The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-10-25
Personal Mention

scnool at Hereford, 18th district is sick at her
home, near Fork.
Mr.. A. Crawford Smith and family. who
spent the summer at Pikesville, have returned
to their city residence, Cos st. Paul street.
MI. VIM. Q. Meads, who for some years
successfully conducted marble yard at New
freedom, N. G. R. R., has removed to York
Haven, Pa.
DIR. and Mrs. Jackson Piper. of Towson.
have taken house on East Eager street, Bal.
tmore, Tor the winter, and will occupy it early
next month.
Mrs. Edward A. Cockey of Worthington
valley, is spending month in Boston with
ner brother, Prof: William T. Councilman, of
Harvard University.
-Messrs. w. o. B. Wright and ]. w. B..
clayton, well known citizens of the 18th dis
trict, are spending this week at Frederick, Nd
and enjoying the fair.
Mr.: Walter .. Causey, well known as an
active EpWorth League worker in this county,
has been very sick for some time with typhoid
fever at his home in Govanstown.
Miss Mary T. Ridgely, daughter of Mr..
benjamin I. Ridgely, of the Sth district, who
had been visiting friends at Wilmington, Kent
county has returned to her home
Mr.. Howard Gore, who has been engaged
IN 1ne manufacture of paper near Freeland, N.
z. K. r., has leased his mill and will go to
DAKOTA for the benefit of his health.
Mr.. ID. II. Rice, of Valley View Stock
Farm, near Towson, and Mr.. Arthur Brogden,
LynchbuIg (Va.) Horse Show this week.
| Mr.. Harry c. Horner, president of the
| overland Hunt Club, is one of the incorpora-
tors OF the Crook-Horner Company just Or
ganlzed in Baltimore with capital stock of
$4,000.
MIR. A. ]. Cassatt, president of the Penn
| syivania Railroad Company, and Mrs. Cassatt,
spent last Saturday and Sunday with their
daughter, Mrs. W. Plunkett Stewart, at her
home in Green Spring Valley.
| M
cottage, near Stevenson, Green Spring Valley
next week and remove to Baltimore for the
| winter Mr.. Wolff is a member of the well
known law firm of Niles & Wolff.
--The engagement is announced of Miss
4 Bessie V. Chenoweth, of Hanover, Pa, to Mr..
Eldridge E. Henderson, only son Of Mrs.
Mary L. Henderson, of Towson The wedding
will take place on Tuesday, October 28th.
/ Mr.. A, A. Piper, member of the bar, who
had been very sick several weeks at his home,
| Glen-Arm, 18th district, was able to come to
Towson, on Friday, oath inst. Mrs. Piper,
who has alss been critically ill, is slightly i'm
| proved.
Miss Bessie Brady, daughter of Mrs.
Samuel Brady of Towson, has gone to Raleigh,
| N. o., to speno some time with friends. Her
sister, Miss Mary Brady, left on Thursday for
Pittsburg where she will spend the winter
with her aunt, Mrs. Austin.
Rev. William Dallam Morgan, the new
rector of st. johns P. E. Church, Waverly,
conducted service there for the first time last
Sunday. Rev. Mr.: Morgan, who has many
acquaintance in Baltimore county, comes
from Seacliffe, Long Island, N. Y.
MIR. Howard l.. Rider, of Sherwood, N
c. r. R., will be married on the 26th of next
month to Miss Smith, of Frederick county
Md. The prospective groom is the youngest
son of the late John Rider and brother of
| Mr.. Harrison Rider, Register of Wills.
| Miss Kittie Councilman, daughter of Mr.
| and Mrs Charles A. Councilman, of Bloom
| field" Worthington Valley, who had been
| travelling abroad some months in company
with her cousin, Miss Christine Owens, of Hy-
| attsville, Nd, has returned to her home.
The engagement of Miss Grace Small Her
| man, daughter of Capt. Emanuel Herman, of
Lutherville, to Mr.. Robert Ellicott Wier, son
of Mr.. Charles II. Wier, is announced. The
wedding will take place Wednesday, Novem-
Der 18th, in ST. Paul's Lutheran Church, Luth-
| erville.
MIR. William Payne Cooper manager at
Salt Lake City, Utah, for the directory pub
fishing firm of R. L. Polk & Co., called on a
number of his friends here this week. He is
native Of Towson and son of the late Nell
son Cooper and Mrs. ]. G. Cooper, of Walbrook.
Baltimore.
Mr.. Joshua F. Cockey, president of the
Cockeysville National Bank and his brother
in-law, Mr.. Robert H. Bussey, of the Towson
bar, who spent nearly week in New York
city as the guests of their cousin, Mr.. Edward
| G. Cockey, purchasing agent for the Western
Union Telegraph Company, returned on Thurs
day.
ries of Mr.. Charles A. Hook, Jr., contractor
near Dickeyville, called on some of his Towson
friends on Friday, oath inst He is a native of
Chestnut Ridge, and will be remembered by
many as one of the popular conductors on the
York road car line before the introduction of
electricity.
Mr.. John s. Ensor, ex-state's Attorney
OF Baltimore county, is gaining notoriety as a
tennis player and he has beaten some of the
best players on the Mt. Washington courts.
Baltimore paper noticing his work with the
racquet says: "Mr. Ensor's rapid development
| of skill is considered remarkable, as be has
bvss on the courts but short time'
Mr.. George M. FulIZ, who was manager
| of the Beckleysville paper mill at the time it
was burned, two weeks ago. was in Towson on
| Monday. He says the cause of the fire is q
mystery, but it is singular fact that the three
| 6res that have destroyed the mill occurred
| each time between the same hours of the
night The property will not be rebuilt.
| Mr.. Howard L. Rider and Mr.. Allen Ste
venson, of Sherwood, N. c. R. R., drove to
the Frederick fair this week. Other Balti-
more countians who attend the fair were Mr.
Harrison Rider, Register of Wills, Mr.. e. Git
| tings Merryman, Mr.. William B. Cockey, Mr..
Arthur P. Shanklin, secretary of the Baltimore
County Agricultural Society, and Mr.. John E.
| Erwin.
The congregation of Govanstown Pres
| byterian Church rendered an elaborate recep-
! ton on Tuesday evening to their new pastor,
Rev. Wilfred w. Shaw. The church and
chapel were handsomely decorated and re-
freshments were served in the latter. Mr.. Fl.
| B. l.. Everding presided and introduced those
who made addresses. The attendance was
large and the affair was much enjoyed.
County Commissioners Knox and Slade
spent Tuesday night with their colleague, Com
missioner Yellott, at his home, Ridgeview
| Tor Vallou A rlo mt foat 1fo
of the occasion was surprise party rendered
| to Mr.. Knox by number of his friends who
came up from Lauraville in four-horse bus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yellott received the party in a
most hospitable manner and provided hand
| somely for them.
Mr.. Charles H. Cooper, of Richmond,
Wayne county, Ind, who came East to attend
| the Grand Army encampment in Washington,
spent week with his brother Mr.. William
| T. Cooper, of Parkton, 9TH district. Mr..
| Cooper, who is native of this county, went
| West Immediately after the close of the Civil
! War and has ever since been engaged in farm
| ing in Indiana. This was his first visit to
Maryland in fifteen years.
Oscar Kemp Tolley, of Taylor, Hartford
county, was the only Marylander who passed
the examinations required to qualify them for
appointment from civil life to the Regular
Army and he will be nominated by the Pres-
dent to the Senate as second lieutenant. Mr..
| Tolley stood fourth in class of thirty -one and
| being among Tue lTSI LeH ne Will nave LDe
choice as to which arm of the service he de-
sires to serve. He has many friends and &C.
quantances in Baltimore county.
To Receive the Spanish Gun.-On Tues
day the County Commissioners received a let
ter from Mr.. William Tyler Page, Republican
nominee for Congress in this district, stating
that the Spanish gun that had been presented
to the county by the United States Govern
ment, was ready for delivery and suggested
that November LIST be fixed upon as the date
for the Board to receive it. Mr.. Page said
that it was expected that Secretary of the Navy
Moody would be present at the reception of
| the gun. Commissioner Yelott suggested
that the reception be made the occasion of
patriotic demonstration, in which all of the
citizens of the county be invited to participate.
He said:
4 las this gun was captured at the battle of
Santiago by that gallant Maryland hero, Ad-
miral Winfield Scott Schley, who won that
great naval victory, suggest that he be invited
to be present and receive the gun on behalf of
the State and county"
Mr.. Frank l. Duncan said be had been in
formed that Admiral Sohley was now away,
but would return in about ten days He said
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