The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-05-03
Personal Mention :

! Auburn" their summer cottage near TOwson.
| Miss Minnie Michael, niece of Mrs. Will
| liam G. Brooks, of Philopois, who spent three
months with friends in st. Louis, has returned.
Mrs. James Fenner Lee is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. James Briscoe, Jr., at the Shep-
pard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, near Towson
MIR. and Mrs. A. c, Snyder, who spent the
winter in Baltimore. have returned to their
country place on the Hllen road near Towson
DIR. and Mrs. Jackson Piper and Miss
Piper, of Towson, who have been travelling
abroad since last fall, will sail for home today
Mrs. James Brogden and family, who
spent the past winter in Baltimore, this week
returned to their country home in Long Green
Valley.
Mrs. Sallie S. Folger, of Baltimore, &C.
companied by her daughter, is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. S. G. Sparks, of Sparks Station, N.
G. R. r.
DIR. and Mrs. B. Holly Smith have re-
opened their country home at Glyndon. Mrs.
Smith, who has been seriously i'll, is now con-
valescent
DR. Charles Mayer Franklin is acting SUI
perintendent of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt
Hospital during the absence in Europe of DR..
E. n. Brush.
Rev. W. E. Henry, pastor of North Point
NJ. E. Church South, is preaching a series of
Sunday evening sermons to the young people
of the ghborhood.
MIR. William E. Peerce, son of Mr.. Edward
s. Peerce, of Dulany's Valley, who has been
travelling in Europe about five months, is ex-
pected home next week.
Mr.. James Baily, head of the Baltimore
firm of James Baily & Sons, has again taken
for the summer the house of Mr.. Harrison
Rider, near Brooklandville.
Mr.. Ernest Brooks, of Belfast, has been
appointed clerk in the Cockeysville National
Bank, succeeding Mr.. Edward Tracey, who re-
signed to study civil engineering.
Mr.. Stuart Kearney, treasurer of the Can
ton Company, who spent last summer here,
has again taken apartments at the Smedley
House, Towson, for the summer.
Rev. Joel Brown, the new pastor of st.
Johns M. E. Church, Lutherville, has rented
and will occupy the Kidd cottage, situated on
Seminary avenue, in that village.
MIR. and Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull, whose
country home is situated near Towson, will
sail for Europe the latter part of this month
and remain abroad a year or more.
MIR. Walter w. Crosby, county roads en-
gineer, has rented the Ensor cottage, on West
Pennsylvania avenue, Towson, and will es-
tablish his bachelor quarters there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Deford are again &C.
cupying for the summer "Oakdene, the coun-
try place of Mrs. William B. Ogden, in Green
Spring Valley, near Brooklandville.
Miss Elizabeth Bosley. second daughter
of Mrs. S. Parker Bosley, of Towson, will be
one of the graduates this year of the Maryland
General Hospital Training School for Nurses.
Mr.. George Leeds Zell has leased his coun-
try place, Thirst Dale" near Gainesville, to
i. D.. Jy
and his family will travel during the summer.
Judge James D. Waters, who was sick at
his home in Belair for some time, has recovered
and will preside at the May term of the Har-
ford county court, which will begin on the 18th
instant.
Mrs. H. Marcus Denison, of Baltimore, ac-
companied by her daughter, is visiting her
brother, Mr.. T. Melville Pearce of My Lady's
Manor. They will spend the coming summer
in Halifax.
niece Miss Mary Myer, arrived in Baltimore
on Thursday, after having spent the winter
with Mrs. Lackey's son, Mr.. o. F. Lackey, at
MI. VIM. T. G. Whiteford, of Parkville
Hartford road, son of the late DIR. \. X. White
ford, is suffering from severe case of quinsy.
Mr.. Whiteford is a student at the Baltimore
Medical College.
Mrs. Samuel Brady, of Towson, accom-
panied by her daughter, Miss Mary Brady,
and her niece. Miss Bertha Naylor, of Pixies
vile, left on Monday last for weeks pleasure
trip to New York city.
DIR. Stanley Gorsuch, son of the late B.
Howard Gorsnch of the 9Th district of this
county, is no longer connected with the Mary
land General Hospital. He will continue in
private practice in Baltimore.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Crosby, of Bangor,
Maine who are still with their son, Mr. w.
w. Crosby, of Towson. spent last Sunday at
Burnside" the beautiful home of the Shoe
makers, in Green Spring Valley.
1t is announced that the marriage of Miss
Louisa Cuttings daughter of the late Richard
]. Cuttings, and Mr.. William Brogden, son of
the late James Brogden, of Long Green Valley,
will take place early next month.
Mr. John Langkam. who settled at Perry
Hall, 18th district, over fifty years ago, will
celebrate his oath birthday on the I'd of July
next. He still enjoys good health, but gave
up his farming operations several years ago.
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Baltimore, which has Just been organized
Mr.. Daniel Shamberger, formerly assistant
school examiner of Baltimore county, was
chosen secretary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank G. Scott, whose home
is near Shawan, 9Th district, quietly celebrated
the twenty-ffth anniversary of their mar
riage last Sunday. Mr.. Scott, who is well
known farmer, is a member of the Junior
Gunpowder Agricultural Club.
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Janney, of Margaret
Meadows Green Spring Valley, will leave
about the middle of this month for Newport,
where they have taken cottage for the sum-
mer. Mr.. and Mrs. l. M. Parr will again
spend the summer at Margaret Meadows.
MIR. j. Summerfeld Crowther, young
farmer of the 9Th district, has been elected a
member of the Senior Gunpowder Agricul-
tural Club. He is son of Mr. John Crow
Their, Jr., president of the Towson National
Bank and one of the Oldest members of the
club.
Rev. Alexander NJ Rich, son of the late
Rev. Arthur ]. Rich, of Hannah More Acade-
nv, Resterstown, who for more than five
years has been rector of st. James Z. Il.
Church, Port Deposit, has moved to Newport,
Del, and has assumed charge of st. James
Church there.
Prof William T. Councilman, of Boston,
was on Wednesday elected vice-president OF
the Association of American Physicians, the
annual meeting of which was held in Wash
ington. He is a brother of Mr.. Charles A.
Councilman well known citizen of the 4th
district of this county.
MIR. George P. Everhart, who was for some
wears engaged in business in Hampden, where
he still has property interests, has purchased
and now conducts the store at Monkton, n. G.
R. R., formerly owned by Mr.. Samuel Bosley.
He is much pleased with his new location as
we'll as with the people.
The marriage of Miss Eleanor Addison
Morrison and Mr.. Randolph Barton, Jr., will
take place in st. Paul's P. e. Church, Balti-
more, Tuesday, June 10th. The prospective
bride is a grand daughter of the late Hon.
George Hawkins Williams. Mr.. Barton is a
member of the bar and secretary of the Green
Spring Valley Hunt Club.
Rev. w. E. Robertson, pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church, Towson, announced to his
congregation last Sunday that he would decline
to accept the call to the church in Edenton,
N. c., and would remain here, being much
attached to his people and his home here. 1t
Church is considerably larger than he receives
at Calvary.
Mr.. Johnzey Burnham, of Baltimore,
called on some of his friends in Towson this
week. Although upwards of so years OF age
Mr.. Burnham moves about as actively as
much younger man and enjoys fairly good
health. For about half a century he was sue
cessfully engaged in blacksmithing in Balti-
more county, and has large family connec-
ton here. He retired from business some
years ago and now lives with niece in the
city.
A Great Baltimore County Built Ship
The fremont. sister ship of the Shawmut,
will be- launched Wednesday, May 9TH, from
the yards of the Maryland Steel Company at
Sparrow's Point, where it was built for the
Boston Steamship Company. The vessel will
carry 10000 tons of cargo, and her displace-
ment is II 900 tons. The Tremont's dimensions
are: Length, sos feet; width, So feet depth of
hold, 40 feet The hold of the steamer is di-
vided into six water-tight compartments, in
tersected by three steel decks. Her triple.ex-
pansion engines are built to produce speed of
IA knots an hour. The horsepower is 4, 800.
With the exception of the Shawmut the Ire.
mont will be the largest American freight
steamer