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The herald., 1896-07-28

A Life on the Ocean Wave.
A Mans a Man for a. that.
Annie o. the Banks o. Dec.
Annie Laurie.
Aud Lang Syne.
Aud Robin Gray.
A Wet Sheet and a FlTyipg Sea
Baby Mine.
Beautiful Bells.
Beautiful Snow.
Bell Brandon.
Belle of Baltimore.
Ben Bolt.
Billy Boy.
Bingen on the Rhine.
Black-Eyed Susan.
Bonnie Doom.
Bonnie Dundee.
Bring Back My Bonnie to Me.
by the Blue Alsatian Mountains
Caller Herrin'.
Captain Jinks.
Captain with His Whiskers.
Charlie is my Darling.
Columbia, the Gem Of the
Ocean.
Come Home, Fatheri
Comm Thro' the Rye.
Comrades.
Cruelty to Johnny.
Die Wacht am Rhine.
Dolly Warden.
Don't You Go, Tommy.
Do They Miss Ne at Home?
Do They Think Of Me at Home?
Douglas, Tender and True.
Down in a Coal Mine.
Ever of -,hee.
Five O'Clock in the Morning..
Flee as q Bird.
Go Down, Moses.
Goodnight, and Joy be WI
We A.
Green Grow the Rushes, o.
Hail, Columbia.
Hail to the Chief.
Hard Times Come Again No
More.
Harvest Home.
Her Bright Smile Haunts Me
Still.
Hickory, DIckory, Dock.
Highland Mary.
Home, Sweet Home.
/ Amt Going to Die No Moro.
ICannot Sing the Old Songs.
IDreamt that I Dwelt.
i'll Had But q Thousand a Year
Heard a Wee Bird Singing.
I'll Hang My Harp on a Willow
Tree.
I'll Hear the Trumpet Sound.
I'm Ger Young to Marry Yet.
In the Cleaning.
Remember.
IStood on the Bridge at Mid
night.
I've Just Come from the Foun-
tain.
Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill.
Jessie, the Flower o. Dumblane.
Jim Along Josey.
Jim Crack Corn.
Jock o. Hazeldean.
John Anderson, MY 10.
Johnny Has Gone for q Soldier.
This book contains !
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island today for stay of some three
weeks.
Rev. DR.. Wyllis Hall has returned
from his Alaskan trip and will tomor-
row join his family at Oceanside.
DR.. G. Roscoe Thomas left today for
Catalina island.
The herald., 1896-07-28
DOWNEY.

DOWNEY, July 27.-The union high
school proposition was defeated at to-
days election.
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LONG BEACH

Small Majority Favoring Dlsincorporation
of the City
LONG BEACH, July 27.-The city Of
Long Beach was this afternoon disin-
corporated by vote of 121 to 12S, a ma
jority for dinincorporation OF Z.
Great feeling is exhibited among the
people and hilarious time is expected
tonight
The herald., 1896-07-28
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

sAO ACAioWihS
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Johnny Sands.
Judgment Day is Rolling
Round.
Katy's Letter.
Kissing on the Sly.
Kiss Me Quick and Go.
Lanigan's Ball.
Larboard Watch.
Listen to the Nightingale
Little Annie Rooney.
Little Barefoot.
Little Bo-peep.
Little Jack Horner Sat In a
Corner.
Little Maggie May.
Little Nell.
Lord Lowell.
Lord Ullin's Daughter.
Love Among the Roses.
Maggie by My Side.
Maggie's Secret.
Maid of Athens.
Marseillaise Hymn.
Maryland, My Maryland.
Mary of Argyle.
Massa's in the Cold, Cold
Ground.
Meet Me BY Moonlight.
Miss Wrinkle.
Molly, Put the Kettle On.
My Country. 'tis Of Thee.
My Heart is Sair for Somebody.
My Hearts in the Hig- lands.
My Johnny was u Shoemaker.
My Love is Like a Red, Red
Rose.
My Pretty Yellar Gal.
My Ways Cloudy.
Nancy Lee.
Nelly Of the Hazel Dell.
Nobody Knows the Trouble I
See.
o Dearl What Can the Matter
Be?
Oft in the Silly Night.
Oh! Boys, Carry Me Long.
Oh! Had J Wings Like q Dove.
Obi / Should Like to Marry.
Oh! Susanna.
Onl why DO \ OH tease US!
oh, Would l Were a Bird.
Oh, Would I Were q Boy Again.
Old Grimes.
Old King Cole.
Our Flag is There.
Over the Garden Wall.
o Whistle, and I'll Come to
You.
o Willie Brewed a Peck O.
Maui.
Paddle Your Own Canoe.
Robin Adair.
Robinson Crusoe.
Rocked in the Cradle Of the
Deep.
Rock Me to Sleep, Mother.
Roll, Jordan, Roll.
Saint Patrick was q Gentleman.
Sally in Our Alley.
Scots Wha Haze WI Wallace
Bled.
Seesaw, Margery Daw.
See, the Conquering Hero
Comes.
Shells of Ocean.
Simon the Cellarer.
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Sing a Song Of Sixpence.
Sparkling and Bright.
Steal Away.
Stop Dat Knocking.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Take Back the Heart.
Ta-ra-ra Boom -de-ayt
Ten Little Niggers.
The Angels Whisper.
The Arm Chair.
The Battle Cry OF Freedom.
The Blue Bells of Scotland.
The Blue Juniata.
The Burial of Sir John Moore.
The Campbells Are Comm.
The Charming Young Widow.
The Cork Leg.
The Cruiskeen Lawn.
The Danube River.
The Dustrnan.
The Girl l Left Behind Me.
The Harp That Once Thro
Tara's Halls.
The Laird o. Cockpen.
The Land o. the Leal.
The Little Brown jug.
The Little Fisher Maiden.
The Maiden's Prayer.
The March of the cameron Mo-
The Minute Gun at Sea.
Then You'll Remember Ne.
The Old ARM Chair.
The Old Oaken Bucket.
The Pauper's Drive.
The Pilgrim Fathers.
There is a Green Hill Far Away
There's Nae Luck About tha
House.
There Was q Jolly Miller.
There Was an Old Woman.
The Rose of Allandale.
The Spider and the Fly.
The Star Spangled Banner.
The Sword of Bunker Hill.
The Used Up Man.
The Water-Mill.
The Widow in q Cottage by the
Sea.
. Thou Art Gone From My Gaze.
Three Fishers Went Sailing.
'Tis the Last Rose of Summer
Turn Back Pharaoh's Army.
Wait for the Wagon.
We'd Better Bide a Wee.
We Meet by Chance.
We're a Noddin'.
What Are the Wild Waves Say
ing?
When the Swallows Homeward
Fly.
When We Went Gypsying.
When You and ! We're Young.
Where Are You GAing, Ny
Pretty Maid?
Where Was Moses When the
Light Went OutP
WhOal Emmai
Widow Machree.
Willie, We Have Missed You.
Will You Love Me Then As
Now9
Within a Mile Of Edinbord
Town.
Woodman, Spare That Tree.
Yankee Doodle.
You Never Miss the Water.
in sheet-music form.
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you are sure of a better one.
Remember that the very best
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your while to study carefully
the pages devoted to this subject
In The Everyday Educator. You
will find a model application ian
answer to an adyertiSemantl or, =
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OR,
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-18
WILL, OF DIR. JAMES y. GILBERT.

The win OF Or James r. Gilbert. the weli-known
phvsician. who died on December Q at his home.
30 % wesi Thirty-seventh-st.. was hled yesterday
~ the Surroraic's ONCE. Dr. Gilbert leaves M
horses and carriages to his father. James J.. Gill
bert Several articles OF jewelrr are given 10
friends and relatives OF the iesinior residing N
dlreren, parts OF the Union.
The books IN the library owned by Dr. Gilbert are
given 10 the Free Library Association OF "i'b'rs-
Will. in the town OF Butiernuts OtseSo County.
Y Y and his medical and surgical instruments are
given 10 the city Hospital Backwells Island
The chllaren o, his uncle. James x. Backm"n'
titled unn.r the will ~ his uncle. Andrew g. Black
man The sum OF $3.50 Is given TO Sarah H. hei-
logg and 81 900 is given TO Russell Yates. OF tii-
hcr,s,lll. Y n studen; at Johns Hopkins nj
y.-s,v trust fund OF 81 600 is created III" income
~ which will he devoted the care and maintenance
%, pr Gilbcri's tomb I'm Woodawn Cemetery. lie
directs TINT the premises now owned by him at NO
q Vest Thiry-scvenih-st. shall not be sold In the
ufe,in,. Of his father and makes the same pro
yision with regard the stock IN the Biack Ia
mond Coal ar 4 Cooking company held ny MIN J. ne
executors are directed 10 nNrst the sum vi s''v'
him the sum OF s5io annually out OF the prihclpdI
md Interest until the fund Is eNhausted Inc sum
~ 20 0O s 10 be invested for the beneht or ms ser
want Felix Armstrong, who IL 10 receive inc SUM
~ ssio nor wear until that fund is exhausted -
Tho tncone OF the residue OF the estate IL given
IN Dr 6;Ilberis father At the death OF lht attet
pr Gilbert provides for the payment or snaii SUMS
Of money 10 three four persons ana giNrs IN Is
The Union Trust Company Is made executor o' '"'
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DIED..

Thusdsy + PsGems re-, Il ,sGS
ard Sarah So's + s, %
Funeral services AZ his late resdenc" No S East 'n-
Int ~, ,rm 10, 7s al Woodaun Cemetery.
cLARKA Assu'y PARK y : Fanny Eay wife q
Funeral her late residence No 300 3dave
p. m. Friday. 18th inst.
Madsons, BROOKLYN Roy,sn L. Cooper Of diph'hsr ia:
coRBlERE-At Raleigh. y, c. on December 4 isse
George F.. son Of bela A. and the late william a.
Notice o; funeral hereafter
81 s.: John Baptist. Hew.York and Of cleves England
and younger daughter OF the late Edward wor'isy
HAEBEGK, Paris F,ag ,s e" Friday November H.
Relatives and friends invited 10 attend TIE funeral
80 :so 5'9nayc SATURDAY December TO-
9aa a.a F1 :a w ana SSs' S
he'll Hfpe aged months 10 days.
Edms g. East s,s in 10Th Of his
Relatives and friends invited 20 attend the funeral
he house Saturday 18th inst al ~ D. "'
Please omit flowers
RANKINE-At Geneva y. y. on wednesday, DecemSc s
iG The Rev. James Kankine d. D. LIE d. IN 'ne '''a
r1nsrai from s. Church Saturday afternoon q
RoosEvELT-A NewRcehs, December a H. Mabel
Fu ns f' services viii DC sei Christ church Pelham
San francisco and New orleans papers please copy
TAYLOR THURSDAY D.ceslber Il. ater lingering III
ness in his 10th year Alexander Taylor
. funeral hereafter
vooRuIs-On December IL Anna Emily aged IL fnontnS
in.an, daushtcr u Charles Gavin and Anna Emily
Voorh!s nee Harvey.
Funeral private 49, ,,.,.
WILLIAMSON Thursday. December l.. George W. WIZ
ams his 9th year. . ., o,,,o,x
Funeral services saturday the 18th int a. IL eiocs
a m A, the residence Of his son. George T. Nhha'~'
No 10 Ilncoln-ave Newark. y " -. >.n.u.
Internent Greenwood az the convenience Oh ue 'as
VOODIAWN CEMETERY.
Office No % T.. 23d- So.
woo,,awn station ,2tth Ward Harlem Railroad
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OBITUARY.
ALEXANDER HERRMANN.

Rochester Dec. i7.-Alexander Hermann the
magician. who appeared at the Lyceum Theatre
last night. ending engagement u three per-
formances, died this morning In his private car
while on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
road his way Bradford Penn. where he was
10 open engagement this evening.
Hermann was as well usual when he left TINS
city this morning at 80 He had passed the night
in his private car and in bed when word was
sent from II TO the station master at Great VAL
ley that he was i'll and the attendance OF physi-
clan was desired. Before physician could get 10
the car Hermann was dead The car was taken
on 10 Salamanca with the body. Heart disease II
IL said. was given the cause OF dea,h. When
he took leave of Manager Pierce. OF the Lyccum,
after the performance last night he was In appar-
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nm prAcK GOES TO Troy.

Governor-elect Frank 8 Black ai,er p'.'
% New-York. went to his home IN Troy ..',S
a,,ornoon Before going ne had shor' ,a,"
Co,ernor Morton at the latters nome No. ''
o,a The appointment OF two Railroad 'o""',S-
.rs l. said TO have been the main supjec' W.
,,d II j. a well-kncwn fact mat 'oE'',"
49,, rould like to have his secretary. Hsh''' W
Cole appoin,cd to the Commission Inc "o''','o'
go tho Governor-elect will have another cor'e'
l., ,h,s CITY within the next week. MI hIacN
has accepted an invitation 10 dine with tne 'oN
ornor on the evening OF December g. NJ '"' 'o"'
house Of Mr. Morton $1,000, ~,
,f,er meeting Governor Morton yesterday III
p,aor re,urned to the Fifth Avenue Hotei ana re-
c,.vea a number OF callers Among 'hose VINO s'''
, oards were ex Senator Titus Sheard ana W ~, !"
vunns NJ Long Island 1t is understood ma VI.
'oallrd In The interest OF FREDERICK Ho. :.
& S,as Amounted by Mr. Black as one OF hlS s'hi
", 80 pawn vas also caller ana ~ -,
Mr. Black said before leaving tns tits ,
ne n h had mt considered the objections 'l"' NJ
,'1"t against certain mefnberS OF iiS 800
". he had not decided whom ne gu I'm no
ti',arv secretary and that ne WOMB ~ IA hoo,
n,,,nded 10 his Inaugural address, whlch N h hr,
a,u,ad so far He said that II wou!o W p,'
md maj he was going home to prepare II az '''''
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

Yesterdays RECORD AND To-DAYs FORECAST.
Washington Dec. I1.-The barometer has fallen in the
Mississippi and and lake region and risen on
the Atlantic Coast and 20 the west or the MISSISSIPPI
rhere is an area q pressure covering the Upper
s.ssinpi Valley and upper lake and the baron
e,er s highest north Of Dakota. The temperature mas
fallen decidedly from Texas norihward 70 Dakota ana II
is slightly TO the east ~ m" Mississippi snow
orc ore repor,ed from Mississippi Valley and lighi
snovs from the Northwest upper lake region. The
weather f. generally clear the Atlantic Coast ana IN
the Gulf States but cloudy in the Ohio and Mlsss
fippi valleys and lake regons The couliness VIII IN
crease with slowly rising temperature IN the districts on
tho Atlantic Coast possibly with local showers In the
Middle Atlantic during tho evening ght. Light
Indicated for IN" OHIO Valley and lake
region and ram followed hy clearing. colder
weather for the Northwest and portion
of he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-18
ALEXANDER TAYLOR.

Alexander TAYLOR the well-known retired banker
died Yesterday afternoon at the Plaza Hotel. His
SON. Alexander Taylor. jr.. his dauehter-n-law ana
tho attending physician. DR.. c. s. Maye. were pres
emit Mr.. Taylor apparently In good health up
to within the last three months. Since then he
had been falling and for the last two weeks he was
confined 10 his bed. Mr. Taylor was born In Leith
Scotland on August &C. 1921. and In the succeeding
year brought by his parents to this city where
his father engaged in the mercantile business. The
latter died in 1910. leaving wife and young fam
v procticallv under the care Of the elder son.
We, twenty years OF age. Young Taylor at once left
school and secured a place with brokerage firm
IN Wall-st. When his employers retired he rented
their office and started in business for himself
This was at No. So Wall-st. Later he removed to
No 10 Wall-st where his two brothers. as they
became of age were admitted to partnership with
him the firm name becoming Taylor Brothers. For
more than a quarter of a century the business OF
the house was continued. gaining high reputation.
with connections in Great Britain and Ireland. In
$50 having achieved n satisfactory success in his
business life Mr.. Taylor retired from the firm and
established his sons. Alexander and George In bust
ness under the firm name Of Alexander Taylor $
sons Later however he accepted a fiattering Of
fer made TO him by the banking house of Clews.
Uabicht & Co. to become their resident partner In
London Before his departure a farewell reception
vas given for him AT the Union League club. which
was attended by the most eminent business ana
professional men OF the metropolis
For many years Mr. Taylor was an influential
member OF the New-York Stock Exchange. in
which he occupied various offices. serving on the
committee TO represent II at the Centennial EXPOSE
ton at Philadelphia He had been actively con
nected with the affairs Of the NewYork. West
Shore and Buffalo Railroad. and had acted as di.
rector in the New-York Ontario and Western and
The Waikiki Valley Railroad corporations. lie was
n member and officer of the st. Andrews Society
and the Burns Club. OF this city He joined the
Union League Club in 1858 and at the last annual
election was made vice-president OF the club for
/ n term Of two years. He was also one OF three
trustees representing in this country the Scottish
Union and National Insurance Company of Scot
land OF which Sir Walter Scott was the first gov
ernor Mr. Taylor held in high esteem by all
who knew him. He had been widower since 1893.
He leaves two sons Alexander. tr.. and George NJ.
Taylor and one daughter. Mrs. George Pcmberton.
who will arrive from Europe to-day. Two brothers
also survive Peter g. and William L. Taylor. and r
sister Mrs John =. Mckewan Announcement or
the funeral will be made later.
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coVc ar THE AMERICAN RE|OLcIIoN'

The Sons Of the American Revolution nave 'e''"'-
~ devoted TWO long evenings 10 . No. nod
, constitution and bylaws. when every INV anu
",.erv paragraph in each document was carelu,ly
,sred MANY Of these lines and paragraphS
were amended. and all were finally approved. ~
,,,her Of vice pre- sidents is to be increaseu ~
h ,ho hoard OF management. including the
,,,.a orbrers 10 thirty. The manaeers' 81
oa,,ed are to be divided into classes seven mn
firing each year and being nehs'"e ~ -, sar
.o w. mas determined in the case OF the e1ec"'iV'
of ne except that there must be "a" e'e'''0"
yearly a.. n.w constitution will
,,ace on February q. and the following nave
hesn selected as a nominating committee: |nar ,s
A. Hoy member of the sscely he OF E sns
n Mews" cornelius A. Pugsley William 4; MaT Fa.
New >, n Davies Eldred Johnson ana r., A. FOL,
sSe The Sons OF the American hevon.nCn over
remarkabiy spirited body Ihey matt and the
viii watch with great Interest lor fn
ticket which the present c0'''''''''e
rd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-18
NIX. UANSFIELD'S NEW MAN4GERS.
HoYT MKEE TO DIRECT HIs AFFAIRS If THE
ARRANGEMENT LASTS.

HofT & MKEE TO DIRECT HIs AFFAIRS. If THE
ARRANGEMENT LASTS.
II was proposed some time ago to form n Ma
tional association Of the managers and ex-mana
gers of Richard Mansfield. The project fell
through because il found that such body
would be too cumbersome. The latest candidates
for admission TO the association. II it had been
formed. would be Messrs. Charles II. Hoyt and
Frank Mckee. They are already. everybody
knows. the managers of Hoyts Theatre and OF
the companies which exploit Mr.. Hoyt's farces on
the road. and now they are 10 undertake the man
agement Of Richard Mansfield.
Mr.. Mansfield has been his manager ever
since Daniel Frohman resigned the control Of him.
The control which Mr.. Frohman resigned was one
that he had 1t merely one that he was
10 have. He to be Mr.. Mansfelds manager
this season. but the arrangement lasted for only
few days and ended so TO speak, before II began.
That is. the plan that Mr.. Frohman should man
age Mr.. Mansfelds tour ended before the time
came for actually managing it.
The arrangement with Mr.. Frohman was made
some four months before ii was 10 take effect, and
it never did take effect The arrangement with
Hovt g. Mckee Is made some eight or nine
months before II is TO take effect. and II may hot
be safe lay large wagers that this VIII ever tahe
effect either IIoyt e. Mckee are 10 assume con-
troll OF Mr. Manshelds business affairs; II me pres.
ent programme is carried out at the neet u ~ ,h
actual managing as he is the business man or the
Mr. Mansfield is quoted saying that the ar, ar
raneemen; nIeases him because !; viii relieve MN
OF the cares of management ana a'iow n nn,,np ~
nlnVs Mr. Mansfield has been known TO o., 'ai i. IN
this way before. 1t represents or ~ nigh he
nate attitude of mind The ONE, r ii,er bard
hrioo l., evnressed thus: Here am l. WORSHIP nai Il
and doing artistic things: and mere ~ az i, VIZ
Should not have all the profit Of my own ,"nv
will he my manager A. M Nnnsieid irtcrds
cur la'e , 1 he direction of Hoyt N Mckee
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p1JND woMAN's REQUESTS.

The will OF Cornelia A. Lawrence was ohered Tor
nrohata Yesterday The testatrix was bind ana the
uitpesses 70 the will had TO state that the VIII was
CORRECTLY read TO her. She leaves her house NO
2ss West Eleventh-st. to her friend Mrs catherine
4, rnure with whom she lived for the last twenty
a. .oo-s md ecacies OF 81 600 to her nephew
G.orge I.rskinc and 500 to her nephew. Alexander
" Lawrence 'in the hope that these requests VIII
no Of substantial benefit to them and will serve to
mark in some measure my appreciation or their
visits from time to time" The sum OF 81" Is given
10 Mrs Lizzie Thomas. servant in IN" employ
of Mrs Faure las "A slight recognition OF her many
octs Of Kindness and attention. and TO MIS-.
Thomas's daughter Fanny Lee. the sum Of $40 IL
given Mrs Faure is authorized to Keep Whatever
Inol,s she may desire out of the tcstatrix g library
~ hooks in raised embossed PRINT. and the re-
manning books to he given 10 the Society ior
the Relief OF the Destitute Bind. together with
the sum of $lC0.
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WEDDINGS.

=, me !a~ges; and pretties: of the early win
WV ,irrs was that of Miss Fannie Taller.
ff e. Of Mr.. and Mrs Edward \. Taller of
daus rvoshington Square. North, TO Sydney j.
No. " con Of the late Samuel Smith, Of Balls
s"'', ard brother of Mrs. Samuel j. Colgate,
'., ,,Is city. which was celebrated at o'clock yes
% ,sday afternoon in Grace cnurch. broadway ana
'eD There was an outpodring OF society
Ten" ,,ch as has not been seen in many city
peoF. since the opening Of the season. Fully
GU" ,. =, hour before the time announced for the
"'" .o,v most OF the pews In the middle aisle
" sllea and there was little room left in either
W.. We. eide aisles or seats in the transept for the
Old quests The floral decorations were rather
'.rIe but extremely effective. AS the guests en-
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JOHN w. CHAIRMAN.

John W. Chairman. ffty-two years old, died yeS
terday morning. after week OF painful illness.
He was veteran of the war. born In this city In
1874 Although a young man when he enlisted. Nc
appointed on the staff Of Quar;ermaster-
General Edwards. and served with him in the Army
Of the Potomac at Gettysburg Antietam, and IN
the Army of the Tennessee at Chattanooga. For the
last twenty years he had been connected with the
Cashiers Department OF the New York custom
House. and his pace there brought him In touch
with most of the leading merchants and custom
house brokers' Of the city, among whom he maze
many warm friends.
He leaves n widow. one daughter and two sons.
The funeral will be held at his home. No. l16 West
Eighty -seventh-st., tomorrow morning.