The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-12-14

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Portland Benevolent Society.
The Annual Address before this time hon
ored 80 ciety will be delivered at the church Of |
the First Parish by the Rev. Mr.. Fem, on
Sunday evening next, Dec. 18th. The services
will commence at z o'clock, and contribution
will be taken.
This ancient charity, the elder of its sisters
in Portland, now makes its 65th annual APP
peal to the benevolent people of our city, to
enable it to make its regular visits of kindness
and sympathy to that class of our poor which
has known better days and has been reduced
from comparative prosperity to distr, ssing
want. Its distributions have never failed
dnring this long series of years, and our
generous people have never failed to
sustain its efforts and supply its means by lib
eral contributions. This winter has COM
menced so severely that the society, more
than ever, will need the helping hand and the
cheerful gift. Let these almoners faithful. and
true to their trust, not be disappointed of re-
wards so earnestly waited and prayed for by
the numerous widows and other deserving
poor who have been the humble and virtuous
beneicaries Of this noble charity.
The following are the officers for the ensuing
year: VIM. Willis, President; James B. Ca
hoon, Vice President; Edward Gould, Treas
urer; Thomas r. Hayes, Secretary; Nathan
Cummings, E5en Steele, Nathaniel L. Deer
ing, VIM. W. Thomas, Martin Gore, Rensselaer,
Cram and Dr. John L. Gilman, Managers.
How TO CLEAR OUT GAS PIPEs.-For
short time pact the editors and compositors of
the Press Office have been obliged to work
nights by lamp-light, on account of the deposit
OF some foreign substance in the gas pipes.
Repeated efforts were made to clear them out
by forcing alcohol and benzine through them,
but still the prayer of Ajax old heather
who was the first man that demanded "more
light ON the subject"-was heard day after day.
At length, yesterday afternoons Mr.. G. M.
Plummer, of the firm of c. M. s. Fl. T. Plum
mer, conceived the happy idea OF connecting
the pipes with the boiler in the basement and
forcing steam through them. This method
proved effective and our light now shines of
an evening as brightly as of yore, though the
establishment got pretty thoroughly wet down
in the corrse of the proceedings. Mr.. Plum
mer's discovery is valuable one, and we ad
wise all persons in like manner annoyed, who
| are fortunate enough to have steam boiler on
their premises to avail themselves of it, 81
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SUDDEN DEATH.-We regret to announce
the demise OF Mr.. Joseph Partington, the en-
| inent caterer, which occurred yesterday morn
| ing. Mr.. P. has been in i'll health TOR more
than year, though able to attend to BUSH
.4oIfh % nc,t
| deemed critical. He was, apparently, on
| Thursday in better health and spirits than
usual, and no danger was appre hepded.-
| Thursday night he told hiswife that she had
| better retire as he felt so comfortable and she
lad down on the outside of his bed On
awakeng in the morning she discovered that
her husband was dead, and had, apparently
been so for two hours, having dropped off
calmly and quietly as one going to rest. He
| leaves wife and one child to mourn this af-
| hicting event. He was man highly respected
in this community, and Els early death, at the
age Of SO years, will he regretted.
LARcENY.-Oficers Collins and Adams ar
rested two colored men yesterday afternoon
| named Samuel Smith and Solomon Burce, for
coming little dodg, on trader on Washing
ton street. They entered the shop together
! and Smith cllled for sack of flour, and after
twas delivered to him Burce stepped forward
and told him to pass out and he would settle
for the same. As soon as Smith got well out
Burce jumped through the open doorway and
they both run at double qnick down to bar
racks on this street. The trader called in the
| policemen and with them went to the barracks
where they found and identified the two fell
lows, who were arrested and safely locked up
DUPREz & BENEDIcTs NEW ORLEANS MIN
sTRELs.-It is almost unnecessary to remind
our readers that the above champion troupe is
announced to appear at City Hall, on Tuesday
evening. This troupe Is too thoroughly known
and highly appreciated to need comment from
the press. This is the oldest, best organized
travelling troupe on the American continent,
and their entertainments are unrvaled Their
| jokes are original and would excite the risi-
bles of the greatest cynic that ever lived. Yet
they carefully avoid anything that would have
tendency to offend the ears of the most f;as-
| tdious. A
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