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 JONES 677 and Augusta line crosses the S. E. portion. The chief productions in 1870 were 6,191 bushels of wheat, 108,945 of Indian corn, 6,815 of oats, 14,354 of sweet potatoes, and 5, 188 bales of cotton. There were 479 horses, 891 mules and asses, 1,082 milch cows, 2,648 other cattle, 1,250 sheep, and 6,675 swine. Capital, Clinton. III. A S. E. county of Mississippi, drained by Leaf river and its tribu- taries ; area, 672 sq. in. ; pop. in 1870, 3,313, of whom 308 were colored. It has a rolling or slightly hilly surface, with a sandy soil of various qualities. The chief productions in 1870 were 43,187 bushels of Indian corn, 5,662 of oats, 20,503 of sweet potatoes, 29,070 Ibs. of rice, and 315 bales of cotton. There were 608 horses, 1,804 milch cows, 2,738 other cat- tle, 8,773 sheep, and 7,764 swine. Capital, Ellisville. IV. A N. W. county of Texas, drained by the head streams of Brazos river ; area, 1,004 sq. m. ; returned as having no pop- ulation in 1870. It is nearly all prairie ; mes- quite grass and the timber of the same name abound. The soil is of a reddish color and generally fertile. The county is well adapted to stock raising. V. An E. county of Iowa, drained by Wapsipinicon and Makoqueta rivers ; area, 576 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 19,731. It has a diversified surface, with alternations of prairie and forest, and a fertile soil resting chiefly on a bed of limestone. The Dubuque Southwestern, the Davenport and St. Paul, and the Sabula, Ackley, and Dakota railroads traverse it. The chief productions in 1870 were 476,039 bushels of wheat, 1,606,646 of Indian corn, 682,260 of oats, 111,216 of po- tatoes, 37,104 Ibs. of wool, 733,645 of butter, 35,121 of cheese, and 37,936 tons of hay. There were 7,791 horses, 9,736 milch cows, 9,811 other cattle, 7,725 sheep, and 18,724 swine ; 10 manufactories of carriages, 1 of cheese, 6 of saddlery and harness, 5 of tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware, and 4 flour mills. Capital, Anamosa. JONES, Auson, president of the republic of Texas, born in Great Harrington, Mass., Jan. 20, 1798, died by his own hand in Houston, Texas, Jan. 7, 1858. He commenced the study of medicine in Litchfield, Conn., in 1817, and in 1820 was licensed to practise. After a resi- dence in South America, Philadelphia, and New Orleans, he established himself in 1833 in Brazoria, Texas. Upon the outbreak of the troubles between Texas and Mexico he served as a private soldier and as surgeon in the Tex- an army. In 1837-'8 he was a representative in the Texan congress. In 1838 he was sent as minister to Washington, where he remained about a year, and where he unsuccessfully en- deavored to secure the annexation of Texas to the United States. On his return to Texas he took his seat in congress as senator from Bra- zoria, and in 1841 he was appointed by Presi- dent Houston secretary of state, which office he filled three years. In September, 1844, he was elected president for three years from the ensuing December, and held that office until the annexation of Texas to the United States. The latter years of his life were passed in ag- ricultural pursuits. In 1859 his journal, pre- ceded by a brief autobiography, was printed for private circulation. JONES, Inigo, an English architect, born in London about 1572, died July 21, 1652. He was of humble origin, and in early life is said to have been apprenticed to a joiner ; but mani- festing a strong inclination for drawing, he attracted the notice of the earl of Pembroke, who afforded him the means of procuring an art education abroad. During several years he made careful studies of the chief architec- tural monuments of France, Germany, and Italy. In Venice he became acquainted with the masterpieces of Palladio, whose style he subsequently transplanted into England. At the invitation of Christian IV. of Denmark he visited Copenhagen in 1604, and furnished, it is said, the designs for the royal residences of Rosenborg and Frederiksborg. In 1605 he returned to England, where he was employed by James I. to prepare the scenery, decora- tions, and machinery for the masques written by Ben Jonson, which were among the chief amusements of the court. He became a per- son of considerable consequence at court, and by his overbearing manners incurred the en- mity of his dramatic associate Jonson, who satirized him under the name of Lantern Leather-head in his " Bartholomew Fair." In 1612, upon the death of Prince Henry, to whom he had been appointed architect, he revisited Italy, and succeeded in materially improving his style. Upon his return he was appointed surveyor general of the royal buildings, and during the next 25 years was occupied with many important public works. His designs for the palace at Whitehall, of which only the banqueting house was built, are considered his masterpieces ; besides which he designed the river front of Somerset house, a Corinthian portico added to old St. Paul's, the arcade and church of St. Paul, Covent Garden, York stairs, surgeons' hall, Shaftes- bury house, Ashburton house, and many pri- vate residences in various parts of England. At the request of James I. he made a careful examination of the druidical remains at Stone- henge, and pronounced them part of a temple of the Roman or Tuscan order dedicated to Ccelus. The errors of his restoration, as dis- closed in his "Essay on Stonehenge," published after his death by his son-in-law John Webb (fol., 1655), have since become apparent. Du- ring the civil war he adhered to the royal cause, and suffered so much from fines and other persecutions that he died broken-heart- ed and in poverty. He was an accomplished classical scholar and mathematician, and occa- sionally wrote verses. His publications con- sist of a masque and several miscellaneous es- says, and he also left some notes on Palladio's architecture. His designs were published by