The Portland daily press., 1870-05-24

only cleared of shoal places and the rocks at |
the Gulf. so called. An appropriation ought /
TO me made and the river made navigable. |
Then Portland can send its sugars, molasses,
&C., directly here by cheap transportation |
the great bar to the resumption OF Dover's |
old trade with your city being heavy freight |
charges by rail.
While Portland has been without water
privileges Dover has had two adequate
sources, one at each end of the city. We'll
lands Pond, about two miles north of town,
is large enough alone to supply all our wants
for years and years and years. The City
Council have asked the Representatives to
Legislature to use their influence to have the
charter for the aqueduct from Melland's Pond,
amended so as to give control of the same to
the city-then we shall possess water privi-
leges unsurpassed by any city.
franklin Square ION which the American
House stands) near the depot is being i'm
proved. Instead of the old wooden buildings
on the west side, corner of Third street, a
new brick block is to be at once put up at a
cost of $4,000. Strangers have often made
inviduous remarks at the forbidding aspect of
this Square, but they will soon "see another
| sight" for the better.
| TALL BOY.
A specimen of tall boy exists in Straford'
| Fred Carverey, Is years OF age, and stands
feet 1-2 inches in his stockings. If be
keeps on he will be 'well up" in the world
before many years.
| TEMPERANCE.
Sunday evening temperance lectures AMI
| Wednesday evening temperance mass meet
ings have been in vogue tor some time past,
but drunkenness still RACES, as bad as ever.
Rev. l. ID. Stewart, Of. w. Baptist week
ago last evening asked what use all those
meetings were unless followed by faction"
Acts are better than professions on temper
| ance reform as well as anything else.
Rev. James Thurston (Methodist) delivcrd
the lecture last evening to large audience
1t was an earnest and worthy effort.
Dover is TO fund $4,000 of its debt, bonds
, to be issued by the Mayor in sums of 5000
and $4,000 each at per cent. payable in q
years, to be sold at the highest possible price
: : but not less that "a IL per cent.
The Catholic fair recently held here, ant
in which many Portland Catholics were es
l pecially interested, netted $500 towards TIN
4 | new chircil-a goOdiy sum.
Mr.. James ii. Foss of North Darlington,
few miles from this city, has a calf of Dutol
e breed one year old, which sirts feet inche
4 and weighs over 800 lbs. When II month
Y old it grted feet inches and weighed -
, | pounds. Who beats North Darlington?
The Local Record, new monthly paper
i Z. o. FOss proprietor, is one of the mos
n newsy, entertaining sheets we have seen 10
+ many day. 1t is business and insuranc
q paper, but abounds in local news-just tn
thing for the sons and daughters OF Dove
IS abroad. 1t occupies niche in the publ
> want, not before preached.
q Rev. L. w. Blown, tt e new pastor of til
. Unitarian society, grows more and more POI
Il ular. He is an able and most estimabe maj
D and the the society under his ministry hay
,e become free of debt and raised sufficiel
n sum for all current expenses. The month
August has been granted him as vacation.
~ Hon. John Lynch, your Representative
Congress, deserves reelection and we hol
of he will get it. He is valuable man there
nv this age of bombast and show. His sagaci
:. and business ability are much needed to re-
y der efficient Congressional action on financi
ie and commercial matters. COCHECO