The Portland daily press., 1872-12-24


wednesday evening promises to be a fine affair,
and pleasant time is confidently looked for
ward to. .lEEE DE EIsee
The annual Christmas festival and free sup
per to the children given by the ladies of the
Allen Mission comes off Wednesday evening
at their chapel. Donations of pastry, cake
and other refreshments are solicited in aid of
this worthy charity.
Josh Billings" the popular humorist, de-
hvers the next lecture in the Army and Navy
course Thursday evening GOSH will tell US
what he knows about hotels, and something
much richer than the ordinary bills of fare
may be expected.
The side walk on Bowdoin steet, near where
1t joins Clifford street, and two considerable
stretches on Spring street between Gov. Wash
burns and Mr. Chapmans are in a terrible
state of unshoueledness. How long, Mr.. Mar
shall o! how long?
The Reform School boys celebrate Christmas
on Thursday night.
The funeral of the late D. R. Stevens, the
victim of the Woburn accident takes place in
this city to-day.
A free supper will be given to the children
of the Portland Fraternity the 18th inst.
The Congregational church and society at
Woodford's Corner are holding an apron fair
in the church vestry, to terminate with grand
festival on Christmas evening.
The custom house and banks will be closed
to morrow. All notes falling due tomorrow
are payable to-day.
There are on exhibition in Hale's window,
beautiful specimens of cone, and moss work,
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way who is seventyfve years old.
Tickets for the Riching's opera entertain
ment are selling rapidly.
Bret Harte is to lecture in this city soon. A
telegram to that effect was received yesterday.
We shall then have chance to hear the pure
ly American author for whom we have been
waiting so long
There are only five cases Of small pox at the
hospital and these are all mild ones No new
cases are reported, and the disease is under
perfect control.
There was no School Committee meeting last
evening, quorum not being present.
The new bark, A. c. Bean, which cleared
yesterday for Buenos Ayres takes out 20 box
cars manufactured by the Portland Company.
Work is progressing on the extension of the
Ogdensburg railroad very rapidly, and the road
bed will be ready for the rails in the spring.
The afternoon train on the Portland & Og
densburg railroad was three hours late yester
day. The conductor reports three and hall
feet of snow on level at Conway.
The alarm last night shortly after Mint
o'clock, from box 25, was occasioned by fire be
ing discovered in small wooden building il
the rear of Silver street used as a smoke hous'
by Messrs.J Melcher g. Davis. We did moi
learn the amount of damage, though it mus
have been small.
Mr. George Simpson, the celebrated New
York tenor, and Mr. William n. Beckett, hav,
volunteered their services at the Annie Star
bird benefit on the ninth proximo. In add
ton to the fne array of home talent, eminen
musical people, not yet announced, from abroad
are expected to assist.
We presume the wholesale houses on Com
mercal street will follow out without any hin
from us, the laudable custom inaugurated tive
years ago of giving their clerks Christmas ant
New Years as holidays.
'sIf I lose those books 1 shall lose all I've 90
in the world" exclaimed little school cir
yesterday as she shouted to a fireman to throw
her books from the window. 81 hope the oil
thing IL burn down SO we can have vacation,
responded a healthy book-hating boy as he ex
ultantly watched the smoke.
1t is reported that regular freight trains will
begin to pass over the Boston and Maine exten
sion this week.
The fire at the North School yesterda
showed the building to be admirably construct
ed in one respect; 1900 children passed quietl
from their rooms to the open air in two and
half minutes, some one holding watch an
timeing them as they passed out.
1t is said that prominent dentist of thi
city is to bring an action for damages agains
An employee of this paper, because of breakag
of certain stool and other Office furniture.
Turkeys and geese were selling in the mari
ct yesterday at 25 to % cents pound. TIL
poultry as fine but the quantity of it VIZ
small. A large supply is expected to-day