The Portland daily press., 1892-01-05
Buxton.
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The recent rains have raised the Saco
above its average height.
Grippe is gettiug firm hold in this
village. Elder Pettingill and Mr.. Hurd,
the boss carder in the wooden mill, are
among the sufferers.
There was dance at Lords Hall on
the evening of Dec. 81 st.
The annual meeting of the Saco Val
ley Creamery was held Saturday and the
old board of officers was reelected
A dividend of four per cent was de-
clared ON stock of present record pay
able the 20 inst. which shows that Pres.
I. III. Hargraves can successfully run a
creamery as well as a wooden mill.
The abundant rains have filled the
wells, springs and rivers to overlooking
but the lumbermen say that rain storms
are very poor things to haul timber out
of the forests with.
The friends of Postmaster +. A. Smith
will be sorry to know that his wife is
confined to her room with pulmonary
trouble. 8s SH
Miss Nellie Lordawill leave home to-
morrow on protracted visit among
friends in Boston and Greenfield, Mass.
The ten young men who formed a
reading club in this village some twenty
years ago still continue there annual re-
union New Years day. But one of their
number has died, while all the others
have become husbands and fathers and
are in business through the East
ern and Middle States.
The Buxton Telephone and telegraph
Co. reelected Hon. Mark P. Emery, of
Portland as Pres. at their annual meet
ing Saturday.
Windham
John Bickford, eldest son of Henry
Bickford, died Thursday morning of the
grippe. The entire family have been
suffering from the prevailing epidemic
and this son who was already an invalid
failed very rapidly under it. The second
son. Hayes, is at the present meeting in a
very critical condition. The others are
improving.
MI Benjamin Maybury much-loved
citizen of this place is lying at the pres
ent time very dangerously i'll with pnen-
monia. Mr.. Fred Mayburry, of Portland.
his son and Mr.. Lawrence Pilsbury, of
Lowell, Mass, his wife's son are with
the family.
Deacon VIM. Beacon, the senior deacon
of the First Baptist church, is also seri-
ously ill.
Mr.. J. F. Holden who has been ill over
a week is somewhat better.
In addition to these large number in
the village have severe colds and some
would be considered quite sick if we
were not in the. presence of so much
more serious illness. About half the
scholars are out of Miss Phinneys
school. @
The officers for the Sabbath school
for the ensuing year were
elected last Sunday. Eugene Cloudman
was elected Superintendent in the place
of j. j. Dodge; Dana Bracket was re-
elected secretary and treasurer, and
Geunna Jackman, librarian.
The fair recently held by the ladies of
the congregational church, Windam Hill,
and Baptist church of Windham Centre.
netted them $50.
Porter.
/ The late heavy rains has raised the
water in the wells and streams and Ossi-
pee river is very high for this time of
year.
1t is very sickly in this vicinity. There
is some sickness in almost every fami-
ly in this place and some whole families
are sick and the sick are suffering for
the want of good nurses.
Miss Tryphena Pearl died from pneu-
monia on Friday last ~ 3,i. 49,.
Mr.. Albion Blake and wife, who were
here on visit from Lowell, Mass. are
both sick and Mr.. Blake is very sick
from pneumonia with but small chance
to live.
The attendance at the school in this
place has got to be small as many of the
scholars are sick.
Cape Elizabeth.