The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12

Central Park menagerie, last Sunday
There is no clue to the thief.

Central Park menagerie, last Sunday
There is no clue to the thief.
Alexander Fl. Stevens has been re
nominated for Congress by the Dem
ocrats Of his District, and the Repub
licans are so well pleased with hi
course in the House that they vii
make no counter-nomination. j.
The answer of Henry Ward Be eche1
to the complaint of Theodore Tiltor
was served upon plaintiffs attorneys
Monday. It denies all the allegations
of plaintiff. The trial of this case will
take place at the October term of the
Brooklyn City Court.
Nebraska Independents have nomi-
mated the following ticket: For Gov
ernor, J. +. Gardiner Secretary OF
State, Henry We'll Congressman, J.
w. Davis. Specie payments, cheap
transportation, reduced taxation, no
more railroad land grants, is the plat
form.
The Secretary of the Treasury is
advised of the existence Of yellow
fever in New Orleans, Galveston, Pen
sacola, Mobile, Baltimore, New York
and Darien, Georgia. New Orleans
and Mobile papers deny that there
arc any cases of the disease in those
cities.
An Austrian polar expedition which
sailed three years ago has just been
heard from. The men were forced to
abandon their ship, and spent two
winters On the ice. Only one death
occurred during the entire voyage.
The highest point reached was lati-
tude 30 degrees. T.
A Washington dispatch of the 9th
says that an effort is being made in
that city to call together the members
of the National Democratic Executive
Committee, to con slider the propriety
Of calling convention of the Democ-
racy, North and South, to disclaim
any sympathy with reported Southern
outrages.
The Arkansas Constitutional Con-
vention has completed it's labors, and
all but seven members have signed
the new Constitution. A resolution
condemning violence and lawlessness,
and demanding equal rights and pro-
lection for all citizens, regardless of
race or color, was adopted by the
Convention.
Indignation meetings are held in
Tennessee to denounce the murder
of colored people in Trousdale and
Gibson counties. The trial OF Bowen
Saunders and Pat Lyons, charged
with killing Julia Hayden, the colored
school teacher, is progressing at Leb-
anon, and the outlook for their con-
viction is cheerful.
It is announced that a party of fifty
experienced miners and hunters will
leave Bismarck in about thirty days
for the Black Hills gold region recent
ly discovered by Ger. Custar's COM
mand while pursuing body of Indi-
ans. These miners not only know the
color of gold and the habits Of the
Indians, but think themselves sharp
enough to evade the military, who
are endeavoring to keep gold hunters
away from the new found treasure.
The Massachusetts, Democratic Con-
vention met at Worcester, Wednes-
day, and made the following nomina-
tions: For Governor, VIM. CASTOR of
Boston !; Lieut.. Gov, VIM. Smith of
Springfield; Secretary of State, B. F.
Wills Treasurer, Nathan Clark Au-
ditor, c. O. Moore; Attorney General,
Waldo Colburn. The platform dep
recates federal interference in cleo
tions, demands equal rights for all,
condemns violence against colored cit
liens and men who have settled in
the South, favors general reform and
opposes the prohibition liquor law.