his barn by fire May 7th, and with it four oxen, eight cows, four three-year-old cattle, two horses, several tons of hay and a considerable lot of grain .- On the 18th of April, Levi Frank, aged 63, was killed by falling into a cellar while moving a building for John Parsons, Jr. This occurred on what is now the Albert Richardson place .- A county temperance society organized here in June .- Mrs. Hannah (Parsons), third wife of Benjamin Witt, died January 1st, aged about 50 .- March 8th, John Robinson died from dropsy, aged 70 .- Asa Barton sold his interest in the Oxford Observer to William E. Goodenow, a practical printer. William P. Phelps had acquired an interest in the newspaper the previous year.
1830
Asa Barton's store was robbed on the night of August 12th. The burglar, giving his name as William Bacon, was captured in Weld and all the goods, consisting of silks, satins and jewelry recovered .- John March erected a clothing mill on the Noyes Brook at Norway Center and began business there in September .- Benjamin Witt lost, by fire, his house with most of the household effects, in April, and in August, the barn of John Parsons, Jr., was struck by lightning and destroyed with the hay .- Stephen Curtis, a Revolutionary soldier, died April 2d, aged 75. Phinehas Whitney, who was at Bunker Hill, died in June, aged 80. Joseph Stevens, also a soldier of the Revolution, died August 14th, aged 77, and Thomas Hill, a deserter from General John Burgoyne's army which surrendered at Saratoga, passed away July 8th, aged 84 .- A Mrs. Jordan died here May 1st, "aged 94."
1831
Dr. Thomas Roberts of Hanover, a student of Dr. Jonathan S. Millett, began the practice of medicine at Fuller's Corner .- The 4th of July was celebrated with great enthusiasm. A procession was formed, which marched to the Universalist church, where appropriate exercises were held. Prayer was offered by Rev. B. B. Murray, David Noyes read the Declaration of Independence and Dr. Jonathan S. Millett delivered the oration .- William C. Whitney and Lee Mixer became permanent residents here.
1832
Ichabod Bartlett was elected representative to the Legislature. He was the first one to be born in what is now the town of Norway to receive this honor. He was twice re-elected. Mr. Bartlett had begun his business life as clerk in William Reed's store .- A large number of children died this year from the effects of scarlet fever.
1833
Uriah Holt was chosen president of the local temperance society and Benjamin Tucker, Jr., secretary. Two hundred and fifty persons joined it during the year .- The number of pupils of school age this year was 657 .- Jonas Stevens, a soldier of the Revolution, passed away February 9 at the age of 84.
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1834
Titus O. Brown, who had been an inn-keeper at Gray, went into business with his son-in-law, Amos Purington, in what was afterwards known as the Bennett hotel. Mr. Brown was a first-class landlord .- Mrs. Rachel Briggs died January 18 from dropsy, aged about 63; Mrs. Polly Stevens Frost, February 15, from a fever, aged 43; Jacob Parsons in September, consumption, and David Gorham from the same disease, aged 58 .- Capt. John Rust, who received the mills at the upper end of the village, on the settlement of his father's estate and had become a permanent resident here in 1815, died from the effects of erysipelas, May 26th, aged 72. It is a singular fact that all three of the proprietor's sons, who came to Norway, like their father, were sea captains. And Joseph and Henry were Universalists, while John was a member of the Baptist church society. It does not appear that Captain John took any part in public affairs or was elected to any office while a resident here.
1835
Asa Thayer from Paris, went into trade in the village .- Loren H. Wrisley opened a gunsmith shop. He continued to do business here many years .- David Whitcomb, employed at Hall's Mills, was killed April 27, by some logs rolling upon him. He was 65 years old .- February 4, Hannah Holt, wife of Uriah, died from consumption, aged 46. Mrs. Hannah Merriam, wife of Silas, March 19, with same disease, aged 55; also from same disease, Mrs. Sarah, wife of Elliott Smith, June 9, aged 37; Mrs. Adaline, wife of Rufus F. Beal, died November 12, aged 28, from cancer, and Mrs. Lydia T., wife of Joseph R. Morse, aged 25, from same disease. Mrs. Drusilla, wife of Joseph Gammon, passed away suddenly, aged 65.
1836
Maj. Henry W. Millett was the Norway representative this year .- Addison A. Latham, a stage-driver of note, and later a rail- road conductor, having married Abigail Bartlett, daughter of Daniel Holt, the blacksmith, became a resident of Norway .- Deaths: Zacha- riah Weston the Revolutioary soldier, decline, at age of 75, March 19; Joseph Bradbury, April 4, erysipelas, aged 67; Mrs. Anna J., wife of Benjamin French, Jr., consumption, aged 40; Nathan Foster, Feb- ruary 5th, suddenly, aged 72; October 11, Mrs. Elizabeth Flint, con- sumption, at 70; October 21, Mrs. Stephen Pingree, same disease, at 84; in November, May Elizabeth Hall, cancer, at 72; and Mrs. Daniel Knight, December 20, from consumption, aged 74.
1837
For the purpose of distributing the surplus revenue of the United States government among the people, a census of the inhabitants was taken. Norway had a population of 1791. When finally distributed it amounted to $2 for every person in town .- Rev. Charles Soule be- came pastor of the Congregational church society this year and Rev. Reuben Millner of the Baptist society .- January 8, Col. Amos Towne died suddenly, aged 57, and Nathan Foster, Jr., January 19, from
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fever, aged 45 .- Bradley Foster, aged 13, son of Nathan, Jr., was drowned in a pond in Greenwood, July 4th.
1838
Elliot Smith, born here in 1801, was the representative to the Legislature this year. Politics ran high. The whigs had carried the state in 1837, electing Edward Kent, Governor, but he was defeated this year. Norway, always a whig stronghold, voted that way by a big majority. Besides the representative, the large vote David Noyes received in town, elected him county commissioner for two years .- Norway had a town house built at the Center, on land of David Noyes. The town meetings had previously been held in the meeting-house there .- Abigail Fuller, wife of Benjamin Fuller, died March 4, aged 72, from influenza. Three soldiers of the Revolution passed away this year: Amos Upton, April 3rd, of old age, at 96; Ephraim Bar- rows, May 30, decline, aged 77; and Dudley Pike, July 30, decline, aged 78.
1839
Capt. Amos F. Noyes marched his company to Augusta which it reached March 6th, on the outbreak of the "Aroostook War." The Governor had called out the troops. The United States government took up the boundary difficulty and the Maine militia were ordered home .- John S. Shedd's house with its contents was burned June 15th .- Two Revolutionary soldiers died this year: Jacob Frost, who was at Bunker Hill, from old age, at 84; Amos Hobbs, June 3, dropsy, aged 77. Other old people: Samuel Andrews in February, consumption, at 68; Chloe Cobb, March 19, same disease at 78; also, Mrs. John Millett, April 10, at 78; widow of Dudley Pike, April 30, dropsy, aged 80; Mrs. Peter Buck, September 10, consumption, aged 80; Mrs. Z. Perkins, September 16, dropsy, at 81, and Josiah Blanchard, October 27, at 70.
1840
David Noyes was re-elected county commissioner .- Simon Stevens, son of Joseph Stevens, the first settler, was elected representative to the Legislature. He was twice re-elected. He was also chairman of the selectmen .- The United States census this year, gave Norway a population of 1786 .- The scholars numbered 713 .- The town pur- chased a farm for the poor .- Mrs. Esther, widow of Israel Millett, lost her barn and its contents by fire in October .- The excitement over the Presidential election was unparalleled. "Maine went hell- bent for Governor Kent, Tippecanoe and Tyler, too."-Deaths of old people: Mrs. Keziah, widow of Thomas Hill, aged 93, January 13; March 4, Mrs. H. Giles, consumption, at 66; April 24, John Needham, a Revolutionary soldier, palsy, aged 80; Mrs. Susannah Frost, apoplexy, 64, April 25; Mrs. Clarissa (Noyes) Brown, October 21, dropsy, at 64; David Woodman, November 6, aged 93, and Mrs. Mary (Woodman) Smith, December 31, consumption, at 65 .- December 4, John Ames, aged 9, son of Baker Ames, was drowned in the mill pond while playing with other boys on the ice.
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1841
Simon Stevens was re-elected representative .- The new county road from Ford's Corner to Otisfield line was built in the autumn .-- Mrs. Elizabeth (Hobbs) Stevens, widow of Joseph Stevens, died April 10, aged 83; May 17, Willis Sampson, cancer, aged 65; a Mr. Francis, June 26, stoppage, at 79 .- Rev. Timothy J. Tenney settled here this year as pastor of the Universalist church society.
1842
Benjamin Tucker, Jr., was elected representative to the Legisla- ture .- Col. John Millett's house was burned on the 18th of March .- An epidemic of scarlet fever produced the deaths of many children .- Deaths of old people: July 11, the widow Prince, apoplexy, 73; Au- gust 11, Asa Pool, consumption, 50; September 20, a Mrs. Thompson, 91; October 28, Benjamin Witt, the pioneer blacksmith, palsy, at 77; November 6, Peter Buck, the first shoemaker here, at 94; and Novem- ber 24, Mrs. Ruth, widow of Capt. Joseph Rust, at 79.
1843
There were 347 polls in town and 713 children of school age .- Adna C. Denison from Vermont, went into trade at Steep Falls. He wrought a great change by paying cash for everything he purchased if it was required .- There were a few Millerites in this vicinity who looked for the second coming of Christ and the end of the world .- A fire which burnt the house of Mr. Job Eastman at Norway Center in the winter destroyed the records kept by the town clerk for 46 years .- Mr. Eastman's family escaped in their night clothes .- On the 6th of October, at a husking at Dresser Stevens'-later the Witt place-in an altercation between Hiram Totherly and Eben Hobbs, the latter was stabbed about the collar-bone with a jackknife, and died two days after. Totherly was tried for manslaughter, and convicted. He was sentenced to serve one year in the county jail. On his release he enlisted in the Mexican war, was shot in battle and died from the effects of his wounds .- Deaths: William Hobbs, first store-keeper at Norway Center, February 20, 63, consumption; April 4, Mrs. Mary Boleyn, daughter of John Lombard, the Revolutionary soldier, 48, of same disease; June 23, Mrs. Elizabeth Cobb, nearly 90; July 10, Mrs. Amelia (Wetherbee) Wilkins, dropsy; October 25, Joshua Smith, con- sumption, 73; December 1, Capt. John Millett, influenza, 76 nearly.
1844
Holden's Mills on Crooked River were burned in November .- A meeting was held at Anthony Bennett's hotel, to determine what could be done towards promoting the building of a railroad from Portland through this section to Montreal. Nathaniel Bennett was selected as chairman and Henry C. Reed, secretary. A committee was chosen to find out whether the project was likely to be pushed .- Deaths: January 8, Mrs. Jerusha (Baker) Ames, influenza, 85; March 4, Mrs. Esther (Robinson) Herring, 83; July 20, Mrs. Abigail (Millett) Par- sons, 83; July 30, Silas Merriam, palsy, 76; September 8, Mrs. Sarah (Hamlin) Crockett, dropsy, 77; October 7, Mrs. Lucy (Holmes) Smith, 82; October 29, Ephraim Brown, 55.
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1845
The second meeting relating to the railroad project from Portland to Montreal was held early in the year. Considerable interest was manifested and some stock subscribed. At another meeting in July, $20,000 of stock was subscribed .- A temperance meeting was held here under the auspices of the Washingtonian movement. The prin- cipal speaker of the meeting was Neal Dow of Portland, who after- wards was the author of the Maine Law .- There were a large number of deaths of old residents-two being pioneers in the settlement of the town, Dea. William Parsons, 85, January 8, and Benjamin Herring, 84, February 4; February 28, Job Eastman, 95; February 23, Josiah Hill, 80; June 4, Mrs. Asa Hicks, dropsy, 64; August 10, Mrs. Sarah (Kimball) Towne, 60; August 24, Mrs. Tabitha (Cotton) Bradbury, 80, nearly; October 30, Joshua Crockett, 54 ;. December 24, Daniel Watson, 83; December 29, John Frost, 77.
1846
The Norway Female Seminary was advertised in the local paper with Rev. Charles Soule as principal; Miss Emily Bailey, Teacher of Music; and Miss Ann N. Deering, Teacher of Drawing and Paint- ing .- Changes were made in the county road between David Noyes' and the Greenwood town line .- Eben Hobbs and Richard Evans began the manufacture of plows in the village .- Deaths: April 11, Daniel Young, 64; June 18, Mrs. Mary (Stowell) Rust, consumption, :55; June 28, Mrs. Annie Morse, 68; August 4, widow, Sally (Archer) Rust, 83; September 1, Mrs. Mercy Woodman, consumption, 75; October 6, widow Ruth (Symonds) Shedd, 88.
1847
Mr. Ebenezer P. Hinds took charge as Principal of the Norway Liberal Institute.
A TOWN MEETING IN '47.
Hoyt Pingree was a strange genius and a natural wit. "He was a queer compound of laziness and hard work, of simplicity and genius, of foolishness and common sense. In many things he lacked wisdom, in others he was very wise, but on two points his towns-people were well agreed, he was quick-witted and had a large heart." He was the wit of the town of that period.
Some project was started which its sponsors wished to get through at the March meeting in 1847. Much interest was shown and it was thought by those having the matter in charge that the voters present were about equally divided. A sharp discussion sprang up between the "smaller fry." Uriah Holt, then about 75, arose to speak. "He was of quiet and almost ministerial dignity, the finest sample of a gentleman of the old school then living in town." He favored the scheme, made his points well; spoke fluently and was listened to with marked attention and respect. "He was of the average height- square-shouldered, compact in build, of easy address, fluent in speech, and very much at home before an audience." After him were several desultory speeches in opposition and then David Noyes felt called upon to sustain his aged chief and long time file leader. He was tall
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and straight and verging on sixty, moderate and precise of speech, used no superfluous words, stated his proposition clearly, and left so little apparently to be said that the opponents of the measure felt that the tide had set in against them and the call was all but lost. Then from the westerly side of the house came the exclamation: "Mr. Mod- erator!" which at once drew the attention of the whole assemblage. They apparently knew what was coming for it was no new thing for Hoyt Pingree to attack the two leading men of the town of that period and put them to rout. He was younger by a year than David Noyes, not quite of the medium height and stooped, clothes rather the worse for wear and untidy, with hair and beard untrimmed. He felt perfectly at ease on his feet, and never lacked for words, though not of classical form, yet they struck the average man in such language as he could easily understand and appreciate. He attacked his op- ponents' propositions and declared the scheme to be for the benefit of the few and against the interest of the many; then he turned their arguments into ridicule and soon the people were in a roar of laughter and when he took his seat and the vote was taken, it was found that the proposed measure was defeated by a good majority. The wit and telling phrases of Pingree the commoner, had carried the question against the finer arguments of the two squires. It was Mr. Holt's last struggle in an annual town meeting, for he died in June following.
Deaths: Jan. 19, Widow Rebecca (Stevens) Frost, one of the first settlers, 80; April 15, Joseph York, Jr., 19, from injuries in saw mill at Steep Falls; April 17, William Cox, 73; June 16, Mrs. Jane (Richmond) Frost, 67, (72) ; July 3, Mrs. Mercy Bartlett, 80; July 23, Mrs. Hannah (Hammond) Parsons; July 27, Mrs. Esther Jordan, 75; Sept. 3, Mrs. Mary (Weare) March, 78; Oct. 24, Mrs. Mary (Farnum) Towne, 67; Nov. 18, Cyrus Cobb, from a fall in his barn, 54; Nov. 25, David Morse, 75; Dec. 6, John Parsons, one of the early settlers, 85.
1848
Moses B. Bartlett from Bethel began the practice of the law here .- Otis True from Poland became a taxpayer this year. He was one of a large number of new residents, attracted by the building of the Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad .- October 24, the Norway Lib- eral Institute was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies .- Deaths: February 1, Asa Barton, who published the Oxford Observer here in the twenties, consumption, 54; February 21, James Packard, a Rev. soldier, 89; March 27, Hannah (Pratt) Gorham, 80; April 20, Mrs. Martha (Wood) Merrill, 90; June 11, Mrs. Sarah Lasselle, con- sumption, 53; July 19, Rufus Bartlett, 86; July 25, Zephaniah Frost, 65; Sept. 4, Joseph Small, 74; Sept. 7, Lucy (Robinson) Hobbs, one of the first settlers, 89; Sept. 16, John Case, cancer, 75; Oct. 2, Mrs. John Parsons, 80; Nov. 28, William Reed, the first postmaster here, consumption, 73.
1849
At the annual town meeting a code of By-Laws was adopted. The by-laws were never rigidly enforced .- The railroad was built to
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Mechanic Falls during the year .- Deaths: June 21, Uriah Holt, gall stones, 73; March 17, Timothy Jordan, "old age," 82-he is said to have been a Rev. soldier who was at Yorktown-if so he could have been but fifteen years old or in his 15th year at that time, but he might have served a period before peace was declared; April 25, Susannah Tubbs, non compos mentis, 90; July 21, Widow Mary (Blake) Bennett, consumption, 70; July 24, Mrs. Elizabeth (Dins- more) Millett, same, 76; Oct. 11, Mrs. Chloe Holt, same, 80. A large number of children died during the year from a prevailing epidemic.
1850
The railroad track was extended to South Paris, and regular trains were run between there and Portland .- The United States census showed that Norway had a population of 1962. The valuation was $200,594, polls 400, and 779 scholars .- Mark H. Dunnell was one of the new settlers. He was principal of the Norway Liberal Institute. He purchased the local newspaper .- The grist mill at the head of Main street in the village was burned in December .- On the first of May, six Norway Rev. soldiers were living, viz .:- Joel Stevens in his 95th year, the oldest person in town (he died on the 18th of the same month); Joseph Gammon, aged 92-(when census was taken was in Otisfield); Samuel Ames at 91; Daniel Knight at 90; John Lombard at 86, and Darius Holt' at 85 .- Mrs. Abigail (Gor- ham) Bartlett was 91, Mrs. Mary (Shedd) Needham 85, Titus O. Brown 84, Mrs. Esther (Taylor) Hale 84, Charlotte (Churchill) Bar- rows 82, Benjamin Rowe 82, Mrs. Elizabeth Ellis 82, Mrs. Elizabeth (Blake) Bennett 82, Mrs. Charity (Doughty) Frank 81, Benjamin Flint 80, Mrs. Sarah (Wagg) Hill 80, and Solomon Millett 80. There were four others in their eightieth year: William Beal, Benjamin Peabody, John Richardson, and Mrs. Olive (Hobbs) Stevens. Three were widows of Rev. soldiers when census was taken-Mary Needham, Charlotte Barrows and Olive Stevens.
Deaths: Jan. 15, Wm. C. Brooks, 74; February 15, Jeremiah Hobbs, consumption, 64; July 20, Jonathan Woodman, 78; Mrs. Sarah (Jenkins) Pottle, 82; Aug. 10, Wm. Churchill, consump- tion, 54; August 3, Mrs. Martha (Pike) Crockett, 59; October 10, Simeon Walton, 72; William Beal, 81.
1851
The grist mill at the head of Main St., burned last year, was rebuilt and greatly improved .- Dr. Jesse Howe began the practice of medicine here this year .- Rev. John L. Stevens became pastor of the Universalist Church society .- The first great fire in the village occurred on the night of Sept. 22. It caught or was set in the stable of Anthony Bennett's hotel. An account of the fire is given elsewhere .- Deaths: Jan. 17, Hannah Jordan, 76; May 25, Levi Shedd, consumption, 55; June 17, Daniel Watson, consumption, 50; August 4, Mrs. Benjamin Jordan, over 60; Oct. 24, Abigail Par- sons, convulsions, 54; Oct. 30, Mrs. Titus O. Brown, 82; Nov. 4, Mrs. Daniel Holt, consumption, 68.
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1852
A History of Norway by David Noyes was issued this year. The writer, manufacturer of the paper used, printer and binder of the book were all residents of Norway .- Hon. Samuel Gibson became a resident here this year. He had been sheriff of the county, and also held other important offices. He removed to Bryant's Pond where for several years he was in trade with his son, George E. Gibson. He later returned to Norway .- There was considerable rebuilding on the tract burned over by the great fire of the year before .- Over fifty new names were added to the tax list this year .- Deaths: Jan. 14, John Richardson, 80; Jan. 27, Hezekiah McIntire, dropsy, 83; June 11, Daniel H. Witt, a fireman, was killed on the railroad; June 28, widow Elizabeth Ellis, consumption, 82; March 8, Mrs. Sarah (Rust) Farwell, consumption, 63; March 18, Samuel Ames, palsy, 93; April 9, Nathaniel Millett, apoplexy, 80; June 15, Mrs. Mary Frost, consumption, 68; Wm. K. Emery, consumption, 54; July 12, Mrs. John Bird, consumption, 76; July 29, Gen. Wm. Parsons, fever, 66; Aug. 26, Rev. Edwin F. Quimby, fever, about 35; Sept. 29, Mrs. Otis True, consumption, 31; Oct. 17, Mrs. Elizabeth (Jordan) Rowe, dropsy, 82; Dec. 28, Joseph Gammon, a Rev. soldier, in his 95th year.
1853
A vote was passed at the annual town meeting to allow the school districts to select their own agents .- A club of Temperance Watch- men was organized in the spring in the village .- Deaths: Jan. 31, Daniel Knight, a soldier of the Revolution, aged 93; Sept. 29, Franklin Manning, 45; Jonathan B. Smith, 53; Austin Buck, 72; Nov. 24, in Michigan, James Bickford, 84.
1854
The town lines were perambulated this year .- The vote at the Governor election in Septetmber gave Anson P. Morrill, Maine law, 204; Albion K. Parris, democrat, 129; Isaac Reed, whig, 22; Ezekiel Holmes, free soil, 1 .- Deaths: May 6, Mrs. Nancy Mixer, 72; July 4, Stephen Greenleaf, 75; Aug., Darius Holt, the last of the Rev. soldiers who settled in Norway, aged 89.
1855
The election in Maine was largely influenced by the affray "in Portland at the liquor agency by which one Robbins was killed. The democrats made such use of the killing of Robbins who was among the rioters, that they carried the state, electing Samuel Wells, Gover- nor, and the county ticket in Oxford. The vote in Norway was: Anson P. Morrill, republican, 196; Samuel Smith, democrat, 263; Isaac Reed, whig, 9 .- Deaths: Feb. 23, Titus O. Brown, 90; Aug. 22, Eben Hobbs, 65.
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