GIFFORDS. 

Please remember the valentine social in the church hall on Thursday evening, February 12. Supper will be served and valentines given as favors. “A valentine for the sad, a valentine for the glad, a valentine for old and young, a valentine for everyone.” All come and receive a souvenir valentine. 

GUILDERLAND CENTER. 

Friday morning D. Ogsbury discovered the chimney of Mary Becker’s house to be on fire. Mr. Ogsbury procured a ladder and with the help of his son extinguished the blaze, with some difficulty as he had to fight it with snow alone, as Miss Becker’s pond was frozen over. 

SOUTH THOMPSON’S LAKE. 

Quilting bees seem to be the order of the day. 

LOCOMOTIVE PLUNGED FROM THE MAIDEN LANE BRIDGE 

A large Mogul type locomotive of the New York Central railroad jumped the track at the west end of the Maiden Lane bridge in Albany about 2:30 Thursday afternoon, went over the wall of the viaduct and landed in Maiden Lane at the head of Dean street. The locomotive was one of three attached to a New York train bound toward Rensselaer when the accident happened. The engine crew had a miraculous escape, going down with the engine into the street. Only one of them received serious injury. The locomotive was badly smashed when it crashed upon the pavement. 

CLARKSVILLE (North End.) 

Master Allen Kniffen caught a fine fox in a trap last Friday night. 

VILLAGE NOTES. 

— Meetings of the dancing class will be resumed on Monday evening, Feb. 14. 

— All trains on the D. & H. railroad were late, some of them several hours, on Thursday, due to the heavy fall of snow. About 11 inches of snow fell during the day, resulting in a partial tie-up of rail lines throughout the eastern states. 

— On account of the prevalence of grippe and influenza the Altamont High school was closed on Thursday afternoon of last week and no sessions have been held since then. The school will reopen on Monday, Feb. 9. 

— The severe cold weather which was experienced here from Saturday until Monday was undoubtedly the coldest three days’ spell in several years. Saturday night at 9:30 the thermometer registered 24 degrees below zero. All day Sunday the mercury hovered near and below the zero mark, making church-going very unpopular.