The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-11-16

ARrEmus WARD.-That there viii be large
attendance at Deerng Hall tonight none can
doubt who have read the advertisement. Our
own Kotzschmar on the piano, with Morgan's
delicious voice; the choice selections by a
picked orchestra from the Portland Band, to-
gether with slight sketch of the life of Arte-
mus, with Jokes not generally known, by his
old friend, that sad wag, A. Head, will no
doubt realize a handsome sum towards the
memorial.
The following is the programme for the en-
tertainment:
ovaatnre claimants de la
(String Band)
"Ballata" Verdi
Mr. John Morgan.
Waltze, "Ausdem Reiche der Toene" ....... Faust
String Band)
"Beware" Perring.
Mr.. John Morgan.
Sketch of the life of Artemus Ward, together with
anecdotes and incidents in the life OF the "ientle
Humorist' (colloqual). ............,.."A. Head"
PART II.
Polka schneeglooken i;o, Faust
"Non Ver". Mattel.
Mr.. John Morgan.
March, "Lingards paa; Parish
"Good Bye, Sweetheart. ..................H atton.
Mr.. John Morgan.
FINALE.
Selections la Grande Duchesse' ..... Giffenbach
brass Band)
Mr.. Hermann Kotzschmar, Portland's favor
lite pianist, who has kindly consented for this
occasion, will accompany Mr.. Morgan.
The piano used this evening is from the
warerooms of Mr.. VIM G. Twombly, 337 Con-
gress street. s..
No pains will be spared to make the enter
tai Iment acceptable and pleasing to our peo-
pie, who should certainly encourage the object
and those who are gratuitously laboring for it,
OUTRAGEOUS Mfr. Editor:-If any of our
citizens who are disposed to complain of the
bad conditions of our streets, at this time, will
take walk on Pearl street (below Cumberland
street,, they will there see and learn something
of the needless waste and expense to the city,
and to private individuals (while other streets
are negleeted), and the gross and culpable neg
ligence of somebody, either the Street Com
missioner, Drain Committee, Engineer, or some
one else, whose duty it is to see to such mat
tiers, and will there find, not only large and
deep pit-holes which have been left open, day
and night, for the past three We eks or more,
gas pipes and drains uncovered and exposed
to the frost, sidewalks broken up, with large
heaps of earth piled the whole length of the
street, covering the sidewalks, filling the gut
tiers and water.courses, cutting off the dwell
lings on the street from access by the milkman,
butcher, baker, doctor, wood and coal teams
or teams of any kind, and in fact rendering it
unsafe for those residing ON the dump" or
below Oxford, to pass or repass to or from their
homes after dark.
Not man has appeared for more than a
week or ten days to strike a blow and remove
an obstacle, the cold freezing weather approach
ing, and even at our doors, and nothing is done
to remove the difficulties occasioned by a large
job, uncaled for at this late season of the year.
Now unless this matter is very soon attended
to by somebody, whose duty it is, the ground
will be frozen and covered with snow and ice,
rendering it impossible to do anything except
at great expense, if at all before the next spring.
the city will be called on to pay Tor broken
limbs, and the attention of the Grand Jury
will be called to the subject. As in this mat
ter, endurance and patience will cease to be a
virtue. MANY RESIDENTS.