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New-York tribune., 1876-07-25
TIE S1TiAGS B1NhS.

A STATEMENT TROI TBk BANKS CALLED FOR by
THE BANK sUPERiNGENDENT.
ALBANY, July Z2.-Ibe statements called for
by the Bank Superintendent from tnc SAVINGS banks o
the state Of business ard condition the st Of
July coming slowly tha II is probably Another
reminder may have 10 be given them of their duties
the natter On X OF 20 have been received from
New-York and Brooklyn Under The Banking law th,Ic
il no prov sor for statement at this time OF tie year.
Tut the futndeHt Is given pow ~ any time
qujic statement a1r. E.is hos beea unwilling ever
since the law requiring Semi-IHuual statement
cGauged 10 depend on single statement yearly, and has
always required this midsummer statement IN addition
those forwarded al the beginning OF the year. These
statements thC more necessary just they III
form basis upon hich the next Governor previous
Induction INTO Office viii have 10 depend 10
his suggest ti0Hs about bankings.
New-York tribune., 1876-07-25
CNNFIRMATIONS.

WASHINGTON, July 21.-1he Senate IN Tx
ecitive session todd confirmed The iollo"lng nomna-
tions:
Thona, Brady ~ Indiana 90 BE- second Assistant fo't
tnIsf.ru-Ta Mason iiiym1n o. So -,sns.u e" De Gov
rIDr oi Idaho Teinpr, L!rs Thomas " bcrHc1i nnIit
tiau withdrawn william C. -pUarct 10 DE- Jult4 states =
tgfgey fl Tie District ~ Delaware William - iteHt y.
NryIaui 10 '0H-ul AZ santos, Br4t ttgus' - shannon
tn m oI gt of Ca,t1Hs The bsfiCt Ui 0au tihh,.tH
Ttl4 Ju>r,u - UJariug, az >OuiA Ncr"als 1ohu.
FRA SBri.se, Nrw-tgNel, Conn; B'HjIhih owen, AZ
Iowa tity Iowa. oscar baton, al liyau One. - -, ,
NIrfl- IfeIt.C COMMANDERS Louis hri.id. =. W Ni'bh
+ l. gptu,Ol auG Gt1r-- ". SauutT - Dr comm 'nnefs
Na t,ts ~ Iat,, Iuuis- s. iIr.ps haI l.tet' J'Hd D.
Nj, l, amt Clinton r. Curti, 10 De Iri icl8t FHrs
fusig.- l-ialvI, Charlie T. roster, ".iihr i--Nti
ueI N,i,r. and James ght 20 b.. iastcISi Assi-, -,t
i;r.r W;vinn > M0Drr "a P4sscd A-istart tErr'er
tuumuIaTa -. Hg>oD' LoW OF ile retired H. 10
~ Rear Admiral on thc rctIi,l i'st
fIIsy- The following i'r app"innrnt 10y transfer -
IN Csy.Il.. LicIL. William v. k'Dl-oii ',
Il.iI 4, p,I.o1 Chs.l.. y Schotrld. GeoIg" p CUass
Jnu Ng ll lnsl EliI Fuller George o. fatou. E0in ~
Aaiia-. JON, g. GRESHAM iiUgu l. 0to-tI l . A-~SfDlOA
AID Albert j. kiI--tl
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accounts records kept him for the purpose Of verdca
negl yenCs sufficient to charge him with loss cannos H
claimed until this examination ought been eomn
Furthermore the paper 10 received and paid by an
the principal not charged unless the aubot
for him In passing upon the character the in
agent has effect except 10 the extent that chargea
the principsL
Laches imputable to the Government in its cbar.,
sovereign by those Subject 10 its dominion. IL az.
KpsricS Wheat, 73j Glbbon agt. U. D., Wal sea,
SIN II he Government down from its p0son "a
itself 10 the laws that iAGi vidua there H.
respect all the commercial business of the Goernrrr
specially charged with the performance Of any dn
authorized represent the Government hlsy
neglecis that duty and loss the Government nust b
the sOnseauences his neglect But this caunot LAM
acted o1gt 10 have acted fnch being The ,r
cplas Of applicable 10 this part Of the we ,o
the fsos. ON the facts II is held that su c
agai ~ United to 6e settled ami ~
the Treasury Department" The Assistant Treasurer IN New
sinpy custodian OF The pnbMc money Id q.
Transferred upon us order Of the PROPER department u ~
authority 10 settle and adjust determine uTn %
yaldy CLAIM against the Government. The See,rv
~ rasury only do this and laches cannot harg
rut after elaine preron;ed % him has "a
reasonable time psSs them. Hence the Ia INA
csse we're the action Of the Assistant esuTr
ur, therefore, in TACT eOuntegfets th,ir
receipt the Assistant Treasurer dd n0t preclude IBd
thtes recovering back the paid A thrs
no below. B1; the judgment IL ereod on 10
notes Authorized officer 81 the Government
their .;iremsBt b. the etay. IL Is held that msf
retire al outstanding notes Of y at class which The oye
nlet would be required meet al maturity, aud heac he
notes In tbls Gaze The CiefJnsce delivered ts Gppes
dissentiug Justices Clifford, Field, and Bradley.
New-York tribune., 1876-07-25
TIE COUHT3.
RESTRICTION TO LAIL LIMITS.

John y. Mcneil. who was accused OF crimi-
n completely IN the jersey CITY r,a! estate frauds. and
,.... - lurl 20 ne Udui' ' over
- 900 fr os, by Of the persons ivho swim
c.d. ..u'ed yesterday 10 Judge Van Du;-' 20 De 20
.1-sd r,ru arrest as poor debtor. He Is not confined
lu prison. hat restricted by jail limits" which In-
,.a.lc a OF Manhattan Island and the Fact and North
River. opposite New-York. He is prohibited by tho
term, OF L- bona from setting foot m brooklyn Nov
Jersey. or -tiuy a- l.r in- HagrOw- by boat. Pa
state, t1' hi. health tUryiug from tnis confinement
and -t rh.t ls b.. hls O.rrty he hr released fr1r
' judge NJu ErIt directed proof 20 oe ttacn 90 bis
u-nurrf, and debts.
New-York tribune., 1876-07-25
ALLEGED WIFE MURDER IN BROOK

Mrs. Rose Teoyan, the wife of Patrick Tee
van OF No ga Thrdst.. Brooklyn, H. D., died about
g. ID. yesterday, from the effects Of iaI which she at
tributed to her husbands violence Teeyan, who is
mason about 35 years OF age. went TO his apartments
the cond floor about o'clock Saturday night
sderably under influence Of liquor Earlier in the
evening he and his wife, MI and Mrs Cash. who Iivod
Oh the same floor and Daniel Kraus had been sitting
the Sidewalk. When Teeysn came into his room he
found his wife lying the bed and ~ once ordered her
10 et up and got beer She refused and he oanght
her by the arm and threw her upon the aoOr. Her
scress attracted tho attention Of In the
New-York tribune., 1876-07-25
NEW CAPITOL CONTRACTS MADE,

ALBANY, July 22.-1he new Capitol Com
missOners held meeting to-day, at which Messrs. Eid
ltz and Richardson OF the Advisory Board present
These latter gentlemen, since the removal Of Mr. Fuller
have full super Of the architecture OF the Cap
iiol large number Of bids for opened and
that OF Snclair Mills of Ncwl0rk, " furnish sand
stono for the Senate and Assembly Chambers and the
bali Of the interior OF the buiidln &, accepted
provision inserted that the stone must be cut in Al
hany
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house Several hours later doctor who had pee oaS a
found her suffering from severe pam IN ,nr ,d and
MINER mart of the spine he found 10 Do an
there was paralysis in the extremtea ne cad1u
ON sunday afternoon, but his reIedes PITo P Teeyan
was arrested by Detective Holland at his room ap" S he'd
a.; aayon as 40 wears of age. She told the story oi
the murder as gwen above, to the women oi nG %
and TO Father Adams, who was called " ~e
1iginu rift
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rNn RInnr TO RAII.

Justice kasmiie committed, without bail
FranD. -h.,d. vlD was chafGrd with au t-sauIt on
officer ,G,,i"u. pa application OF Mr. Hiutzu- yrstrr-
j.r. Ju c D9"ol4. fixed tie BAN 90 5000 ,ty ling That
wi.I' te prisoner catcl 10 sympathy from the
Court. f., cng~,uton., rig of citizen 20 bail could
uu. Do ai-rrL1'd.1 oH o. sheldon while attempting
ai,rrl.r -anzut tan o., @ .ue Ni,ul.y of Central Pars
W.. lrn,tHd down ~ the gang, and 30 g. allie gel
W. .--.-A hy -l.-Mcr ul ;. Le.u with q s.uln.
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consed by pistol discharged in the hands OF H. n,
Berdeu. The question Of justification was ho' "u' .,
by the Jury The examination OF MT berucn VI ,n
80 ,, aotopsa Dr w p Townsend, who attended Bsr-
del testified 10 the nature the wounds flgn @ an
aray There three or four wounas ao % the muse
d. ,,ce reaching from cheek to cheek across VIC
the seyerest wound near the let eye i ma Uerbert
summed up by Mr. Carr for the oeien'o' "n' 'i
Geduey for the prosecution
New-York tribune., 1876-07-25
CALENDARS DAY.
.rrrrNE cor.r-cHArnERs-WEsTaRolE J.
7, H., Agricultural UaII there. are two IL

In tls Agricultural Hal there are two m
r-p1.7 r.c. suIt each bearing placari telling thelf
s.o ard weght, u3 with 0e name ~ ne man VINO f.
nr.d tirtn Tor exhibition. followed by the w'rd TAX
d.lS" usn and his wife were Joe King al these WIN
great interest. A:ter reading tue piacas iHe Wpil.n
WIZ, ti"-' are tIAif' rri'~fS Thought b9
were ho--" Her husband i00gcG al the .turs 4
plz' "a expression, and then wont carefully over iae
Tlac st- as II % satisfy hlmsef fully o. t2s poin.
Finally lie replied "Tney hoTs. TaAlcmist Is tca
uaIac ol th, place they iromC CUrrt sp0ud5nce Of
spring gHyld Republican.
New-York tribune., 1876-07-25
ESSEX COUNTY VALUATION.

DECREASED VALUATION AND TAX hNrh to" ~
The BOARD of Assessors of Essex County, n.
et At the Courthouse in Newark yesterday 10 A 'no
vanaton Of the cities and townships OF the county anu
TO apporton the state and county TAX iSaao "
of Clinton chosen Chairman' ana hdihuhu
w, orarce Secretary 1t was agreed that the hun
doas or fractions less than 900 he dropped The re-
New-York tribune., 1876-07-25
Total -----''-f
i. n-1u,.ns from NeXark are as follOMs |:
Grand

This is decrease S9,s1S.GO0 from last year. wheh
tho toO,usbps reported p2~,72O,OOO valuation ana
G25 nols and The city OF Newark reported Flot-
giO 900 valuation and y O74 polls. The township p0S
foli of 264 while Newark gains l3l The amount - ne
r., sed by county is $S6l2G9, or about S21o0oo less
tGan last wear Notwithstanding the decreased Nalui
tin me rate was Gxed lower than last year, being 900
pcr crDf against 1890 last year. The Newark lax Io
pisinners mp last evening and fixed the tax rate as
foIows: CRY rate 90; county, 70; water ~; shkhs
fuud 20: total, lyO or 3 less than last year.
New-York tribune., 1876-07-25
DISCUSSIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED COAL CONPANlE
pEpnI CIIoN

DISCUSSIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED COAL COMPANIES
THE PRODUCTION.
The Board Of Control of the Associated Coal
Companies yesterday afternoon at The Coal ana Ion
Exchange, in COrtlaUdt-st 10 cOnt. Squeson OF
the shipment OF coal in juno by the Lehsl Valley Rail
road 70 tIIeater amounting 10000 tons in OF
the schedule Of tonnage agreed upon W the several
Companies ast Winter Among thcmemhers o.! the comb
nation present wce SauUrl sloane, President OF the
Delaware, Iaoiawsnua and Western Railroad; Thomas
Dickson President OF the Delaware and Hudson Canal
COmpauy Franklin GOUaI OF tie Reading Railroad
Company John Taylor Johnston, President, and Mr.
Parish Of the Central Railroad OF N'wJ .say, and Mcsrs
Pafdee ard swOycr Of the Lehgh Valley Railroad and
Coal Company Me5srs. Partee and SwCyer reported
that large meeting OF the Leigh valley operators
beld on Friday last Nagch CLunk, nc which resou-
tion adopted that tue Lehigh Valley Company should
suspcu shipments coal 20 tdcwater foI.twO weeks in
the month Of August 70 cqusze It's tonnage 10 the
proper asaOunt and further, that st the SAID meeting II
was unanimously resolved that the lrhGl bJllCY Op'-
IatOs S0u abide by the action Of the Board .! tontInl
and limit IL, shipments for TIE remainder o. tne year 10
its proper GUta established by the coal combination.
1t was resolved 20 bold monthly meetings ai the coal
combination its Office in NeHlOrk, FOR tie tOrsldcrd-
tion Of questions relating 70 The government O the coal
trade.
Teegraphic adyices from scranton Penn, announced
that the work at the mines Of the Delaware lach't-
wanna and Western Company Scrtu-yu resumed
yesterday morning, in accordance WIN the agreement
IOf the miners only during alt-rn" weeks. In
response TO inquiries, President sloane said thdl the re-
course The demand for coal had beer so light that u
was found necessary TO iimi the production, and the
iaines had agreed 10 work during alternate weeks This
was one the working weeks, and tne work was there
fore resumed to-day. At The various cOI offices it was
stated that business not III any way equal 10 the
usual demands OF the season.
New-York tribune., 1876-07-25

Sults have been begun IL The United States
instruct Curt against tue following persons Oh Custom
house bonds. Francis Ggauio. Sf,3Jl, H. = Lrtairr.
s-r, 100, g. JuU.iiu - 2lS: NJ. l.. PtII-,t. 1850.
:. NHuIHrys. -'.~tT a r. II Moses. s"pU 900; Atusts
Jrrvruu, 100000; r.. Oerl',hs $4,000; David DIV
'l,rt, -1.,uJU, N. baucudahl. 1000; ". B COorr.
$ll,."C; Samuel stD.glS, S.G.lbJ
New-York tribune., 1876-07-25
COMMENCEMENT Al c1LRY.

WATERyuLE, Me-, July 24.-Ihe Com
m,uceueui exercises at Colby University were begun
yesterday afternoon .witn Baccaiaurate serncI by
Pc .lGrnt l.opDms. In the evening p. = NcArthur ot
Se.-Yoi. deive,cd - sermon before t1n Missionary
-o.bty TGts evening the pri1s 1ech''u---yls OF tAe
MINOR Cnas N.Iur oil.
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To the Centennial Exhibition went Darby

10 the Centennial Exhibition went Darby
and Joan, whom "a correspondent met IN the Egyptian
department iEtenly study mg the Mosaic pavement
cluded IN the khcdyes contributions. What's that r.
said she. That Sad he, reading tho label attached,
" ID nom the OOr OF tho TEMPLE o. MIneryy, BABYLON
two thousand yeaIs old" "Du toll" sand we'll, II
looks durable dOHtitP
A well-knOwn member OF the Established
KIRK IN small Scotch village lately put shilling IN tho
plate. and c,Oy hupcd himself 10 eleven peace half
penny. rnfarkng 20 the attending elder, forgot tas
get chan yes treen. Minister Broom; i'll Just put
"a shun an TAX out the CIcyon pclce-la' pGhny. Yen
be gayen glad tao get rid o tho ooppcrs DOC doot"
New-York tribune., 1876-07-25

M4NIATi Rs aIHANAC. .
HfFh WAIEa TITS pt4-A. -.
sandy hU'k ltI Cows l- .ua 80 Hell O. Ferry. lti
HiUU atIta -.iiS pAi-p q
SALdy HoJklla~ Cows IS t1u. 100 IcL o. tcy. l-9
New-York tribune., 1876-07-25
CoRoNER's VERDICT AT GOSHEN.

GOSHEN. N. Y, July 24.-The cOroner's jury
have rendsred verdict wisusr Murray came TO his
denth July 2l, from Hunshot wound received July I3
New-York tribune., 1876-07-25
PROBABLY FATAL ASSAULT WITH A KNIFE.


Caste Won Gosewjnkel formerly kept the
saloon at Bond and stae-sts Brooklyn, owned by John
Topps, wealthy citizen Of Hcksyie, L. His license
expired 10, and The saloon rented 10 Edward
WOrsdale, but Won GOseTiHkel continued 10 occupy
apartments the second moor OF the building in which
the saloon was located tie did not pay his ont, how
ever and yesterday he dspOsscs5cd by Mr. Tops
The latter subsequently seated at table In The
FALCON with william L8ird, Peter Martin, aul Mr..
Marsh, the four being engaged IN playing dominOes.
About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon Won G0sewnbei,
angcred by being put of The house in the morning,
entered the where tine four men were sitting. Mr..
Tops looked up put ont his baud, and said VIII you
shake handsp Won Gosewinke seized the others hand
with left and with his right hand took knife from
his pocket and drew across Mr. TOppss throat sud
denly .hat could not tel what the weapon Won
Gcsew,uFci then umcd and lrtt the saloon. Marlin
fJllO ed hun down StatcsL, and meeting police Oicer
had him arrested and taken 20 the Washington street
Police station.
TIE wound inflicted on Nr. Tops was very severe.
and Just missing the jusuGr vein. TWO doctors werc
immfdaicly summoned and the wound stitched TO-
gether T6pDs was aiterward removed 70 the Long
Island College Hospital lie Is not expected 20 recover.
lie is J2 ears OF age, and has wife and Guild Ills
DropeIty D. sand 10 he worth 100000. When Won
t}Ose8iniei was arr sfed his hand covered with
blood and the kuc. ordinary pocket one, also
bloody Woisdale ;he keeper OF tAe saloon, IL nephew
Q Mr. Tops.
New-York tribune., 1876-07-25
THE YACHTING CALAMITY.

FITNFRAI, RITES AT THE GARNER MANSION.
R1,pIAI OF Mr.. AND MRS. GARNER AND fho'i
THoRy-rHE HOUSE AND GROUNDS ThRoNuhp-
SIMPLE sERvICEs-INTERMKNT IN GkEhN""oD'
IT. f,,noral of Mr and Mrs. William i.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-03
Amusements.

MRS. MERIwETHER's LEoTURE.-By
reference to advertisement elsewhere, it
will be seen that Mrs. E. A. Meriwether
makes her debut on the rostrum as a lee.
turer, on Friday evening, al the Memphis
Theater, the subject chosen for the oeca-
sion being Woman's Power Before the
Law. Considerable interest is felt in
critical and literary circles as to the lee.
ture and we would not be surprised if the
presence Of a large audience upon that
occasion was the result.
LEATH ORPHAN STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL.
of amusements the city is not just
now very prolific, and the resources of
our people for the time being in that line
are limited. 1t is therefore a most favor
able opportunity for the managers of the
Leath Orphan Asylum to appeal to the
citizens of Memphis in aid of their sum.
mer fund. To this end they are now
holding a strawberry festival at 1854
Main street, where, besides large and
luscious strawberries, and ice.cream that
is the very best that can be made, they
se-ve a ifty-cent luncheon every day at
the usual hour.
BENEFIT OF THE UsHERs.-At the the
alter, Wednesday, 10th inst, will be a per-
Torrance for the benefit Of the ushers at
the theater, by the Bluff City Minstrels.
During the past season the ushers con.
tributed to the pleasure of the theater.
goers by polite and prompt attention.
The bill they will offer on the occasion
will no doubt be an amusing one, such
as will repay the attendance of a large
audience.
ESTHER CLUB On Friday week, May
18th, the Esther Club will give a concert
and opera de salon at the theater. The
programme has been well selected, and
will be published in due time. The lead.
ing amateur musicians and vocalists Of
the city have consented to appear. The
exercises will be under the direction Of
Prof. Perring.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-03


Florida is in the hight Of a land fever.
Land has more than trebled in value
within the last two years.
M. Lembre, of Paris, has just issued
two important books lie Parnasse
Contemporary" avolume Of unpublished
poems by young contemporary poets,
and La Gathers de Saint Beuve," q
collection of the illustrious critics init
mate notes on the important people he
knew, and on different literary, political
and moral subjects.
In an article on "Petrarch and Boo
c%accio," published in the Rivista Inter
n%azionale for March 10th, Herr Hettner,
of Dresden, the author, draws a parallel
between their age and the "storm and
stress" period in Germany, and indi-
Gates a similarity in the mental charac-
teristics shown in Petrarch's sonnets and
Goethe's "Werther."
The State Of Minnesota has no build.
ing at the Centennial, but the city of
Minneapolis pluckily built and shipped it
last week to Philadelphia. She will ex-
hibit the premium aour, as handsome
blankets as were ever made in this coun-
try, ploughs, axes, paper barrels, pals,
boots and shoes, carriages and cutters.
twenty-five years ago the city was an
Indian reservation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-03
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION
THE CITY.
MEMPHIS:
Wednesday Evening, May 3, 1875.
The RecOrder,n Case.

Yesterday afternoon our reporter at.
tended the High Court of Impeachment
las it is called sitting IN the City Hall
Our man took photographs of the pro.
ceedings as follows:
Big crowd present as spectators; ell
looked interested. and happy; court pre-
sided over by Alderman Zent; every
city father looked like a judge; prosecu.
ton managers looked like lawyers;
CAN'T, Patterson and L9y, counsel Of
the prosecution, withdraw from the case,
although employed by the managers,
who promised to pay them if the city
would not.
The counsel left the case in order TO
relieve the managers from being in the
double attitude Of prosecutors who paid
counsel, and judges in the case who had
to try the defendant. This brought
about great s~auabbling in the high court,
and many iDe speeches wers made.
The accused filed an answer to the
charges and specifications, joining issue
on several charges and moving to strike
out others.
The managers we're not ready to Gle
~replications TO the answers, their law
yers having abandoned the case, so the
court adjourned until to morrow Thurs
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-03
WAR WARI wAB!
Isle of Cuba, 277 Main Street,
2 for Is cents. Sc
for 25 cents.
Conrt Snnnre Fonntnin-

The fountain is in the Renaissance
style;" total hight, 10 feet; the base is
ten.sided, "a feet in diameter and 6 feet
deep; the rim is of iron, in panels, hand
lonely ornamented; also, at each angle
is a pedestal on which tests a very hand
somely decorated vase for flowers. The
coping Of the rim is of Alabama stone, 8
inches thick and Is inches wide. The
basin is lined with the best quality of
hard brick, lain in cement and lime NOR.
tar, and when sufficiently set will be
coated with English Portland cement
enc inch in thickness. The various pipes
have been laid to supply the jets Of the
fountain with water, and in such a man.
ner that all or any one can be turned on
or off as may be desired. The overflow
has been laid out Of sight, and
as far as the work has progressed it has
been done in a most substantial manner
In the center of the basin rises a brick
pedestal to about the water line; this is
again surmounted by a Gaping of stone,
octagonal, one foot in thickness. On
this stone rests the base Of the fountain.
The diameter of this baseis Z feet, which
includes the four trusses. On the top
of this base are four boys and swans
Above this is the first pan, 9 feet G.
inches in diameter; seated inside Of the
same are boys with shells blowing out o
stream of water. Above this again
rises the second pan, 5 feet 3 inches
in diameter, with jets of water
issuing from lilies. From the Gen.
ter of this pan rises rockwork, on
which is poised q magnificent figure
nearly seven feet in hight, a copy Of
Canova's celebrated statue of Hebe.
When the fountain is in full play the
effect of the different jets and the over
flow of the basins will be something
exceedingly beautiful. The basin inside
the water surface will have lilies in
full bloom, throwing up jets Of water,
and, besides, white swans sailing about,
also throwing up jets, producing a mar.
display. This fountain is one Of
the finest made in this country, and it
point of beauty is only excelled by the
one in Cincinnati, which cost
500, 900.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-03
NAY DAY.
A Few Points in Relation 70 Thin
Gala Anniversary.

= Neb POINTS IN ReiatlOn 10 Thin
Gala Anniversary.
Monday was the first Of May, more
properly known as May Day. In Merry
Old England the people used to join
together and have May poles, warlike
shows, arches. morris dancers and ether
devices. This custom was gradually
dispensed with, and during later years
the chief mode Of celebrating it has been
by excursions to the forests by school
children. They gsmbol all day under
the shade'of the trees, ramble among the
bushes, and pluck wild flowers. A coronet
Of these is woven, aud placed upon the
brown of the Queen, who is chosen BY
reclamation. This ceremony is a very
interesting one and conducted with some
faint show Of pomp by the participants.
The rest of the day is spent in dancing
on the green sward, singing May songs,
and amusing themselves in such a
manner as children all know. This
custom, however, we are sorry to say, is
slowly becoming one Of the pleasant
memories Of the past, the interest mani
tested in it not being so intense as that
shown a few years ago.
The pleasant weather which trans.
formed April into a month of sunshine
rather than of showers, induced the
belief that May Day would surely be
sunny and pleasant. But it was exactly
the reverse, much to the sorrow Of many
who waited aud watched for its coming
with a great deal Of eagerness on account
Of the Maifest at JamesPark. 1t com
menced raining on Sunday night and
continued during Monday. Yesterday
was cold and cloudy, the overcast sky
dispelling all hopes Of a bright day. To-
day it is bright and pleasant, bat too
cool for silvan sport, and those who
desire to ramble in the woods are com.
PEELED owing to the dampness to give Up
the contemplated pleasure: On to.mor-
row, however, the Maifest will be cele.
brsted.