THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
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ENTRANCE TO MONTEFIOKE BURIAL ASSOCIATION GROUNDS, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 
A satisfactory settlement has been effected be- 
tween the lot owners and stockholders of the Wood- 
lawn Cemetery Association of Boston. The ceme- 
tery appears to have originated in a speculative in- 
vestment, in 1853, of the late Henry W. Fuller, and 
has been so managed that finally the stock is prac- 
tically owned by his three daughters. The origi- 
nal act of the legislature virtually gave the entire 
control into the hands of the stockholders and the 
situation has culminated in a determined effort of the 
lot owners to acquire rights. All is now peace and 
it has been agreed to pay the Fuller sisters 6 per- 
cent per annum on the $100, 000 of stock held by 
them. 
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Catskill, N. Y., is laying out a modern ceme- 
tery on the lawn plan with larger sections than are 
usually found, and broad, well made, roads. There 
will be no paths or walks aside from the carriage 
roads to avoid injury to lots which it is necessary 
to cross in the erection of monuments. The Asso- 
ciation will furnish plank for a perfect roadway to 
any interior lot. There will be five small lakes, 
one or more fountains, with a collection of rare 
trees and shrubs so arranged as to produce the best 
of landscape effect. The grounds are rolling with- 
a gradual slope which have been drained to the 
depth of six and one-half feet; the soil is sandy 
loam which will not cave. The Association is in- 
corporated under the general Act of the State as 
the Catskill Rural Cemetery Association. There is 
a board of nine directors composed of the represen- 
tative men of the town and is to be conducted as a 
public benefit and not as a moneyed investment. 
Entrance to the Hontefiore Burial Association Grounds, 
Minneapolis. 
We give herewith a front view of the Entrance 
to the Montefiore Burial Association Grounds, at 
Minneapolis, Minn. The building will be faced 
with brown sandstone and red pressed brick, and 
the roof covered with slate, tile and copper. The 
size of the chapel, which will be coved, is 22 ft. by 
22 ft. , and Georgia pine will be used for floor and 
finish. The gates will be of wrought iron. Mr. 
S. J. Bowler, the architect, informs us that the im- 
provements, including some 1500 feet of wrought 
iron fencing and grading, will cost $7,000. 
The necessity of providing the medical schools 
with subjects for dissection and study, is being re- 
cognized as a matter for legislative action in the in- 
terests of the profession and the public good, and 
the enactment of laws enabling public officers to 
furnish unclaimed bodies to medical societies with- 
out public scandal is always a step in the right di- 
rection. We note that the people of Milwaukee 
have recently taken renewed interest in the matter 
in view of the prospects of another medical school 
there, and the revised statutes of the state regard- 
ing the question have received pointed attention 
and amendments are suggested. 
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The managers of the Elmwood Cemetery, Mem- 
phis, Tenn. , are moving to lower the mounds over 
the graves in the “single interment” portion of 
the grounds, but will not do so without permis- 
sion. Such an improvement would greatly benefit 
the appearance of Elmwood. 
