The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-21
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Mr.. George Scott an aged and well known
farmer of Chestnut Ridge is recovering from
a severe attack of erysipelas.
Miss Teresa Koenig, for some time organist
of St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Anthony
vile. Belair road, has resigned.
Mr. Richard McKindless, of the Baltimore
bar, was on Thursday admitted to practice in
the Circuit Court for Baltimore county.
The coming Annual Conference of the NJ.
f. Church will be asked for the return of Rev.
Frank K. Isaac. senior pastor of Great Falls
Circuit.
Capt. E. Herman, one of the directors of
the Towson National Bank, has been sick for
some days with grip and confined to his home
in Lutherville.
The Comptroller of the Currency at Wash
ington has approved of the election of Mr..
Duane H. Rice as vice-president of the Towson
National Bank
Mr.. Robert Garrett, of Charles street ave-
nue., has been elected a member of the board
of governors of the Baltimore Country Club
at Roland Park.
Mr. John l. Anderson, who lives on the
Hillen road, has been drawn to serve as a
petit Juror at the present term of the United
States District Court.
-Messrs. Elmer ]. Cook and Osborne 1. yell
lott of the Towson bar, spent two days this
week on the Susquehanna flats and had fine
sport with the ducks.
Mrs Elizabeth r. Stevenson, of Sherwood
who had been very sick several weeks with
pneumonia, has recovered sufficiently to be
able to leave her room.
Mrs Thomas Blair, of Kingsville. who
had been confined to her bed two weeks with
a severe attack of grip, is coDvalescent. She
is attended by DR.. John S. Green.
-Ex-Judge John Centrum continues sick at
his home in Gardenvlle. He is 81 years of
age and has been resident of that section of
the county more than half century.
Mr. William II. Wight. of Cockeysville,
who is member of the Spanish gun commit
tee, was in Towson on Thursday looking after
some matters connected with that affair.
Mr.. and Mrs: Charles M. Wyatt, of Girls
field, Nd, who had been visiting the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Bond, of Western
Run Valley, have returned to their home.
Messrs. n. Rufus Gill & Sons, is a Demo
cratic candidate for the First Branch City
Council in the 18th ward of Baltimore city.
DIR. Frank r. Rich, of Towson, was in
Belair the greater part of the present week as
ssting the State in the Watts murder case DR..
J.Royston Green was also witness in the case.
MIR. George Whitelock, the well known
member of the bar, has been elected president
of the Maryland Country Club, whose beauti-
full house and grounds are on Park Heights
avenue.
Mr.. Thomas J. Halle, Jr., of Baltimore,
formerly of Baltimore county, who lately sub
mitted to an operation for appendicitis at
recovered.
Mr.. w. Mitchell Digges, a young attorney
and farmer of La Plata, Charles county, Nd,
paid visit to Locust Vale Stock Farm, Tow
son, on Thursday last for the purpose of buy
ing pair of mules.
Mr.. William G. Spottswood. of Washing
ton, D. c., came to Towson on Wednesday to
attend the funeral of his sister Mrs. Jarrett,
wife of DIR. James H. Jarrett He occupies an
important position in the War Department.
Mr.. Samuel NJ. Shoemaker who had been
chosen member of the board of managers of
the Baltimore County Agricultural Society,
has resigned and Mr.. Edward A. Cockey, of
the 4th district, has been chosen in his place.
Miss Emily H. Bosley, of Taylors Island,
Dorchester county, is visiting her aunt. Mrs.
W. Winder Edmondson, of st. Paul street,
Baltimore She is a daughter of the late
Nicholas Marsh Bosley, of Baltimore county.
Rev. Dr. John f. Goucher was on Monday
last elected president of the American Metho-
dist Historical Society. Rev. w. W. Costin,
pastor of Hunts Circuit, Baltimore county,
was elected member of the board of directors.
Judge N. Charles Burke of Towson was
on Tuesday night elected first vice-president of
the Hibernian Society of Baltimore, which
celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of
its foundation with banquet at the Hotel
Rennert, on Tuesday night.
Mr.. J. Frank Parks, formerly of the 9Th
district, but who is now living at Waverly,
who was critically i'll the past week with
pneumonia and Brights disease, is now some
what improved. He is a brother of Mr..
Lawrence w. Parks, of Towson.
-Ex-Mayor Frank Herr, of Westminster,
has gone on pleasure trip to Cuba, accom-
panied by his brother-in-law, Rev. Charles s..
Trump, of Martinsburg, W. Va. Mr.. Herr is
a member of the firm of Herr Bros, we'll
known carriage builders of Westminster.
-Messrs. John Cowan, John A. Sheridan
and J. Henry Miller, all Baltimore county
men, are now successful contractors and build
ers in Baltimore, their names frequently ap-
pearing in the papers as successful bidders for
the erection of buildings of various kinds.
Rev. ]. j. Murray, who had been pastor
of st. Luke's Catholic Church, Sparrow's
Point, for some years, has been transferred by
Cardinal Gibbons to the church at Highland
and his people there part with him with much
reluctance.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rush Street, are visit.
ing the formers father, Mr. Charles H. STREET.,
of st. Paul street, Baltimore Mr.. STREET.,
who recently disposed of all his personal
property at Harrington" near Taylor, has
purchased house near Mt. Washington and
will shortly occupy it.
Among the subscribers to the banquet of
the Hibernian Society which took place at the
Hotel Rennert, Baltimore, on the evening of
st. Patrick g day were Judge N. Charles Burke,
Prof. James e. Green, ex-senator James J.
Lindsay. Col. NJ. W. Offutt, J. A. BokeI,
Stuart Kearney and Michael Padian, all of
Baltimore county.
Mr.. James E. Ingram, Sr., of this county,
has been reelected president of the Baltimore
City Missionary and Church Extension Socie-
ty. Rev. DR.. @. W. Baldwin, whose term as
presiding elder of West Baltimore District, M.
e. Church, expires at the session of conference
which begins April LIST, was elected superin-
tendent of the society.
Mr.. Randolph r. Richards the we'll known
contractor of Govanstown,t the past winter filled
eleven ice.houses cutting all the ice from Lake
Roland. The thickest secured was 8 inches
and the thinnest 5. Like the farmers Mr.
Richards experiences much trouble in securing
reliable help in his business and has almost
determined to give it up for this reason alone.
MIR. Louis ID. Green, who is a Democratic
candidate for nomination to the First Branch
City Council of Baltimore from the Fourth
ward, is a native of the 4th district of Balti-
more county. He learned the butchering bus
mess with ex-Sheriff Charles j. Beckley and
afterwards becamea railroader. He snow en-
gagged in the hotel business on North Paca
street.
Miss Jessie Slingluff Austin, daughter of
Mrs. Sidney F. Austin of Pittsburg, is visiting
her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. s. Proctor Brady, Of
Eutaw Place, Baltimore. The engagement of
Miss Austin and Mr.. Edward B. Day, of Pitts
burg, was recently announced. The prospec-
tive bride, who is niece of Mrs. Samuel
Brady, of Towson, is we'll known in Baltimore
city and county.
Rev. Jesse W. Norris, pastor of Eutaw NJ.
P. Church. Halls Spring, Hartford road, was
visitor to Towson on Thursday. He is a son
of the late Rev. r. s. Norris, who was a we'll
known Methodist minister of this county in
the Sos, and was born at Woodensburg, in the
4th district. Rev. Mr.. Norris is Just now pre-
pairing to begin the erection of new church
in the village of Lauraville.
Mr.. Daniel Vondersmith, one of the oldest
citizens of Reisterstown, who has conducted a
hotel in that town many years. was among the
visitors to Towson on Thursday. His father,
the late Peter Vondersmith, who was native
of Lancaster county, Pa, was the proprietor of
road houses on the Reisterstown pike nearly
fifty years. The greater part of the time he
conducted the 14-Mile House.
Mr.. Abraham Bell will celebrate his Goth
birthday at his home in Baltimore on the 9th
of July next. should his life be prolonged to
that time. He was born in Middle River Neck,
in the old 18th district of Baltimore county,
but spent the greater part of his life in Balti-
more. He is plasterer by trade, but gave
up the business many years ago. Considering
his age Mr.. Bell still enjoys excellent health.
MIR. Alfred c.. Hatch, of Lutherville has
been promoted to the position of individual
book-keeper in the Towson National Bank,
succeeding Mr.. James E. Green. Jr., who has
been elected cashier of the new National Bank
at New Freedom, N. q. r. R. Mr.. William G.
Kenney has been appointed assistant individual
book keeper, vice Mr.. Hatch, promoted. Mr..