Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-04-03

DfsTBIBurGNa THE SURPLUS RRvrNUF.
The Albany journal, in noticing the PASS
age of the bill distributing the surplus revon-
ue in the trersury among the States. saws;
"Government adopted this step once before.
and with bcnefcent results. On the lst of
January. 1886. S26.OOO. 900 in the Federal
Treasury were divided among the States.
I Now York received $4,000. 600. She invest
ed it in education 1t has wrought magical
changes in twenty years. Seven stately Col
| loges and a Normal School have risen in our
towns. A hundred new Academies adorn our
villages. When bells ring noon. nine hun
drod thousand children pour out from eleven
thousand school houses.
When Saturday night comes round free
| library is thrown omen of a million and a half
of books. Every bow and girl in the state.
from five wears nm TO twenty. il offered tut.
tion gratis by that United States Deposit
una IL ADDS S25'OOO every year to the
ochooi fund' IL gives Slb5,OOO every year
toward the expenses Of the school system 1t
VIII educate the next, and the next, and doz-
ems more, and they wili each ana all rise up
10 bless the generosity OF Uncle sam.
R,rtpo,, Arr,,,.r -Rs,,or Do,y,,
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he bccon,;no oI,oootbor 20 cor,,r,,, dconr,oJ
on tho pnG.nd {. yVasLi,,,,a,, pa;Iro,5 w.
Thursdav actcrnoor A. tho f,oi1ht troin
60 ..a III. 80, t'p.u
over q small stream this side Of Salem, n Y,
the locomotive was thrown from the track. by
the breaking of a rail, and striking the bridge
the whole structure, engine and cars were
procipitatod into the bed of the stream, eight
or ten feet below. A portion of the broken
rail was driven through the fire box, letting
out the steam and scalding, though not Sc
verely. the engineer and fireman. The in
slant plunge in cold water doubtless saved
their lives. The damage TO the locomotive
and loss Of freight is not supposed to be
large.--A temporary bridge is in process Of
construction Wnlcn 1t IS expected Will allow
uo VI ""'iiS ny NionO"y D"'''"y-
70" f'ee f'e'''
MosT IMPORTANT PROM UrAH-Wc have
no doubt that there is positive information in
this city that Brigham Young and his crew
have burned the United States archives,
court records, &c. in Utah Territory that
they have demanded the appointment Of one
of two schedules of federal officers. both
neau'u oy pfign"m iounS Tor Governor
WV" .ue "'oN" VI '"u purpose Oh urlNlhg
""y o'n lri ou' % Tue Acrrl'ory oy iorce Oh
arms. ne 'IuIn IS inc Morlnuhs are already
practleally IN state OF reoeIlon'- Washing
10" our
to Last week the States Attorney was
called to South IIardwick to prosecute two
lhyeteIate rumseIlers whom moral suasion had
l"iieu 10 convince OF the Wickedness OF their
ways, lnoy were at hrst iuil OF hght' and
threatened TO resist inc prosecution to the
very ioS'' OUT ON learning VINO were the WIT
uses against men, they surrendered at DIS
ana were hhed each thirty dollars and
, :, contrary 20 the predictions OF the
e'nperahce standard, our state Attorney
If the Probibitory Inv WC,,i5J',,;o, '9N'''''
NEW ionK hLEcrIoNs.- The Albany
ourua' Oh euhesday evening" sums up the
eSu,tS Oh inc town elections thus far held
nu mus ,hau IN thlrty-iour counties the he
Gratis have lost %. and the Americans lost
s. Last year the two parties together had
majority of 1913 over the Republicans This
ear the Republicans have majority of 1I3
yer both the other parties.
1,o,.o. p. c..
= barrels of whiskey were knocked in the
cad Yesterday, on the square, and their con
ents allowed to seek a more congenial rest .
ng place IN the gutter. The liquor was seiz-
December last and has not been claimed bv
he owner,-Froe Press.
,
this place was recently driving over bridge
in Cabot. when his horse stepped into a hole
and afterwards hobbeled along. which attract
ed attention and upon examination it was
found that the foot had pulled off where the
hoof unites to the leg and was left behind.
Tho town authorities Immediately paid for
TO- hin bos bocr irtrodncod ;oto cha