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' CITY JSJHX COUNTRY. Thursday, May SO. The History of Court House Block. At this time, when the heirs of Mrs. Wilson are pushing their claims to the block of laud occupied by the Couit House, the citizens of Marion county, and indeod of the whole State will fool Interested In reviewing tho history of the circumstances by which tho said block caino to bo considered public property. It la supposed that tho claim is based on tho fact that the block lu question was a part of tho wife's half of tho Willson donation claim that constitutes tho Salom town site. Or that tho heirs claim a roverson to thomselvcs on nccouut of tho trannsfer from tho city to tho couuty of said property, but oil the trans icr that exists la that, according to .stipulations filed, the Circuit Court, July 7th, 1871, made a decree iu favor of the right of the county to tho block as a sito for a Court House, the stipulations prescribing by what time the house should be built and what other improvements should bo tnado on tho premises. Tho facts are that the town plot and dedication by Dr. Willson were made before the passage of the donation act was passed by Congress and before it was known that Mrs. Willsou would be entltlod to half the land grant. It was used as a public square long before the final division was made between the husband and wife. It is probable that the old Court Houso was at liost planned and contracted to bo built bo l'oro that division was flually made by Sur veyor General Preston; certain It Is that neither then or afterwards did Mrs. Willsou over ralso on objection or dissent from the dedication her Husband publicly made of that block for public purposes. About 1852 and 3 thoro was a strife belweon North Salem and the main town for the lo cation of the Court House. J. B. McClaue, E. N. Cook, John Baker and others, were anxious to have It iu North Salem, or north of Marlon Square, while the cltlzons of this part of town wore for having It whore it Is,W. C. Griswold, B. 1'. Uardinc and E. M. Bar uum belug activo workers, Each locality raised a subscription to offer as a bonus. Tho County Judges at thattiino were Bon Wal- don, J. W. Grim and Jacob Conser. Judgo Grim was In town last woek and gave his recollection of tho facts in tho case, and wo had a conversation with Mr. Connor lust evening and find that without any commu nication with each other and alitor an inter val of twonty-two or tm enty-throo years,each lias tho tame rememberauco, that Dr. Willson showed them his mnp of Salem and pointed to the block now occupied by the Court Houso as the ouo ho Jiad dedicated for that purpose. At the same interview ho explained that tho lower block was for a Court Houso, tho three east of it woro for publlo grounds and tho block east of them again, at therlsoof tho slope, was Intended for a State Capitol. Judge Grim says he amused himself very much at the time with the fine plans tho Doctor had made, and the fact that they are now being .abundantly realized freshens his recollection. Bon Harding was with the Commissioners, Mr. Cousor thinks, when the Doctor told of -this dedication. As to the city having fdrfelted the claim of the publlo by consenting to the use of the block for Couuty purpose, it Is easy to see that the right of the public could not be for feited by any act ot the city. The dedica tion was to the public, and if tho city has al lowed buildings to be erected against the in terests of tho public, they can be proceeded against as a nuisance and romoved. The Jaw of dedication Is plain on that point, and the law of dedication also establishes that .the building of a Court House on publlo ground is a proper use of tho same and in harmoDy with the intention of the act of -dedication for publlo purposes. It is fortunate that this question is raised while the best witnesses are living to prove the intention of Dr. Willson. Mrs. Willson lived for over twenty years after the first -tjourc nouse was coinmencea. Hue saw it row old and almost rot down, and made no .objection to the use of the block for tnat pur pose. She also lived until it was removed and a magnificent structure erected in its plaoe, a fit monument to the liberal soul of .Dr. Willson, and while this action must be .considered a puerile and fruitloss attempt, we who have lived here since an early day, .cannot but regret to see such dishonorable tflbrts made by those who, unfortunately for Dr. Willson, baye no sympathy with his generous nature while they claim to be his .heirs. Some More Court House Items. The old Court Bouse was finished about twenty years ago and cost one-third as much as the magnificent building that now stands in Its place about (30,000. The builders were Ferguson & Montgomery. While over hauling the old records to-day we gathered some interesting facta of the past. It Is a tra dition among Court House officials that the old wooden j-lllars cost 300 each. Our read ers can examine them as they pass up Court street, where the old building now stands. It ia probable that the same house could now be built for one-fourth what it cost twenty years since. Along In 1851, when the work was draw ing near completion, the Commissioners borrowed f 1,100 of David Presley, who Iiv d out this Bide of the Fair Grounds or where the Fair Grounds now are. The old records of that date show that be was to re ceive twenty per cent Interest on the loan by the by, the clerk bad it "lone." Wiley Cnapuiau did the plastering, and the con tract price was 1.40 per kquare yard. The price now Is 40 cents per square yard. On the 8th of September, 1854, Ferguson and Montgomery drew a warrant on account of work done, and there being no cash on band to pay the aame, the couit ordered that they ahoafd receive twenty-five per cent interest .on the same until paid. That was tho way they built Court Booses 21 years ago. Quicksilver in Douglas County. Wo havo read considerable of late concern ing quicksilver discoveries in Southern Ore gon, but tho most reliable we have is con tained in a letter from Mr. J. U. Hackleman assistant Treasurer of State, who writes from Rosoburg to Hon. A. U. Brown that new mines have been djsoovered quite near thoro that promises quite favorably. A test was made that Yielded half a pound of quicksilver from four and a half pounds of rock. That is an immense yield and evon at the present ' reduced prlee o"f quicksilver good cinnabar 'mines aro a big thing. We may look for stirring times in Douglas county. I Spelling Match Over in Polk. Wo learn that Rosa Lodge, of Good Templars, has challenged Vulfontis Lodge, of Zona, to a spoiling match. Tho banter is accoptod, and the first spell will tnko place at Rosa Ledge Hall on Friday evening. Mv 2lst. the 'second spill will behold at the Zona Hall, and the third at the Rosa Lodge room. There will be twelve on a Moo. The meetings will be held on successive Friday eveuings. The Leaiso Ferry. We learn from Mr. Lewis Pettijohn that the new boat made for his ferry does very well, but the third trip tbey made with it the old wire rope broke and stopped operations. Ho had roads to and from the ferry well fixed and will havo a new wire rope up from below and ready to operate in a tew aays, wnen mat win vo a I good route of travel. Currency to be Casii. S. Freidman in forms tho immigrants coming to Oregon that he will receivo currency for goods at usual prices. Those who owo old book accounts mutt pay coin, but he proposes to honor the National currency as worth par for merchan dise sales. S. Freidman Is a live man and wants to favor immigrants. New Bakery. Amos Strong and Calvin Bain, youug mon well known to tho cltlzons of Salem havo opened a bakery opposite our office. They have a fine, new oven, built by our old friend James Bowker, and are able to fret out some of the finest bread, cakes and pies to be found. Their ad. will appear soon. Give them a trial. W. S. Barker yesterday returned to tho In sane Asylum at East Portland with Mrs. f.eatty, of this city, who was recently dis charged from there, but oeoms not yet to bo In her right mind. Her case is a very dis tressing one, and Mr. Beatty has tho sym pathy of all who know him. Healthy Sion. Not so healthy for law yeara and officers of court as for tho publlo I generally, is the fact that there is not yet a now case on tho docket for tho June term of tho Circuit Court for Marion county. Thoro is "omo old work to grind, but no new cases as j et. Dao Hill and Tecumsoh, the two Indians with Mr. Mcacham who belonged to the Klamaths, were expecting to start home on the first,of tho present month, but since then wo see by the N. Y. papors that Djvo Is among the tnls-slug. Tho son of Rev. Joseph Hoberg, of East Portland, lately had a fish hook cut out of his lip, where it caught while another boy was fishing. Died. In this city, 19:k Inst., at 5 o'clock r. M., Vellnn, youngost daughter of H. M. and Sarah Thatcher, aged 7 years, 5 months and 12 days. Friday, May 21. Steady. Gen. Stephen Coffin wanted a family nag tho other day and traded for cne that was warranted not to start until he was ready to say tho word go. Gen. Coffin rather reluctantly owned that he was getting old now and wanted a horse that would not start off sudden. His new purchase was har nessed and hitched into the shafts, and sure enough he made no motion to go until tho General wa3 duly seated. Even then he didn't offer to move, and at the end of two hours' persuasion he hadn't budged a single rod. That animal's qualifications were too extensive In that direction, so the trade fell through, and the General's present purchase goes ngnt along. Monterey Cypresses. After the severe cold weather last winter the cypresses all doffed their beautiful foliage and had every appearance of being dead. In many Instances a great part of the wood appeared dead, and the lastyears,growth was so. Dr. Skiff Jhad two beautiful trees which he dug up only a while since, and it was noticed that the bark was green. Wo left one, shortened in, as a support for climbing vines, and within a few days discovered that the sap is circulating and green sprouts are forcing their way out; there is no doubt that it will soon send out new foliage. Mr. Parrish bad a nursery of 4,000 young trees, the tops or wulcn are dead but the roots seem to be still alive and will probably send up fresh growth. Fruit Dryers. Wo have no answer to make to the spurious correspondent "S" who pretends to ball from McMlnnvllle. This paper is not an organ for a fruit dryer. True Mr. Clarke is agent for one, but its manufac turers guarantee that it will do certain work or no pay Is asked, and as one will soon be In operation to speak for itself wo see no reason why there should be a newspaper controversy about it before band, especially with a nameless and irresponsible nobody. That Isn't business and we don't care about It for recreation. Will Feed Pioneers, Mr. John Martin, his sons aud Richard Sayres have agreed to furnish a supper for those who attend the Pioneer Ball at the Fair Ground, on the eyening of June I5tb,and Mr. Martin assures us that tbey intend to do it in handsome style. He wishes it understood that they will keep a restaurant on the ground during the day, so those who attend the reunion need not have any fears tbut tboy will- not find a dinner ready tor them Umatilla County. We had a pleasant call last evening from Mr. Pruett, Sheriff of Umatilla county, who was raised in Marion and finds it pleasant to have business famish occasion to visit bis old neighbors. Be brought down a lady to the Insane asylum and waa here to collect the expenses of the trip. llnrder Cases in Jackson County. Mr. Silas J. Day, writing from Jackson ville to Mr. James Tatom, of Polk county, speaks of tho work on hand for the courts of Judgo Prim's district, as follows: Tho Brown boys begin to look consider' bly bleachod out since their confinement Tbey will bo tried at Llnksvilie at a torm of court, fourth week in Juno. A special term has been called to try 5 others cases now in I til, three for murder, and two for larceny meets next Monday week, and will run into the June terra, so we expect to run court right along from now until hay harvest. The Brlggs will be tried hore at the.rogular Judo term for murdering tho school teacher, in Josophino county, about one year ago. Prim has tho two Briggs, two Bzowns, Bar den and Carev, and Doty, seven In all, to try for murder before ho goes to the Supreme Court, which meets In July at Salom this Will be work for him. This community is getting to be sadly demoralized; it Is a good thing we had a new fail for these Hombres. When the prisoners were removed from the 6ld tall two weeks ago we had fust enough (six) to fill tho new jail comfortably. The Commissioners at last term talked of en larging it we expect to have to do some Ju dicious hanging In this county about July noxt, if Burden doesn't die between now and then, as he is very low at present and not ex pected to live. PASSENGER LIStT The O. S. S, Co.'s steamer J. L. Stephens sailed from Portland for San Francisco at the usual hour, Saturday afternoon, with the fol lowing passengers : C A Ettlinger, E Hall, L E Wood, wife fc Jacob Mayer, mother. Samuel Beck. Miss Emma Holder Lieut F A Boutelle, Joe Lukes, TJLee, U Stane it wife, C M Osborne, O H Irvln, J F Be' breath, Miss Fannen, E M Morgan, Sol Frobman, Mrs Goldsmith A fy, Mr Gunning, C B Gailup.AvIfe it son, it father. Alex Schlussel, wife it infant, Mrs L M Loch man it infant, J M Powell, JnoJamson, J Gallagher, Aug Kock, JB Williams, dipt McDonald, air. Armstrong, And 8 In the steerage. Will be Defended. The Court House case is to be well defen ded, and the motto of our County Court will certainly bo "millions for defense" and not ono cent for black-mall. Judge Peoblos Is lu town making arrangements to have the case thoroughly defended, and tho practical attempt will be apt to prove a poor venture on tho part of the speculators who want to tieoco tho county, and tho lawyers who havo undertaken tho Job on shares. Water Pirn tor Astoria.- Mr. A. Pres cott, who manufactures wood pumps and piping at the lumber mill here, sent last wook ono thousand feet of wood plpo to As toria, to be used in conveying water to the E remises of several families. The work has een successfully done and Salem is ready to supply Astoria or any other place with all such pipe in any quantity. Died. Yesterday, May 20th, at the resi dence of her husband, one and a half miles east of Bethel, the wife of Charles Alderman, aged about twenty. She was out in the fields only a few hours before and died of a sudden fit before a physician could be summoned. She was a person of apparently excellent health, but had complained for a few days previous. For California. Mr. William Watson, who has for several years had charge of the stock brooding farm of Mr, S. G. Reed, at Roodvillo, Washington county, goes to Cali fornia, having formed a business connection with Mr. Jesse D. Carr, of Monterey countv. ono of t ho most famous stock menof California W e wish Mr. Watson a pleasant future, and regret that he is about to leave Oregon. Cinnabar. Mr. Hackleman came home last evening bringing with him some nice specimens of the ore of cinnabar found in the vicinity ol Roseburg, Douglas county. Mr. D. H. Looney yesterday purchased of R. H. Dearborn an elegant silver mounted harness made expressly for him, and said to be the finest piece of work ever manufactured in Salom. Saturday, May 22. From Minnesota. A family arrived from Minnesota last evening and stopped at tbeChe ineketa, expecting to remain permanently in Salem. The husband came on In advance and is logging on the Santiam. He is ex pected down. They complain that the win ters in Minnesota aro unendurable and say that nearly all would leave if tbey could do so. Tbey had a comfortable home there but the climate caused tbem to leave. We hope tbey will have good fortune In Oregon. Tbey report that they had terrible stories told them in California about Oregon as a land of per petual rain and fearful earthquakes. Earth quakes in Oregon ia a very brilliant idea, es pecially for Callfornlans to advance. Died. In Polk county, near the Salom 1 Ferry, Mrs. Pond, wife of R. 8. Pond, lately of Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Pond had been an Invalid for seven years, from rheumatism not being ablo to take a step during that time. Death came as a relief from suffering. She was sixty-three years of age. Rev. E. K. Chandler of Rockford, 111., son of Rev. Dr. Chandler of Forest Grove, Is on a brief visit to bis home and friends in Ore gon. He is spending the present Sabbath in this city and will preach this morning at Firemen's Picnic and Ball at Albany. Yesterday wrs a festival day with the fire men and citizens of Albany which was par ticipated in by Manny Meyer, WlilieClarkc, and some others from Salom. The picnic was hold in Uacklcman's Grove, under a most beautiful grove of oaks, not far distant from the depot. A good band of music was in attendance and a nice social tlmo wai en Joyed. A fat man's ncn wii run, in sacks, for which Mart V N'o p, tn!o Printer, Fred Hill, County Clerk, and Mr, Hughos entered that wo know of, an 1 the rue wm won by Hughes. They all Ml in n heap mid Hughe crawled out of tho toiiBlo first ami wn tbo race. About half past two the biskefs of eat ables wero brought forth and tlm hincrr in petltos wore assuaeed, after v btf-'i t'ln line men formed and raarohed lm-k to tntMi. where, ot five o'clock Ihey bed an engine drill in handsome stylo under the com mand of Joe Webber. The Rrand affair was in tho ovnntnis . hen tho Fireman's Ball came off. Manny Meyer lnf rms that this was n grand time. People were in attendance from Portland, Salem, Corvallis and othor places, aud Albany turned out bor gayest and most beautiful youngsters and belles and did everything that was possible to treat everybody well. Interesting Discussion. We gave notice some weeks ago that a very interesting discussion was in prospect be tween Rev. J. H. Small, of tho Waldo Hill?, and some champion of Unlverealism. This dobate will commence on Monday next, May 24th, at the McAlpln school house, and will probably last during the week. The ques tion will be : " Resolved that the Old and Now Testaments teach the final salvation of all men ;" and the atllrnistlvo will bo sup ported by Rev. E. A. McAllister. Mr. Small will support tho negative, and au interesting debato will probably result from the contest. Spelling over in Polk. X Mr. Prettyman informs us that tho prom ised spelling match of tho Rosond Valfon Itis lodges I, O. G. T. came off last evening. There were eight champions of tho latter and twelve ol tho former who stood up to do wordy war for the supremacy. The spoiling went on vigorously for a long while, and the Valfontls peoplo finally won tho victory, the best speller proving to be Mrs Cavit and and Mrs E. M. Vandevert of Rosa Lodgo being next in proficlencv. They aro to havo another bont at It noxt Friday, and still an other tho week after. Col. Lang, of Dixie, has beon in very feeblo health for some tlmo, and has been under raodlcal treatment. Wo loam from Col. Nesmlth, who wai over to-day, that his relative is somewhat bettor though not yet ablo to be out. Wm. Ewlng, who some years ago lived in Portland and moved two years ago to South America, is baok again and did'ut find any thing to beat Oregon while ho was absent from here. For Bunch Grass. Jesse Lewis aud brother, of Polk county, this morning crossed four hundred head of sheep at the Salem ferry, which they are driving to the bunch grass regions of Eastern Oregon. I. O. G. T. On tbe 20th inst., W. R. Dun bar organized a Lodge of Good Templars at Carlton, with a good membership, Sumner Carr, W. C. T.; Mattie Shelton, W.V. T.; Jaob Messinger, L. D. Wool. Farrar Bros, want to purchaso 300,- 000 pounds of wool of which wo hope wool growers will take due notice. They have cash in hand to pay down aud aro ready to contract. Weatherford will not bo back from San Francisco until about the first of Juno, but tho house received a lot of new goods direct from New York yesterday. Gen. Michler went down tho Columbia this week and arranged for tbe completion of the light houso at Point Adams. He se lected a llght-houso depot and Inspected other works. The Oregouian hears tell of good silver mines discovered on Eagle Creek in tbo Fos ter settlement. A quantity of oro has been taken out and sent for assay. The Upper Columbia at Wallula was fall ing a trifle at last account. Wheat Is quoted $1 50 I 55 per cental in Portland. 1 t Is serving a long time on conviction of high' way robbery. Alexander is said to have wealthy father back in Iowa, and It Is said that abundant means can bo furnished to se cure his release. Ho Is a bad fellow; has had trouble several times In tho prison, and hate t several of the officers blttorly. Ho Is described as a very desperato and dangerous character. Saturday ovonlng a warrant was secured for tho arrant of Cox, and Deputy Sherla' Btrkor made several trips to hU mother's houso near town to serve It, and did not find him it home. About midnight bn made his appearauce nt the house of Sheriff Sbaw and gave himself up, remaining there all night, a-vl yestorday ho was reloaded on uH'in: '"'fl bail. Tho examination in tbo nw i m'sh i.'.v! tills afternoon aud wo hn 1 g .i lu pv-ttuulnrs "it hand. Tho Pr !- i ug mirnv, J. J. Whltnev, E-q , cat- 'In n from Alb mv on the parly train r.n 1 v. s.l I o prcout on tho part of tho Stale. Examination of tho Arthur Cos Case Monday, May 21. EXCITEMENT AT THE STATE PRISON. Prisoners Arming and Preparing for an Outbreak A Conspiracy Foiled. Saturday ovenlng there was a great com motion at the Penitentiary in consequence of revelations made by Jim Wilson, a convict who was an accomplice with Sbultz In bis famous operations about Portland, five years ago. The story be told was that Arthur Cox,who has been assistant in tbe blacksmith shop to A. J. Brown who has tbe contract to do the iron work for tbe State Capitol, and who baa charge of tbe gang of convicts doing that work while Mr. Brown is busy at the State Capitol, bad entered into a conspiracy with a number I ofdoeperate characters, to supply them with j arms to enable tbem to make an outbreak. Be had already suppllod tbem with a revol ver, a bullet mould and lead, which Wilson produced, and was to bring a double barrel gun Into tbo grounds that night. It is sup- he Congregational Church aud at the lFap- T"U '"" "uuluor y"7 " """ "Z" tist Church In tbe evening. Mr. Chandler wherein the possession oi the prisoners. The formerly attended school at Willamette . pian was to seize me nupennienuentio-uay, University Prof. Crawford expects soon to call a meet ing of those who are willing to aing at tbe Pioneer renmon. Tbey will get together next Saturday for a rehearsal. Tbe river la falling some at this point, probably because the weather ia too cold for the anow to melt in the mountain. and under threats of his life compel him to open the doors and effect a general Jail de livery. Arthur Cox ia respectably con nor, 1, and for some time past be has been in Uma tilla county, and the belief U entertained that this attempt i made in tbe Interest of Dick Alexander, a young man from Umatilla who Tbe prellinlniry (iunlnallot was hold this afernoou, before Hqiilie Johnson. Youi'K Ke.iinO.lu (ectillril that bo gavo a pistol, resembling the ono In court, to Ar thur Cox, aud that it was ono that belonged to tho PonitentlBry which he used once in a search for an escapod convict, aud then left at hit father's houso. Tbe most Important ovldence was that of Jim Wilson, a convict, sout up for highway robbery, who worked in the blacksmith shop with Cox, who rovoalod the circum stances of the conspiracy. His story is vory different from that current ou tbo street, which is told olsowboro. Ilo says Cox carco to tho prison to work about tho 7th or 8th of May,that soon after ho asked of him (Wilson) whr.t tools a man needed to effect bis escape, and that he ga o no ropiy. Soon again hf wanted fo know of him if shooting irons would not be of uso. Afterwards they grow to havo frequent conversations on the sub Joct. Last Saturday Cox told him be had secreted a revolvor in tbe stable under the hay whore he afterwords found it. He brought some bullet moulds in tho after noon and was to bring another revolver and some ammunition this morning. Ho was also to bring to tho grounds on Saturday evening a doublo-barrol gun aud Bocroto it where it could bo found. Wilson said that there woro bthors more in tho affair than ho was, and they wantod kitn to manage it becauso ho worked in tbo black smith shop with Cox. Those In tho conspir acy were Bargeman, alias Shullz, Green, Alexander and Hurdy. Alexander had a rich father at Dubuque, Iowa, mid was to give Cox an order ou his f-ilhor for ?300, to pay for assistants to got out. Tho lottor to the older Alexander ho saw -vilttou and sent. Cox wroto n lettor to Dick Aloxaudor, which be (Wilson) presented and then it was re turned to Cox who burned It, but a copy was taken whllo ho bad it. Wilson claims that ho nil tho whllo do colvni ills comrades aud reported the inter views with Cox to Mr. Msgers, tbe Chief Warden, from whom ho says bo received great kindness which ho wlshod lo thus re pay. 1 ho follow lng bo says is a copy of tho lettor Cox wroto for him to take to Alexan der: P. S. As (o tho proposition you made Wilson, use your pleasure, for if jou boys are successful I win bo outside. Friend D;ck: 1 hold your pardon in my band which shall bo yours. A Friend. Chief Warden Myers informs us that his tes timony will corroborate tbo story of Wilson that ho communlciitcd to him the conversa tions with Cox. Wilson, the convict witness, was dressed in plainclothes and gavo his evidence plainly and slowly. Cox, tho defendant, was neatly dressed, with white shirt uutl blue necktie, and seemed to bo vory liltlo upset by the cir cumstances surrounding hliu.HM appearance is hardly consistent with hardened villainy. Tbe case lsstillcontlnuodas wo go to press. PASSENGER LIST. The O. S. S. Co.'s steamer AJax sailed from Sau Francisco for Portland Saturday alternoon at the usual hour with the follow ing list of VASSENOERH: James Laldlaw, G M Sproat, Elliot M Best it wf, 0 F Hyde, II Benedict, P A Sherman, Judge N Patterson, II O Baker it wf, Mrs O A Rencoe it ch. James Lotau, S W Church, O A White, O F G raves, M V Rover, Irvln Smith, L W Pitts, J R Daniels, Sheriff Sutton, E L Hastings, L F Henderson, Mrs O L Henderson, Mrs George Hume, Mrs A Brown, Mrs B Sexton, H A Griffin, MrsCHassolman& ch, Boss Sohenck, O N Hall, J Kosbland, W F Hitchcock, D Malarkey, M H Roso, G Englebardt, S Oppenheimer, W 8 Smith. J Calhoun, J M Clayton, Miss E Davis, Miss J Avon, Mrs S Smith, N A HulljWf dc daugh,G Shepperd it family, H Mlddaugh it fmly, Mrs L D Ryecraft, Mrs Johnson, Mrs li Fuson, Mrs T W Sterns, Mrs Hadley, MrsFHailleyilcson, Miss C 8 Thorn, B Wortbam, li Alcov it wife, J M Goldsom it fmly, It D Lewis, son and. C E Teagho it family, daughter, II Golden, E Alcken it family, C Candle it family. Mrs. O, T, Daniels sends us a vory beauti ful bouquet to-day, and Mrs. Sarah A. Con dit, of Mill Creek prairie, sent us a floral of fering last week. We like to have a breath of flowers to llluslonlse tho dull work of newspaper life, once in awhile, and always feel grateful for tho kind remembrance. The Pioneer Hosiery Works at Jefferson are to start up to-day to connnouco the manufacture of knitted goods. We hope it may prove a great success, for fitinson is ono of tbe kind to "knock tho socks off" of any thing he undertakes, For books and stationery call at the store of Mr. Leo Willis, lu Patton's block, who has on band all you can ask for in that line of goods. J5S&T yg&rML fcC..j4-'?ii'