The Portland daily press., 1897-11-06
SOUTH PORTLAND.

The repairs on the head house at the
marine railway are nearly completed.
The top of the engine room has been
sheathed over and new timbers put in
end the machinery and walls of the en-
eSne room have been whitewashed.
X Among other matters heard before
@adge Whitehouse in the Supreme Court,
were certain petitions relative to location
of Fort road and other roads in South
Portland. More than year ago the town
widened certain roads and the AUDITORS
appealed from the award of damages,
there being ten cases against the town
pending in court. In August last, the
town rescinded the former action as to
the location of the roads, and now the
claimants have filed petitions in each of
the cases, asking that their costs to this
time be allowed. Dennis A. Meaher
appeared in support of the petitions. and
S. c. Perry for the town in opposition.
The court decided that costs could not
be allowed in the present status of the
cases.
Tim communication explains itself:
To Mr.. j. II. Roberts, pastor of the Me-
thodist Episcopal church, Pleasantdale,
Me-:
1 have been preaching in Pleasantdale
for about 20 months, and the system of
religion that I teach is in direct oppo-
sition to that which you have heen
taught it your duty to preach. 1t is of
immense Importance to the community
In which we labor that truth upon these
momentous questions should be now es-
tablished upon certain and sure foun-
dation. You and I, and all our religious
friends are deeply interested that there
should be no further delay. With this
view, without one hostile or unpleasant
feeling on my part, propose a friendly
public discussion of the following propo-
sitions:
1st-Resolved, That the doctrine and
practice of the Methodist Episcopal
church is Scriptural. This I deny. You
affirm.
2d.-ResoIved, That the doctrine and
practice of the Church of Christ is
Scriptural. This I will affirm. You
deny.
If this proposal should be declined,
l shall conclude, as l have always most
conscientiously been compelled to do,
that the principles which the Church
of Christ advocate are divine, and, there
fore, unanswerable truths. With feelings
of perfect good will to you, I subscribe
myself your friend In just cause.
Wesley l. Houston.
KNIGHTVILLE COURSE ENTER
TAINMENTS.
The Ladies' Circle connected with the
Knightville Methodist church have ar
ranged for series of lectures to be de-
livered during November and the early
part of December and make the follow
Of hoi, TI,n
opening lecture is to occur November s,
when Rev. G. W. Bradlee lectures on
stMasks and Faces;'' November 18th,
Rev. Wilbur E. Berry of Portland, SUBJ
ject,, "a persons outing in the Maine
woods" November %, Rev. c. Everett
Bean Of Deering, subject, Charity
November 20, Rev. c. G. Phelan, West
brook, subject, "The footprints Of the
Red Man, December 6, Rev. W. P.
Merrill, subject, Some People I Know -
The series to close with good supper
and entertainment the date to be an
nounced later. The tickets for a single
admission and for the course have been
placed at an extremely low figure and the
ladies expect large audiences as the pro.
ceeds are for the general expenses of the
church.
BOARD OF HEALTH DISPLEASED
The work of laying the sewer on Stan.
ford street is nearly completed and the
work has been done in a satisfactory
manner, but member of the board Of
health was seen yesterday and from hin
it was learned that there was liable to be
some action taken on the matter OF
changing the location of the water pipes
at the corner of Stanford and East High
street. It seems that when the manhole
was built few weeks ago at the inter
section of these streets it was found thai