ITEMS OF INTEREST    

Newsy Notes Gathered From All Parts of the Empire State Telling What Others Are Talking About.

By a unanimous vote of the supervisors of Schoharie County, town meetings in that county will hereafter be held in the fall of odd numbered years.

Trappers in the North woods claim that the European war has lessened the demand for furs all over the world and as a large number of the Adirondack furs went to London, the depression will be felt in that region.

County Treasurer LaGrange has been unable to sell the $300,000 issue of court house bonds, which was advertised for sale. The bonds were to pay 4 ¼ per cent, and it will be necessary to increase the interest on the bonds and readvertise for the sale of them at a later date.

The recent filing in the Saratoga County clerk’s office of a deed to the Mann farm, near Ballston Spa, recalls to mind the fact that the farm has been in the same family for 136 years. In 1779 the farm was settled by the great grandfather of the present owner, Conklin Mann.

News has been received in this country by Miss Dulcerer Chandler of Albany and Mrs. H.A. Knapp of Delmar of the death of their brother, Second Lieutenant Clive Chandler, of the First Wiltshire regiment, British army. He was slain in the battle along the Yser canal in France on Nov. 14.

A girl, on discovering that her purse, containing something over $10, which she had saved from long weeks of hard work for her Christmas shopping, was missing, fainted twice in a Schenectady restaurant and the physician called worked several minutes before he restored her to consciousness.

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Bethlehem Sewer Contract Let.

Bids were opened on Thursday of last week in the office of Herschel Roberts, engineer for the town of Bethlehem, for the construction of the proposed sewer system for the town. The lowest bidder was the firm of Kalteux & Dennello, of Schenectady. The bid was $9,490, and the contract was awarded to the firm. Among the Albany bidders were George Holler, Morris Kantrowitz, Robert Dumary and P. W. Mulderry.

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McKownville.

Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Rapp are spending a few days with Mrs. Anna Rapp at Guilderland.

The Delta Chi Rho society held its annual Christmas “spread” on Monday evening. Three cheers for the committee in charge! A free will offering was taken up for the Belgian Relief fund.

The net proceeds of the supper were $80.44. The outline quilt, with 169 names worked on it, was presented by the Ladies’ Aid to their president, Mrs. A. C. Abrams, as a Christmas gift. Miss Lulu Helme received the prize for soliciting the largest amount of money on the quilt.

A Christmas cantata entitled, “The Star of the East,” will be rendered by the choir on the evening of Dec. 27. Mrs. Rapp, our choir directress, is sparing neither time or effort in making this a success. It will be an opportunity to enjoy an evening of high class music. A silver offering will be taken. The new electric lights will be used for the first time on that occasion.

Lawrence Albright, a life long resident of this place, passed quietly away at his home Monday morning at 3 o’clock, aged 84 years. He had been a patient sufferer and had been confined to his bed for the past three years. The funeral was held from his late home Wednesday at 2 p.m. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Charles and William of this place, and one daughter, Mrs. Carmi Fort of West Charleston, thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Interment was in Prospect Hill Cemetery.

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Meadowdale.

A surprise party was given in honor of Millard Smith’s twenty-first birthday at his home December 10. Cards and “wireless” were enjoyed until a late hour, when a bounteous buffet luncheon was served. Piano solos were given by Edward Witherwax and Leon Wormer. Those present were: Edward Witherwax, Leland Chesebro, Leon Wormer, Earl Ogsbury, DeWitt Chesebro, Earl Crane, and Millard Smith.