The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-26
Persnnal Mantinn

| more ". Is NlslllUR 0lTS.JdIQeS O.MltCNell
of Westminster, Md.
Miss Edna Corkran, of Lutherville, has
been spending some time with relatives in
Charlestown, West Virginia.
Prof. r. Brent Crane formerly principal
of the public school at Towson, called on some
of his friends here this week.
Mrs. John Ridgely, of Hampton. near
Towson. left on Wednesday for two weeks
stay at Narragansett Pier, r. /.
Mrs. Thomas Bond, of Western Run Val.
ley, who had been spending some time with
relatives in Gettysburg, Pa: has returned.
Mrs. W. P. Spalding, of Champagne, ILL.,,
| is spending some time with her mother, Mrs
George Brooks, of Butler, Baltimore county.
DIR. B. Holly Smith, whose summer home
is at Glyndon, will attend the International
Dental Federation which meets at Stockholm,
| Sweden.
Miss Annie Skattum, of Baltimore, is
| spending several weeks with Mrs. Nils P.
Hammarstrom, of walnut Hill, i" near Cock
| eysville.
| Black Rock, Baltimore county, are spending
| some time at the Hotel Lexington, Atlantic
| City, n. J.
Mr.. Frank Long, well known contractor
| of Canton, has announced that he will be
Republican candidate for County Commission
er next year.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Stevenson, whose beau
tlful farm is situated near Sherwood N. G. r.
R., went to Atlantic City on Thursday to spend
several weeks.
Col. D. NJ. Matthews who had been sick
and confined to his home, "Brookwood," Du-
lany's Valley, for nealy two weeks, is again
able to be out.
MIR. Thomas A. Whelan, of the law firm
of Whelan q Whelan, accompanied by bis
wife and daughter will sail from New York
for Europe today.
Mrs. Henry T. Douglas Jr., of Pittsburg,
Pa, is spending some time with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Todd, of North Point,
Baltimore county.
MIR. George G. Tracey, proprietor of Hotel
Towson. has been transferred from quarter
First AIarriS.ad Raai M on
Miss Eta M. Cook of Greencastle, Pa,
who was spending some time at Atlantic City,
is now visiting her brothers, Prof. A. s. Cook
and Mr.. Elmer J. Cook, of Towson.
Mrs. j. @. Cooper, formerly of Towson,
who spent several months with her daughter,
Mrs. DeWarren Barnett, of Newark, N. j.,
has returned to her home at Walbrook.
Rev. James Shaw, pastor Of Hereford,
the upper end of this county, has been granted
months vacation by his congregations.
Mrs. Smart, wife of DR.. L. Gibbons Smart,
of Roland Park. was successfully operated on
for peritonitis at the Church Home and In
Urinary, Baltimore, on Thursday morning
The engagement is announced of Miss
Beulah G. Miller daughter of exSheriff Silas
V. Miller, of Mt. Carmel, Baltimore county,
and Rev. William E. Brown, of Garrett, Pa.
Mrs. William Nelson Brown is visiting her
parents, Col. and Mrs. B. F. Taylor, at Mount
Peru" near Bradshaw, 18th district. She is
on her way from the West to her home in
Virginia.
Mrs. Risteau, of Towson, wife of Mr..
William M. Risteau, of the firm of Slade &
Risteau, accompanied by her children, is Wis.,
ting her mother, Mrs. James Amoss, of Har-
| ford county.
Mrs. Ann Gent, widow of John r. Gent,
who was well known 9Th district farmer,
celebrated her Goth birthday few days ago.
! She makes her home with her son, Mr.. Orrick
| W. Gent, of Chestnut Ridge.
Misses Marie, jamie, Margaret and Molie
Burke, daughters of Judge N. Charles Burke,
their aunt, Mrs. VIM. W. Lewis, of Clarks-
burg, Montgomery county, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar H. Cans, Of Beau
mont" Govanstown, will sail from New York
for Europe today, returning about the middle
| of September. Mr.. Cans is the head of the
well known law firm of Cans & Hannah.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis T. Homer, who went
abroad on their wedding trip, returned to their
| home at Sherwood, N. G. R. R., this week.
| Mrs. Homer was formerly Miss Jennie Abel,
only daughter of the late George w. Abel.
Lieut.. Frank r. Mccoy, U. s. A., of Gen.
Leonard Woods staff, this week visited his
| aunt Mrs. 0. G. Horton, at Loreley Balti-
more county, prior to his departure for Europe
army.
Frederick L. Emge, who served two years
| in the U. s. Army in the Philippines, and
was honorably discharged few months ago,
has re-enlisted and left this week for Fort
| Washington. He is a son of Mr.. John Emge,
| of Towson.
Mr. Edward s. Choate son of Mr.. E. S.
| W. Choate, of the I'd district who has been a
student at Cornell University, Ithica, N. Y,
| has secured a position in the mechanical engi-
neering department of Mount Clare shops,
| Baltimore.
President Richmond, of the Maryland
| State Bar Association, has appointed Col. d.
| G. Mcintosh, a member of the Judicial Ad-
ministration and Legal Reform Committee.
! and Mr. Elmer J. Cook a member of the com.
mittee on Legal Biography.
-Messrs. William B. Sands, Charles A.
| Councilman and E. Cuttings Merryman, of
| Baltimore county, who are members of the
| board of trustees, attended the meeting of the
stockholders of the Maryland Agricultural
| College, held on Wednesday.
Rev. w. H. II. Powers rector of Trinity
| Church, Towson, who had an attack of tonsi-
| litis that rendered him unable to attend to his
ministerial duties, is still confined to his home
| DR.. Jackson Piper is attending him and his
early recovery is hoped for.
Col. and Mrs. Thomas Janney, of "Marga-
| ret Meadows" Green Spring Valley, who are
| spending the summer at Newport, r. l., cele-
brated the thirty-ninth anniversary of their
marriage few days ago, upon which occasion
they received large number of their friends.
| MIR. Patrick Reddington, the well known
Baltimore contractor, who owns fine farm
near Towson, will leave about August LIST for
| the Virginia Warm Springs. He will be ac-
| companied by his daughter. Mr.. Reddington
is an almost constant sufferer from rheuma-
| tism.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Langdon, of North
Gilmor street, Baltimore, who had been visit
| ing their cousin, Miss Sarah C.Pruitt, of Chase,
| Baltimore county, have returned to their
home Mr.. Robert A. Pruitt, of the Custom
House, Baltimore, has also been the guest of
| his sister at Chase
| Governor Smith has appointed Mrs. John
M. Carter, ST., of Mt. Washington, member
| of the commission authorized by act of the
| Legislature to promote the establishment and
efficiency of free public libraries and public
school libraries, and to organize and conduct
travelling libraries.
Among the delegates appointed by Gov.
Smith to the fifth annual convention of the
international mining congress which will meet
| in Butte, Mont, September LIST to 9th, are
| Messrs Rufus K. Wood and Frank Ehlen, of
Baltimore county. The delegation from Mary
land will be headed by Ex-Governor Lloyd
| Lowndes.
| MIN. S.Secord, superintendent of Pleasant
Plains Dairy Farm, on the Joppa road, east of
Towson, is making the acquaintance of many
of our people and is pushing his business with
an intelligence and energy that does him much
| credit. Pleasant Plains Farm is owned by
Mrs. T. Harrison Garrett, of Evergreen, I"
Charles street avenue.
The many friends of Mr.. Walter B. War.
ner will regret to learn that he is still sick and
unable to leave his home-the rectory of st.
James P. e. Church, My Lady's Manor. 1t
will be remembered that he had an attack OF
pneumonia in Annapolis just about the time
of the adjournment of the Legislature last
| spring, and that after he was able to come
home he had typhoid fever.
Mr. Robert H. Smith, well known mem'
Der of the Baltimore bar will sail for Europe
today and spend several months abroad fol-
health and recreation. Mr.. Smith has been
superintendent of the Sunday school of the
Second Presbyterian Church thirty.ive years
and last Sunday the school held special meet.
ing to bid him good-by. He was also presented
by the school with pair of field glasses. The
wife and daughter of Mr.. Smith accompanied
him.
"A reunion of the Kessler family-the first
in fifteen years-took place on Sunday last al
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Kessler, OIL
Butler, Baltimore county, who have been mar
ried forty-two years. All the children and
grandchildren were present and a number OF
neighbors participated in the festivities. Mr.
Kessler is engaged in the canning business,