The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-04-25

Health Circular.-Dr. G. M. Bosley, Health
| Commissioner for Towsontown and vicinity, mas
issued the following circular, copies of which have
been mailed to all the residents of the town:
"This is to notify you to examine your premises
closely, and to remove or have removed, all Nth,
garbage unhealthy matter or accumu!ations
thereon without unnecessary delay, not negiecting
your cellars and wells. Have the cellars well
| ventilated and drained if necessary, being very
careful to attend to the privy boxes, as required
| by law, and in word, leaving nothing undone
that may contribute to the health and comfort OF
| your own family, neighbors and our town; but
| let us try and make it model of cleanliness and
| health.
"The whole country is aroused at this time for
fear of that great scourge, the Asiatic Cholera,
and it is in view of this that this circular letter is
addressed to you, and if necessary, all the power
given to me by law will be used for the execution
of the same.
"Any failures of the garbage or night men to
perform their duty upon information to me will
be attended to. And will in any way be glad
to assist citizens and unite with them In
devising ways and means where it may be neces-
sary to further the healthiness and cleanliness OF
the town.
"I add for information the following from the
American Public Health Association:
"The disinfectants recommen cd by the Com
of lime (bleaching powder) made by dissolving
four ounces of chloride of lime of the best quality
in one gallon of water. This is known as stand.
ard solution No. |, and is especially recommended
for the disinfection of the excreta of cholera,
typhoid fever, probably, epidemic dysentery and
tuberculosis and perhaps diphtheria, yellow fever
and scarlet fever at least ten minutes before
throwing them into the privy vault or water
closet, about pint to each discharge. Standard
solution No. is composed of two drachms each
of corrosive sublmate and permanganate OF pot
ash to one gallon of water. This may be used
for the same purposes as standard solution No. L,
but it should be allowed to remain longer IN con-
tact with the material to be disinfected. 1t is to
be borne in mind that standard solution No. is
highly poisonous. 1t also Injuries lead-pipes if
passed through them. Hence it cannot be used
in water closets in which lead-pipe connections
are employed"
He Preached in Baltimore County.-We
copy the following from the Elkton Democrat Of
last week "George Felker, the strange old Ger
man, whom every body in Elkton has known for
the last quarter of century, died in his rustic
cabin on the summit of Gray's Hill, now known
as Red HILL from the effects of typhoid pneumonia,
last Sunday evening, at an advanced age. He
was a strange man, and led strange life in his
cabin perched away up on a bald spot near the
top of the historic hill, not very far from the
here in August, 1777. The bald spot, which he
cultivated in garden produce and Usage orange
plants which he sold to the neighboring farmers
for hedges, is surrounded on three sides by q
dense growth of native forest trees, which COM
pletely shut out the view of the surrounding
country, and make the place as solitary and
desolate as if it was hid away among the Rocky
Mountains. But the old cratic German loved
the flowers which grew among the trees on the
rugged hill sides, and knew their names and
medicinal properties and spent much of his time
in admiring them. When he came here, more
than thirty years ago, he was an active man and
a good pianist For while he engaged in chop
ping wood on the hill, not far from where he
died, and lived in cabin, which the late John B.
Rowan immortalized in poem which he pub
lished in one of the Elkton newspapers. Mr..
Felker said he landed at Charlestown, S. c., and
found his way to some place in Baltimore county,
where for time he preached to a congregation
of Germans of the German Reformed Church, he
having been an ordained minister of that church
in his native land; but he failed to make his
hearers understand what he said, and was obliged
to give up his charge. Many years ago he mar
ried o woman who resided near Coochs Bridge,
whose name we have failed to learn and who is
so deaf it is impossible to converse intelligibly
with her, who survives him. She is supposed
to be about so years old and is quite decrepit.
For Many years the aged couple have been the
pensioners of the Hon. John A. j. Creswell, upon
whose estate they lived"
Arbitration Awards.-In the matter of the
suits Of Patrick Bradley VS.. Rev. George Morrison
and of Rev. George Morrison vs.. Patrick Bradley,
which were, by order of Court, referred a few
weeks ago by consent Of the parties to arbtrators
or referees, were decided on Monday last by the
referees, Col Dennis NJ Matthews, Col. B. F. Tay-
lor and Joshua Hammond, after a session of three
Jov A ,harn f ifpa xuar on
both sides and from the evidence produced it ap-
pears that in the spring of 1883, Patrich Bradley
leased the farm of Rev. Geo. Morrison, situate in
the 18th district, the line of the Philadelphia
branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, said
lease to continue two years from that period After
Bradley had occupied the premises about eleven
months, Morrison made proposition to him that
if he would surrender the lease and peaceable
possession of the farm, on February 18th, 1884,
and all his interests in the growing wheat crap,
he (Morrison) would pay him in consideration
therefor the sum of S775-$3S7 so cash, and his
promissory note at six months for the balance
Bradley accepted and articles of agreement to
that effect were signed by both parties. Morrison
made the cash payment, but failed to deliver to
Bradley the promissory note above mentioned and
for which Bradley brought suit. Morrison then
docketed suit against Bradley, claiming damages
and alleging as reason that Bradley had not
fulfilled his contract under the lease of the spring
of 1888, in regard to conducting the farm in a
proper manner. Bradley proved by several wit
nesses that he had conducted and cultivated the
farm in good and workmanlike manner, and
also showed by two witnesses that Mr.. Morrison
had acknowledged to them during Bradley's in
cumbency of the premises that the way in which
the farm was conducted met with his approval.
After hearing all the evidence the referees award
ed Bradley, the plaintiff in the case of Bradley
VS.. Morrison, S41462, and awarded Morrison, the
plaintiff in the case of Morrison Bradley, $780,
each party to pay $50 costs. R. R. Boarman and
J. j. Lindsay represented Bradley, and S. P
Bosley and Yellott & Offutt the Rev. Mr.. Nor
rison.
Arrested for Killing a Cow.-Thomas
Cook, a colored boy, aged about Is years, en-
ployed as a farm hand by Mr.. John G. Bosley,
living near Meredith's Ford, on the Gunpowder,
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Carlton T. Brown,
on Wednesday last, charged with causing the
death OF one of Mr.. Bosley's best COWS, by beat
ing her over the head with q club and an old
harrow tooth. Mr.. Bosley was away from his
farm on Sunday, and during his absence the
prisoner commenced stoning the chickens, and not
satisfied with that amusement, he wound up the
days sport by killing cow. When asked why
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