The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-06-30
Parsonal Mention.-

Personal Mention
Mrs. Beckley, wife of DR.. G. Herbert
Beckley of ResterstOwn, is very sick with
peritonitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. Denison and fami-
", of Baltimore, have gone to Jamestown r.
l., for the summer.
Edward L. Addison. of Roland Park. has
been appointed to cadetship in the U. s.
Revenue Marine Service.
Mrs G. Bohn Slingluff and her daughter
Miss Ella Slingluff, who went abroad several
months ago, reached Baltimore from Bremen
on Thursday.
Mr.. Benz. w. Cross. formerly of Towson,
who has been representing lumber company
at Asheville, N. c., several months, is now at
Athens, Tenn.
Rev. Henry G. Martin, the esteemed pas
tor of Govanstown Presbyterian Church, was
overcome by the heat on Thursday. His con-
ditiOn was not serious.
Mr.. w. H. Starr, who had been secretary
and treasurer of the Westminster Savings
Bank for the past eighteen years, has resigned
on account of i'll health.
-Messrs. W. Devries Goodwin and James
Lyon Rogers, both of Baltimore county, have
entered as knights in the tournament to take
place at Hagerstown, July 4th.
Prof. r. Brent Crane, who has been the
popular principal Of Towson public school
for the past eight years, was on Friday, 18th
instant, reelected by the board of trustees.
Miss Helen Ridgely, daughter of Mr.. John
Ridgely, of Hampton, is visiting her grand
mother, Mrs. Charles Ridgely, who has taken
a cottage at Oakland Md, for the summer.
Mr.. S. Edgar Cockey, who formerly con-
Quoted the Valley Hotel, at Bosley postoffice,
has taken the large boarding house in Towson,
kept for many years by Mrs. Nelson Cooper.
DIR. A. G. McCurdy, of Towson, will go to
Old Point Comfort on the 18th of July to at
tend the annual meeting of the National Den
tai Association, of which he is vice-.president.
MIR. Jesse Daily, of the 9Th district, who is
an ex-judge of the Orphans Court of this
county, lately celebrated his SD birthday.
He is still in the enjoyment of fairly good
health.
--Otho- s.. Lee, Jr. who graduated from
Princeton College in June, will make banking
his profession and will enter the Merchants
National Bank of Baltimore in the autumn
Belair Democrat.
Mrs. Nelson Cooper who had been en-
many years, has abandoned the business and
will go to live with her daughter, Mrs. John
D. Roe, at Walbrook.
Mrs. J. E. Faulkner and Mrs. Nettie Sim
mers, of Lauraville, who have been visiting at
Glyndon, have returned. While there they
enjoyed the commencement exercises of
Franklin High School.
Col. o. e. Duffy, prominent attorney OF
Washington, d. c., and Mrs. Duffy, have been
spending some days with their daughter Mrs.
John G. Perkins, of Towson. Col. Duffy was
a personal friend of President Lincoln.
DIR. ]. Hall Peasants has been appointed
an associate professor in clinical medicine in
the MARYLAND College of Physicians and Sur
geons Heis the youngest son of Mrs Richard
H. Peasants, of Idaho" near Towson.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Stewart, who were
lately married, have been visiting at Idaho"
the home of the brides mother, Mrs. Richard
H. Peasants, near Towson. They will short
ly sail for Europe and spend the summer
abroad.
Mr.. J. George Mann, the well known
h1fld Of orford oYfandnd
was among the visitors to Towson on Wednes-
day. He says there are no slot machines be-
ing operated in the public houses on the Har-
ford road.
Mrs. William NJ. Junkin who, for the
past eight years, has been engaged, with her
husband, in missionary work in Korea, is Wis.,
iting her sister, who is the wife of Prof S.
T. Moreland, superintendent Of McDonogh
School, in this county.
Mr.. David G.. Mcintosh, Jr., of Towson,
was among those who took the necessary ex-
aminations for admission to the bar of the
Supreme Bench of Baltimore this week. He
is graduate of the Law Department of the
University of Maryland.
MIR. William B. Ogden, who, with his
family, has been living in the Austrian Tyrol
for several years, will return to Baltimore in
day or two for q short stay. He owns the
"Oakdene'' estate, in Green Spring Valley,
and formerly lived there in summer.
-Messrs. John and Robert Horner, sons of
MI. JOSHUA VI AouldLN, WIZ WCAb W
Cuba about two months ago to engage in farm
ing, have returned, not having been favora6ly
impressed with the country. Their father
owns large body of land on the island,
Prof. A. s. Cook who will take charge
as examiner of the county schools next Mon
day, succeeding Prof. q. G. Ebaugh, has re-
moved his furniture from Reisterstown to
Towson and will occupy the cottage which
was formerly the home of Col. M. w. Offutt.
Rev. John |. Yellott who is rector OF a
h.. - ~ 4 al
to accept the call extended by the vestry of
Trinity Church, Long Green, and the proba-
bility is he will not do so. The principal OBJ
ataalsf.jt is said is the amount Of salary Of
district, graduated a few days ago at the annu-
al commencement of Dickinson Seminary,
Williamsport, Pa, and delivered the salutatory
address, which. carried with it the highest
honors of her class. She is the Oldest daughter
of ex-Sherif Silas v. Miller.
Mr.. Campbell Darlington, of the law firm
of Darlington g. Darlington, was married at
Grace p K. Church, Baltimore, at noon on
Wednesday to Miss Lucy Miltenberger Hewes,
daughter of Mr.. James Hewes. They have
gone to Canada on a wedding trip. Mr.. Car
rington resides at Loreley, Baltimore county.
Mr.. Jacob H. Taylor, of Baltimore, who
several months ago purchased the. house
known as the Macgill property, adjoining
Trinity Church, Towson, removed his family
here this week. The house has been enlarged
to almost double its original size and has been
otherwise greatly improved. 1t is now very
convenient and attractive home.
Mr.. Charles e. Fendall, of the County
Clerks Office, who is a delegate from the
Second Congressional district to the Demo
cratic National Convention, will leave for st.
Louis next Monday. Mr.. Fendall is a warm
supporter of Col. Bryan and if he gets chance
in the convention his voice will no doubt be
heard championing the cause of his favorite.
MIR. James Piper and his sister, Miss Piper,
have taken a cottage at Lake Seneca, New
York, for the summer, where they will be
Joined later by their parents, DR.. and Mrs.
Jackson Piper, of Towson. The engagement
has Just been announced of Mr.. Piper, who is
a member of the bar, and Miss Alice Dickin-
son Pitts, daughter of the late Charles H. Pitts
of Baltimore.
Cen James A. Walker of Wytheville, Va,
has been visiting his friend, Mr.. Randolph
Barton, at his home near Pikesvile He was
returning to his home after having attended
the Republican National Convention in Phila-
delphia as a delegate. Gen. Walker, who is
81 years of age, commanded the famous
'Stonewall Brigade" of the Confederate army
and Mr.. Barton served on his staff. Gen.
Walker still bears the marks of the severe
wound he received at the bloody battle of
Spottsyvana Court House, Va. May 18th, 1864
He is still a vigorous man.
Correction About st. Johns Church.
A correspondent who signs herself Zone Who
Knows" writes as follows to THE UNION:
IAN account having appeared in the issue of
THE UNION of June 10th, taken from the Bal
timore NewS, relative to st. Johns Protestant
Episcopal Church, Kingsvlle, Baltimore
county. write to correct a mistake 1t said:
After the removal from Joppa another edifice
was built on land donated by Ishmael Day
The facts in the case are these: In the year
1917 Mr.. Ishmael Days father, Edward Day,
built at his sole expense the stone church re-
ferred to at that place, and allowed the con-
gregation to occupy it at once, without tax or
rent Of any kind. 1t was dedicated by Rev.
James Kemp Bishop of Maryland, July 18th,
1917, in the name of the new st. Johns
Church. In 1884 Mr.. Day conveyed by deed
this church, enclosed by substantial stone
wall, with two acres of ground, besides leav-
ing in his will for the benefit Of the rector
and his successors forever, $500 worth Of stock
in the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Balti-
more, the dividends to be collected annually.
By reference to the Church Registry these
facts can be verified"
Artificial Lightning Made Things Lively.
The Belair AggiS of this week says IAN
amusing incident, and at the same time one
not devoid of danger occurred on Tuesday
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