Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-26

inducing immigration to West Tennessee.
A society has been organized at Memphis,
under the auspices of the State Bureau OF
Immigration.
The naked and terribly mutilated
body Of Mary Cassiday, aged ten years, was
found in a brush heap in the woods near
Barnstable, Mass, on the 18th. The head
was nearly severed from the body and in the
child's side was large butcher-knife. The
ground about bore evidence of the struggle
of the little girl to free herself from the vii
lain who so fearfully assaulted and cruelty
murdered her.
watkins, a horse thief, was taken
from the Jail at Fort Scott, Kansas, by .
mob, and hanged to the limb of tree.
PLEURO-PNEUMoNIA is prevailing
among the cattle in Lancashire, England.
A CASE of twenty rifles, shipped from
Milford for Cork, was seized by the police. ;
Il. L. SMILEY, of Spring Lake, Scott
County, Mimi, drove into the lake to water
his horses, with his wife and three boys,
sixteen, ten and one year old, in the wagon
with him. The horses became unmanagea-
BILE and overturned the wagon. The three
boys were drowned and the wife was barely
saved.
GEN. BYRNE, of Fort Worth, Texas,
who was wounded four times recently while
travelling east in a coach attacked by Indians,
died at Fort Quitman from the effects of his
wounds.
MISS TILE MATTER, q young lady
OF Mount JOY, Pa, was walking along the
road towards home accompanied by young
gentleman, when a spark from his lighted
cigar set fire to her dress. When the flames
were discovered both parties used their best
efforts to extinguish them, and would prob
ably have been successful had not Miss Ma
teer, losing her presence of mind, started on
a full run. This action caused the fire to en-
velop her whole body, and her clothing was
almost entirely destroyed before the flames
were finally extinguished. She was taken to
her home by passing carriage, but died
within a short time after her arrival.
TWENTY persons were killed by land
slide at Vieuxport, near Poitiers, France,
which crushed in two houses.
LUKE BLACKBURN won the one mile
and half race at Long Branch, ON the 18th,
in the unprecedented time of 1884.
GEN. HANCOCK was visited on the
18th by delegation of Woman Suffragists,
headed by Miss Lille DevereuX Blake, whose
mission was to ascertain from the Democratic
nominee for the Presidency his views re-
garding woman's exercise Of the franchise.
Gen. Hancock assured them, it is reported,
that he is in sympathy with any movement
looking to the amelioration Of woman's con-
dition, and that if elected he certainly should
not veto any measure that might come be-
fore him according them the right to vote.
The Texas and Pacific Railroad Com
pany has advertised for the completion of
the New Orleans Division of their road,
known as the New Orleans and Pacific, from
Shreveport, via Mansfield and Baton Rouge,
entering the Crescent City on the eastern
side of the Mississippi River. The whole
distance is about 325 miles, over half of which
is already graded.
DURING the last year 863, 493, 572 let
tiers originating in this country passed
through the United States mails, 276, 446,71S |
postal cards, 695, Ia, GA newspapers, 53,472,
276 magazines, and 300, S45, 4S0 books, circu-
lars, and miscellaneous printed articles.
THE gross earnings of thirty EIGHT |
railroads, reporting their receipts for july, |
show gain Of about 30 per cent, the in |
crease in mileage being about IL per cent. |
The earnings from January LIST show an in
crease of % per cent. The increase is nearly |
uniform throughout the list, with single |
unimportant exception.
The National Liberal League will |
convene in Chicago. Sept. II, to nominate |
candidate for President or indorse one of the
present nominees. There are about two hum
dred auxiliary Leagues, each of which is en-
titled to five delegates.