, 1879-01-09
MARY DANCERS FORTUNE,

Ft1nkf Of hcf Sewers prfl"rTnE those f1aEt1fac
tured at home TO tho foreign artillc.
MARY DANCERS FORTUNE.
The Completion ar s2H.oon Tonb In Ac.
cortfnncn with flrr Will,
Is4tc iark .ssn lan. ..
Tic finishing touch ID to 10 put to-day on The
chapel monument IN Greenwood that fl lu rcr-
Iet,lntc tho memory anil Ropl ,irctls Of Miss
Mary 4. Dancer, the daughter Of the latc Matt
NJ. Dancer tho most fortunate gambler Ncw
York ever saw. Work was begun IN Tic mon,.-
ment carly Inst spring. Uf the t5:,0txl lcyntctl
10 the work S5, ,000 was expended In buying a
lot, The plot is situated near thr new entrance
to Greenwood, which IA Composite tho Old or
main entrance. Tie Dancer tomb Is DIAGONAL
" ecross the drive from tho handsome snon-
.imcnt erected BY Florence, tiie arsor. 1hc ot
he surrounded BY fence, consisting Of an or
namcnlat bEonzc rail. supported by Grante
ts,sss. The wn1k frUtn the entrance of the lot
to The floor Of tho tomb consists t'f granite
Thick. It Ii the largest single blt,clt OF granite
ever taken into the cemetery. Ten pairs Of
i,orscs wero required 10 draw Il into pns'slon.
The mon!lnic:s e,,n,olt.a'lnn M o. snapea mn
The fase Is twentY-one by twe1,tyont fret, n,s
it rises to height OF thtFty-ciRht feet. Tho
matcrlalA used on thc exterior arr the Westerly
E, Willy cas,tat, S,roni,n Tia tnsorfnr I. ~" ~.
t.I,n1' - i,oiion Emn+hir with tru,ninr. ~
American doye.colorcd marble. aud cnlufnns
=. .'.n.sl,,a III tho cntrarrc ~ t]lr rtnp"i ,v
'4'i, Is; rrrant,o .trna c,,t ont n .instc hfu
.,f .tnus I,nuhir hrnn1e tlt,ors Of nrfisttr d.
siet,, costing S1.00, and protecte.i by heHyy
n..,,~nr ria nonr al to to,nh il ,ahl Il,
Esn,;.h tl,nm,,atnj tl,cs. Dtrrrtlv onsm,.,tn
tx ,,onrway IL tho angle window Of fhe Chanel
at s"t wlth warm.tfntct ea,ledral cfa.s. Fso,,
h,.. LIZ t,a,v ~ fcct Thr tlo,nc i. .,,nn"rtrl hr
9us s - rnn,a.sn mnre VIII c,ntt y. r.
@ ,,,.r1,i" III ccnsrr ,,,cc ~ TX 'i,vna
!. martic nat,r] In Inc centre Of the mana, Is
~ 1.n,,., r4nr INN, witch untnme t.rnnzo
t.ts". :, =, .iopcnd ria h,.krt IL fn he fIlIni
,,.,,a., ~. srtIst sni, navc cm,,ictc1 III. wnrE
WIN" Win ,ratituw anwefa carved Ia purn whiIe
,,,nr,,e 'A'''"~ FN ">.
T,.n roof or fhr s,rurture IL n tnorvcfor. n,rrr
y, .rchs, cc,vrc VIZ II ia fnr,nrd uY fm,r txMnte'i
~ ,,s.n. 1sr,ai.a huro sint,, ~ t,,orh, s1,ra
fro,n Fin se. nnwnTi to MI ancx. and tho seams
are a. trltiy io,ur.i rs to mai;c them seem Iist,
lila .nn.t II ,nc H,sfn,r iran, fhr n,,,r ~
~ ~, ~ ~. IL ,he tnor,,n,o,,t ~ ia
tvo.,",1v - 1rnr,,n .irtccn ,"rt IN rh. wan
tne ront ~ ths tasn ri Tn cc],1um III" ,nnn..
nrt u "a ortaronal In si,aps. Tbs cn,tnn il cyi-
'.ra,rn MI" - - A'A
etn rhn. .r. T., a, rtus ,o.o,,.c,es for n. ,,oo
within thc tomh The 1tnliat, marble snrron1,n-
VIA .nntaInin,s siiss nanccr,s rema,ns n 10
:. ar., w. atnn mnrc stnsmct, ~ fhrcr frc. E~
oith ~ ~ tIt,nn hr IN ftn,nn ort,st Tlre ~
~ hn fn,r ttrrs ~ tnmis ~, cithr .tiic NJ thr
en,ro,,r. ~ Mta, f1anrnr,s tnnther,s 5cn,ons are
~ r"noso IN a s,r,nha,s,a t,,' Inn irft. IN tnc
rioit ~ tosn -. NJ l,er fnt1,rr, M,tt IL ,nrcrr
T!s,"s, ara al .ho mamhcss ~ ST,ss nonr.ris
,tnuc;1ia,r % famiiy. nthcr rclatiycs arc In he
m,rtei in the reIuninfnr ynulta.