The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03

WEDNESDAY. April 2.
Awnings are dawDing.
A bright spring day.
The Times assigns the departure of the ship
Scotia from ThwiDg's point next week. If she
arrives at Portland, if she is newly coppered at
the dry dock, If she comes to the ice houses at
the point and is loaded with full barge in
season, she will, as the Times observes, leave
for New Orleans next week. Doubtful.
Work on the dry dock at the upper yard be-
gins soon.
nj. 9. II r receipts-1 car Swanton, jane
son q Co ct ais, car, 20 bbls. sugar, PEBBLE,
Hunton & Co., 1 car, Is bbls hoops Swanton,
Jameson & Co., car Geo. Fisher, ct ais, /
Car cylinder from Eastern steamer with other
machinery, Goss. Sawyer & Packard, car 600
feet hard pine, Myers Bros. cars mscellan-
eous.
X. & l.. r. RI car hemp. f. B. Torrey.
Early this afternoon balky horse driven BY
truckman Peter Lonelaw up Washington street
through Centre, created fun for a crowd of 80
people.
Is Ed. going to Brazil?
If the Polar Star Lodge No. ia concludes to
| have its installation semi-pubc the affair will
take place IN City Hall.
The Samoset brought up 20 passengers with
fair freight from Boothbay this morning.
Waverley's folly troupe at Columbian Hall
| Friday night.
| Mr.. A. G. Page Jr, the well-known jeweler,
until recently with Rowland & Hayden, today
leased the new store in the Sagadahoc Bank
| block. The store after being fitted for the pur-
pose, will bo occupied by Mr.. Page about the
| 1st of May.
| Swapping horses was INDUCED in by two
| truckmen on Elm street this afternoon.
Two barrels of ardent were received BY agent
| Peleg Sprague from Boston this morning.
Probate Court. Washington Gilbert Judge,
| G, W. Lopgley Register. Administration was
granted on the following estates:
David Perry. late of r cbmond,. B: V. StIn-
| con admr. Sarah B. Bates, late of Bowdoiu-
ham, V. L. Bates admr. Clara p. Goliath late
| of Richmond, j. W. Spaulding, admir-; Ch ris
TOPPER L. Otis. late of Woolwich, j. H Per.
kins admr de bonis non.
Wills presented-Eliza Walker, late CT Wool
witch, Abisl Walker executor named.
inventories were presented in the estates oil
D. O. Weston lats of Bath, Orrpgton Potter
late of Richmond, Geo. Hartford late of Rich
mond.
Accounts presented for allowance-Second
aud fnal account of executors of estate of E
! K. Harding late of Bath; final account of ad.
minlsnsteSs Of The estate of Benjamin Ricl
AIkeunts We lowed P. H. McLsllan guar
9lausNH h. tsi estate OF y. A. Douglass
late of Richmond.
The will of W. F. Buker late of Richmond
was allowed. The court adjourned this morn
ing to Saturday, April 18th.
Mr.. Stephen Hill, injured Friday at West.
port, died yesterday at that place Of his injur
ies
Geo. w. Tucker, the well known truckmau
died last evening of heart disease. He leave
wife and four children-three sons and
daughter.
S. j. Court, Hon. A. Libbey presiding. Th
traverse jurors empanelled are-1st jury A. s.
Bangs, foreman. L. Andrews, G. E. Bradbury
B. f. Brown, j. Curtis. B. f. Craig, A. S
Donnell, R. P. Donnell, E. W. Eaton, G. II
Grant. Fl. A. Hathorn. S. Hobbs and L B
Hutchins.
% jury E. Totman foreman, E B. Knight
j. 2. Larrabee, j. f. Maxwell, W. X. Max
well, A. Y Percy, f. B. Plummer. j. Rideout
j: I. Rose, w. E. Snow, D. L. Thompson, r
Thompson.
Supernumeraar:es A. Trott excused first da
BIB. Williamson. j. Wilson.
This morning the first case on trial, No. 157
was Arthur Sewall. admr VS. VIM B. Taylor
admir-. de bonis non. Haskell and LARA bee
for plf Adams and Coombs for deft. The cas-
continued before the court a. the aftern DON SEES
sion and will not 60 to the jury before Thurs.
day afternoon.