The Portland daily press., 1896-09-02

stopping at the residence of F. r. Jones
to the street. Mr.. Dudley the driver oil
tho team. stated that he did not see the
Toy. he felt jar of the wagon and
looked back to see what he went over.
Ihen Re discovered the boy. The wheel
OF the wagon went over the boys neck
breaking it. There vera also deep cuts
on zach side Of the head.
Saturday morning at Maplewood, Park
Bangor, y. I'd. Piper, of South Brewer,
sold his handsome bay colt, Frank Wilkes
II months old. to H. f. Tibbetts, OF
hermon, who has been for some years
the marshal OF the fair association.
Frank wilkes was sired by Some, by
Sentinel Wilkes, by George Wilkes, Frank
Wilkes first dam was Sy lyia Maid by
| t5ldeon. second dam, Onc.Eyed Nell by
Old Drew.
The Bodwell Granite Co. at Jonesboro
have fifty men at work and have con-
tract that will keep them busy Cur ny the
season. Their pay roll last month
amounted to $1,000 Ths company has
now about $50, 600 tons and are loading
one or more vessels each week. The
stone Is shipped in rough state to Vinal-
haven and other places whsre it is cut
and dressed and then sent to Philadel.
phia to be used in the Girard building
now III progress of construction.
The annual reunion of the Comins
family took place at E1dington last week
and was very pleasant one. There
were about 100 present. During the
morning the time was spen. socially and
at noon picnic dinner was served. At
o'cock an interesting programme was
carried out as follows: Singing; address
OF welcome, E. b. Comins; recitation,
Master Herbert .Comins; remarks. Rev.
}. j. Cooley; recitation Edith Comins;
remarks, Rev, O. G. -Petrie. of Canton,
Mass; violin solo, Hal G. Sawyer, of
Bangor; singing; statistics, Mrs. Brown !:
remarks. Al. Merrill, of Bangor: sing
ing. The statistics presented by Mrs.
Brown We're very interesting and showed
that she had spent considerable time
in preparing them.
Miss Emma Larson, of New Sweden.
while camping out at Madawaska lake
few days ago attempted to go to rel.-
tiv0's house not far distant but missed
her way and was lost in the woods. AS
evening came on she found shelter in a
deserted camp for the night, where she
rested safely, although she. heard bear
prowling around the camp all night !.
Starting again the next morning, Miss
LdFSOH uBdlH attempted 10 nnu ner nome
Tor some human habitation, but without
success until the third night, when she was
found by party Of blueLerry pickers
lying on the ground in bog near Van
Buren,. Her shoes and stockings were
gone, her dress in rags and she was
suffering from many scratches and bruis-
es made during her fight through the
forest. She had had nothing to eat for
three days, and would soon have died If
she had not been fonnd. She was found
about twenty miles from the place shs
started from.
The burial Of the famous tr0tter Ezra
L. took place at Maplewood Park late
Saturday afternoon and was an imposing
horse funeral. The animal was in large
cloth covered coffin, on the lid of (which
was a.large silver plate and bouquet.
A big jigger was used as he9rse and
there was procession around the track,
headed by two of the mounted marshals
of the fair, Thomas M. Aloon, the
horses o. ner, Thomas Toomey, of Bos-
ton, his old groom. and others walking
beside the remains. The burial was at
a spot inside the track at the southeast
arly end of the track. Quite crowd was
present.