The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-06-30

his Manor House, near this place, at Ito r. M.
today. He had not been we'll for some time,
but his death was entirely unexpected.
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
CURES FOR LOCKJAW.
BALTIMORE, Nd, June Goth. 1906.
Messrs. Editors The Fourth of July is near
and danger of accidents and wounds from toy
pistols, &c., ending in lockjaw is much to be
| feared. A fatal case of lockjaw was recently
published in Virginia The most successful
| remedy now reported is one used for many years
! by Danish. Norwegian and Swedish physicians.
A strong decoction of tobacco juice is made and
| injected into the lower bowels about teacupful.
This causes a deathly sickness of the stomach,
which in q short time relaxes the muscles of the
jaws. The nicotine in the tobacco is stronger
than the lockjaw and the patient is relieved I'M
| short time. The authority for this is DIR. j. r.
Arndt's system of Medicine" in three octave
volumes, published few years ago 10 San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Another successful application of tobacco re-
ported is that of a strong warm poultice of rough
navy tobacco applied to the pit of the stomach
and kept securely there until the nicotine has
caused relaxation of the jaws. Then Cruel,
beef tea and tonics to restore the patient. Any
experienced physician can and should employ
this remedy. Authority for this use of the rem
| edy is to be found in the Scientific american of
August 18th, 1869, and in DR.. Chase's Receipt
Book, published in Toledo, Ohio 1884.
1t is sad to relate that the late Mr.. Roebling,
engineer of the Brooklyn suspension bridge, fell
a victim to this fatal disease.
A. F. MUssELMAN.
The Passing of an Old Landmark.-A
proud monarch of the original forest-an an
cestral landmark on Barrett's Delight Farm
q venerable old chestnut tree of untold age
that has been dying for long time toppled
over recently. 1t has been losing its branches
one at time-an enormous one of nearly three
feet in diameter having been torn of fully
century ago-until it was little more than an
immense, tall snag. One large limb, however,
remained alive, bore nuts last year and had
| blossomed for the coming crop.
This mammoth tree girted 81 feet inches,
feet from the ground, and had large OPEN
ing in one side of the trunk being hollow up
for considerable distance, no doubt for many
wears, as in fact more than one hundred years
ago a young COW, out of curiosity, ventured
into the cavity and becoming frightened got so
jammed and wedged in that it required the
united efforts of half dozen men to extricate
| her.
One very singular fact in this connection is
that DR.. B. Rush Ridgely, the owner, who for
the last decade has been watching its passing
| WIFI great luIeT6St, was Walking uuC
hundred yards of it at the time the crash came
in dead calm at o'clock on Friday morning.
22d inst, after withstanding the severe storm
of the evening before.
Public Road Matters On Thursday Sem
ator John S. Biddison and Mr.. Frank H.
Zouck, representing the Western Maryland
Railroad, were before the Highways Commits
sioners relative to changing the location of the
bed of Church lane, near Owings' Mills, and
J. III. do NJ 1Nwn-
OCH Station. The matters were held under
/ consideration.
Messrs. Norman James and T.. Stanley Gary
appeared before the Board and urged that
portion Of Wilkens avenue be macadamized.
They said that they. with several OF their
friends, would contribute $1,000 toward the
| project. No action was taken.
The contract for furnishing and delivering
crushed stone on the roads of the LIST district
was awarded to William H. Sauter, of Dickey-
vile. The amount of the contract is about
$4,000.
Railroad Company Buys Property Mrs.
Croft, widow of Benjamin F. Croft, has sold
to the Western Maryland Railroad Company
the water right of Eureka Flour Mills, at
Owings Mills, now operated by Mr.. =. ..
Legg. The company has also purchased Mr..
Legg's unexpired lease and will close the mill,
which is one of the landmarks of that section
| of the county. The new right of way of the
railroad company includes The mill race lead
ing to the four mills. Mr.. William d. Croft
will convert the mill into farmers supply
house.
In order to eliminate several bad curves and
| the grade crossing at Owings Mills the rail-
road company has purchased the property of
| Mrs. f. B. Hartman and other houses aud lots
| in the village. The crossing at that point will
be overhead and new station house will be
4 erected. m
The Orrick Estate in Court-.Messrs
AZ off hoUa nd o-e
ton in the Circuit Court in behalf of Mrs.
Mary o. Matthews, nee Pollock, in her own
right and as mother and next friend of Esther
l.. Matthews, Randolph A. Matthews and
Eleanor A. Matthews, infants, asking that the
court assume Jurisdiction in the trust estate
created by the last will and testament of Ann
g. Orrick. The petition alleges that Mrs. Or
rick died in 1876 and appointed Joshua Par
sons, executor and trustee of her estate for the
benefit of Mary Pollock and her children, and
| that Mr.. Parsons desires to be relieved of the
trust. The court signed an order appointing
Mrs. Matthews trustee.
Want Land Company Dissolved.-On
Tuesday Messrs. Benzinger d Calwell, attor-
| neys, filed bill in the Circuit Court here ask
ing that decree be passed for the voluntary
dissolution of the Bonita Land and Improve
ment Company of Baltimore County. The
bill alleges the company was incorporated July
18th, 1905, with a capital stock of 5000. to
deal in real estate that it continued in BUSH
ness until March 18th of this year. when it
sold all its property to the Gwynnbrook Dis
tilling Company; that it owns no property
now, and has ceased to do business, and that
at meeting of the stockholders March 18th 1t
was unanimously decided to take steps to dis
solve the corporation.
Must Use Approved Boxes.-Fourth AS
sistant Postmaster General DeGraw has given
out a statement respecting ruralfree delivery
boxes. in which he says: ut is learned upon
inquiry at the Postoffice Department that in
return for the vast sum of money expended in
maintaining rural delivery and the inestima-
BILE benefits derived through it, patrons of the
service are asked to do but two things, namely,
to provide themselves with and properly erect
suitable boxes which are waterproof and lit
receptacles for mail not necessarily boxes that
are patented, and to maintain the roads over
which rural routes are laid out in condition TO
be Travelled with facility and safety at all sea-
sons of the year."
The Game of Croquet Again Becoming
Popular. There is to be revival in the game
of croquet and all who think straight will re-
joice thereat. 1t is good game and whole
some one, not so strenuous as baseball or dam
gerous as football. 1t can be played by male
and female. 1t requires no vast expanse of
territory like golf and can be played in any
language, as there are no technical terms to
learn and seldom anything to be profane over.
1t involves skill as much as more fashionable
games. In short, it is a social comfortable
game that should be encouraged, and we are
glad to see it has revival and will be played
from college chapel to cottage gate.
Dead Infant Found in Stream.-While
walking along the banks of a stream near
Ruxton Station, Northern Central Railway. on
Monday morning, Robert Brown, colOred,
noticed a sack floating in the water. Upon
examining it more closely it was found to
contain a dead colored infant. Mr.. John
Boone manager of Lake Roland, was notified
and the sack containing the body was taken to
the boathouse. A jury of inquest was sum:
moned by Justice Emich of Arlington, and
after an examination by DIR. Charles H. Beetem,
the jury rendered verdict that the baby was
born dead and perhaps ii had been thrown into
the stream to save burial expenses.
Large Receipts for License.-On Thurs
day Mr.. William P. Cole, Clerk of the Circuit
| Nnnrf Maid ouar To Mr. g Lyon ROGERS II