, 1873-12-27
DEsTI7uTl0R IN MINNESOTA.
Hs,.,, St;;tc Of Thing ~ in tho south,vc,t.
crM PARTON Of tho s;tutc--4Ala Appeal
.E.Sr Aiti

H:'.'. St;:tc Of Things in tho so,,thsvcst-
erM Portion Of the :stutc.-An Appeal
.fur Aid.
|orthingon, Sob!cs Cnnnty. ann. tDeo. 2a), Coyye.
,r,,n s''a1'g''ee 6f tne st. Iaa! Pfesa.
Faster tha'' any uthor. md that tho settlers nro
tine. sturdy act OF folloxs and that tho county,
rent; WorthinEton, il q surprise to oyery one
ttut secs Il atl is aware that it is only twenty
1nontits old. But it is also fact TINT l1ail do
stroyed most Of tho grain sown ii 1872, aud
that the Erassl1oppers destroyed seyon- teutha ol
tho sraln, OF 1873, aud that tic sottIora are now
Utmost entirely destitute Of Hool for tho coming
scason,. and their provisions for tho winter nro
terribly scant.. True, We scarcely hear mnr.
nlhr, md only those who layo ucithpr flour q,
rotatocs arc, ~ general rule, asking for mid,
aid all hnve such hopes Or tho county that, hs
long ns they can keep body md soul together
throngh the coming Rcnson. tlloy aro determined
to hold ous, believing ti,at with fair crops noxt
year thoy viii DO on tho road to prosperity.
Settlers, too, that have eoale this season, al
lured horo by the na'1y brilllalt accounts Of tho
tho writora picture 6nly tho bright sido-hayo
found lhat, after they haro done thoir own
breaking, built thoIr 4ousos ind outbuildings,
md bought tholr coal or wood, llayo but little
lett, a1a '!s strangers Of course cannot got any
credit Ut tho stores. Tlcso also arc among tue
EiiTofins. -
I know man who arc Obliged to burn hay in
ateal Of wood this winter, aut meal mud pota-
toes a:e very scarce asnonE the pcoplo.
4 ltellef Oo.ntnlteo has just boen orGnu!zed
Mt Vorth.ngton to try to help the most needy,
mud petition has just been Forwarded praying
lhe State Legislature to appropriate sum Of
money for The purchase of seed to ho distributed
n,nnng Tie settlers, to be rofuAdod by thon at a
future dny with low rato Of interest.
- In this way wo horo to weather Tho 'hnrd
times. md orc long DO u county that our State
may well bo proud Of.
cannot. 80; anything to 10 here, and il .thoy 50
to tho woods tey Sot little pay md their homo
sscadH aro liable to bo.:'jnlnpol."
10 the Ptoric Of tho city ~ 1t. P;ttt:
4 lar6o number ol pers0nB iu tile aonthweBt.
c,f portion oil ol.r Static arc in circumstances do
lnandlrg our Immediate sympathy and assistance.
They comprise, In all, some 900 families, sent.
son, alarlin, Rock, Murray, Lyon. Mobiles, md
perhaps others; III families i.l tlo single county
Of Cottonwood. Sumo Of them settled. in our
Stato two years elnco, but most Of them a yent
snooYs oro GG ota asss 9 Of gs
Tho most unsnbstautial kind, many Of Them ouly
novels oe sod aud mud. Tey ha7o no ,flci,
and aro in 1nauy cages score Of miles from my
supply Their clothes ara worn out-in short,
thoy aro sick, hungry, and cnltl, and, unless they
aro speedily. helped, many Ut them must iroezo
or stavvo to donth.
It In to DO hoped that wo. tho pooplo Of thia
city, mny llsrlay o liberalty Commensurate with
their sreat aud pressing nueds! Already relief
committees Of respousible persons hnvo been
organized In tho different towns IN tho froutor,
who will 500 tint our donations aro properly
distributed, and tho oilicora Of tho 81. Taul i
Sioux City md Sioux City It st. panl l1uuds
have otfoted froe transportation Of all contriby-
tons,
Tho sufferers arc. first Of Ill, in mood Of
money, thou clothing Of oil kinds, for men,
women, and children, blankets, aud nil other
supplies.
Cash contributions u,ay DO sout to Gen. II. II.
Hiblcy, Charles Scllciror, 2. II. Holly. Gon. 1t.
". Johnson, ". L. Wilson. ". q. 1.Dean, o. i.
Turrcli. II. II. Iico, md Capt. II. r. Johns, who
nroapp0lnicd committee to rocc!ye them. Cloth
ing aul supplies may ba lott Mt tho room OF thA
Chnmbor nf Commerce, or will bo called for on
Monday aud Tuoaday noxt, by w., l.. Wilson
EsQ.
Lot ms act generously aud at once.
II. N. nsoE,
". B. DEAN, =
Q. b. IunnEtt.
Sr. FAuG, Dec q, 1873.