Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-03

psrtance to small matters. OF what
real consequence Is IL whether Fed
sral soldiers are permitted to be
to preserve the peace at
The polls? Even if President
Hayes were the reverse Of what
svery body knows him to be-if he
were a restless, intermeddling. un.
politician-where could
be get troops to overawe the voters
Of the United States at their In
voting places?
wii Last ati summer.
NEW YORK, April 2nd.-A T'ele.
gram Washington special says;
Garfield expresses the opinion that
this session Of Congress will last all
Sum mer. He is making his
with that expecta-
tion. He and other Republicans
have received from President Hayes
the most positive assurance that
the Army bill will be vetoed IL it
passes with the rider now pending
In the House.
Good Busiaess Prospsess.
NEW YORK, April 2d.-The busl-
ness propects Of the country con.
tinue good, as will be seen from the
following details, complied from
various sources: Amesbury, Mass,
Is filling large carriage orders for
California. Nearly all the Pitts
burgh glass furnances are again In
operation. The iron works at Syra.
cuse report good orders and better
prospect for fair prices. The first
shipment Of canned meats and
vegetables from this country to In.
dia was made a few days ago.
Birmingham, England, is import
ing hay forks, clocks, apple.parers
and clothes-pins from Philadelphia.
Different manufacturing interests
of this city give evidence of a
marked Improvement In trade. For
the first time in her history Balti-
more shipped cargo of live hogs
(5OO) to England on Saturday. To
Canadian lumbermen the past
winter has been one of the most
on record for getting out
tim Der and saw logs. In Troy, N.
Y, the business outlook is exceed
ingly bright. All the mills are
running on full time, and every
branch of industry Is picking up.
The Lackawana Iron and Coal
Company have doubled their steel
mill force at Scranton, Pa, to meet
the increased demand for that arti-
Gle.
Bankrups Citses.
NEW YORK, April 2nd.-The
Tribune to day says: To-day the
city of Elizabeth takes its place
among the many bankrupt cities
defaulting in the interest on some
Of its bonds and on the principal of
others. Jersey City also defaults
to-day on the salaries of employees
and other Indebtedness. This,
however, Is not case of actual
bankruptcy.
Coming 10 the Paeiic Coast.
CHICAGO, April 2nd.-The Iri.
bune says: The White Stocking
Club of this city has definitely de.
cided to take the Far West tour,
mentioned in Sundays dispatches,
leaving Chicago October I'd, aud
spending some time In San Fran
cisco.
MRS. Secretary McCrAry En- Route
for California.
CHICAGO, April 2d.-An Inter.
Ocean Washington special says
Mrs. Secretary McCrary left this
evening for California, where she
will spend several months for the
benefit of her health, which has
been very poor all winter.
DnlIdo.,ng in Utah.
SALT LAKE CITY, April 2.-The
Board OF Gentle Canvassers of
Tooele county, assembled to can.
vass the returns of the election oi
August 5th, 1878, pursuant to ar
order from the District Court. Aftel
obeying the order of the Court tc
the letter, q mob, headed by F. M
Lyman, Mormon candidate for the
Legislature, by threats and intimi.
dation compelled the County Clerh
to go beyond the order of the Dis
trict Court and issue to them GER.
tificates of election, after obtaining
which, they by force took posses.
sion Of the Court House and as
sumed control of the affairs OF
Tooele county. When the County
Clerk refused to issue certificates
Bishop Lyman said he would have
him placed in the lookup, and 9
Mormon Justice of the Peace
jumped up and said, Eyes, we have
put up with little too much from
you," intimatipg violence. Shot.
guns were taken into the Court
room on Saturday night, and Nor.
mon mob had Teoele county cap.
tured. The Clerk and several of the
representative men of Tooele
are in the city, but what action
they intend taking in this matter
is unknown.
Dostractlve Prairie Fires-LOss Of
Life and Property.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, April 2.-The
Journal has startling reports of the
ravages Of destructive prairie fires
up the Big Sioux Valley and
throughout Southern Dakota. The
fires on Saturday were of unusual
force and destructive beyon prece-
dent. The poles of the telegraph
line on the Sioux City and Penn
bina Railroad are burned, SO the
line has been down and reports