The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-09
Rnnrrn A11vr IN 4 Wr1I-A PaoMpr RESCUE

BURIED ALIVE INA WELL--A PROMPT RESCUE.
On Thursday morning at seven o'clock,
young man named John Brown wentinto we'll
on the premises of August Knofer, in Belair,
for the purpose of bringing up bucket which
had fallen down. When about half way down
two small stones became detached from the
sides, and in O. second the entire wall above
tumbled in upon him. Ills brother, who was
at the mouth Of the well, gave the alarm, and
in few momen is it spread and the citizens
rushed to the rescue. Several men rushed to
the we'll aud began to remove the stones, by
means Of ropes and small buckets. In the
meantime it was ascertained that Brown was
still alive, as he could be heard calling to those
above, who encouraged him by the promise of
speedy relief. The small buckets were too slow
process, and accordingly well buckets were
brought, a rope and pulley rugged, and the
work of removing the stones progressed rapid
ly. 1t was necessary to proceed cautiously, as
it was supposed that the stones had lodged
against the pump stock and thus formed sort
of arch which might be broken and the man
crushed to death instantly. Although the ut.
most expedition was used it was three hours
and a-quarter before Brown was reached. He
was found clinging to the pump stock, the
stones having rested upon his head and back.
| He was greatly exhausted, but was carried in
! to the house and restoratives applied. 1t was
| found that he was slightly cut and bruised
broken. The well is twenty feet deep, and it is
estimated that at least twenty tons of stones
| we're piled above him.-Belair Agis, LIST inst.
DEATH OF AN ECCENTRIC INDIvIDUAL.-On
| Wednesday morning last, died at his residence
on the banks of Plum Creek, near this place,
Mr.. George G. Git, in his 57th year.
About sixteen years ago, Mr.. Git became
| possessed of the peculiar notions Of vegetari-
ans concerning diet, and to carry his ideas into
practical working, built with his own hands
| the house in which he lived and died. This
was two stories high, one room on each floor.
The walls were composed Of sand, lime and
gravel, moulded in frame of boards, which
frame was raised as fast as the concrete dried
There was no stairway in the house, ladder
that could be drawn up, being the means of
going up or down.
l. His principal food was corn, which he raised
Ion the few acres surrounding his hosue. The
corn was ground in q coffee mill, and cooked as
I"mush," or baked into cakes without any bolt
ling. Salt he never used, claiming the nature
supplied that condiment in vegetable matter.
He dwelt entirely alone all those years, and
rarely left his homestead. During his illness,
he refused to listen to any proposition looking
to removal to more comfortable quarters.
Last spring, Mr.. Git had severe spell of
sickness, and never fully recovered his former
vigor. Notwithstanding the forts of medical
skill, and the ceaseless ministrations of his rel
atives and friends, he declined rapidly, and on
Wednesday morning he quietly breathed his
last.-Hanover (Pa) Herald.
|
Rsy~At the Democratic meeting of Friday,
Governor Groome mounted the rostrum, and
after thanking the people of Annapolis for sup
porting him in the last contest-a thing which
more than one had cause to regret-he "com-
menced business" by saying:
"Ln the last contest there acre three gentlemen
prominently named for Governor. Ta0o hadrings
at their backs Carroll and Han.ilton-and the
other had none, though he had many friends he
had no ing-maSters, and that 10as the trouble,
and he had to sound retreat before the first gun,
,oas fred"
Query-Did not the Presidency Of the Ches-
apeake and Ohio Canal offer an inducement to
l"sound retreat before the first gun was fred?'
Annapolis Gazette.