The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-04

! Rayvill6, 9th Dlstrlct.-Oho"-e,c...u =. =
the word that rightly suits our conolIlons IA
perfect embargo has been laid by the snow
| King upon ali business. Even the puD-
! lie schools were closed for three days last
week. The blizzard that struck us on the Ioln
was the worst experienced 10 THIS nelgnnOL-
| hood in a number of years. R0aus. running
! in every direction, are banked full ana IN
| order to venture from base one must take
survey of the surroundings so that he may
! land somewhere. So complete was the Diock-
ade that our r. +. ID. carriers were unaOiS 70
make their rounds for two days, and tnen
only partially did they succeed IN their en-
beavers by Swapping their mails across the
horses back and leading the animal through
the trackless snow.
Our good-natured taxpayers are turning OUT
! and opening up the thoroughfares, although
II "a reported that the county officials refuse to
make any appropriations in this serious con-
| dition of affairs. Yet it is asserted that we
have handsome surplus in the treasury we
| are loath to believe that the authorities Woulo
be SO narrow-minded as to ALLOW the Duslnss IT,
of the county to suffer when there is means
for its relief. 1t certainly would not be poluc
especially if they wanted to play politics-as
the time will arrive when the taxpayer and
voter will remember his interest.
AS Thursday was goundhog day we nope
that if it should be fair, his hogship Will nave
grown so thin that he will not be able to MAKE
a shadow, because we are already satlsneu
with the length of this winter, without adding
six more long weeks to 1t.
Next Sunday morning Rev. +. b. Emen-
heiser, pastor in charge of Rayville ClrcuiF,
will hold communion services at Pine Grove
Church. He has been holding revival services
at his various charges during the winter, VIII
considerable success, aided by the evangehst'
John NJ. Cole.
widow of Daniel s. Wilson, has been grsnteu
pension of S12 per month.
Miss Nora Young, daughter OF Daniel I Dung,
is visiting friends in Baltimore. ..
Convention, 18th District.-Mr. James IL 4.
Milling, of Middle River, accompanied Dy ne
son, while out sleighing few nights ago, nls
horse took fright and ran away throwing pot1
of them out. The night was very DARK ana
they could not keep track of the horse. Inc
frightened animal left the road and ran acrc~
fields, getting so far away that he was not
found until the next day at noon. He was
on Carrolps Island, miles from home, stand,
ing behind a barn, with icicles hanging all
over him. Neither of the occupants OF the
sleigh was hurt, but sleigh and harness were
somewhat damaged
Mr. Raymond Gambrill, who has been en-
ployed in Havre-de- Grace, has returned here
for short visit to his home.
Mr.. Charles Robinson had little fire in his
home on Sunday morning last He had just
lighted an oil heater when some OF the OIL That
was SQQpOS6u 10 udVc ROttCA O1 W 1A1C AOOA ~
some means took fire and caused quite an ex-
element for short time. A table cloth and
lambrequin were burned, but snow was handy
ard it was used freely to stop the spread OF the
flames after the heater had been thrown into
the yard.
Misses Olive and Alice Moore who have been
at home from school some time suffering with
sore throat, are much better.
Business in the way of timber-cutting is very
brisk at this time. This includes telegraph and
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to Loreley Station to await shipment, but there
does not seem to be cars enough to move them
and there is regular blockade at the station.
The timber is bought standing in the woods
by Mr. Fl. L. CRUDE. of Baltimore, who has
1000 acres near Loreley Station to select from.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Bevan, who have
been sick for some days, are better. A.
Raspeburg, 18th District.-The Sunday
school of Catch M. E. Church was reorganized
on Sunday last by the pastor, Rev. +. Il.
Isaac. The following officers were elected to
serve during the present year: Superinten-
dent, VIM. ]. Biddison; assistants, Thomas A.
Mccormick and Edward Elliott; secretary,
Bernard Seitz treasurer, Miss Elsie Lewis
librarian. Mrs. Charles Raspe; organist, Mrs.
Clifton Mccormick assistants Misses Mollie
FARMLAND and Katibel Selling; musical direc'
tor, Daniel Hiesey.
Immediately afterwards the Sunday school
missionary society was also reorganized. with
the following officers: President. Miss Jennie
Burgan treasurer, Miss Emma Kern secre-
tary, Miss Margaret Melchior.
This Sunday school is in a fiourishlng con-
dition, there being about 100 names on roll.
Recently Mrs. Charles Mccormick was ap-
pointed to take charge of the primary depart
ment, which has an average attendance OF 80
children, with promising results. Superinten-
dent Biddson, who is serving his fourteenth
year, deserves great credit for the progress the
school has made.
The family of Mr.. Charles Selling, Of Rock
dale, has been confined to their home by SICK
ness Mrs. Selling, who had Just gotten over
an attack of rheumatism and was able to be
on her feet again, when four of her children
were taken sick / am glad to say, however,
that at this time all are improving:
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Caplcs and family, OF
Cockeysville, spent several days the past week
with Mr. Thomas Mccormick, of Fullerton.
Mrs. James n. Cole, of Rockdale, who has
been sick fosthe last two months, is still g
fined to her room. ~
Sweet Air. 10th District.-Mr. Nicholas
Lacy, of this neighborhood, who was struck
by an electric car on the York road few
weeks ago, while going to market, is greatly
improved. DR.. j. s. Green attended him.
Miss Mary Trap, of Jacksonville, is visit
ing her sister Mrs W. s. Jones, of Baltimore.
Mr.. John Cook, Sr., who has been sick for
the last three months, is very poorly at this
time.
The coachman of Filston Farm, while driv-
ing pair of spirited horses to sleigh, with
Mrs. Benjamin Lintz and children, (who was
on her way to visit her father when near
their destination suddenly both singletrees
broke. The coachman was compelled to walk
through deep drifts of snow for assistance.
They then proceeded to their journey end.
Mr.. Benjamin Lintz has gone to Missouri
with car load of cattle for the Filston Farm
Company. y. N.
Annual Report of the Sheppard Pratt
Hospital-The thirteenth annual report of
the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital for
mental and nervous diseases for 1904 has been
issued. Embodied in it is the report Of DR.. Ed
ward N. Brush, physician-in chief and super
intendent, in which he says that at the begin
ming of 1904 there were being treated in the
hospital 104 cases; during the year ia cases
were admitted, 113 were discharged and 1O5
still remain for cure and treatment.
Mr.. George A Pope, president, states that
Baltimore fire of last February caused the hos
pital to sustain considerable loss, IL pieces of
their property being destroyed AS result
the income OF the institution has been tenn.
porarily impaired.
DR.. Brush says that one-half of the patients
discharged as recovered were admitted dur
ing the first seven months of the fiscal year.
The average period under which the patients
were cured was six months. There were IL
deaths due to delirium, hemorrhage, chronic
nephritis, tuberculosis, paresls, chronic disease
of the bones and pneumonia.
The usual number of free cases were received
and treated.
DR.. Brush reports that considerable difficult
ty has been experienced in having patients re-
moved whose cases have been found to be in
curable The friends of these patients labored
under the impression that the hospital offered
opportunities of permanent care and it was hard
to convince them that the hospital was only
erected for acute cases and not for permanent
confinement Many incurable mental cases
have been refused by the trustees during the
year, as they had no facilities with which to
keep them.
The hope is expressed that at the nextses-
sion of the Legislature law will be enacted
providing for State hospital for the care of
the dependent insane, regulating the control of
public institutions for the insane, establishing
the standard of care which must be met in all
institutions caring for the insane at pnblic ex-
pense and regulating the admission, detention
and discharge of persons alleged to be insane.
During the year DR.. Stewart Patton resigned
as director of the laboratory, he being succeed
ed by DR.. Clarence B. Farrar, who had been
clinical assistant. DR.. James A. Randolph, of
Florida, was appointed clinical assistant
The installation of apartments to be devoted
to bydrotherapy which will be on an elab-
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