The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-02-08
Personal Mention

IVA
Sunday morning.
Mrs. Rose Keech, of Towson, left this weel
for Washington, d. c., to spend some tim
with her daughter, Mrs. Henry Selden.
Rev. S. s. Greenwell, of Relay, Baltimor
county, has received a unanimous call to be
come pastor of the First Presbyterian Church
Belair.
Mrs. George w. Ewing, whose home is il
the eastern end of Green Spring Valley, neal
Brooklandville, has been visiting friends il
Philadelphia.
MIR. Noah E. Offutt, of the Towson bar
has been sick and confined to his home al
Cockeysville ever since his return from hi:
pleasure trip to the State of Texas.
Prof A. S. Cook and Mr.. Elmer ]. Cook
of Towson, attended the annual banquet Of
the Princeton Alumni Association, which took
place in Baltimore on Thursday night
Mr.. Henry A. Parr has determined to aban
don farming and will rent his Meadowvale
Farm, near Sherwood, N. c. r. R., retaining
the use of the residence and gardens surround.
ing it.
Mr.. Charles S. Grason, member of the
House of Delegates from st. Mary's county,
spent Sunday last in Towson with his broth.
er, Mr.. William Grason, auditor of the Circuit
Court.
Mr.. Emory C. Shipley, we'll known bust.
ness man of Texas, N. G. R. R.. has been cleo.
ted an elder of Ashland Presbyterion Church.
He succeeds Mr. William H. Buck, Jr., re-
Hon. and Mrs. James A. Gary, of Balti-
more county registered at the Waldorf Hotel,
New York, on Thursday. Today they will
sail for Egypt and the Holy Land and will be
away three months.
THE report of the first terms work of the
Maryland Agricultural College shows that
Messrs. R. Pierce Choate, Jr, and J. P. Gray,
of Baltimore county, are the star members of
the sophomore class. mr
AT the quarterly conference of Towson NJ
E. Church, held on Thursday night, it was
unanimously decided to ask the Annual Con-
ference for the return of the present pastor,
Rev. John R. Edwards.
Mr.. John Neel, well known farmer near
Reisterstown, 4th district, who has been sick
for some time, is now at the Church Home
and Infrmary, North Broadway, Baltimore.
His condition is improved.
Miss Leila Cuttings, sister of Mr. u. Sterett
Cuttings, of Baltimore county, is visiting Mrs.
Samuel M. Clements, wife of Mark Twain, the
widely known humorist, at her home, River
e-on-the- Hudson, New York.
Mr.. Christian Smith, of the Belair firm of
Smith, Rouse & Webster, sailed from New
York for Porto Rico few days ago and will
spend the present month there: He was ac-
companied by Mr.. Edward A. Dietrich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence q. Corkran, who
have been living in Nashville, Tenn, for some
time, are spending few days at Lutherville.
From thence they will go to Norfolk, Va,
where Mr.. Corkran will engage in business.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie B. Corkran will cele-
brate the twenty fifth anniversary of their
marriage at their home in Govanstown, on
Friday evening February 14th. Mr.. Corkran
is the present Treasurer of Baltimore county.
-Messrs. D. H. Rice and A. P. Shanklin,
representing Timonium race track, attended
the meeting of the board of stewards of the
Maryland and Virginia Fairs and Racing Cir
IoJ1 De-
-Ex-Mayor E. Seidwitz, of Annapolis, who
purchased the property at Arlington, Balti-
more county, known as walnut HILL" has
been moving some of his personal effects to
the place and will make it his permanent
home.
Mrs Gorsuch of Mt. Carmel, 9Th district,
widow of B. Howard Gorsuch, will remove to
Baltimore and hereafter make her home with
her daughter, Mrs. Price, wife of Mr.. Wilbert
Price, who is a storekeeper in the customs
service.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank 1. Duncan, of Luther
vile, have issued cards for the twentieth an
niversary of their wedding, which will be Gel
ebrated at their home on Seminary avenue,
Friday evening, February 18th, from to IL
o'clock
MIR. D. F. Maroney, of Pittsburg, former
ly of Ruxton, Baltimore county, called on
some of his friends in Baltimore early this
week. He is now acting in the capacity Of
railroad expert, with headquarters in New
York CITY,.
Mr.. Christian Devries, of Green Spring
Valley, drove to Towson on Thursday and said
he never saw the roads in finer condition for
sleighing. There are no uncovered places and
the surface of the road appears to be solid
sheet of ice.
Mr.. Joshua NJ. Matthews, a we'll known
farmer of the 10th district, has rented his
farm to Mr.. Richardson, of My Lady's
Manor and will retire from business. He will
dispose of all his farm stock, ETC., on the 18th
of February.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. George Brown, of
"Brooklandwood." were very sick early this
week at their winter home, Marshy Point
ducking shore Members of the family living
at distance were summoned on account OF
their condition.
Mr.. Edward F. Burke. of New York, who
lately took house near Pikesville, is an en-
thusiastic fox hunter and has become mem
Der of the Green Spring Valley Hunt Club.
He brought with him several fine horses,
among them hunter of rare excellence
Rev. A. M. Rich, for number of years
rector of st. James Protestant Episcopal
Church, Port Deposit, has received a call to
become rector of church at Carnegie, Pa.
Mr. Rich is a native of Baltimore county and
a brother of DIR. Frank r. Rich. of Towson.
Mr.. James ]. Lindsay, of the law firm of
Boarman & Lindsay, went to ANNAPOLIS on
w 6uD6Sudy anu Di6u Will Guc 0ONcInOl oCf-
eral numerously signed petitions asking for the
of Mr.. William B. Krout as o
member of the School Board of this county.
Mr.. julius Jannke, well known wheel
wright at Bosley, on the Dulany's Valley
turnpike, had an operation performed on his
chest on Thursday by DR.. John S. Green and
DIR. r. G. Massenberg. They removed guam
relief.
Mr.. Stevenson A. Knox, son of County
Commissioner Charles H. Knox, who has had
a serious trouble with his left foot, the result
of cutting corn, is again able to be about.
He is a clerk in the main office of the B. & o.
Railroad in Baltimore and has been unable to
attend to his duties for some time.
Mr.. Walter w. Crosby, roads engineer
for Baltimore county, did not attend the good
roads convention that was held in Charleston,
S. c., this week. The paper he had prepared
and which is published in THE UNION to-
day-was read on Friday night by Dr. II. F.
Reid, of the Maryland Geological Survey.
Mr. Henry o. Devries, of Howard county,
whose critical illness was reported in these
columns last week, is somewhat improved.
He is the father of Rev. B. f. Devries, pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Pixies
vile. Mr.. Devries is said to bear remarkable
resemblance to the late President Mckinley.
The engagement is announced OF Mr..
Randolph Barton, Jr:, popular young mem
Der of the bar, and Miss Eleanor Addison Nor
ison, daughter of the late Dr. Robert Brown
Morrison. Mr.. Barton, who is resident OF
Baltimore county, is secretary of the Green
Spring Valley Hunt Club Miss Morrison is a
granddaughter of the late Hon. George Haw-
kins Williams, of this county.
Mr.. and Mrs. William f. Mckay celebra-
ted their golden wedding at their home, East
Monument street, Baltimore, on Tuesday even
ing last, when the aged couple received num-
Der of beautiful presents in gold. They have
six children eleven grandchildren and one
great-grandchild. Mrs. Mckay, who is 20
years of age, is daughter of the late Philip
Kroh, and was born in the 9th district of Bal
timore county.
MIR. Upton S. Brady, who had been secre-
tary of the Overland Hunt Club since the
death of s. g. Tomay, has resigned because
he did not have time to devote to the duties OF
the office. DR.. Frank r. Rich, of Towson,
has been chosen as his successor. The club
has lately had printed its constitution and by.
laws, with complete list of the officers and
members, with their addresses, numbering
about seventy-five.
Two More R. F. D. Routes.-Two rural
free delivery routes went into operation at
Owings' Mills on Saturday last, thus bring
ing the service, which has been gradually ex-
tended southwark from the Pennsylvania line,
to within few miles of the Baltimore city
line.
Route No. 1, Frank Fox, carrier, which is