****************** The Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State Saturday, November 21-1914 Bethany Residents to Build Sidewalks Arrangements made at a Meeting of Men to Draw and Spread Gravel School Pupils ill with Measles Bethany.-Bethany men meeting at Harry WOOLF's store, decided to gravel the sidewalks from W.A. PAGE's place to the corners and from Ezra VOTRY's place north to the church hill. W.A. PAGE will donate the gravel and the drawing will also be donated. Bean threshing is nearly finished. The yield is generally very small. H.M. CHAPMAN threshed 112 bushels of the blue pod medium variety, which yielded 25 bushels to the acre. The beans were sold for seed before they were all pulled. Measles are prevalent in school district No. 6. Carl TIEDE's children, three of Mrs. LIONELL's children, four of the ROBERTS children, and MR. and Mrs. LATHAM's two sons are ill with the disease. Mrs. Evan LEWIS is ill with tonsillitis. Mrs. Mary EM_RY has returned from Buffalo, where she visited Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert DO_E for three weeks. * Working in Cold Weather Soft Coal Fire and Hot Water Used on East Main Street Job Soft coal was burned from yesterday afternoon until this morning on the frozen ground on the south side of East Main street near Hewitt place, where a section of the brick pavement was removed because of a bursted watermain. This morning the frost had left the ground and Street Superintendent BOSTWICK today replaced the concrete foundation for the new pavement. Hot water was used for mixing the concrete and after it was spread it was covered with tarred paper and gravel. After time is given for the concrete to dry the bricks will be laid. * Weather like Summer Prevailed a Year Ago Contrast with Conditions Today Very Marked. Snow fell all the morning covering the frozen ground. The lowest temperature last night was 15 degrees, equaling the low mark of last Monday night, the coldest night of the season. Bergen.-A year ago today the mercury was at 70 degrees. The correspondent of 'The News' wrote in his diary: "Too warm in office, whose doors I could not leave open on account of flies." The next day, also, the thermometer registered 70 degrees. Today a snowstorm is on deck. * Former Batavia Pole Murdered by Robber Killed in Brutal Murder in Wakefield, Ohio Stanislaus MARCENKOWSKI, who was murdered at Wakefield, O., last Monday night, lived in Batavia about two months last spring when he was employed by Walter GACZEWSKI, the Ellicott street butcher. According to the account in a Polish paper received by GACZEWSKI, the former Batavia Pole was evidently murdered for his money. He was employed as a collector for a brewing company at Wakefield and had about $540 in his possession. His body was found in the foreign section of the town and an examination showed that he had been hit on the back of the head with a heavy instrument and that afterwards a sharpened stake was driven through his mouth,down through his body and into the ground. His eyes and nose were filled with mud. The police have no clue. MARCENKOWSKI, who was 42 years old, is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter who reside in Rochester. He formerly conducted a saloon in Rochester. * Pavilion Farmer Thrown off a Load Frank Dillon Suffered a Broken Wrist and Other Painful Injuries Rebecca Class Sewed All Day Pavilion.-Frank DILLON, a farmer living about two miles from the village, was injured while drawing straw into his barn on Thursday. He was getting off the load when his horses started, throwing him backward off the wagon. One of his wrists was broken, his legs were sprained and he was severely bruised. The Rebecca class held an all-day meeting at Mrs. David MILLIGAN's and tied quilts and made fancy articles for their fair on December 9th. Mr. and Mrs. Edward GAUGH's home is quarantined, their two-year-old child being ill with scarlet fever. Miss Libbie MORROW of Castile is spending a few weeks with her brother, Joseph MORROW. Mrs. Webster STARR has been entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Howard GREEN of Bradford, Pa. Mrs.. Patrick O'NIEL of Silver Springs is caring for her mother, Mrs. Frederick LEWIS, who fell and is almost helpless at present. Mrs. Joseph MORROW is very ill and Miss Helene EVARTS is caring for her. Dr. SOUTHWICK is entertaining his mother from Rochester and Miss Josephine WATKINS of Perry. * Sherman M. Chapman Oakfield Man Suffered from Diabetes, Died from Tuberculosis Oakfield.-Sherman Manley CHAPMAN died at 7:20 o'clock this morning at his home on North Pearl street, after two-months illness with pulmonary tuberculosis. He had been a sufferer from diabetes five years. Mr. CHAPMAN was born at P__, Ont., on January 23, 1881, and had resided in Oakfield three years, coming here from Alabama. Previous to that he had resided in Rochester, where he was a member of an Odd Fellows' lodge. He is survived by his wife and a son, Sherman Manley, Jr. The funeral will be from the family home at 2 p.m. on Monday, the Rev. S.D. ANGEL officiating , and the burial will be in the Nichols Hill cemetery. * submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************