The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-13
PeraOna.l Mention

OOCkeVSNllle, anu ROu6 " DdlllulOIc Tue
winter.
Mr.. ]. ]. Perrigo, of Powhatan Baltimore
county, has been summoned to serve as a
grand juror in the U. s. District Court in Bal
timore.
DIR. Frank R. Rich, of Towson, vent to
Richmond, Va, this week to see his brother,
Mr.. G. Herbert Rich, who is suffering with ty-
phoid fever.
Mrs. Samuel Ceilings, of Lutherville, who
was stricken with paralysis some time ago,
is improving and now able to sit up. She is 70
years of age.
Mr.. and Mrs C. Stewart Lee have closed
their country home, "Ballyleigh," near Rux-
ton, and taken an apartment on East Read
street, Baltimore, for the winter.
The Decemviri, a club composed of clergy
men, of which Rev. W. H. H. Powers is a
member. met on Monday evening, December
8tb, at Trinity Church Rectory Towson.
The County Commissioners have accep-
ted an invitation from the Woman's Club of
Glyndon to be entertained at the home OF its
president, Mrs. John T. Marshall, within the
next two weeks.
MIR. Philip A. S. Franklin, formerly of
Baltimore county, has been elected vice-presi-
dent of the Maryland Society il New York,
the annual meeting of which was held in that
city q few days ago.
DIR and Mrs. E. N. Brush have sent out
cards for an "at home" on Monday evening,
December 18th, from $50 to II o'clock. DR..
Brush is medical superintendent of the Shep-
pard and Pratt Hospital.
Mrs. c. A. Moore, of "Glenmore," near
Brooklandville, who has been indisposed for
some time is now better. She will close her
house next week and go to Baltimore for the
remainder of the winter.
The young folks of White Hall, n. c. R.
R., have organized social club, with the fol-
| lowing officers: President, John w. Bosley;
| vice president, Malcolm Little; secretary, Miss
Bessie Parrish treasurer, Miss Bertha Elliott.
Prof. Albert S. Cook, school examiner for
oil nkod mn hO n
| the executive committee of the Association of
| School Commissioners of Maryland, the an
| nual meeting of which was held in Baltimore
| last week.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Hunter has issued cards
for the marriage of her daughter, Miss Daisy
Hunter, to Mr.. Charles F. Kidwell: The GER
emony will take place at Vernon Nj. E. Church,
near White Hall, N. G. r. R., Thursday, De-
cember 18TH at P. NJ.
Mr.. Arthur P. Shankln, secretary of the
Baltimore County Agricultural Society and
member of the Towson bar, went to Philadel-
phia this week to attend the annual meeting of
the National Civil Service Reform League.
He was delegate from the Maryland Associa-
| ton.
Mr.. William S. Keech, of the Towson bar,
gave game dinner on Wednesday night to
several of his gentlemen friends. The birds
six pheasants and nine partridges-were sent
| TO him by his friend, Mr.. William Pollock, an
| expert miner and successful sportsman OF
| Homecoming, Md. 80 ;,
| Mr.. William E. Stansbury, of the 9th dis
trict, has announced that he will be Demo.
cratic candidate for the nomination for Clerk OF
| the Circuit Court next year. DE IS farmer
| and contractor and has always taken an active
| interest in the affairs of his party, but has
never held office.
Rev. P. G. Edwards member of the Balti-
| more Annual Conference of the M. E. Church,
| who has been under treatment at the Mary
| land General Hospital in Baltimore several
weeks, does not improve. He is the father OF
| Rev. J. R. Edwards, pastor of Towson M. Il.
| Church. and brother of Rev. John Edwards,
| pastor of the NJ. E. Church at Pikesvllle.
Mr.. Walter Proctor, who is now day man
| in the tower at Poplar has been in the tele.
graph service of the B. q 0. Railroad fourteen
years and during all that time he has 81, missed s
but five days, having been laid off that
length of time for trifiing mistake that did
| no harm to anyone. That is a record for faith
fulness that any man might be proud of.
| DR. A. Aldridge Matthews superintendent
| of the MARYLAND University Hospital, assisted
Prof Adolph Lorenz, the great Austrian sur
geon, in the operation he performed upon
| little girl in Baltimore last Saturday, in the
presence of six hundred representative medl-
cal men, 1t is called "bloodless surgery" and
consists in the replacing of the hip joint OF
children suffering from hip disease:
-Congressman-e elect J Fred. c. Talbot gave
| dance at the Landon House, Lutherville, on
Monday night, in honor of the 18th birthday
of his grandniece, Miss Edna l.. Corkran,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs; Montgomery b.
Corkran, of that place. The affair was the
fulilment of promise made by Mr. Talbot
during the late campaign that if he was cleo
ted be would celebrate the event in that man.
ner on Miss Corkrans birthday. She was as
sisted in receiving by Misses Dora Duncan,
| Mary I. Ridgely, Olive McComas and Nellie
Whitcraft. About one hundred guests were
present. Miss Corkran received many pretty
presents.
-Messrs William L. Marbury, George
Whitelock and Carroll T. Bond, all well known
members of the Baltimore bar were engaged
in Towson this week in the trial of the case OF
Ricards, Leftwich & Co. against the Royal
Insurance Company of Liverpool. Mr.. Mar
bury was U. S. District Attorney for Maryland
by appointment of President Cleveland. Mr..
| Whitelock, who is q law partner OF Judge
| Schumacher, of the Supreme Bench of Balti-
more, is son of the late William Whitelock
leading merchant of his day, who was sent
from Baltimore county to the House of Dele
gates in the political upheaval OF 1879, and Mr..
| Bond is of the law firm of Williams q Bond
Mr.. G. Bohn Slingluff, father-in-law of Mr..
Marbury, and Mr.. E. W. Herman were en-
| gagged in the same case.
Work of the County Clerks Of1ce.-Mr.
NJ. ]. o. Hara, chief clerk in the office OF Mr.:
N. Bosley Merryman, Clerk OF the Circuit
| Court, has compiled a statement showing the
| amount of business done in the filing of re-
cords and issuing of licenses from December
l, 1901, to November 30, 1902 tits as follows ::
Received for record-Deeds 1876; mortgages,
2,225 bills of sale, 324; interpretations, 81 !;
mechanics liens, 10. Licenses-Female trad
ers', 401 traders, 339; saloon, 800; cigarette,
AZ; exhibition, Is; billiard table, 81 one-horse
| peddlers, 9; foot peddlers', 5; total, ,135.
Marriage licenses $50. Payments to county,
S45,029.99; payments to State, S23, 69858; pay
ments to School Board, S156.2O; total $685.
8S4.77
Horse Dies at a Good Old Age.-"Squir-
rel" grey gelding owned by the late Samuel
Ceilings, of Lutherville, died few days ago at
the age of % years. He was in the Ceilings
family twenty five years, the late Mr.. Ceilings
having purchased him from Mr.. Moses Fox,
of Baltimore. He was highly priced by his
owner as he was a hores of fine manners,
great endurance and possessed considerable
speed At one time Mr.. Ceilings refused an
offer of $500 for him, made by the late Charles
F. Pitt. "SquirrePs' last sickness was of short
duration. The evening before his death he
was as playful as usual. The next morning
at o'clock he quietly laid down and died.
Election of Oflcers-At the annual meet
ing of Convention Building Association, No. 1,
of Baltimore county, held on Tuesday night,
the following officers were elected for the en-
suing year President, James r. Porter; vice
president, George B. Moore; secretary, Walter
| ". OduDIlll, UcdSuiNIs n Il lobSIo
board of directors, David A. Kenney G. Wal
ter Proctor, Robert Magsamen, VIM. W.
Smith, Peter Cook, Joseph Hollands, George
Klein and John Vincent A dividend of q
per cent for the past six months was declared.
The association has been in operation about
twelve years and its affairs are in an excellent
condition.
A New Euchre Club.-The Hamilton
Euchre Club has been organized at Hamilton,
Hartford road, with membership of sixteen.
The meetings are held on alternate Friday
evenings at the homes of the lady members.
The members include Mrs. Claud M. Perry,
Mrs. E. H. Everhart, Misses Bessie Darling,
Florence Mann, Anna Perry, Evelyn Darling,
Agnes Mann, Florence Harker and Messrs.
Claud NJ. Perry, Joseph Clarkson, George An
derson. Bradley K. Purdum, Herbert Nc.
Laughlin, Emile Hellar, Frank q. Purdum and
DR.. Z. II. Everhart.
Baltimore Markets.-The following were
the quotations of the Baltimore wholesale
markets on Thursday:
Hay-Timothy. ...... S2O.OOC9S20O
| -Cl0Ver. ........... ..Slf.OOVpSII.OO
Mixed. 17.OOC9S1I.O0
Straw-Rye.. ...............S lI.VOC9sll.O0