Contributed by our Regular Correspondents Our little village was favored on Tuesday last with a large delegation of Catholic friends from adjoining neighborhoods. As we understand, they came to consult together and decide upon a spot for building a new church. We have not learned definitely what conclusion they arrived at, but will probably know in a week or two, and will then report progress. In the meantime we wish our Catholic friends the same success and prosperity we wish all others. We had a call on Wednesday from Mr. D. K. WELLS, of Big Spring, who renewed his subscription to the Press. From him we learn that our Big Spring correspondents slightly erred last week in their accounts of the donation party. First, Elder Campbell received $70, clear of all expenses, instead of $59.50 as stated. And second, the credit of cooking the oysters for such a large assembly is due to Mrs. Hannah CLOUGH and Miss Libbie Sweet. Mr. WELLS also informed us that on the week previous to Elder CAMPBELL's donation the friend's of Elder TULL met and contributed to him the same amount as the raised for the former gentleman. These sums, aggregating $140.00, contributed in one week, speak well for the liberality of the Big Spring people. What other little village can do better. From our Big Spring correspondent we learned that two young men of that vicinity got into a fight about a month since at or in front of the village church. They exchanged blows for awhile, and then rolled from the platform to the ground, when one of them bit the fore finger of the other's left hand so severely that the latter has been under the doctor's care ever since, and finally has had his finger amputated close to his hand. The fight grew out of a claim for twenty-five cents which the bitten man claimed was due him from the biter for fiddling at a "shindig." The chap who did the biting must have had his saliva well mixed with corn juice and tobacco. We have known several such cases of poisoning, and in one instance mortification ensued and the patient lost his life. We omit the names of the parties, hoping they may reform and be know for former misdeads only in their own neighborhood. School Report The following is the report of the school in Dist. No. 2, Strongs Prairie, for the 3d month of school ending Feb. 26th. No. enrolled, 45 Average daily attendance, 32 No. of visitors, 8. Those not absent during the month, Lewis SMITH, Ella RYAN, Nora RYAN, Nels HOLM, Louisa HOLM, William SULLIVAN, John SULLIVAN, Lenny SULLIVAN, Martha HAKES, Fanny HAKES, and Rosa HAKES. John F. STOWELL, Teacher
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