Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-03-27
NUMBER II.
CENTENSIAL.

medlately erected. IL Hlleu lOU
freight cars.
Two iron observatories, each 225
feet high, are in process Of construc-
tion on Lemon and Georges hills
respectively
An interesting part Of the lexhibI-
ton of the Treasury Department %ll
be the United States Mint's machinery
and treasures.
A design in chromo-lithography, II.
lustrating the growth and history OF
the American flag, will decorate the
Main Exhibition Building.
The smelling and silver mills OF
Utah propose TO give the product Of
one day s run to swell the Territory's
exhibitat the Centennial.
The Pacific Coast Centennial Hall,
designed as place Of resort for pee-
pie from the other side Of the eonti-
nent, will be one story high, l1j by 50
feet.
The Ohio antiquities will be In
charge OF the State Archaeological As
socation, and will comprise all arti-
cles fabricated by the Mound-builders
or Indians.
1t IS said that some cloclwork pre-
pared for the use oRthe dynamite flend
Thomassen, now III the possession Of
New Yorker, will be exhibited at the
Centennial.
At the grand opening Theodore
Thomas orchestra and the choristers
will be placed in the space be-
tween the Main Building and Me-
mortal Hall
The Royal Commissioner of South
Australia reports that all the
goods for the Exhibition from that
country are on their way, and that
they will constitute handsome dis
play.
A small pocket globe, bearing date
l775, which was carried by General
Scott all through the Mexican war, hss
come to light III Elizabeth, y. J. 1t
will be exhibited with the other Curl
osities.
Among the Western military bodies
that have determined to march all
the way to Philadelphia are the Gin
cinnati Life Guards, the Grand Rapid.
(Mich.) Guards, and the Green Bay
Light Guards.
There is man in Oswego county,
n. T., who fairly pants for taQhe.
He proposes 10 wear 10 the Centennial
a pair Of trowsers which his grand
| father wore in l77G.
Spain has enclosed a space big
enough to coOpup Don Carlos and his
late army. II is tastefully surrounded
by showcases and promises to be the
most prominent affair on the whole
vast floor
Wagner is to write a Centennial
march for the Exhibition. Ii will be-
gin in this way, like the Tannhauser
march: Iim, tum-ti.um-ti-hut, IL
tum, tum, T,m-ti-um-u, unit, tam,
tum This is the music of the few
| cher.
The Centennial Sanitary Commits
sion, composed OF leading scientists
frohiyarious parts OF the country, is
perfecting a system by which the ma
TONS progress in sanitary science
during the century can be best illu-
trated at the Exposition.
An enamel miniature OF General
Washington taken from life. which
was presented in 1896 by james Lyle,
OF Philadelphia, 10 an uncle Of James
Atchison Lyle, OF Dublin, Ireland, has
been sent to Philadelphia for exhibi-
ton at the Centennial.
bennington, Vermont, proposes TO
muster and equip in the Old Continen-
tai uniform u company Of one hun
dred picked men to 90 into encamp-
ment on the Centennial grounds dur
ing the Exhibition, and to be known
as the STARK Rangers"
DR.. John Allen, the dentist, Of n.
Y, will exhibit ut Philadelphia the
set Of false teeth worn by General
Washington side by side with the
most improved article of the present
day. The progress made in this arti-
Gle of manufacture has 'r|E very
great.
4 handsome thing will be GAINED
window, lSfeet high and Sw' 3e, m one
of the reception rooms in he north
section Of Memorial Hal; = will
bear representations Of the Discovery
of America, Washington a iailg the
Delaware, and the Emanciu- don, and
in the side panels will be &spres ii
sculpture and painting.
Hon. c. c. Andrews, Uni "a States
Minister to Sweden, in a letter to his
brother in Boston, dated Stockholm,
February II, says that Prince Oscar,
the Kings second son, a lad sixteen
years old, will visit the Philadelphia
Exhibition, and be there on the Fourth
Of July. He is navy cadet and
good boy"
1t is proposed to devote about one
hundred acres Of ground, located near
Germantown, to barracks, tents, and
drill grounds for soldiers visiting the
Exposition who may not wish to pay
the regular hotel rates, and who ean
thus live cheaply and at the same
time be at no great distance from the
Exhibition grounds.
The monster 57-tOn gun is beiss
slowly worked TO its position on the
carriage in front of the Centennial
I,,,-arDnnnt Ruil1in0 There hay.