The Baltimore County union., 1883-05-26


cur jail for horse stealing aud robbing the catho.
lie church AZ NJ. Washington, this county, and
who, Il will be remembered, escaped from Jail on
the night Of the 2ith Of ccember last, is nov con.
6ned In the Chester county Pal Jail. The West
chester RsPHbiicaa publishes the following sketch
Of his life:
"John Frankford vas probably born in Laneas-
ter. Al least he was known there a very bad
lad and had served several short In the jail,
during two Of which he made efforts 10 escape.
Later In life he was again u prisoner aud escaped.
shortly after, he was caught In Harrisburg rob
hing the cars Of the Pennsy lvania Railroad. but
as that company desired TO prosecute, the Lancas-
ter authorities did not demand his return. For
this oiiense he was convicted and sentenced for .
term In the western pcnitentiary at Pittsburg.
He broke from this prison, and was at liberty
probably for seven years when he was again cap
tured In Lancaster, and locked up there TO serve
out the balance Of his term. which amounted to
eighteen months. This he completed. lie then
engaged In Baltimore IN the livery and exchange
stable business. and also 10 horse stealing. at
which latter occupation he finally caught.
lie once more found his way TO Lancaster Jail.
aud while there cut patch out of the iron plating
Of his cell. which was neatly done that after u
was known where the piece had been cut, u could
net be discovered without the very closest scru-
tiny. lie, however, did not get away ON this
occasion. lie sas then put In a chilled iron cell,
and while In that took od the plating from the
not Uue kufuuku WMtcu ne arse0 iDtn tue Gel
lar, and broke through another air Hue leading TO
the Jail wall. lie bad TO pass around tso iron
gratings which he eneetually accomplished IL
while trying to get cut ut the hue ut the Jail
wall that the falling Of a stone attracted the
guard. lie called the keeper. who shot the pTis
oner In the righieye with shot. gun. giving him
the characteTistie mark he stil carries. and fTus
irasing his plans. lie was under sentence at this
time for two horse stealings for which he was
senteutcd nine years each aud for larceny one
year. making his total sentence nineteen years,
which commenced on September cath. 1877. When
he made his escape May 9Th, Isss. Il was done
while working In o shop in the jail With ten
others he sealed the Jail wall in mid DAY. while
the underkeoper vas NJ dinner. Three OF the cs-
capped cOnviets have since been eaptarci. Frank
ford. in company with two ot tho men, reached
Rawiinsviile, which Is sixteen miles south of Ian
easter. by 10 c'elcck .he same evening. and two
miles from where frankiord's brother in Law
lived. The next night the three men stole boat
at McCalfs Ferry and crossed the Susquehanna
O. the YORK county side. One ot the men vas
captured in Kansas city. Missouri. aud returned
to the Lancaster Jail: the other man Is in the
Kansas State peniteniiary serving a fifteen year
term Tor robbery. Fransiord. in the fall of iSs2.
was arrested iu Baltimore county for horse steal.
ing and sent 10 the county Jail at Towsontown to
await hi. trial. lie did not remain long. for IN
two months he escaped and boldly went 10 Ian
caster. but kept 50 quie, that his whereabouts
were not discovered. In few days he lett aud
went 10 Philadelphia. where he has a married
daughter residing. frankford IL about a. years
Of age. and Is believed to have two wives.
This thief has piled up for himself almost an
ordinary mans life time to ianguish behind the
prison bars il justice Ia every instance IL mcted
out TO him. There thirteen years OF his un.
expired term IN Lancaster. lie Is also wanted
for trial at Towsontown. n. also ia Reading for the
stealing Of iwc horses and seventy i've bushels Of
clover seed.
"ln Chester county there are four horse steal.
inss against him. e. wit The horse irom Mr..
Pafke, of PaTkcsbufs. twice stealing the marc Of
Hoopes Bro. 4 Thomas. aud the horse of Mr..
Lobb. at Bcrvyn. Besiies these there Is the lar.
ceny Of the wagons in each instance, the wheat oi
Nj. fatke. aud tWiee stealing clover seed from.
Hcmphiil Bros. Then there are two horses he
stole At Aeston square. Delaware county. one
from NJ Davis AMI the other from Mr.. Tyson.
ani finally one horse from 1898 Pine street. Phila.
delphia. which be took to Chester and LETT at the
latter city
Ounces OF Prevention Wells and Well
Water. The subject Of pure water & one tha,
interests the residents Of every town and village
in the country and none more 90. We hope. than
the resident of our own ToSsontosn. II We
would have good health Hfssf Anrr pure water.
and the only way 10 obtain IL Is clearly set forth
10 4 most interesting article published in late
issue VI Hsrpsr'' hsekiey, from which we pub
lAsA tAe t9ttneths emttttps tue very lusEuetlte
diagrams accompanying u
We'll. are VI two kinde-sarface wells and Ar
tesian wclis-and there is an essential difference
between them. surface we'll. however deep, is
one Shita gathers the waters from the coil ada
cent 20 IL. An Ar,esian we'll is one which pierces
through imperyo strata into water bearing rocks
below IL. and consequently Yields n supply Of
water whieh has percolaied from great distances
underground, az from the submits Of distant
rlnges. The water Of Artesian Wells il generally
abundan, and exceedingly pure, at least as re.
CARDS any surface pollution. Some of the best
sater iH London Is supplied by Artesian well,
which arc sunk through the impcryious clay STRAIT
um. and gather the pure Filtered wstsrs sf ,hs
chalk stratum below, and which have fallen in
rain upsn the Malvern chalk bills which surround
the London basin.
The rain fall upon persioas strata sinks into
the ground that upon impervious strata passes
OF into sireame. and rivers. But when the rain.
a. chalk, reaches deeper layer which is inpre.
Viogs. a. clay then Il accumulates in subteTranean
rcservors escaping AZ the lowest points distant
tprings bat only accessible from above by the deep
boring e the Aftesan we'll. This Is in general
the source Of the puresi water that can be obtain
ei for use.
Surface we'll. may yield az pure water a. the
Artesian. bu; the presumption j. 20 the contrary.
for they are exposed 20 many sources Of eontami.
nation. which vary Wi;h their situation. In the
city, surface wells are almost always rendered
foul by the percolation Of impure matters from the
neishbofing ground. aud even in the country sur
face wells are fopled in many ways. The most
frequent and fatal cause q pollution IL the near
ness 0f the well 20 the cess pool. especially when
the latter !. situated upon the higher ground.
"Ba; even upon level ground the same eontami.
nation ma take place. The under. ground cu'
rents Of water do not fos level they fall, even
rise, according 20 the strata more less pertne-
able. between or through which they how, and
which conhne them above and below. A well
which IL ordinarily pure may be polluted by a rise
in the level Il the under ground water. Hero the
we'll. a. long ~ u is supplied from the ordinary
water line, remains pure Ba, rainy weather,
which raises the under ground current 10 the
level of the cesspOol. and conveys the infection,
matter directly 10 the we'll.
"Shailow wells are very liable, again, to con
Elimination from impure substances, animal OF
vegetable. in the adjacent soil and this danger
i increased by the common practice of permitting
the water that IL spilled nj the curb 90 find It's way
directly baek into the we'll. The ground should
be .ioped away from the curb. and paved or pui
dlei % as 10 drain away any overhowing water
20 safe distance. In surface wells generally the
drainage of the neighboring coil should be cut "a
from the well by easing !, wi,h cement"
The summer Season.-Tbe summer season
10 fast approaching. and IL l. the time nf the year
when money l. made. From now until Angus,
snd september the crop question - decided, and
without crops nobody makes money. except the
money lender. Ia fact, tho season vital 10 all
prosperity IL concentrated into about one hun
dred and twenty days. In that time the wheat !.
made and this is the bread then the corn 1.
made, and this 10 the meat, aud - of the oats
and hay for the animal. and the vegetable and
ffuits for all. And We may extend this 10 every
thing that grows out of the ground. So We may
fairly conclude from now until the Angus, rains
come there will be more or less fsverishness aud
anxiety until the fate of all are known. So far
tho wheat promises q fair average crop. The
summer time is the season when men must work.
Every Idle day IL money los, 10 the farmer and to
many branches of mechanics. The men who
build houses must improve every hour. for sum.
mer IL the harvest of the brick maker. the mason.
the brick layer. the carpenter and all en-
ployed. There IL no time for the idler in any