The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-01-27


their hot-beds. This is rather early, but the
mild weather of the past week coaxed them
out. HALL
Blenheim, 10th District.-Mr. George Fox,
teacher of No. school, at this place. has re-
sumed his duties after an illness OF several
weeks duration. TheIschool is in flourish
ing condition. A great necessity for this
school building is bell. The present one GER
tainly attracts the attention of every person
who hears it by reason of its lnharmonlous
sounds. recent visitor to the nelghborhood,
who had never heard its ''silvery chimes
before. thought it was the groaning of an ami
NAL that had escaped from a circus.
The Sunday school of st. Johns Lutheran
Church has discontinued its sessions for the
winter months.
1.-THE Faithful Workers. society that has
recently been organized by Rev. John Eber-
lein, pastor of the Lutheran Church at this
place, held meeting on Sunday evening last
when the following officers were elected !:
President Rev. John Eberlen vice-president
Miss Lydia Momberger; secretary, Miss An
nette Amrein; treasurer, Mr. Charles Inns !;
visiting committee, Misses Estelle Green ana
Hannah Lins and Messrs. George Kolk and
Conrad Shermer The next meeting will be
held Sunday January 28th, at 73O P. N.
The shooting match which was to take place
January Goth, at Mr.. W. r. Amrein's, was
postponed on account of inclement weather.
Mr.. ]. Kellar, who purchased the farm OF
Mr. John Momberger, is improving the build
ings. M.
Verona, 9Th District.-Mr. G. Albert
Mays. to whose lot it fell to make the greatly
needed repairs to what is commonly called the
Glencoe road, is doing the work in creditable
and substantial manner that will prove last
ing monument to his good judgment.
Mr.. John P. Chilcoat, the new road supervi-
sor for the 9Th district has been travelling over
the district famiiarizing himself with the
highways and their needs 1t is thought he
will make capable official.
Dr. Frederick g. Mitchell, the well known
physician of this place, is kept very busy at
tending to his large practice, there being Just
a great deal of sickness throughout this section
Just now. He is not only good physician,
but also kind neighbor, and enjoys the con-
fidence and respect of the people.
Verona is small village, but it can boast
of successful Sunday school, with the names
of nearly one hundred children on the roll,
with good average attendance throughout
the entire year.
This is a dull season among the farmers
but in a few weeks all will be life and hustle
among them, preparing for the spring seeding
and planting JACK.
Will Try to Break Up the Dangerous
Habit.-Health Commissioner Jones, of Balti-
more city, has written letter to Mr.. William
A. House, general manager of the United Rail
ways and Electric Company, calling his at
tention to the frequent violation of the ordi-
nance forbidding expectorating in the street
cars.
DR.. Jones has determined to have the law
enforced, and with this object in view, will
endeavor to obtain the cooperation of the rail-
way company. Mr.. House has already signi-
fed his intention to do all in his power to pre-
vent violations, and it is thought, therefore,
that the evil will soon be effectually abated.
The physicians of Baltimore, almost unani-
modsly, are in sympathy with DR.. Jones in
the matter. 1t is now admitted as an axiom
by the medical profession that there is no more
public places The law forbids the practice in
street cars and public buildings and were it
rigidly enforced the general public would be
relieved of much danger from the great white
plague"
Since the discovery of the tuberculosis bacil-
lus the fact has been recognized that the rava-
ges of consumption may be easily forestalled
by the adoption of proper precautionary meas
ures. AS the disease, when once contracted,
is practically, and many physicians say utterly
incurable, it is evident that the smallest effort
al prevention is of infinitely more avail than
any amount of uncertain attempts to find a
cure. For these reasons all doctors advocate
some method of destroying the discharges from
the lungs of consumptives. When these dis
charges are expectorated IN public places every
person who breathes the dust which arises
from them when dry, is exposed to contagion.
Popular Western Maryland Conduc-
tor-On the 1st of January, 1900, Mr. Thorn
ton Wright began his thirty-first year of SER
vice as conductor on the Western Maryland
Railroad Speaking of his connection with
the company he said few days ago when
entered the service of the road the track was
laid and the line operated only as far as
Double Pipe Creek Station, 81 miles from Bal
timore. The superintendent was Mr.. P. H.
Irwin, now civil engineer with the Baltimore
and Ohio.
II ran as conductor the last passenger train
west over the Green Spring branch road just
before it was abandoned for the present line to
the city, nearly twenty-six years ago | also
ran the first passenger train west from Hillen
Station upon its occupancy by the railroad
company.
II take great deal of pride in the fact that
in all my thirty years of service l was never
once late in getting to my train, though have
generally run on the early milk train which
has left Union Bridge as early as 40 o'clock
in the morning. l do not have to have a
Waterman call me, either.
ION July IA, 1879, / was the happy recipient
of fine gold watch voted me by the patrons
of the road. There were five contestants"
Funeral of MIR. Lee.-The funeral of Mr.
Frank NJ. Lee, of "Montrose," near Jockeys
Vlile, VINO u1eu SuuQeuJy Oh Tue lILQ instant,
took place from his city residence 926 Cathe.
dral street, Baltimore, on Saturday afternoon
last The remains were removed to Emanuel
p E. Church, corner of Cathedral and Read
streets, where the service for the dead was said
by Rev. Thomas e. Pattison, assistant rector,
assisted by Rev. Arthur G. Powell, of Grace
Church. The choir sang several beautiful
hymns and the service throughout was most
solemn and impressive. The attendance was
large, many of Mr.. Lees Baltimore county
friends being in the audience. The active
pall-bearers were selected from among the
employees of the deceased. The honorary
pail were Messrs. William Gilmor,
Clapham Murray, Joseph Whyte, John S.
Cuttings, Walter Il. Brooks, Jr., William r.
Hoff, Henry A. Parr, John G. Poor, John J.
Chew and Major Charles l.. McCauley, the
three last named being from Washington.
The interment was in the family lot in Green
mount Cemetery.
The death of Mr.. Lee will prove great loss
to the community in which be lived, this being
particularly true of the poor and the unfortu-
nate to whom he was uniformly kind and
generous.
Settled Their Differences at Last-A
Remarkable Case.-The suit for divorce of
Thomas G. Chappel against Mrs. Mary Bell
ChappeI, which has been in the courts for the
last five years, was dismissed in the Circuit
Court at Towson last Saturday. Mr.. Chap
the marital relations between the two are to
be resumed. Mrs. Chappell is now in Boston,
where she has been for several years, but will
go to New York within the next few weeks to
rejoin her husband, who has now taken up bis
residence in that city.
The case has been a most extraordinary one.
The bill for divorce was filed in March, 1895,
by Mr. Chappell, asking for an absolute sepa-
ration The bill contained about thirty sepa-
rate and distinct sections one of the main al
legations being that his wife was laboring
under mental difficulties. and that this existed
at the time of their marriage.
The case had never been tried upon its
merits. but has been to the Maryland Court OF
Appeals four times upon questions of alimony
counsel fees and many complex questions OF
law.
Accompanying the papers filed here was q
written assent, on the part of Mrs. Chappell,
to the dismissal Of the case.
DR.. Sappington Makes an Excellent
Suggestion.-On Tuesday Dr. Purnell F.
Sappington, of the 9th district, formerly secre-
tary of the local Health Board, reported to the
County Commissioners that he had discovered
that a pupil in the Willow Avenue school,
near Govanstown, was suffering from malig-
nant diphtheria and that it had associated with
the children at the school long after it had
contracted the disease Two children who bad
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