Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-10-31


ritt's scouts, fired upon them ant
they retreated up the bed of tn,
creek. Drois came OH into Rawlin
warning the escort with the body
of Lieutenant Weir, which was :,
short distance ahead of him, ant
also number of ranchmen on thei
way to Snake river. Lieutenant
Weir's body will be here on Thurs.
day morning and will be received
by Col. Brackett's command. The
funeral services will be held here
and the remains be shipped East.
Aussrniis and New Caiaese sirn,n
ship Lines.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-The Irs
bune says: When the trade Of
Australia warrants an arrange.
ment by which steamship will
be dispatched there from London
every fortnight after January next,
there ought to he wide field fol
| American enterprise in that colo.
ny. 1t will be unfortunate If the
revival of home trade makes our
manufacturer in any degree neg
lectful of the foothold they attained
abroad during the recent hard
times.
The World seems to be waking
up. 1t says: Here are the Chi
Mise, the most conservative people
in the world, establishing a line of
steamers to the Sandwich Islands,
which is to be extended afterward
to San Francisco. This is an un-
precedented movement, and Amer
lean enterprise may soon find itself
matched in field which cannot
be classed under the head of "cheap
labor.n
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-By the
steamship Arizona came 2l3 Nor
mon immigrants and eleven Nor
mon missionaries, who had been at
work in Great Britain, on the Con-
tinent and in Germany for nearly
two years. Most of the Mormons
We're in families, majority being
mechanics in various trades, with
few farmers. They come in
about equal divisions from Scot
land, Wales, England and Scandi-
navian countries, and most of them
will go to Ogden, Logan and Echo.
Rsinstorm East.
New YORK, Oct. PA VIC.
lent thundersto rm, accompanied
with hail, passed over this section
yesterday. The rain, which fell'in
torrents, was very grateful to the
parched country.
Eug-B0as Explosions.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-The lug
boat Daniel Brown exploded her
boiler in East River this morning,
instantly killing the fireman and
deck hand and seriously injuring
the engineer and cook. Tue tug
was blown into fragments.
a shiuenan an me Chinese ia
America.
New YORK, Oct. 29-'rhe Times
says: "A representative of the Times
had an interview with Gee Gam, a
Chinaman who is interested in the
advancement of his countrymen.
He believes they are steadily de-
creasing in number in this country
owing to the hostility of majori-
ty of the people of the Pacific
Coast. While hundreds come here
each Spring, thousands return to
Asia each Fall. In his opinion,
the immigrants now moving to
America, are much superior,
morally and intellectually, to
the earlier arrivals. There are
now about 500 Chinese families in
the United States, the women of
which are virtuoIs and Industrious.
Abandoned and vicious females are
not go numerous as formerly, and
in the course of few years they
will disappear altogether. Mr..
Gam thinks the only thing the
Chinese need to make them respect
ed citizens is the ballot. They
would all vote the Republican
ticket, and if permitted to particle
pate in the next National Conven-
ton of that party would support
Grant, whom they look upon as
second only to Confucus in wisdom.
How Ind,AD Agent seefs. r a.o-s hts
Life.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.--At meet
ing of the Farmers Club yesterday
Vice. President Dodge read me-
moral paper prepared by com
mittee on Agent Meeker. He said
IL vas singular that newspaper
| should have teen instrumental il
killing a newspaper man. Meekel
felt that at any time there nigh
be IN outbreak Of Indians, and tei
esraphed TO Washington for troops
Through the neVspspea publish
ing this request, Mesker was az