The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-03-08
Personal Mention

Miss MOliie Corcoran of Baltimore, is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. William H. Shepperd, o
My Lady's Manor.
Col M. w. Offutt, of Towson. has been re
elected vice-president of the United Electric
Light and Power Company.
Mrs. R. G. Massenburg, of Towson, and
Miss May Parks, of Cockeysville, are visiting
friends in Washington. d. G.
Mrs. w. s. G. Williams has gone to Allan
tic CITY with her little daughter, who has JUS
recovered from q serious illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Stewart Diffenderffer, o.
Oakland" Green Spring Valley. will spend
Easter week at Atlantic City, N. j.
Miss Alice v. Davis, daughter of Mr.. G.
s. Davis, manager of the mills at Warren, has
gone to Rhode Island to spend some time with
relatives.
MIR. Joseph H. Frank, formerly of Perry
Hall, has rented the ''Gold Mine Farm, - near
Poplar, B. & o. Railroad, and has taken charge
of the same.
The Misses Foreman, daughters of Mr.
Leander Foreman, of Govanstown, on Wed
nesday Club at dinner.
Mr.. Elmer j. Cook, of the Towson bar,
spent several days last week at New Haven,
Conn, taking the testimony of number of
witnesses to be used in a case now pending.
Mr. Goldsborough S. Griffith has been re-
elected president Of the Maryland Sunday
School Union for the fortieth consecutive year.
Mr. Charles W. Slagle was re elected treasurer.
MI and Mrs. Charles Ross Diffenderffer,
who spent the winter at their city residence,
are already preparing to return to their hand
some country place at the head of Charles
street avenue.
Chief Judge and Mrs. David Fowler, of
Baltimore county, were among those who at
tended the dinner party given by Gov. Smith
at the Executive Mansion, Annapolis, on
Thursday night.
Prof. John T. Hershner. assistant school
avop,;1or xvont RI Cincinnati this uook m 500
his sister, who is very i'll in that city. As
soon as she is able to travel he will bring her
home with him.
Mr.. Joseph B. Hanway. who has sold his
can manufacturing plant at Joppa, has asso-
ciated himself with the Miller Fertilizer Com
pany of Baltimore, of which Mr.. Thomas IL.
Roberts is president.
Mrs. Oeligrath, wife of Sheriff VIM. j.
Oeligrath, who was very i'll at her home in
Towson several days this week, was slightly
improved on Friday, 7th inst. DIR. J. ii. Jar
rett is attending her.
Mr.. Henry A. Parr, who has been travel
ing in the South, was at Tampa Bay, Florida
this week. The public sale of his Meadowvale
dairy herd and other stock will take place on
the 18th and 18th instant
Mr.. Basil B. Bowen, who had been farm
ing and dairying at Gwynnbrook,, w. NJ r.
R., for some years, having recently sold out
and abandoned the business, has removed to
Woodensburg, 4th district.
Mrs. Frederick Groom, of Towson, who
went to Baltimore hospital several weeks ago
for treatment, has returned to her home, the
surgeons deeming an operation inexpedient.
Her condition is not improved.
Mr. Frederic o. Smith, who has been rent
ing the Price farm, near Cockeysville, for sew
eral wears, removed this week to Mrs. Robert
Garrett Monticello Farm, on the Hillen road.
He will continue the dairy business.
The engagement is announced of Miss
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sop, of ''Vaux Hail." near Ashland, N. G. R.
r., and Mr.. Edward J. O'Donovan, highly
respected young farmer near Sweet Air.
Mr.. Joshua F. Todd has resumed farming
on his own account on the farm formerly oc-
cupied by him, near Warren: He and his sis
ter, Miss Todd, had been spending some months
with Mrs. Thomas B. Todd, ST., of Patapsco
Neck.
Mrs. Sarah Slade celebrated her 80th birth
day on Wednesday at the home of her son,
Mr. Charles Carroll Slade, of Ny Lady's
Manor. She is the mother of County Com
missioner John V. Slade, who called to see her
that day.
Miss Stella McNeal, daughter of Mrs.
James v. McNeal, has been sick for several
weeks and confined TO her home in TOwson.
She is granddaughter of the late William P.
Preston, once the leading criminal lawyer OF
Maryland.
land Presbyterian Church, entertained the
Young people of his congregation at the manse,
on Tuesday night last. Having resigned the
pastorate of that church DR.. Newberry will
soon retire.
Mr. Joseph Snyder of the 18th district of
this county, has been reelected a director of
the Baltimore and Jerusalem Turnpike Com
pany and be is the only man not connected
with the United Railways Company who is
thus honored.
Mr.. David A. Clark, of Baltimore, formerly
Maryland agent for the Agricultural Insurance
Company OF Watertown, N. Y. called on some
of his friends in Towson on Friday. He is
now corrected with the old Maryla Life
A four year-old daughter of Mr.. G. w.
Eckhart, manager for Mr.. Frank Ehlen, at
Oakleish, Maryland and Pennsylvania Rail-
road, who had been critically ill with double
pneumonia, is getting well. She was attended
by Dr. J. Royston Green.
The numerous friends of Mrs. Charles
Rutledge and family, of Parkton, N. q. X. H.,
paid them surprise visit few nights ago to
bid them goodbye before their removal to
York, which will take place shortly. Several
hours were very pleasantly spent.
Mr.. John T. Cockey, second son of Mr..
Joshua f. Cockey, president of the Jockeys
Vile National Bank, has purchased an interest
in the Baltimore firm of Ryan d Co., manu-
facturers of tinware and will devote his atten-
ton in the future to that business.
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ed his store at Warren. 9Th district, has now
disposed of the business to Messrs. Carr d Tip
ton. of Phoenix, who will hereafter conduct it.
Mr. Bull, who is justice of the peace had
been engaged in storekeeping at Warren near
ly thirty years.
DIR Frank Dorsey. of Baltimore county,
who located in Denver, Col, several months
ago for the practice of his profession, is meet
ing with much success. He is son OF Mr.
Martin Dorsey, of Stevenson, Green Spring
Valley and is graduate of the Baltimore
Medical College.
1t is said that Mr.. Samuel NJ. Shoemaker,
who was lately appointed member OF the
Baltimore County School Board by Governor
Smith, has decided to accept the office. This
will be gratifying intelligence to many who
feared he might decline. Mr.. Shoemaker will
succeed Mr.. William B. Krout in May next.
Mr.. James J. Lindsay, of the Towson bar
on Tuesday night attended the mass meeting
and reception at Music Hall, Baltimore, at
which addresses were made by Hon. William
H. K. Redmond, NJ. P. and Mr.: Joseph Dev.
lin. of Belfast Ireland. The affair was held
under the auspices of the Maryland Central
Branch of the United Irish League
Hon. Hart B. Holton, of the LIST district
an ex.member of Congress, having once rep
resented the Fifth district of Maryland, and
was afterwards the Republican nominee for
Governor of the State. Mr.. Holton's wife is
the only sister of Hon. James A. Gary, who was
Postmaster-G General in McKinley's Cabinet
Mr. Alex. Mccormick, president OF the
Baltimore County Agricultural Society. and
Mr.. VIM. s. Keecb, of the Towson bar, were
in Annapolis on Thursday to urge the appro-
priation by the Legislature of 100000 for the
Maryland Agricultural College: Several other
gentlemen from this county who were in An
napolis the same day were also before the COM
mittee on the same matter.
Mr.. John J.. Roche, of Mt. Washington,
was in Towson on Tuesday. He is now con-
nected with the we'll known Baltimore cloth
ing house of Likes Berwanger Co.. where
his Baltimore county friends may find him at
all times. Mr.. Roche was for some years q
we'll known turfman. but he has abandoned
that, having sold his horses, and now devotes
his entire time to business.
Col. Robert Hough has again been selected
as starting Judge for the races at the Timon1um
fair next September. He will also serve in the
same capacity at most of the fairs in the Mary
land and Virginia Circuit, as well as at York,
Pa, and at several fairs in the South. Col.
Hough has established an enviable reputation
as fair and intelligent manager Of races and
his friends are pleased to know that his fame
is spreading.
Rev. Charles E. Fultz last Sunday closed
the third year of his pastorate of Otterbein
Memorial United Brethren Church, Hampton,
when he preached an anniversary sermon in
which he gave in detail the work that had been