The daily gazette., 1883-05-31
!, FpalNrepFRoM YEsTERoAY
rRusrEEs or TIE POOH.
Regular Alestang as the AimshOuSe This
Morning.

Regular Meetang at the AiEnshouse This
Morning.
The Board of the Trustees Of the Poor met
at the Almshouse this morning, with full
attendance. Mr.. Cooch moved that Mr..
llandy, from whom the farm at Hare's
Corner was purchased, be allowed for the
sum he had expended for seed wheat and
phosphate, from which the trustees had re-
s.eiyed a crop OF 1872 bushels Of wheat. Mr..
Ray, of the Committee on Farm, was only
in favor of paying Blandy for the seed
wheat he had used, from the fact that he,
Blandy after having sold the farm and all on
it TO the Board, had sold straw and
manure, which did not belong
to him, and pocketed the money. Mr..
Ray thought the committee should be
allowed TO settle the matter of the farm
themselves without interference.
Mr. Cooch stated that the Board had real
ICED about 1918 for the wheat raised, less
the $50 Blandy had received for straw sold.
If Blandy had not planted the wheat
the Board would have had nothing.
Finally, on motion of Mr.. Cooch, the
farm committee was instructed to forward
Mr.. Blandy cheek for bis claim. The fol-
lowing was the vote on paying Blandy's de-
mand: Yeas-Bradford, Williams, Hart, I.
G. Bird, T. Bird, Cooch. Nays
Springer, 8. A. Armstrong, J. Z. Arms
strong.
M. g. Osten, head nurse in the Almshouse,
was granted, on her own request, an in
crease in salary, the rate TO be hereafter $l5
per month.
Mr.. Ray of the Finance Committee re-
ported that the loan of 100000 had been
negotiated, and OF that sum $4,000 paid
into the hands of the treasurer of the Board.
The committee appointed at the last meet
ing to select new site for the small-po K
hospital reported that they had examined
the farm and deemed position east of the
road as the proper spot, and some distance
from the new almshouse buildings. long
and rambling discussion followed in wnicf
nearly all the trustees took part
at times the debate became very
animated, and the argument mar
rowed down to the fact that a majority OF
the trustees were in favor of moving the
hospital to the new grounds when.the build
Ings now in the course of erection are
finished. Mr.. Ray moved that the report o
the committee be laid on the table. Lost
by vote of : to o.
A motion to accept the committees re
port was lost.
Mr.. Williams moved and the motion wai
adopted that the committee be instructed tC
make further investigations, with power tC
call meeting of all the trustees on the
ground TO view the site proposed.
DIR. Howard Ogle made tue following re
port of the condition of the smallpox
hospital: Number of patients May l, 20
number since admitted, 30; from Whining
ton, So; New Castle, Il White Clay Creek
8; Christiana, 10; discharged during tn
month, 1S; deaths during the month, s, per
centage OF 16, below the average; remain
ing in hospital, "a.
The report concludes "From indication
/ feel confident that the disease is rapid
disappearing from the community"
Superintendent Guthrie's first mouth
report was as follows: In th
almshouse proper, white men, So; womer
so; children, s.; total, Ill. Colored mel
IL; women, So; children, 5; total, 45. Ii
sane department, white men, %; womeI
35; total, 81. Colored men, 8; women,
total, IL. Grand total, 224. Deaths durin
month, Z.
Mr.. Jemison reported that all the ou
standing notes of the Board had been pal
and the treasurer of the Board had $40 ,0C
in his hands.