Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-03-05

women and children, horribly mutiiating
many Of the former
A report reached London on the 9th tnas
. great battle had been fought st Acroomba,
on the Gold Coast, between the Ashantees ana
the British forces under Sir Gsrnet Wolseley.
The British papers say great disaster hao
bcfaIien the British arms, and the only
course left for the commander was TO retreat
| 10 the coast. Peace negotiations had been
pending, and had been 30 far advanced that II
was announced that the end Of the war had
been reached, but these had oil failed In con-
sequence OF the determination OF sr Garnet
10 treat with the Ashantee King at Coomae-
sic. The battle lasted from six o'clock In the
morning until three O'Clock IN the afternoon.
A large number Of officers and men were
killed. II WAS reported that the communist
ton Of the British With the rear was threat
ened. A dispatch Of the 18th rays IT was be-
lieved that another large force Of Ashantees
was approaching from the southwest to offer
battle.
A Bsyonne dispatch Of the 25th says that
II was rumored In that city that General
Morionez had been badly defeated before BIZ.
boa, with the loss Of large number Of his
troops, and that he had been compelled TO re-
treat To Ssntander.
The East.
The Smith sisters, who refused TO pay their
taxes In Connecticut, and had their cows
seized and sold, have received donation OF
$500 from their female sympathizcrs.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
has decided that, under the Constitution,
woman can be member Of School Commit
tee.
Stephen and Abbe Kelly Foster, with Miss
Sarah Wall and Miss Marietta Flagg, OF
Worcester, Mass, refused TO pay taxes because
ladies cannot vote. Their property was adver-
tiscd for sale on the Goth.
A New York dispatch Of the 21st says
praying crusade against intemperance had
commenced Ia that city and vicinity. The
churches were generally moving In the mat
ter. The Trustees OF Trinity Church had de-
cided TO no longer lease the property OF the
church for purposes OF liquor selling, and
other churches were requesting their members
TO stipulate that their property should not
hereafter be used as saloons.
On the afternoon OF the ga an engine ran
OF the track at Uniondale, Pa, on the Jefier-
son Branch, between SusquehaHna and Car
bondale, and fell down an embankment sew
cnty.Hye feet, instantly killing Conductor
John X. Harding, Engineer Cramer, Fireman
David Cramer, and Brakeman Thomas Rapley
The Foster farm at Worcester, Mass, was
a. a - tbo IA tharer IN
unpaid taxes Of 1872, which the Fosters re
fused TO pay on account OF Mrs. Foster not
being allowed TO vote.
The Rhode Island State Prohibltory Conven-
ton, recently In session at Providence, made
the following nominations: For Governor,
Henry Howard, present incumbent; Lieuten-
anti Governor, w. II. Sayles; Secretary OF
State, j. NJ. Alderman, present incumbent;
Attorney. General, Edwin Metcalf; General
Treasurer, Henry Gafr.
The Boston School Committee on the even
Ing OF the oath again discussed the question
of permitting women to occupy seats, and,
Notwithstanding the decision OF the Supreme
Court, they voted by A to 40 not TO recon-
slider their former action.
The Maine House of Representatives has re-
fused to pass the bill abolishing the death
penalty, the vote being 81 to 49,
At a meeting Of the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers, held at Cleveland on the
25th, Grand Chief Engineer Wilson was In
vted to resign, and compiled with the re-
quest.
Seven hundred people applied for food In
one day at one of the four soup houses re-
Gently opened In New York city by the mu-
niHcence OF Mr.. James Gordon Bennett.
Most OF the applicants we're women and chill
dren, who, but for this timely relief, might
have been reduced TO extreme want.