The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-15

Tho 6iiO wesl-bouud through Califor-
MIA oxprosb over tho Texas & Pacific had
sbeard, last evening, two Mormon
elders and eight female proselyt's from
Georgia, bound for the new Mormon
colony being established near Cruces, In
the state of Sonora, old Mexico, vest
at the sonora railway, Thcy were all
huddled together ia the rear OF u seq
ond-clsss coach, and heavy Nallses,
shawls and blankets we're conspicuous
at first glance. n HERALD reporter
approached the oldest aud most sHncil'
lied looking OF the elders, whose whlto
hair and long beard gave him an AGED
aud venerable appearance, except nor
his robust person ANA vigorous bearing
The most noticeable feature about him
WAS his sharp, keen, shtowd, penetrate
Ing cat.liko eyes, Verify the reporter
In constrained 10 believe that tho elder
OWNED his mission the moment adj
dressed, for he drew himself up, and ~,
s.ming digniiied air, essaysd
the reticent racket, ana III inc himh ho
won. A Mormon elder ear talk less
when he wishes To and more when he
desires to than any living man.. There
porter, who had received n "pointer'' as
10 who the parties were, tipped his nat
and, begging pardon, asked the oldcr
from whence they came ana whither
they were bound. Alter long pause,
very long pausc,d during which tlne inc
| reporter photographed the ,groupe, ne
! asked, "why do you wish TO know; does
Il concern you in any wayE Inc re,
porter acknowledged that II did, ana
giving him u long stick OF tally In the
wny of turning over tho United states
government and the injustice done
those of his faith, struck tho elders
weak spot and he melted for time.
The following IL, In substance, what
no had To say: He WAS an elder ana
his name was Joseph Kimley, and that
OF his brother in the church, or taber-
nacle IA he termed II, Samuel
MILESTONE. They with other members
had boen laboring for converts in Geur-
gia and other southern states, and that
the eight they had made were en- route
TO Cruces, in the state of sonora, OLD
Mexico, where the church mad founded
colony near that place, called st.
Young, in honor of their great prophet,
Brigham Young. This colony, ar branch
settlement, the elder explained, was
the result of the cruel and
tyrranical treatment tho people
OF their faith had been subjected 70 by
the United States government, which,
he said, had prosecuted them in every
conceivable way. Tho majority OF the
proselytes from the sontherh states
were being taken to st. Young on that
account. He did not think that the
people OF his faith would soon vacate
Salt Lake City. AT this juncture OF the
conversation, the reporter, in his inno-
cenoe, asked him how they managed TO
support so many wives,
This query evidently offended tho
elder, for ne settled himself back in his
seat ana said: "That is our peoples bust
ness; good night, SIR" All efforts to
draw him out any further rallied. The
women were coarse in their general APP
pearance and were aged from 70 10 80
years. Two of them had children, one
boy and girl and the other boy.
Their dress was plain, common and
scant, and they were ignorant and UNI
sophisticated. Their dress, baggage, or
rather bundles in fact, indicated eX-
treme poverty. Several OF the women
were voraciously devouring sand
witches.