The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-02-28
Personal Mention

-Ex-County Treasurer Alfred Fowble, OF
the 5th district, was initiated in the Towson
Lodge of Elks on Tuesday night last
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wyatt, of Crisfeld
Md, are visiting the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Bond, of Western Run Valley,
! DIR, Charles H. Brace and wife, of Cumber-
| land, Nd were the guests several DAYS this
week of Judge and Mrs. N. Charles Burke, of
| Towson.
/ Miss Marion Chapman and Miss Anne
Gephart, of Dixon Park, Mt Washington. are
| spending several weeks with the Misses Chip
man, of West Philadelphia.
| Mr.. Samuel Ceilings, of Lutherville who
had suffered much lately from rheumatism of
the eyes, had an operation performed at hos
| pital in Baltimore and is now much better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Rodgers, of Bal
timore county, accompanied by their daughter,
| Margaret, sailed from New York for ENGLAND
last Saturday. They will remain abroad
year.
Mr.. William II. Lawrence, we'll known
young attorney of the 18th district, has an
nounced his candidacy for the Republican
nomination for States Attorney of Baltimore
county.
Rev Alonzo H. Green, pastor of the
Methodist Protestant Church at Roxbury, Pa.
is visiting his father, Mr.. John W. Green. of
the 9Th district, who has been very sick with
pneumonia.
The Governor on Wednesday appointed
Mr.. Jacob NJ. Pearce, well known citizen and
farmer of My Lady Manor Baltimore county,
one of the Maryland commissioners to the St.
Louis Exposition.
Mr.. Jackson Wilson, one of the Oldest
farmers of the 10th district, will sell off his
stock and implements on the 10th of March
and retire from the business. His wife died
several weeks ago.
Mrs. William Price. whose farm is on the
Pot Spring road, is very sick at this time. She
is daughter of the late Frederick Smith. of
DnlanUlq Nf
Parker Bosley, of Towson.
COL Joshua H. Cockey, a well known
farmer of the 10th district, who was in Tow
son on Thursday, announced his candidacy for
the State Senate. He was a member of the
House of Delegates in 1884.
Mr.. Y. Householder, of the 18th district,
who is deputy collector of internal revenue,
intends to make pleasure trip to Europe the
coming spring. He will visit London, Paris,
Brussels and many other places of interest.
Mrs. Cockey, wife of Mr.. Joshua F .Cockey,
president of the Cockeysville National Bank,
who had been sick with pneumonia, is much
improved. Mr.. Cockey was also confined to
the house several days with an attack of grip.
Mr.. Matthias Arnold, who is resident of
the 18th district, is visiting his son-in-law, Mr.
Q. P. Barnett, who lives near Towson. He is
in his 98th year and still enjoys reasona-
bly, good health. Mr. Arnold reads without
glasses.
County Commissioners Knox, Slade and
Yellott paid a visit to Sparrow's Point few |
days ago. After inspecting the splendid plant
of the Maryland Steel Company they exam.
ined the site for the new forty-thousand dol |
lar school house soon to be erected there.
Mrs. James, of ResterstOwn, wife of Rev. |
Flemming James, who is now missionary in |
China, will leave some time next month for |
Shanghai to join her husband. She will be |
accompanied by her sister, Miss Sadie Goodwin. |
Mr.. G. Albert Mays of Baltimore county,
who is one Of the leading Democratic candi. |
dates for Clerk of the Circuit Court, enter
Hotel Rennert, Baltimore, on Saturday last. |
Mr.. Mays is a successful farmer and dairyman
in the 9TH district and says there is no opposi-
ton there to his candidacy.
On Saturday last Mr.. Samuel M Shoe
maker, of Burnside" Green Spring Valley,
State director of farmers institutes; Mr.. f. A.
Converse, of Woodville. N. Y, and Mr.. A. D. |
Shamel, of Taylorsville, Ill. The two last |
named gentlemen addressed the institute at
Towson, on the 10Th instant.
The fourth quarterly conference of Balti-
more Circuit, NJ. P. Church, which met at
Towson on Saturday last, elected Mr.. Orrick
W. Gent, of Grace Church, delegate to the
Annual Conference which meets this year at |
Pocomoke City. The conference also passed
resolution asking for the return of the present
pastor Rev. ]. L. Straughn for another year.
Mr.. William 7. Price, of North Caroline
street. Baltimore. was among the callers at !
THE UNION office on Tuesday. He is native
of Hartford county and still owns the farm in
Abingdon district that descended to him from
his grandfather, who erected the stone build
ings on it that are still doing duty today. Mr.. |
Price, now ~ years of age, has been an ardent
sportsman in his day and especially fond of
fox-hunting as was his father before him.
whose name was John Price. Mr.. Price went |
to Baltimore to live the day that President lin
coin was assassinated and he has been there |
ever since He retired from active business a |
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