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Show AT THE GOLD CELEDIIATION. I'Uli I'lonrrra Af llnnorxl lh(lo!df M.I. Han Kranelteo, Jan It. Ilrgardlng the Utah pioneer who were with Mar hall when he dlteorered gold In Call fornla. In 1"48 the Chronicle taya There are but four turflrnrt of the men employed at Marihall'e mill at Cotoma, to whom he huwed the gold he had found on the mlllraee on January Janu-ary II, IMS Thrte four pioneer arrived ar-rived In the city yetterday morning on the overland train from Ogdeu, ax guetta of the Atwetatlon of California I'lonrera. They aro II W. lllgler, William J. Johntton, Aiarlah Hmlth and Jamea ti. Drown They nero re celveil by n committee) contlttlng of of J II Jewett, pretldent of the at aoclatlons (leneral U II I'ratt. John H lllttell and Almarln II i'uul The vltltort are Inttalled at the llutt home II W lllgler I tuffcrlng from a bl cold and lilt cough wat an dltlrettlng that he wat ablo to talk very little He It over 3 year of age, but It ttlll apparently aonml and healthy Ilcfore ttartlng for Han frraneltco he had a ttagerldeof llOmllrt to Mllfonl, the nrtreit rallnml ttatlon to hit home at HL (leorge. I till lilt mind It ttlll active and hit memory excellent, while hit hearing It unlmptlrrd Jamea I Drown, who I about 70 yearaof age, llvee at Halt take City He la the author of a book In which he telle the etory of the dltcovery of gold and tome Intercttlng Incident In connection con-nection with the Important event. Ararlah Hmlth came all tho way from Mantl, Hanpete county, Utah, to attend tho Jubilee He contldcra him telf ijulto a young nun ttlll though hit hair I white with the frotl of TO win. tera. V illltm J. Johntton, the fourth member mem-ber of thlt remarkable party, la tall and of ttalwart appearance, carrying lilmtelf erect and with aoraethlng of a military air He rrtldet at Raymond, N M The four rode In the prncettlon In a potltlou of honor etpeclally reterved for them They are all Mormon by the way, a were moU of the men who worked at Huttera mill at the time of the dltcovery of gold |