Fifty Years Ago.At the home of Jacob Troxell in Rensselaer, Wednesday was held areunion of the Forty-niners to the California gold mines. The following members and their wives andfriends from this city were in attendance: Christian Gros and wife, Charles Gros and wife, Charles Brough and wife, John Wilson and wife, R. L. HigginBotham and wife, Mrs. Kate Crooks, Samuel Milroy,Harry Milroy, Isaac Cunningham. •and John Arm it age.