Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-08-07
TALK OF the STATE.

burglars entered the Maine Centr
station At vearie and secured about go
An elephant which got loose from
circus In Pittsheld caused considerable
excitement. lie VAS finally rccapturct
In winslow.
Washington County Il having Z
drought which has cut OF the blueberry
crop, upon which 80 many depend Ia
earn fec dollars.
Gardiner notes the singular fact tha
during the month % July the city clerk
books show po records of births, deaths
or marriage intentions.
Richard MeIeese % lar Mills, sge,
n YEAR,, Vas drowned while bathing Ia
saco River. Sunday. lie got Into a.
eddy and Mas drawn under.
About 20 men and 20 spans Of horse'
are ct work upon the fourtecn-mile divi
Sion of the Bangor aud Aroostook Rail
road ending at Fort fairfield.
Harry simpson % Bangor MAS drown
ei by the overturnIng Of canoe ~hils
he aud friend were padding on the
river Sunday, the nth. The friend Who
Was With him was rescued.
state Detectives True aud Odiln ar.
resir,i Thursday at OAKLAND and lodged
In jail waldo q. Maynard, John w
l,o.s and Alpheus A. Gross, charged
Nth = long series % barglarses In Oak
land.
South Berwick parties are negotiating
With q. A. Bodwell for q solid block oi
granite from the Bodwell quarry, "a
Weigh u tons. u II for Q monument
thsi when erected viii be the largest Ia
Maine.
The plant % the Waterman Machine
and Toal Company. IL being removed
from Providence, u. l., To Oakland
where facilities were offered which could
not lie secured 1T Providence on abort
notice.
Tao men, J. X. Miller and J. J. Gum,
were Jailed st Bangor Thursday by
sherifi Reed on suspicion Of belonging
To the gang Of burglars that have been
operating there lately. The evidence IL
strong against them.
Mr.. Lawrence +. Smyth, Q BANGOR
newspaper man, has written the libretto
for little opers entitled, "Norumbeag.
or Q Dream Of Arcade" 10 10 an Indian
love story. one scene Of which occurs at
"Iover's Leap" high bluir In Bangor.
The report that ny bites In Portland
~ere In several Instances unusually ms
lignant this season IL thought To have
arisen from the fact that dies new d.
rectly from the poisoned paper TO the
person and inoculated the latter With
the ny poison.
Ierhsps it Isn't fair to compare the
number Of Inmates Of Penobscot Jail with
the number 10 Knox County's. How
ever Rockland man points To 10 In
bangor jail and TO eight In Rockland
jail aud aays; "iou zee the efficiency
Of our atone yard."
Tuesday evening. Harry, the nve-yesr.
old sou OF J. y. Libby, Of lArone, was
drowned In the mill pod, where he had
seemingly goss Into the water at play,
~ HE clothes were fousd upon the bank.
Ills body Ma found In six feet Of water
NJ some distance from the shore.
TIE new Iron bridge across the Andre
scoggln between East Turner and North
Greene has bern completed and was
opened for travel last Tsesday. 10 takes
the place of Q wooden 0oe which was
swept away BY freshet some pears ago,
slncs which time The river has been
crossed BY ferry.
Last year In II days Game Warden
Atwood found the carcasses Of three
moose. too caribou and 81 deer along
Russell Lake and on The shores Of Csu-
comagormsc. This ysar 10 has sssa
so deer, II noose, four carlbos and two
bsars, al alive and well. u HE forty
dAys 10 ths wilderness ~ foupd The car.
casses Of oaly two dsaA desr, and - has
discovered the slayer Of oas % those,
vho will b arrested. OF ths game
zen BY him eleven-twslfshs cosA bs|
hot iron Q eanoe.