BERNE. 

As so many have the measles and others are looking after them, the village school is closed indefinitely. Among those who have had the measles are Euretha Shultes, M. Alberta Ball, George Basler, Dorothy and Mildred Adams, and Mrs. Emma Nelson. All are reported better at this writing. 

VILLAGE NOTES. 

— The Health Center of Altamont is greatly in need of old muslin. If you have any that you feel free to donate to a good cause, send it to the Health Center, and whether large or small in quantity it will be appreciated and put to good use. 

— Word has been received that Miss Myra L. Furbeck, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. George W. Furbeck, was in the Willard Parker hospital, East 16th street, New York city, with a mild infection of scarlet fever. A later word came that Miss Abby M. Furbeck, her sister, had joined her on Wednesday of this week. The cases are a mild type, and it is expected that there will be a rapid recovery. They will enjoy receiving letters from their friends. 

The Adirondack Region Has Another Shake-Up. 

The Lake George section experienced another earth shock yesterday. It was most severe at Fort Edward, where a crack two feet wide and eight feet long was made in Park avenue. Lake George village was severely shaken, and other villages felt the effect of the quake. 

KNOX. 

Miss Nina Gaige and Miss Helen Ostrander were elected librarian and assistant librarian, respectively, of the joint Sunday school classes. They are to rent a loan library of twenty-five books. 

OBITUARY. 

The relatives and friends of John Stewart of Meadowdale were greatly shocked to hear of his tragic death Friday afternoon, Jan. 14. He was run down and instantly killed by a Gloversville limited trolley car. Although it happened only about 15 minutes after he left the home of his granddaughters in Scotia, in his usual health and good spirits, none of the family knew of the sad accident until seeing his description in the Saturday morning papers, the coroner having had the body removed to undertaking rooms in the city of Schenectady to await identification. His daughter supposed he had remained all night with one of his granddaughters. 

He was 88 years old, and unusually smart and active for one of that age, retaining all his faculties, and was not deaf as some have said. He was able to work every day when he could get work, which was most of the time. He had followed farming nearly all his life, and was an attendant of the M. E. church. 

He was a kind father and a good friend, and will be greatly missed. He is survived by three daughters, one son, twenty grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and one brother. His wife, one son, and a daughter have gone before to welcome him over there. 

DUANE. 

During the regents examinations at the high school in Altamont last week, when the thermometer registered on Monday morning about 10 below zero, Philip Christman walked from his home in Duane a distance of seven miles, in order to be on time for examinations. On Tuesday, with similar weather conditions, Henry, not to be outdone by his older brother, tried the same stunt and made it in a little over an hour without any great discomfort. They deserve mention.