RECORD ZERO WEATHER.

In Altamont the cold was very severe. In several instances water pipes leading into residences had to be thawed out several times to keep from bursting. The home of Millard Cowan suffered from a bad break in the bathroom on Sunday morning, and it required their combined efforts to keep the house from being flooded. The break was discovered early in the morning by the house cat making noises in the kitchen directly under the bathroom.

The main water line on Maple Avenue burst during New Year’s morning and for a time a torrent of water was running over the dooryard in front of Ina Westfall’s residence. Since then the entire street has been cut off from the use of the village water. The break is being repaired and the line will probably be in use by the end of the week.

FULLERS.

Selah Crounse froze his fingers while working in the ice last Saturday.

BERNE.

— Many of our oldest inhabitants claim this has been the coldest December they have ever known. There surely was some cold weather the past few days, with the temperature at 24 to 30 degrees below zero.

— The Christmas exercises at the Lutheran church having been deferred on account of the prevalence of whooping cough, all those having their gifts ready for the “Inner Mission” box kindly leave them at the store of C. E. Deitz & Son within the next week and they will be forwarded soon after.

CLARKSVILLE.

One day last week a train load of Japanese soldiers passed down the West Short enroute to New York city.

VILLAGE NOTES.

— A bulletin has been placed in the D. & H. station here to announce the time of arrival of trains. It is quite an improvement.