Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-09-08
ALMSHOUSE AND ASYLUM.


The Poor Directors In State Meeting.
At meeting Of the poor directors of
the counties Of Pennsylvania, in state con-
vention at Harrisburg yesterday. Lancas-
ter was represented by B. F. Cox, s"perin-
tendent Of the al,nshousc and hospital,
and Geo. Spurrier, treasurer OF the board.
There was very large meeting. MIR. Cox
was one of the vice presidents Of the con-
vention. Various questions of public in
terest were discussed, the outcome of which
was the adoption Of the following:
Resolced, That it is against public policy
to admit able-bodied persons as inmates OF
a poorhouse.
Resolced. That the almshouse receive all
cases applyinr for admission, for lying-in
PURPOSES. and that the fathers Of the chill
dren be prosecuted to the full extent of the
law.
Resolsed, That the custody Of the insane,
(the durable as we'll as the incurable, j
should be taken, with the qualifications
hereafter mentioned, absolutely out of the
hands of the poorhouse of the state, and
of township Ovcrsecrs; that even the best
guards for this class, and that present
fair standard o. care cannot be relied on in
view of the changes i'm economy and su-
peryjsion liable to occur under different
administration.
Resolred. That so long as the provisions
by the state looking to this end, through a
per capita allowance and hospital accom-
modations, continue to be insufficient as
an economical induccmcnt, the law be-
comes positively imperative.
Rssolred. That in view Of the peculiar
claims of this class for protection at the
hands of the state, the arrangements for
which are rcorganized so liberally in the
eastern and western and some of the other
states, by the entire assumption of the
care and support of the insane, irrespective
of condition as in Ohio: therefore.
Rcsolretl, That measures in this dircc-
ton should be taken promptly, rs the sew
cral counties arc contemplating the support
Of their insane at home, and are with
drawing their cases from the state hospitals
into asylums that arc being erected in con-
ncctiOn with the poOrhoGscs, by which
the value of the curative advantages Of
our sta c hospitals will, in great part, be
lost.
Resolycd, That the discrimination in
favor of the acute class being sent to the
hospitals cannot be relied on should the
law limit their benefits to this class, al
though imperative in its terms. But if
imperative in requiring that all i'll poor
houses curablc or incurable, recent or
chronic. shall be removed to the state hos
pitals, it would not preclude the retention
of the poOrhOuses of that class OF the
chronic insane who are capable of self care
and of rendering assistance in household
and out door work Careful investigation
shows that quite number of these patients
may bc made as comfortable in good poor
houses and be as we'll provided for ut the
same time and at less expense, as i'll the
lunatic hospitals.
RcsoIued, That we recommend the pas
sage of an act by the Legislature of tho
commonwealth, prohibiting the commit
mcnt of children between two and sixtecI
years of age to any Jail or poor house, ant
make the violation Of the act a msdcmcan
or punishable with penalties.
Accident to u Market,nau.
Before daybrcak this morning Mr.
Henry F. Trout, while driving OF
the Harrisburg turnpike northwes
of this city, met with an accident which
might have proved very serious, but foltu
natcly did not. lie was Oh his way t.
market With load of produce and had Iii
little daughter with him. Coming to :
rough place in Tic pike lie attempted t.
drive down to the summer road. AS it wa
dark. he could not see that the pike at thi
point Was several feet higher than thu
summer road, and supposing it to b'
only of the usual grade, nc drove
over The cmhankmcnt, upsctting th'
wagon His horse, spirited one, daslie'
madly forward through the darkness, bu
luckily the bolt that couples the front run
ming gear to the other part Of the vehicle
fell out. and the horse ran away with tin
shafts and front wheels only, leaving Mr.
Trout and his daughter lying unhurt il
the other part of the vehicle. The hOrs'
was caught, and after daybreak Mr.. Trou
fixed up his wagon, gathered up his mar
keting and came on to Lancaster.
Bitten by Dog.
Yesterday afternoon about o'clock
little boy aged about eight years, son 0
Mr.. Il. Levin. Of ElizabcthtOwn, wa
badly bitten in the face 10y = small de-:
belongin to Charles Knapp, grocer, NOrtl
Queen street. Mr.. Levin had brought hi
family to Lancaster to participate i'll TIN
Obscrvanccs OF the Hebrew New Year
While walking on North Queen stree
Master levin saw Il little daughter Of Mr.
Knapp playing with her pet dog on Majo
Howcll's front steps. He stopped to lool
at or take part in the sport, ant
playfully struck or struck at tin
girl. Instantly the dog sprans at him, sink
ing his teeth into the little boy
check, and laceratins it severely. MIR
Levin sucked the wound and had it eau
tcrizcd by DR.. Albright. There is no fcal
entertained that it will result seriously. A
the request of Mr.. Levin and some Others
Mr.. Knapp had the dog shot. 1t was d
pet and had been for years the companion
of the little girl with whom it was playing
at the time it bit the little boy, and would
allow TO one to lay 4 hand on its littl'
mistress.
A Wedding at Lititz.
Miss Alice. daughter of Peter S. Rcist
of Lititz, was married yesterday to Mr.
Rob't N. Wolfe. The marriage took place il
the Molavian church there and the services
were conducted by Rev. Chas. Nagle, pas
tor of the church, in accordance with tn
MOravian forms. The attendance wa
large and the party quite brilliant, ther'
being large number of friends prcsen
from Philadelphia, Reading, Bethlehem
Lancaster and other places. After tn