The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-11-29
Personal Mention
Col. NJ w. Offutt and wife will spend the

Personal Mont1On.-
Col. NJ. w. Offutt and wife will spend the
winter in the city. ~
Mr.. E. NJ. Herman, who is a student at
Gettysburg College, came home for the Thanks
giving holiday.
Frances Church. Towsontown, now has charge
of st. Joseph's Church, Taneytown, Carroll
county.
Miss Margaret Mcintosh, daughter of Col.
d. G. Mcintosh, of Towsontown, has been
visiting her aunt Mrs. General Anderson, OF
Richmond, Va.
Mr. John Owings was married on Thurs
day evening, at st. Thomas's P. E. Church,
Garrison Forest, to Miss Clara Bushey, daugh-
ter of Mr.. Andrew ]. Bushey.
Miss Eunice B. Sweatman, of Chicago, and
and Miss Odce Townsend, of Washington, are
visiting the Misses Herman, daughters of Capt.
f. Herman, of the Sheppard Asylum.
Mr.. Theodore f. Wilcox, cashier of the Old
Town Bank, was married on Thursday even
ing, at Monument Street NJ. Z. Church, to Miss
Lila Curley, daughter of Mr.. John d. Curley.
Rev. Thomas Myers, D. D., of the M. E.
Church, who is widely known in Baltimore
county, celebrated the sixty-ffth anniversary
of his entrance into the ministry on the 23d
instant.
Major John l. Yellott, who is attending the
seminary at Hyattsville, Prince Georges coun-
ty, came home to spend the Thanksgiving
holiday.
Rev. DIR. DeLew, of Baltimore preached at
Trinity p. K. Church, Towsontown, last Sun
day. morning and evening, the rector. Rev. w.
II. II. Powers, having gone to Staunton, Va,
on a short visit.
On Friday evening of last week the Bur-
goyne Band serenaded Mr.. Harry w. Hook
and wife, who returned few days before from
their wedding trip. The members were in
vited in and handsomely entertained.
Capt. John H. Suter, formerly of Wood
berry, has just recovered from q serious illness
that confined him to the house for over a
month He is Clerk of Circuit Court No. g. of
Baltimore, and resides on Maryland avenue.
-Messrs. Joshua f. Cockey, Jr., H. Z.
Bartleson, VIM. H. Buck and Mr. France,
who are interested in the National Bank about
to be started at Cockeysville, came here on
Tuesday to inspect the building of the Towson
National Bank.
Mr. Edward H. Matthews, who had for
some time been living at Cheltenham, Prince
Georges county, has moved back to Baltimore
county and is living on the farm of Messrs.
Murray & Bro, near Fullerton, 18th district.
He is son of Mr. John D. Matthews, of the
9Th district.
Mr.. George NJ. Fultz, ofthe6th district, was
in Towsontown on Wednesday and called to
see us. He is a native of Pennsylvania and
cast bis first Presidential vote in that State in
1860 for Lincoln. He mentions this fact with
pride and also the further fact that he has not
missed vote at any election since.
Mr.. Frank T.. Catch, son of Major Thos.
B. Catch, of the 18th district, was married on
Wednesday evening, to Miss Ellen Olivia
Evans, daughter of Mr.. John G. Evans The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Joseph P.
Wilson. at Gatch's NJ. E. Church. in the pres
ence of large audience of he relatives and
friends of the young couple. A reception fol-
lowed at the residence of the groom's father.
The Philadelphia Times says: "Joseph s.
Gitt of New Oxford, Adams county, at long
intervals drops this way, notwithstanding tho
seventy-six mile-stones he has passed in life.
He it was who made the first survey of the old
Tapeworm Railroad fifty-two years ago, and
he engineered the first survey across the noun
tains for the Western Maryland Railroad from
Westminster. Then, too, he published the
Hanover Democrat. and back in 1848 had hold
on the american Democrat of Carlisle. When
the war broke out Mr.. Git refused to agree
with his party and he has been Republican
ever since" Mr.. Git is well known in Balti-
more county and was the first civil engineer
engaged on the line of the Maryland Central
road.