Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-09
JACK" COWELL'S EsUaPADES.
A Former Resident of Lancaster Turns Out
EmOeZzler.

al E1nOcLLtcEs
The newspapers of northwestern Penn
sylvania and southern New York have
abOunded recently with accounts Of the
misloings of ono John T. Cowell, dash
ing young man of :bOnt 2S who is the
samo Jack' Cowell, who was a we'll
known and popular young fellow in social
circles OF this city some eight or ten years
ago when his family sojourned here for 4
few years.
1t seems that he recently married fine
looking Kentucky girl, with all the attrac-
tiveness Of 4 Blue Grass belle. She was
Miss Edith Spaugler, of Lexington, and
comes from one of the oldest and most ar
istccralic families of that state. They
took up their residence in Scranton, Pa,
manufacturing company of Erie. They
lived and dressed in good style
and wcro socially very popular.
each other, and were as happy rs birds.
Finally it became known that he was !iv-
ing too fast, ard all examination showed
he had largely overdrawn his accounts.
His father settled the matter and the son
was not arrested. He was retained in 4
subordinate capacity by the company. but
he did not reform aud his misdoings
even ext.ude,i to cm5eZzlement aud
neglect of and unfaithfulness to
his wife. On April Gath he de-
serted her and skipped " the town tn
eva,le the consequences of his irregular
ties. He was followed to Elmira with
warrants for embezzlemoDt and left thence
for Terre Haute, since then he has not
been heard from. Ills devoted wife could
hardly DO made believe i'll his unfaithful.
ness. She has only q little money. In
leaving he took nothing except tho clothes
that he had on and some few papers. He
had, however, considerable amount of
mouey-just how much cannot be ascer.
tanned for !. few days-which he had col
lec:ed for the company. His father was
telegraphed for, and it is supposed he
will provide for the deserted wife.
STATE MEDICAL. SOCIETY.
Reafiirming the Cast Iron Code.
Norrstown is crowded with doctors at
tending the State Medical society. the
sessions Of which Open there 20 day. The
annual address will bo delivered by Presi
dent Dr.. Varian in the court house this
evening. Then will follow 4 reception and
banqet to the society by the Montgomery
COuuty Ihculc1l SOClcGy. VII thursday
evening receptions will be rendered to the
members of the state society. On Friday
tho society will visit tho insane hospital
and hold their afternoon session in the
chapel of tie asylum.
The delegates from the Lancaster
County Medical society are as follows,
nearly all of whom are or will be in at
tendance Drs. A. Mowely. Conestoga
Centre f. R. Hershey, Paradise; l.
Charles, Lincoln :; J. P. Z;egIer, Mt. Joy
J. II. Shenk, Lititz ID. ii. Shenk,
Rohrerstown ; J. A. Bockius, Columbia
J. Ii. Musser, Lampeter j. q. Weaver,
Strasburg J. W. Kohler, New Holland
J. J. Newpher, Mt. Joy l. B. Senscnis,
Wilmer Thad. Rohrsr, Quarryville o.
Roland, city Levi Ringwals, Church
town; II. 3. Stehman, city A. H. Smith,
Paradise J. A. f. Reed, city William
Blackwood, city.
No Opposition Allowed to tho Code.
At tho annual meeting Of the Pennsyl.
vania Medical association which opened
to-day, resolutions were unanimously
adopted reaffirming the associatiou's ap-
prOval of the American Medical association
and declaring 'that the organized Opposi
ton by local societies or individual mem,
bers to the code, which Was thus approved,
is rebellion against the constituted author
ities''
The secretary was instructed to forward
copy Of the resolutions to the committee
of arrangements at Cleveland, for presen
tation to the association.