The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-02-07
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Sanford.
SPRINGVALE

SANFORD
sPRINGyALE.
There are very many cases of the grip.
Scarcely family has escaped its clutch.
Scarlet fever has. been quite prevalent.
The doctors are kept busy most OF The
time.
Mr.. Frank N. Butler has opened sing
ing school, which looks now as II IL
would be well patronized.
. Mr.. John easy, superintendent OF the
new shoe firm of Perkins, Jones u Co.,
came here last week. Our citizens have
agreed to pay the rent of Nudge &
Co.'s large shoe factory building tor
three years for their use, and are hoping
to be we'll compensated for the invest
ment in the increase of business here.
The February session of the York
County Free Baptist Quarterly meeting
is to he held at the church in North Ber-
wick Wednesday and Thursday of this
week.
The.services atsthe Baptist churchslast
Sunday evening were conducted by the
Young Peoples Society in observance OF
Christian Endeavor Day.
we're, and the roads leading into the
village badly blocked up. Nevertheless
if the old road breakers, the OK teams,
have nearly all departed, the drifts get
broken through and the roads made
passable.
Some Of our people who left here at the
closingaup OF the Nudge q 20. thoe fac
is E. G. Libby and family, from Auburn.
The remains of Mr.. Freeman G. Jordan
were brought here last Saturday from
Cum berland, where he died last
week, for interment. The deceased had
been resident here for % years. He
was very energetic business man, up
right and honest in all his dealings and
much esteemed iii the community. His
age was about g.
Mr.. Augustus Palmer died here Feb.
4th, aged IS years, 5 months and I6 days.
Mr.. Palmer leaves a wife, son and sister
to mourn his loss In the death OF
MIR. Palmer the town loses kind neigh
Dor and citizen. Mr.. Palmer..was former
ly sea captain, but .gave up that life
many years ago for that of diver, and
has been employed on various works all
along our coast, being one of the most
experienced men in the business. Some
of his experiences as diver are quite
novel, though they have been free from
serious accident Mr.. Palmer had a
severe attack OF the grippe, that was fol-
lowed by a cerebral meningitis that
| caused his death.
Cheabeag ne.
Our pulpit was filed Sunday by the
Rev. Mr.. Mlllward. of SANFORD. The min
lister took his text.from I. Cor, 10th chap
ter, 18th verse: Hold fast to the faith,
etc. (" Mr.. Millward held closleys o:his.text
| and brought before the minds of his
unusually large audience many valuable
| truths
Mr. Alma Curit, while crossing the field
| to the ne1ghboring woods during last
weeks severe storm, was surprised to
| find in the coldest and bleakest part OF
the field live spider, crawling in a be-
wildered way upon the snow. Mr.. Curt,
enclosing the little adventurer between
| his hands soon animated him with his
own breath and let him depart on his
| uncertain journey.
Already Hamilton & Co. have COM
| menced to buy up bait from the clam
mers. They have offered forty-five cents
per basket
Last week Cheabeague gave three
dances for the amusement to the young
people. Each one was we'll attended.