A Special School District Meet

ing was held at llic t ourt House, en Hondaj to act upon a proposilioi;, to cut tip Union School Hall into school rooms, and thus ronder the inmiediatc erection of another Ward School House unneocssary; ov if the tax pa yers present sliould L0 prefer, to TiM a additional appropriation for a Ward House. The meeting ■was quito largely attended, and after a presentation of the two propositiora by the Board, they wero diseussed at lengtL, and aresolutioo was almoat unanimously adopted approving the plan the Board bad adopted for a Ward House, and vo ting a tax of $1,000 towards credting tl e samo. This is iii additiou to $3,000 voted at the last animal nicotina:. The building is to be ereetsd on State btreet, uearly opposite the North west en tranco to the Univeiiiily square, a.id 'm style of architecture wi.l compare fuvo:ahly wi h he buildings rccently ereefed in our City by private euterpri.se. The Board will immediately let the contract, and next winter the juveniles of the First Ward can bid a glad adieu to the " old acadeiny." - Individiiall}', we tliink true economy -would be promoted by cirfting up Union Hall, but the meeting thougbt J53T Thj April nomber oí the American Agrictdlurtsl briogs an exctllent table of coritents, i i suya over a Jtundrcd plaio, practical, reiiuble arü■cleï, incl'.iding tuo t25 pi zo articles on the cultivation of Indiuo Oorn, aud Flowers, The AgriculturiU treats of the household, the fann, the orchard, ■the garden, etc, and is st:mdard auth-ority. It is beautifnlly printed, and both profu3ely and íáuíully ombellished. $1 a year. Address Oranoe Judd. 41 Park Eow, New York. . in m ni L3C The firm of May.vard, Stebbins & Wilson bas dissolved, and tLe senior partner, Wm. S. May.vard, who bas sold goods in our city ever since it was a small borougb, retires frotn busi. mess. Tbe old business will be settled up by tbe rotiring partner, wbo retains as bis aid tbe popular book-keeper, Wallace, and tbe business will hereafter be carried on by Messrs. Stebbiks & Wilson. - See carda in auotber column. m in jJjLOur ruerobants are all receiving tbeir Spring Goods, and tbe Spring trade promises to open briskly. Keep watcb of our advertising columns if you would know wbere to gct good bargains. jy Gkegory has broke ground on the old American corner, and tho walls of a ncR' hotel will hoon be going up. It will be an ornament to tho city, aad a great convenienco besides. Tbe April nuruber of tbe Edectic Magazine brings a beautiful steel portrait of the Queen of Prussia. Tbe letterpress contains twenty-two papers, besides the table of Literary Miseellanies, selections from leading English periodicals. The Edectic is worth reading, and then worth preserving. $5 a year, with a beautiful premium plato. Address W. H. Bidwell, No. 5 Beekman street, N. Y.