Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-02-28

known as the French suspension truss, 70
eet high, 20 feet spau and rested on two
abutments 1t had been considered cafe
The train reached the bridge at ii 20 A. II,
and was running about twenty miles an hour.
The locomotive passed over safely. Inc
structure went down with two passenger
cars. baggage, express and mail cars, which
were all piled together In mass OF RUNS
( below. The front passenger car was reduced
/ to splinters, while the Others Jared but little
/ better Fragments of the first ear were
soon in flames, but by the prom ptness of the
engineer they were soon subdued. Ihere
were about sixty-fge passengers on the
/ train and of this number two were killed
and fftv-two wounded. Surgeons and sup
plies were sent from Covlngton. Thirty
were seriously wounded. Soon after the
wounded were cared for and placed IN the
ears Passengers say the wounded were
I heaped in a hOrrid mass, and that the scene
following was heart-rendiDg in the extreme
! Passengers who were slightly injured joined
with the citizens from the surrounding
country and the officers of the road IN the
wolk Of extricatIng the bodies from the
wreck The killed were John Brock oil
/ Sparta, Owen county, kentucky, ana tar
rison Julian, c0Iored porter OF the tram.
Both bodies were badly mutllatel. Inc
train took the wounded TO CovIngton, ar
irving there at 8 80. When the tram with
wounded arrived at C0vingtOn the sufferers
were conveyed to the hotels and hospital.
William Tull of Louisville will probably
die. The clothing of many OF the paSsen-
GERS was literally torn from their bodies
Dallas Pullman. the engineer of the tram,
was the only ore that escaped injury. Inc
cause of the bridge giving way has not been
ascertained.
RAILROAD AcCDENT.-The fast train going
west on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
while running with good speed, Feb. DIST,
ran into a heavy fall OF rock SIXTY miles east
Of Parkersburg The engine and baggage
car were hurled down an emblnkment, anu
several passenger cars thrown from the
track j. Dorsey, the engineer, was IN
stautlv killed, ana the fireman severely
injured. The passengers escaped with sIsh'
injuries.
INTERESTING 10 ARCuTECTs.-Th German
-varnment has devised a scheme that prom
.scs 10 be "A great event in the history oil
. architecture X is intended 10 build new
House 1T Parliament AT Berlin. and the de-
sire is 10 make il model structure. 10 that
end the architects OF all the nations on the
globe are invited to compete by subuittins
plans before the 18th Of April next prize
.ef 600 VIII be paid for the best design
and prizes II $1,000 eacslor the four neat
best All the plans viii then be printed 10
an immense book, for the use of architects.
>ach "a volume cannot fail To possess great
interest and To be Of value 70 the ART
Ia late lecture, Mrs. stanton, among
o-uer anecdotes Of quiet humor, related q
. story et how the ladies ot a church once
picked up poor httle orphan boy, an
sIucated him Tor the ministry. They pall
Z I'M
when lie graduated they bought hmm soms
nice - tdcs. and were all on tiptoe of tx
psccttisn % hear the first sermon. Ina Elnt
their CONSERVATION when, graveiy announc
In- his text, he quoted from 81 Paul, - Let
the women keep silence IN the church.
ru8Fa PlANrl>e.-Senator Hitchcock
+ sin b. Io encourage the growth of timber on
Western Prairies," proposes a gilt ot .
euar,or-scetisu If the public lands 20 anl
person !. who shall plant, protect. and keep
III . healthy. growing condition. for i've
years NOT less than 100 acres or timber
provided. tllt no more tEan one quarter in
any section STALL bc 50 acquired. N3vCJver,
ans person takiu. Quartcr-secti3n under
ta- Homestead act shall obtain patent
t.eroi.r without waiting five years lor ~
Ion 4ae n...t that Z has planted not less
team ton acres H. timber. and bias had I'D
same .rsVIu- MT ..s- than Jwa wears
That lively Ilr,le STATE. Vermont, Is now
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Havc -scci q, dtc, u, on Saturday, last
ANA Il his been teIt in the papers Of vlrioa.
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g aaf occurred Oh New Jersey. II wound. II p
cout.atei. taEe lcve'eI every sand hlI an.
|l.r pole lu the State. ami shaken the ted
.u- ID aIl tle rattl. snakes N rs pine forests
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III 0'' ''''7 80 ~ ~. -'' ' -
day 10 the senate was as tol'oWs
R.sarea That the President be requisite,
= u inform ghe oeuste os the number of recon-
- mendatous for appointments u ct removal
from office, - far n can he asecrtalncd. mad,
q Tie present adm inistrat On hv persons now
Senators from the Statcs of New York Nh.
-ouri. Illinois and y ctra-ka, together witt
,e mem. -, =. ,y 'i,.Sr a.. '@. Il, . ..
Recommendation respectively. ana of tn
number Of such persons 50 appointed who
have been removed, ana also whether an
senators nave soicit'd appointments OF re-
iA3'a7 iu any sense other 'nah ny 'ra"S'" Z
ing fpef7 s'@1'nS the cl'raele' anu IaI'-
ht3t'2hs ~ applicants ana Il - VIVA sen
atof7
Saws the Springfield Republican. There is
agitation again tor railroad over tie
mountain, or rather through the mountains,
from Rutland 10 Bethel on the Vermont
i Central GOV. Smith is certainly in favor OF
Ir. and IT Smith be for il. who shall he
against it2