The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-03-26

| Main street is beginning to look like Sum-
mer. A large force has been kept busy durtag
the past few days scraping IL end picking the
| les out of the cutters, and in day or two the
| dust will be blowing.
During the past two days the ice has dis
appeared very fast In the river and everything
! Indicates an early opening for navigation.
Several schooners loaded with coal and cotton
for the mills are on their way here. WEB.
The following is the order OF exercises at
the dedication Of the new Free Baptist church,
SAco, to-day. At 230 o'clock interesting
service will take place, participated in by Rsvs.
J. M. Bailey, A. W. Runysn, j. Rand, j. M.
Lowden of Portland, j. w. Parsons and o. I.
Moulton. The music will be furnished by the
church choir. La the evening from 30 to
7.30 social meeting will be held in the vestry.
At 7.30 the regular evening service will occur
with preaching bv Rev. II. Davidson OF the
Biddeford Free Baptist church. All services
promise TO be very interesting and the new
church will no doubt be crowded.
SOUTH Pa RIs.
In the S. j. Court at Paris Hill the case Of
Harriet Thomas vs. inhabitants OF Peru for
damages alleged to have been received by
plaintiff by reason of defective bridge near
Worthy Pond in Peru on the 29th of August,
1857, is still on trial, thoogh commenced last
Friday afternoon. A very large number of
witnesses have been called, including ex-Gov.
Garcelon and Drs. Horr and Wedgewood of
Lewiston.
A large delegation of South Paris people at
tended the G.. A. r. fair at Norway during the
past week. Friday evening, which was the
concluding night of the fair, the musical part
OF the entertainment was almost wholly BY
South Paris talent, and was promo uDced one OF
the most ENJOYABLE of the course. The South
Paris skating rink band and Jones's orchestra
OF South Paris furnished the instrumental ma-
sic, and the South Paris Male Q1artette and
Miss Aggie Briggs, with Mrs. Gro. A. Briggs,
accompanisf, gave several fine vocal selections
aud songs, and Master Frank Knapp, also of
South Paris, probably the best boy cornet play
ceipts were over $500, which will leave net
benefit for the Post of nearly $500.
The logging teams are beginning to come out
OF the woods. 0ne Of r. G. Pingree & Co 3
crews, with . men and II horses, Charles
Locke of Stetson, foreman, were at the An
drews House, Friday, on their way to Lewis
ton.
Mrs j. ID. Williams died very suddenly last
Thursday afternoon, of pneumohia. She was
an bonored member of the Congregational
church, active in all benevolent movements,
and will be greatly missed by her friends of
the CONGREGATIONAL society and the vlllage.She
leaves four children, three of them quite
young, % mourn her loss.
Mr.. Alvah Hersey, the station agent here is
quite sick.
Several suits against druggists in this vcin-
ity have been brought by their friends, to head
OF Mr.. Phillips, of Portland notoriety.
The maple sugar makers are commencing
operations, and already some new sugar has
appeared in the market.
Ogunquit wants to be set off from Wells and
annexed to York
IN GENERAL.
An indictment has been found against o. w.
Freemrn of Milo, and j. L. Martin of Brown
NIL hvv fho NarsAN Nrr,