Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-15

Supt. Hobart writes to the Rutland pap
ers, defending the Central Vt. r. R..
against the imput,tion of delay in tele-
graphing orders for the special trains to
move from Rutland and Burlington, bear
ing assistance. and his representations
appear reaS enable and truthful On the
contrary, the GLOBE figures out nearly an
hour between the request for orders and
the arrival of the dispatch from st. Adams
and remains of the " same opinion STILL
And the HerlN charges the Globe with
publishing some pretended dispatches fro m
Burlington, complaining of the delay,
which it alleges on the authority of the
telegraph operator 1T Rutland were never
sent over the wires. but were made up in
the Globe Office out of rumors afloat in
town
Middleburv is entitled to the sincerest
sympathy in the heavy misfortune which
has befallen her. The greater part Of the
business portion Of the village has been
wiped out. The loss over and above in
snrence is very heavy; and we fear that
the business of the blaze is not in such a
condition of activity and prosperity. or
capital 50 abundcnt there. rs to ensure
any such speedy rising from the ashes, rs
Montpelier, for instance. has eXemplitied
| Yet we trust the fire is but 4 temporary
misfortune: and that the burned blocks
will at no distant day be rebuilt, in more
substantial and less com bustble shape
| Free Press.
Milllebury has "A rifle club, and they
had trial of skill, Friday, which showed
considerable practice and attracted good
deal of attention. They shot distance
of eighty rods, having ten shots each, and
Frank Hawley of Cornwall ran score
which averaged only one and one-half
| inches from the center of the bulls eye.
Steps are being taken to have a large rifle
match at Lake Dunmorc next month for 4
sweepstakes Of one hundred dollars, open
| to all the State.
Saturday was the lifly-frst anniversary
of the battle Of Lake Champlain, the only
surviving officer of which is the venerable
Admiral Joseph Smith, now in his seth
year. the Oldest surviving officer in the
United States nj w, VINO was Il lieutenant
in that battle, in which he was wounded.
The succeeding day the memorable battle
Of Pittsburgh was fought.
VALUABLE MARE DEAD.-The fine
blooded mare belonging to a. 0. Cum
mings. on Seminary Hill. was found on
Monday last to have fallen into well, on
the premises where she was feeding. Sine
was extricatcd from the well. but life was
over with. The mare was the mother Of
g Dagger" the we'll known trotting horse
owned by Mr.. Cummings.
The Normal School at Randolph this fall
has in the second course IL students in class
A, 80; in class b, 81; in class Z, 81; in the
Preparatory Department, %, and IN the
Model School I: mlking n total attendance
of 167. The large addition to the building
adds much to its appearance and proves
to have been well planned for the accom-
mediation of the School.
The wrestling match for $4,000 and the
championship of America. between John
McMahon, of Vermont, and r. Gtrliner.
of California, took place in San Francisco,
Saturday, and was won by McMahon in
one hoar and forty-fve minutes.
The sale. last week. Of Short horn cattle
belonging to the estate Of the late Mr.
Long of Des Moincs, H., was Very
successful, the prices realized exceeding
the figures fixed by Mr.. Long before his
death Seventy-eight cows brought S22.-
$50, and fourteen bulls, all young, 1864.