The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-04-16
Personal Mention
Mrs. Albert T. Love, of "Loveton," on
The York turnpike, is suffering from an attack

| Personal Mention
Mrs. Albert T. Love, of "Loveton." on
| the York turnpike, is suffering from an attack
| of pneumonia.
Mr.. James H. Flagg, New York business
| man who owns the old Buchanan farm, on the
! Hillen road was here this week.
-Ex Sheriff w. Smithson Forwood, of Bel.
| air, paid visit to Towson this week and called
| ON number of his friends here.
Mr.. E. Cuttings Merryman, of Baltimore
| county, has been reelected a member of the
board Of trustees of the Maryland Agricultural
College.
Miss Annabelle Stevenson of yellow
ship" near Towson, who spent month with
her friend, Mrs. Van Dusen, of Germantown,
Pa, has returned.
Mrs John T. Ehsor, of Mt. Washington,
who spent the past winter at Summerville, s.
c., for the benefit of her health, has returned
to her home much improved.
MIR. Oliver Grimes, of the Westminster bar
was few days ago admitted to practice in the,
Circuit Court for Baltimore county, on motion
of Mr.. Emanuel w. Herman.
Mr.. George NJ. Lamb and family, who
spent the past winter in Baltimore, have re-
turned to their country place, 'Cedarcroft,"
near GOvanstown, for the summer.
MIR. and Mrs. Francis A. Hancock, of Bal
timore, have rented and are now occupying
one of Mr.. G. E. Thomas cottages in South
1OWsOu. lu6y IOTIutIly ICSiutQ ucIc.
Mr.. George ID. Belt well known citizen
of the 9th district, and a member of one of
Baltimore countys oldest and largest families
was among the visitors to Towson on Tuesday.
On Thursday afternoon of last week Mrs.
William D. Wight and Mrs. r. Dunlop Wight
entertained about thirty of their lady friends
at card party at the Cockeysville Country
Club.
Mr.. N. Bosley Merryman, ex Clerk of the
Circuit Court, was in Towson this week. He
is now actively engaged in farming the fine
Hayfelds estate in the 9th district, near Cock
eysville.
DIR James H. Jarrett, of Towson, and his
brother DR.. Martin l.. Jarrett, of Jarrettsville
have returned from Newark, Ohio, where they
went to visit their cousin, Mr.. Luther john
son, of that place.
Mr.. Thaddeus C. Blair who was for some
years connected with the old Ashland furnace,
called on some of his friends at Cockeysville
this week. He is now engaged in mining OPP
erations in Tennessee.
-Messrs. Charles w. Slagle, G. A. E. Spamer
and L. Scott Carswell were among those elected
members of the board of managers of the
Maryland Sunday School Union, the annual
meeting of which was held in Baltimore on
Tuesday.
Mr.. John H. Grill, of Baltimore, who
purchased the cottage of Mr.. Henry l.. Bowen,
on May avenue, Towson, moved into it last
Monday. Mr.. Grill, who is member of the
bar, married the eldest daughter of Prof. James
E. Green.
Mr.. L. D. Offutt. of the insurance firm of
Offutt, Wright & Emmart, has become resi-.
dent of TOwsOn and is now occupying part OF
Mr.. Elmer j. Cooks cottage on West Pennsyl-
vania avenue, until recently the home of Mr..
w. W. Crosby.
Mrs. Eliza Smith, of Baltimore, widow of
Sidney Smith, who was well known farmer
of the 18th district, and her sister, Miss Naomi
Morgan. paid visit to friends in Towson this
week. They are daughters of the late George
Morgan, of Dulany's Valley.
Rev H. B. Phelps, of New York, who, as
stated in THE Union last week, has received
call to the rectorshlp of Trinity Church, Long
Green, will conduct service in that church on
Sunday morning, April oath. 1t is thought
the call of the vestry will be accepted.
Mr.. ID. Sterett Cuttings, popular real es-
tate agent of Baltimore city, was among the
visitors to Towson on Tuesday. He is a native
of Baltimore county and son of the late
Richard J. Cuttings, who was in his day one of
the leading lawyers of the Maryland bar.
Mr.. Frank 1. Duncan, of the Towson bar,
continues to be mentioned as possible ap-
pointee by the Board of Public Works to the
Office of State Insurance Commissioner. Mr.:
Lloyd Wilkinson, the present incumbent, Will
remain in Office until December next. He is
an applicant for reappointment.
The people of IOwSOn are much pleased at
the return by the Methodist Protestant Confer
ence this week of Rev. j. L. Straughn, pastor
Oh DdltlmOT6 OlTCult, IOT duOJucT year. A1O
has been a resident of this place two years and
the many friends he has made in that time
would have been sorry to have seen him sent
elsewhere.
Rev. William D. Litzinger, member Of
the Baltimore Conference of the NJ. P. Church,
was placed on the superanuated list by the
Conference this week. Mr.. Litzinger, who
joined the Conference in 1863, is native Of
Towson and brother of Mrs. John F. Conrey.
He has son who is member of the same
Conference.
Rev. John R. Edwards, who was returned
as pastor of Towson NJ. E. Church for another
year, and his family, were rendered reception
in the lecture room of the church on Tuesday
night, by the Epworth League. After some
suitable exercises, including an address by Mr..
James E. Dunphy president of the league, re-
freshments were served.
bourne avenue, near Govanstown, will sail for
Liverpool early next week and remain abroad
ident of the Chesapeake Betting Company,
was given a farewell dinner on Tuesday night
by the Victoria Club, of Baltimore. He is
treasurer and poet of the club.
DIR. and Mrs. Joseph R. Owens of Hyatts-
vile, Nd, have issued invitations to the we'd
ding of their daughter, Miss Alice Council
man Owens, and Mr.. GeorgeBenjamin Luckey,
the wedding to take place in Pinkney Memo.
rial Church, Hyattsville, Wednesday, April
Goth. The prospective bride is niece of Mr..
Charles A. Councilman, of Worthington Val
ley, Baltimore county.
Mr.. Johnzey Burnham, of Baltimore, was
among the callers at The UNION office this
week. He is a native of Baltimore county
and was born near Sater's Church, on the Falls
road, eghty-two years ago, on farm where
his father was also born. Mr.. Burnham is re-
lated to the Cockey, Merryman, Gill and Bond
families of this county and has an extensive
acquaintance here having been engaged in
business in the county for nearly three'qua
tiers of century.
The Relair Agis of last week said: "Dr.
William L. Smith, of Jarrettsville has decided
to give up the practice of medicine and will re-
move to Sherwood, Baltimore county, where
he has purchased property. DIR. Smith will
be greatly missed by his large clientage as
well as those with whom he came in contact in
a social way. Although not native of this
county he has formed many friendships dur
ing the years that he has been here that will
endure through life. He leaves his present
home with the best wishes of all the neigh
bors."
The Stone Would Not Stand the Test
A fierce bonfire blazed for several hours in
Marsh Market space, Baltimore, few days
ago. while city officials, builders and architects
stood in a circle watching it, for the fire had
been started around some building material
which it was proposed to test.
The object of the test was to demonstrate
the fireproof qualities of stone found at the
ROCKS OF Deer creek, on the Mo. o. Td hdll-
road, but the stone failed to behave in a man.
ner greatly different from what might be ex-
pected from most other stones.
fireplace was built of ordinary brick gath
cred from nearby ruins. The Hartford county
stone with some cement bricks and one or two
specimens of marble, were laid across the top
and the fire started underneath and on all
sides of the materials Four men were kept
busy piling cordwood on the blaze, and coal oil
was thrown on by the bucketful to make the
fire burn the fiercer.
After the flames had ragged for nearly two
hours water from fire hose was thrown on
the pile and the stones raked out. The new
stone, in which the percentage of silica runs
high, and which is claimed to be used as a
lining for blast furnaces, came out in pieces,
having been cracked by the heat and the sudden
contact with cold water. few of the cement
bricks were gotten out whole, but the most of
them cracked into pieces that crumbled when
pressed in ones fingers. The common red
bricks stood the heat and water best of all.
Want Properties Sold.-Mr. Reister Rus
sell, trading as Russell & Bro, has filed cred
itor's bill against Mrs. Elsie Shipley and others
as the heirs at law of the late John t. Boswell.
The object of the bill is to have lot of real
estate in the 4th district sold to satisfy debt
due to plaintiff. Mr.. Jefferson d. Norris APP
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