prompted him lo grasp many op port unities for the finning of an( honest penny beyond Hie fom j walls of liio business establish-nielli opportunities which seem ml lint to appeal to others. Ill eonseipii nee of this power many 11 valuable pieee of property of this eily was at one time or another in Ins possession.When the infirmities of age onine upon him they made but lit tie impress upon that, amiable dis position whieli hid won him so many friends, ibit they prompt ed his retirement from the aetive routine duties of a business life, content with the knowledge that his mantle had fallen upon worthy shoulders in the person of his sou Fred. (). Kramer. Him eheeifit) spirit remained with him lo (lie last, and he retained his clearness of intellect lip to his closing days, lie was Invariably a good neigli-Isir. He is survived by live sons, Hiill, William lb, Fred. O. Jos I'., and lt;2. V , and three daitgh lers, Mrs. Frank Langhlm, Mrs Jos. Couirege, and Mrs. • has. Klmor. When he died, full of years, and ready to he gathered lo his fathers, thegiief that was fell over the elose of Ins long cairn was wide spread and sincere, ai d extended far lieyoml Ins fannl riielc. His best monument is the good report that lie has left be hind liiin hi the community in which he lias lived so many years The funeral took place on Sun day afternoon from the Piesbyte-rian Church, Kev. M It. Paradis oflic'ating. The members of An-Mrora bodge No. I'.U, F A. M , acting tor Jefferson lodge of New Oi leans, assumed the conduct ol the funeral and paid the last till • tile of masonic respect to Ins mi in ory ai Ins open grave in llnsc Hill cemetery. 1 lie pallbearers were Messrs. Finnk litaiic, Sam. Carter,J J. Clark, Jno. 1. DeValeoiirt, •I. J. Forgey, and fieo. M Itobeil son.