Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-12-28

Henry Lacross of Barre, who haC
suffered with cancer on the bone o
his right arm, had his arm amputateC
below the shoulder Friday.
The body of Louis Glenn of STAN
ford, aged about 10 years, was founC
dead Monday on an old wood road il
that town. An autopsy was helC
showing that the man had been dead
several hours. 1t is believed that h
was thrown from his wagon by acct
dent as he was going down the steer
road.
Congressman II. Henry Powers anG
Postmaster George 7. Childs are en-
deayoring to establish a rural free de,
livery route to be attached to the st
Adams postoffice and there is every
reason to anticipate their success. The
maps for the route, which is to be
about twenty miles in length, are now
being prepared.
A horse and wagon belonging to
William Risdon of Dandy were stolen
Wednesday night of last week from a
shed in which they were left.
Charles Bates of thai place was said
to have been seen driving toward
Middletown Springs. The horse was
finally found standing in the road
near Tinmouth pond.
Otto Olson, employed in the brass
department of the Howe scale works,
Rutland, started Saturday for Copen-
hagen, Denmark, where he has been
called by the serious illness of his
father. Olson came to this country
seven years ago to escape military
service. He will inherit a consider
able fortune on the death Of his
father.
Hon. L. d. Hazen of st. Johnsbury
has forwarded to Governor Smith his
resignation as a member Of the state
prison commission. Mr.. Hazen has
served on the board for six years. He
was recently appointed postmaster at
st. Johnsbury and under the regula-
tions of the postotiiee department a
man cannot hold federal and state
office at the same time.
L. G. Houghton was in Brattleboro
last week on his way from Halifax to
his winter home in Sheffield, Ill. Mr..
Houghton has shipped to Boston Is
deer and one elk which were killed at
his park in Halifax. The deer
weighed about 100 pounds each and
the elk tipped the scales at 400
pounds. Mr.. Houghton states that
his deer and elk have increased so
rapidly during the past two seasons
that he will be obliged to kill a num-
Der of them every fall in order TO pre-
vent the park from becoming over
stocked. During the past year the
animals have devoured all the UNDER
brush on the 1000 acres over which
they roam, and are now beginning to
destroy the hemlocks.
The official sent to Barre by the
postal department to determine the
exact distance from the 6. V. station
to the postoffice has gone on to WASH
ington to report that the office is but
g9s feet from the station through the
side door by the passage way between
the city hall and G.. L. Corners store.
Ii is but 995 by the front entrance TO
the place where the mail has to be
delivered. Both of these measure
ments are made on a line four feet
from the curbstone of the street
traversed. The survey as made by
City Engineer Currier was found to
be correct by the postal official. An
other survey made by the railroad
people taking into consideration all
the right angles possible has made the
distance over 1920 feet or so rods. AS
a rule Of the department requires the
railroad to deliver all mails at the
postoflice when it is within so rods of
the railroad station. the G. V. will
in the future have to deliver all the
mail received over its line at the
postoffice.