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the possible unhealthiness Of can,..:
second-1his mode Of sepulture wmla .s. -. =
soon be less shocking than the present MY
to relatives and friends, By removing W.
feeling Of gloom and loneliness which a.
ciates itself with air-tght, wooden n, =,
tallic cof6ns- The ornamental and o,..e:
shape and texture Of the basketa An. =.
beautiful manner in which they can b. IA,
rated with vines and flowers, would sarrs:
mitigate the sombre andhopeless sssociat;,,
which always cluster about the funeral cb,1
ber, and would render the mouruerz ~ :.
susceptible to the sympathies Of their fdiec,,
and more hopeful Of their own futurn =;
haps one Of the strongest arguments tor u
scheme is the cheapness Of the baskeh
correspondent writes: -
Two largesized, stznple-1ooking baskets. sroz.~+J
Of the wxaherwoman rather than the undert,t-r ~
1abeled, Forms Of collins for ort}inary N. ,,.
clear, firm handwriting. these e1pzessivs ro.d. =
best aro very tnexpeuaive." saw ths eheef, NJ =
professtona1-looktng gentleman, dreassd IN ,a,s
enlus, blaneh - they read these words, and H.
marked that the Duka Of SUTHERLAND e.r,n.,
regard these two cofus with especial, Almost p.t,,
Intsreat and this tntereat did not s<su d,r,,.
but, On the contrary, rather strengthened ay !
hlanched cheeb Of the professional gentlemen.
The inexpensive character OF the baskets
point of fact has aroused the indignation
the London undertakers to such pitch IN
they have held public meetings in that q;
to protest against the new reform, which
course, only makes the Duke OF Surzxa1,,
all the more jealous, as there is 10th,
which rouses him like opposition. In ii
direction, at least, he is on the right tac
and will have the sympathies Of the livit.
everywhere in any effort to reduce ths Cd
of funeral expenses, which have now eros
to be so enormous that it costs more 10 i
than it does to be born or to get married.
, 1875-08-01

descendant of family r1cn III lauus oI s1ases,
he was laborer, living upon the wages
which his own hands earned his appear
anco As q leader in politics was resented
AZ an encroachment upon the domain of
those born to rule; he might be tolerated as
a useful retainer, but as Captain never!
Every Office he obtained he forced from the
"opper class" of his party. At last he
reached Congress, and for ten years he was
content to represent bis immediate neigh
bors and friends. His party refused to recog-
nize him further. In the Presidential cleo
ton Of 1852 the State had voted for the
Wing candidate, and, in 1883, ANDREW JOHN
SON was essential to the success Of the party,
and thus he forced the old nu11ifers, abstrac-
ionists. secessionists, and aristocrats to take
the Tailor Of Greenyille and make him Gov
ernor of the State: Two years later he was
again called upon to meet Knownothlng'sm,
and succeeded He made war on the aristo-
cratic wing of the party, and SO strong had
he become that Tennessee was one OF Inc
strongest Union States at the South 1t re-
fused to secede IN 1861, and, in the end, was
declared to have seeded, by fraud and
swindling upon the part Of its executive
officers.
ANDREW JOHNSON had his faults, personal
and political. He had many very wild ponn-
cal vagaries, which, however, despite their
absurdity, he honestly believed IN. Ae was
excessively dogmatic. He was intolerant IN
his opinions, and always extreme. Owing to
his deficient education, and his residence
among people who at that time were hardly
as well improved as himself, and the personal
antaeonis1ns be had to encounter because of
his humble origin and his mechanical occu-
patton, he in early life had to resort to Ian
guage in his popular addresses which was
vituperahon common on the stump in Ten
nessee he had but one rival, and that was the
Wing Parson BRowHLow, and for nearly fifty
years these men led life Of bitter deuuncia-
ton. JOHNSON YRS perfectly at home in such
@ strife, and there were few men, in Tennes-
see or ont Of it, who would venture a second
time into that kind Of discussion with him.
In after life, when in more elevated positions,
he could not get rid Of this rude style h-
together 1t followed him to the last, attract
ing more unfayorable comment in his exalted
positions than in his earlier days.
! He lived to an advanced age, and has gone
down to the grave bearing many honors. His
own intense combativeness provoked coun-
ter warfare on him. The country will hear
Of his death with no revival Of unGndness.
Though condemned by the nation, and at
times regarded as dangerous man, never
theless, at the grave Of the Village Alderman,
Mayor, Legislator, Congressman, Governor,
Senator, Yice-President, and President, all
his faults and er1ors will be overlooked in
the brightness Of the epitaph, -" In the day
Of treason, he was an American patriot"
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ton, it is not unlikely that IN international
labor league would be- followed by an inter-
national association Of employers. We are
inclined to think that such threatening or
ganization of these two great forces would do
good rather than harm, in the long run, by
bringing SO much study to bear upon the
yexed problem of their proper relations that
a solution Of it would be reached either
through arbitration or cooperation.
, 1875-08-01
Gbe Cbmapp U1;buee.
Sunday Morning, August !, 1875

The Hon. WAIVE MAoVEAGH has done q
graceful and sensible thing in declining to
servo rs an Investigator Of his father-in-law's s
partner, Secretary DE1ASo. It is announced
that "the Hon. J. B. Mn1ET, Of Maasaehu-
setts, !" has been chosen to fill one of the nu-
merous vacancies in the Commission Who
Is he? Whitewash spread by an unknown
person Will do DE1ASo little good.
, 1875-08-01
VCQNNE1L'S CENTENNIAI,

pconrrr.rya crTrruN1ar
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Thu eantennial Anniversary At tn. bs+,.
DANIEL O'CoSxK11. occurs On ths 9Th of Il
month. and will be celebrated in 1re}and i
vharayer the Irish people are to b. fonn3 u
the enthusiasm characteristic Of the raee
OrCoySr1r ia. in many respecta. ono =, =
ynoet ramark.bfa charactars in all bistorv n
racorda of the human racs nr,a,,t :,
otbar inst.nce in which n nriyata nd,vidtt
1x;a1d.,d ,o r,rch ;naoa,r. .nd xat 80
hia novar mt m arms Int m mor,1 ;n4n..
.1ona The,a have heen e7e.tar 1.vv.rr -:
ar st.taa,nan oraatsr orators evan: tb,n fyG.
WV. ttavn never vaa = ore.tar nonul.r la.it
H. .Isrc;aad over III, naon,a NJ Iral.na . NJ,
vh;ch v,a mt -, ,n .hao1nta r,,ar 4, u
r,;11;ors ~ man nnda, b;a control H. rovn,s
+h.,, ,na aon1ht n teach th.no n oova7n ~.
..1voa Hia onno,enta vera tho mat nov.,*,
=. t,ss .-,5 d. .tr,oo,.s xx.-a v;th ~, =.
tocracr ~ ENGLAND and ha con,na,led t1,sno}c
- x,,s.;.o =, b;s raor,s h cor,a a-e;,. !,
o..s;on. ~ tha nn,ttnd, In tha noint n, ~.
49, ~ .h,t i. mora vond,rfn1 st;1 Il,
.han, -,nd This in thu casa of tha NM. ;m,t.
a;,. ,a,n,o il Tho ,r,r,a
. n.>nvr o,fox1prr una bo-n st Carhao i.
,.t.~n,1 asr.ta ,a,r v.}ant;a N, tha 6.h ~ :.
ene+ 1775 Tho Amaric.n Reyo1ntion,r, 4,
6,a trat haonn Hia narents vera rio;d I'D.
1;ca snd vonnr n. r1rr. vas oblieed to 70 to i,
r,n+;nanA n h. adnc.,ed -the nen., i.us ~.
h;h;+;7,, r.+ho1;c co,faoaa at th. TINA in R,.1,s
e.at,.na ~ Tra,and n v,a aant tn III. J,,a
ro,,or a, nna- !, Rrsnca vhara moi,
+ba 1riah c,.rruv reee;vad their educat;on. HI,
6-.t ;n+andad r. antar orders hnt thu ae,,.ssa
t;o.1 state v,a not .d.ntad to tia tierv. res,h.
.n;r;t Tha F,ancb Ravolntioo. which i,e ba,.s,
onnortnnitv Ia obsarya. made . t1eep innrfea.s
on hin, .nd Il il very eart.in that tha drs.li
e.n.;na. - -anotitio, ~ ;ta .cen a. in 1ral,od ~
nnch n do with tba ooliny ha sdon.aa ii
aac1,azrtno nbveic,l forra entire1v.
H,v;ng .ha ndonad tba stndv of thno1,pv h
+oo1L ~ tbs atrav ~ tha 1.w-tba R,r hsr,.
49,, ,,3a .c..sa,b1s In ,hA Catholic Ir.b .ne
17oo H;a 1.noutedee Of tho law vas Of er.l
no to him in hin aftsr c.reer "a IN seitsn.
r. t.1.ht him bou to;reroa m tre.son nd s,,l-
+;on nd cat hacom. gni,tv ot neither: Or. "a
arnrass IL IN 1anpn,oa attributed to hims it, III
+o dr;va . co.ch..nd- -four through IN sct Of Pr
,;.mant.
O,coruv7,, h.d bnt one ambition from BIZ
..r1;e~t ro.nhood -, t;bernta his pooDle .,t
10 oon,t-v ~ .,h;ch h. "a. devoted,y II t.aehe.,
Tha 11n;on y, tha roo,ish and Irish Paf.r-
n.nta toot o,aca in 1sno Th. Irish parliapas
v.a torrs,1 r. dacn,a ita ovn dissolution. vi
anh,n;t tn nn;on with thu Parliament oi Gsas
:. :, ,,., rn.. -
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ct GEORGES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
fbs regular monthly meeting will ba held 1t their hail
1e7 Wxahington-st, On MoudAy evening, Aug. ISIS,
1t O'Clock. THOS. BUTTUS, Rec. Sec.
, 1875-08-01

KCHICAGO CALEDON1AN CLUB.-The rtgu11t
monthly meeting will be held IN their hail. 167 md l69
Wash:nptoa-st, next Tuesday evening at s O'Clock.
Xheir Picnic viii be held August II.
~ BOSS, Acting Fourth Ch1s{tAtn.
, 1875-08-01

AsHLAR LODGE, No. 500. r. h H. M.-Re9ular
communication Tuesday Evening, Aug. 8. Work On
ths Sd Degree Whiting brethren cordially invited
Per order ". II. c. L. CRANE. secJ-
, 1875-08-01

TO-DAY.
ADKLPH THEATRR-Dexrbo1n street, corner
Nnuroa. ~ The Ioo-Kitch in German.
TOMORROW.
ADElPHI THEATRE-DearboEu street, corner
&oneoa, " The Ioe-Nitch."
, 1875-08-01

VAN RENSSELAER, GRAND LODGE OF PERFH-
TON l. L A. Scotch Rite MasonE.-There will be a
Regular Assembly 3huradaJ evening next Work On
fhs lth md 5.h Degzeea BY order Of T. Hall, T. P.
8 N ED GOODALE1 CIR. 8ecy.
, 1875-08-01
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

ATTENTION, SIR KNIGHTS !-Stated conela7e of
Chicago CommandeEy No. IL, E. r. Mondsy evening,
Visiting Sir Knights cou.teouay invited. By order Of
the En- Com G. l. WILLIAMS Recorder.
, 1875-08-01

but Judge FARwE11 probably thought there
was something more than mere technicali-
ties" and Is Technical objections TO the man
ner in which the charter had been submitted; !;
if he had not thought so, his decision would
have been Just the REVERSE Of what it was
But If the objections ara not sustained, and
the issue of llegh voting comes to trial, then
Judge FARwE11's remarks apply, and among
the first questions that will arise is how the
number Of illegal votes is to be determined
in wards where there has been no list Of
voters kept, and no poll-books returned or
in wards where two ballots, presumably on
separate questions, were deposited in one and
the same box, by the same person. Take
the First Ward, for example Some 1850
tickets were found in the ba1ot-box, OF
which 1865 were for the charter. Now there
is the strongest circu1nstantial evidence that
there were at least 1,400 illegal votes among
these. The fact that the total vote OF the
ward at the exciting general election of last
fall Was only half as many as that cast st the
charter election would be sufficient to estab-
lish this. But no list Of voters WAS kept in
this ward How, then, can the number Of
Illegal votes be traced, or the Illegal voters
discovered, unless q poll-list containing the
names of those voting can be produced2 The
demand will be made that, in this ward and
every other ward where there was an evident
purpose to ignore every provision OF the Eleo~
ton law looking to tho Identification of Illegal
votes, the entire rote be thrown out ss
Illegal The same dsmand will probably be
made In regard to thoss wards where two
ballots uana allo9sd 10 b> deposited hy ons
, 1875-08-01

the general action Of Congress in the matter
of Reconstruction, as opposed to that Of An
DREW JOHNSON, was sustained by fve-sixths
of the American people and the actual re-
construction of the ex-Rebel States was only
accomplished in spite Of and against the un-
relenting opposition Of the President. This
is hardly the occasion to discuss the opposing
policies Of the President and Of Congress in
the matter of Reconstruction Reconstruction
is now completed, and the e1citements and
passions and yindictive feelings that prevailed
in 1868 had SO far relaxed and faded away
that the people Of the North, Of all parties,
generally vera grati6ed when the Legislature
Of Tennessee, last winter, elected the e1-
President to the United States Senate His
election was personal triumph. He de-
feated the caucus, through the voluntary de-
mands of the common peop1e Of the State
that be be elected
ANDREW JoHSsoy, however, by his conduct
in 1861, in opposing Secession and Rebellion
in Tennessee, gained place in his country's
history which even subsequent successful
impeachment could not have wholly OBJ
scured He faced Disunion, Treason, Seces~
sion, and Rebellion on the soil where these
fourished, aud where it required courage
and patriotism Of the hi CHEST order to do co.
ANDREW JOHNSON could, however, have
hardly adopted any other course. He had
been living protest against the aristooracy
which was founded upon Slavery. Hs was
a man of tho common people. Hs had no
ANCESTRY or lineage - refaz 10 hs IN not i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-16

II our worthy Greek friend who gives
an interesting chapter on TIE history of
his unfortunate country in this morn.
ing's Appeal, for the sole and lardable
purpose Of i%ustructing an editor of this
paper, had called upon US in person it
would have saved him much labor and
anxiety. The article 10 the LEDGER Of
the 9th inst. was not an editorial but a
clipping from some Northern paper,
but when 80 many Of our native
born citizens have not learned the dis
tinction between the editorial sentiments
or opinions Of a paper and miscella-
neous matter set up solid, it is not sur
prising that G. L." should have fallen
in with the same idea. The best evi.
dence that the brains Of Greece goes
abroad to find a market can be found
right here in Memphis, where they are
welcomed and appreciated. We have
not made a specially OF Greek or the
history or mythology of Greece for sew.
eral years. The latest news from that
country is a telegram published this
morning, which states that the special
reports to the London journals that the
abdication Of the king is imminent and
that several foreign men-of.war have ar
rived in Greek waters are untrue. The
country is perfectly Tranquil. Thus il
will be seen that the natives Of tina,
country can come and go as they please
whether the editors of this country ar,
w~ell-posted in ancient and modern his
tory or not.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-16

The Gentleman's Magazine a y Bo.
caccio once intended to be a lawyer, and
mentions other authors in some way as
ISOLATED with the legal profession:
"Petrarch was a law student-and an
idle neat Bologna. Goldini, till he
turned %strolling player, was an advocate
at Venice. Metastasio was for many
years a diligent law student. Tasso and
Arioto both studied law at Padua. Pc.
Titan was a doctor of law. Schiller was
a law student for two years before taking
to medicine. Goethe was sent to Leipsic,
and Heine to Bonn, to study jurispru-
prudence. INLAND was a practicing ad-
vocate, aud held a post in the Ministry
OF Justice at Stuttgart. Ruckert was a
law student at Jena. Mickewicz, the
greatest Of Polish poets, belonged to a
family of lawyers; Kacinczy, the Hun
garian poet and creator Of his country's
literature, studied law at Kaschau. Cor
nellie was an advocate, and the son Of
an advocate. Voltaire was, for a time,
in the office Of a procureur. Chaucer
was a student of the Inner Temple.
Cover is thought to have studied law; it
has been alleged that he was Chief Jus
tee Of the Common Pleas. Nicholas
Rowe studied for the Bar. Cowper was
articled to an attorney, called to the Bar,
and appointed a Commissioner of Bank.
rupts. Butler was clerk to a Justice of
the Peace. The profession Of Scott need
not be stated. Moore was a student of
the Middle Temple. Gray, until he grad.
uated, intended himself for the Bar.
Campbell was in the office of a lawyer at
Edinburgh. Longfellow, a lawyers son,
spent some years in the office of his
father. Milton was the son of ~scrivener.
There is no need to indorse the fancy
that Shakespeare may have been a law
clerk, or to suggest that Dante might
have been influenced by a residence at
the great legal university of Bologna.
But there is another list strikiDgly to the
purpose-the long roll Of great lawyers
who, like Cicero, Sir Thomas Moore,
Lord Somers, Blackstone and Sir Will
liam Jones, have found Irritation with the
MUSES. no impeachment to their marriage
with the law"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-16

man in folding them every evening.
During the coolest Of the weather
they were fed with rice-straw placed in
low racks, and the seed Of sea island
cotton in troughs. In the summer
months large plats of ground we're highly
enriched by gathering the sheep nightly
in movable pens, and produced the finest
crops of turnips, sweet potatoes and
sugar.can During the winter, when q
standing pen we'll Uttered with refuse
straw and forest leaves, received the
droppings, and oil communicated by the
wool of the animals, it was amazing
what quantities Of excellent manure
were produced by this flock.
Let us hope that the General Assem-
bly, at its next session will have the
courage to look this question in the face,
and pass an act imposing such a tax
upon dogs as will materially reduce their
number, and thus afford protection to
wool growing in Georgia.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-16

WASHINGTON, June l6 -For the lakes
and the upper Mississippi and lower Mis-
souri, valleys, stationary or falling ba
rometer, south to southeast winds,
warmer and partly cloudy weather. For
the Ohio valley and Tennessee and the
Gulf States, stationary pressure and
temperature, light southwest TO southerly
winds and clear or partly cloudy weather.
The rivers will generally fall, except the
upper Mississippi, which will probably
remain stationary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-16

The following from the New York
World is full of truth and practical good
sense. 1t applies to Memphis the same
as New York:
When the public pays a higher rate
than private employers pay for any kind
Of labor, whether it be labor Of the brain
in bureaux and high posts of superin-
tendence, or labor Of the hands on roads
and docks, it deliberately takes away the
excess thus paid out of the pockets of
Thomas and Richard, who are earning
their livelihood under private employers,
to put it into the pocket of Henry, who
happens, either by political intrigles or
by the more respectable influence of
friends in authority, to have got himself
enrolled on the lists of the public SER
vice. The municipality Of New York
does not draw its from the
moon or from some "big bonanza"
snngly hidden away in an unsupported
corner of the public domain. 1t collects
them out Of the life and labor Of the mil.
lion of human beings who inhabit New
York.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-16
- st~
New stamps coming Out.

Special Telcgrsphic Correspondence of the
Courier-Journal.l
WASHINGTON, June l4.-After the LIST
OF July the issue OF the seven, twelve,
and twenty.four cents adhesive stamps
will be discontinued by the p~ostofice,
and the new Eve cent stamp will be
issued. The seven cent stamp is at
present used to cover certain German
correspondence, which, under the treaty
Of Berne, will hereafter be but FIVE cents.
The demand for twelve and twentyfour
cent stamps has been quite limited,
parties generally making up the postage
by a combination Of smaller stamps.
The stamps in use after the LIST proximo
will be of the following denominations,
exclusive Of the newspaper stamps:
One, two, three, FIVE, six, ten, fifteen,
thirty aud ninety cents. By the com
bination Of these, the required amount
Of postage can be paid, while they at the
same time provide for the payment Of all
regular rates by the use Of a 81. gle
stamp.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-16
FOREIGN.

BERLIN, June l6.-The Prussian Diet
closed to-day.
In the trial Of Count Won Arnim the
counsel for the prosecution urged that
the original offense had been committed
with regard to the two series Of docu.
ments, for the retention of which the
Municipal Court had acquitted defend.
ant. He demanded a sentence of two
aud a half years imprisonment. The
counsel for the defense demanded that
the sentence be annIlled.
LONDON, June l6.-Wilson (Conserva-
tive) has been elected 10 Parliament
from West Suffolk.
BERLIN, June l6-The trial Of Won
Arniw was resumed to-day, and when
the public prosecutor concluded his ar
gument he demanded the Imprisonment
of the Count, because be was guilty Of
embezzlement in the abstraction Of doc
uments received in his official capacity,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-16
rHE JULY INTEREST NOT TO BE PAID.
The Nashville Union and American Of
Yesterday lthe l5thl SAYS:

1hc NoouFiitc OuiOu nuu AUcrlCdu o
yesterday (the 18TH says:
Governor Porter received a Telegram
from Comptroller Gaines, dated New
York, yesterday afternoon, stating thai
he would leave that city for Nashville
last evening, and that he had not sue,
ceeded in borrowing the money to meel
the July interest on satisfactory terms,
having refused to pay the rate asked, as
being ~exorbitant. The State Board oil
Finance we're willing to pay six pei
cent, as the Legislature had imposed
that rate upon taxpayers who should
take advantage Of the suspension OF the
collection Of their taxes, allowed by the
Legislature as a relief for the -presenI
stringency OF money matters in the
State. The Board consider that they
have thus made an honest effort to gel
the money with which to pay the July
interviewing as far as economy woulC
let them aud as far as the ability Of th,
State extended.
The Banner Of the same date ssys:
Governor Porter yesterday received q
dispatch from Comptroller Gaines say
ing that he would leave New York al
FIVE pm. for Nashville. He had failed
to make satisfactory arrangements tc
borrow money. He could obtain it along
in the neighborhood of nine per cent,
but the State could not afford to pay
more than six per cent. The July inter,
est will therefore not be paid.
While we have no censure to offer on
the course of the State Finance Board in
attempting to follow the policy Of their
predecessors, We know that the tax-psy-
ing, debt ridden people Of the State will
rejoice to know that the borrowing pol.
icy has come to a deadlock, and is
likely to remain SO. The policy is detri-
mental to the public, demorslizing, IN
just and should never have been toler-
ated a day. The only way to pay the
interest on the State debt is to pay it.,
and If the people canrot pay the amount
required, let steps be taken in future to
scale down the principal and pay alower
rate ofinterest. The payment of taxes
will not begin for three or four months,
except in the wheat raising sections, but
crops are SO ine that the people will be
likely to pay up more fully and promptly
when the time comes than any year
since 1860. With close collections this
fall and winter the State will be enabled
to pay the debt incurred last January,
the July interest entirely and a portion
of that falling due next January. The
people have had a breathing spell for
once Providence has smiled upon their
labors in the field. and abundantly re-
warded the diligent husbandman. The
time is at hand when the capacity Of our
available resources and the ability Of the
State to pay this enormous pile Of inter.
est will be fairly tested.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-16
Saturday, July 10, 1875,

within legal hours, the. following described
property. situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-witi Lots 10, IA, rs and % of A. J., HAYS
subdivision, south Of the city Of Memphis.
known as the Pearson homestead, being the
same property purchased by Mary NJ. Pearson
Of Jesse O. Caruthers, on the 10th day Of De-
cember, 1861, the deed 10 which is duly re-
in Book No. 50, pages SO and u, reference 10
which is made for q more perfect description
Of said lots. Handbills will also be distrib-
uted before day Of sale.
TERMS or SALE -One fourth cash; balance in
], 2 and 3 years; notes with approved security
same are paid, etc
This June Is, $780,.
e. A. COLE, G. and NJ.
By r. j. BLACK, D. @ aud ~.
J.E. BlOELow AND j. W. VERNON, Solic-
itors. 93-99-l05-ll1-ll3