The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-06-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

The seventh annual convention of the edit
ors and publishers of Missouri was held at
Lexington ON the Goth and 21st. Nearly two
hundred members were in attendance.
TIA Kentucky Press Association met in
convention at Henderson on the Goth.
Forty-three women temperance crusaders
were recently arrested in Cincinnati, on a
charge of violating the city ordinance by OBJ
structing the sidewalks. Judge Marchant
said there had been violation of law, but in
view of the lack of bad motives on the part of
the defendants, he would dismiss them which
he did, with the admonition that if the act was
repeated they would be liable to arrest and
punishment.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church of the United States convened in st.
Louis on the 21st.
The Mayor of New Orleans, in letter to a
gentleman in Washington, says that, unless
the resources for the relief of the sufferers by
the Mississippi inundation be increased in
some way to one million dollars, many thous-
ands must perish by famine.
Recent dispatches from Brownsville, Texas,
report a very unsettled condition of affairs
along the border. There is said to be no pro-
lection for property between the Neuces and
Rio Grande, and most of the ranches have
been deserted. Large numbers of cattle have
been stolen and taken across the border, and
citizens have been fired upon from the Mexi-
can side. The Federal officers have been So
licited to send aid, and the citizens were or
ganizing in self-defense.
The National Conference of Dunkards
met at Girard, ILL.,, on the oath. Some two
thousand delegates were in attendance.
The Queens birthday MAY 25) was gener-
throughout the United States, and in Canada
it was observed as a general holiday.
Decoration day has been made legal holi-
day in Pennsylvania.
The following dispatch, signed by Louis A.
Witt, Mayor of New Orleans and Treasurer
of the relief fund, was telegraphed to the
Mayors of all the principal cities throughout
the United States on the 26th:
By request of the relief committees and prin-
cipaI citizens, again call on American cities In
behalf of As, 900 victims of the great HOOD ior
such aid as your prosperity may permit, or your
philanthropy may prompt you TO grant. Gontrl-
buttons in cash and provisions in thlTty-hve
days have been less than $3.50, 200. The demand
for relief will continue great and urgent for many
weeks. Daily rations have been distributed to
about As 600; s, 600 furnished by the Government
Painful nxiety to- the results is general
Nothing but large increase of resources for re-
lief can prevent the horrors Of famine and grea'
loss of life We need million dollars more.
Details will ne sent by mail.
The Sioux City Journal publishes informa-
ton received from the Upper Missouri. that
General Custar is preparing large force al
Fort Abraham Lincoln to move into the Blacl
Hills about the 1st of June. This force is tt
consist of ten fpll companies of cavalry, witt
full battery of Calling guns. In anticipa
ton of such movement on the part Of the
military force of the Government, an expedi
ton, composed of men accustomed to frontier
life, has been quietly organizing for the pas
month, and will leave for the Black Hills re
gion at the same time as the Government ex
pedition. The Black Hills are supposed to b
rich in gold and silver, but it is all supposi
ton and tradition, as no one but Indians haV'
ever explored them.