The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-03-25

Green, who was kept IN the county Jail for
long time, is still very violent, but is kindly and
tenderly cared for by the manager, Mr.. Snyder
Eliza Chase Is so much improved in mind as to
be occasionally allowed TO absent herself from
the premises. The committee thought her ca
pablo of being absent from the institution al
together and able to care for herself Dixon was
confined In over crowded quarters, and the COM
mittee thought he might be removed to the
county almshouse, where he would be as well
if not better cared for, at less expense. The
other inmates are in more roomy quarters. All
of them are tolerably clad, under moderate re-
stralnt and comfortably fed and lodged. johann
ma Heating, they thought would most likely
fare equally well ut the Almshouse, under mod
crate restraint.
The Maryland or Spring Grove Hospital, ut
Gainesville, contains eight patients from Har-
ford county, all white, except two. The white
females are Mrs. McManus, occasionally violent
Mrs. Holland, frequently so, and Miss Ford,
who is under easy control. The county charity
might probable suffice for the care of the last
named but her friends contribute to her sup.
port. The male occupants Messrs. Whitaker
SIee Thibet. Bruzier and Wiley, (white,) and
Pecoc and Preston (colored,) are all more or
less violent at times, and the committee could
recommend little or no modification in their
treatment
Mr., Slee, whose affliction is the mildcst of all,
might, perhaps, be removed to the Almshouse.
They were informed that Pccoe had been an en-
liateu soluleT Ill tnt rtueTul raukS curing the
late war, and perhaps had claims for govern.
ment protection. The committee say that at
the Spring Grove Hospital, under the excellent
management of DR.. Richard Guudry the com.
forts, convenience ard order, and particularly
the medical direction, are unexceptionable, and
they therefore recommend the removal thitheI
of as many patients, especially the white ones,
as possible from Monte Vue. The colored in.
mates are not so comfortable at the Maryland as
at the other hospitals. The President of Spring
Grove Hospital is one of Hurford's most esteem
ed citizens. Harford's quota at this hospital
Is full, bat there vacancies for other COUNT les
which may be filled at the same rate per capito
as Is paid for their care at other asylums. The
I proximity of the patients to their friends in
Hartford, the committee thinks, Is another reason
for urging this change
The report was accepted and the committee
discharged with the thanks OF the board
| In accordance with the suggestions of Tho
committee the clerk was directed to procure
the discharge from Monte Nue Hospital of Eliza
Chase, rolorcd, to date from January LIST, 1881
also of Isaac Nixon, colored on the LIST day OF
May, lSSl. Eliza Chase it appeared had been
working in the kitchen Mt the hospital for siS
or seven years past, during which period Har
ford county has been paying $50 year Tor hel
| support. By this action of the commissioners
the county will save $500 year, and 1t Is pro
babc that arrangement will be made for reGnoy
Ing some of the milder cases TO the count,
Almshouse, as the committee recommend. b,
| providing suitable accommodation for them in ouI
own county a large sum might annually be say
ed, to the relief of the taxpayers, while at The
same time the unfortunate persons referred Il
would be as safe and as comfortable ne where
| they now are.