The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-03-19
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DIR B. +. Price, well known physician
of the 9th district, is suffering from slight
attack of paralysis and grip.
Mr.. Walter 3. Warner, private secretary
| tn Hon. j. Fred c. Talbot, was among the
visitors to Towson on Tuesday.
| Col. David G. Mcintosh and family, who
spent part of the past winter in Baltimore, re-
| turned to their home in Towson this week.
/ Mr.. ] Maurice Watkins. Jr., stenographer
and typewriter in the Circuit Court, has been
elected secretary of Towson Lodge of the
order of Elks.
Mrs. Harry carp. of Govapstown, sub
mitted to an operation for appendicitis at the
| Union Protestant Infirmary, in Baltimore, on
Monday last. She is improving.
| Misses Annabelle and Martha Lee Steven
son, of Fellowship" near Towson, have
been spending some days with their friend,
| Major Thomas B. Catch, of the County
Clerk Office, who was sick several weeks with
| tonsolitis at his home on the Belair road, has
recovered sufficiently to resume bis duties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Deford have taken
house at Luray, Va, where Mr.. Deford has
business interests. They will not return to
| Oakdene, Green Spring Valley, until July.
Capt. g. NJ. Mullin, of Towson, after quite
a severe attack of grip of six-weeks' duration,
has gotten out again. Capt. Mullin is an APP
plicant under Gov. Warfeld for State Boiler
Inspector
Mr.. A. T. Bennett of Stuyvesant Falls,
| N. Y, was in Towson few days ago. He is
| representative of The Country Gentleman, the
Oldest and best agricultural publication in the
| United States.
Mr.. Thomas Edward Hambleton, Jr., of
the freshman class at Harvard, will be MEM
| Der of this years college cricket team. He is
grandson of Mr.. T. Edward Hambleton, of
| "Hambledune," near Lutherville.
Mr. and Mrs. John d. G. Duncan, of Mar
BILE Hill, near Cockeysville, will celebrate the
fiftieth anniversary of their marriage on Tues
day, March 10Th. They are the parents of ex-
| States Attorney Frank 1. Duncan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Webb have sent
| out invitations for the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Mary Gator, to Mr.. Philip George Crom-
well, to take place on the evening of Easter
Monday, at their residence in Baltimore.
Mrs. Merryman. wife of Mr.. James Mex.
Merryman, of the County Clerks office, who
had been sick for some time at her home on
the Falls road, north of Brooklandwood was
better on Friday morning, 18th instant.
COL Charles B. Rogers, of Green Spring
Valley, formerly County School Examiner,
was O visitor to Towson this week. He de-
clares that it is next to impossible for him to
secure any help on his Lystra estate in the
Mr. George May, secretary of the Mary
land Club and a gentleman well known
socially in Baltimore, is about to enter the
banking house of Messrs. Alex: Brown q Sons.
He was formerly member OF the brokerage
firm of Orrick & May.
Sneaker Everhart, of the House of Dele
gates and Mrs. Everhart assisted the Governor
and Mrs. Warfeld at the general reception ten
dered the members of the Legislature and their
families at the Executive Mansion in Annapo-
lis on Thursday night.
Mrs. Warner, widow of Rev. George K.
Warner, for many years rector of st. James
Parish, Ny Lady's Manor. who for several
weeks was under treatment for erysipelas at a
hospital in Baltimore. was able to leave that
inot ON Tr1oc
DR. A. G. McCurdy of Towson on Thurs
day made formal application to Gov. Warfield
for appointment as superintendent OF the Mary
land House of Correction. He was accom-
panied by Senator Biddison and the members
of the Baltimore county delegation in the
House.
Mrs. Sarah Feast, who for a number of
years was postmistress at Towson, has been
very sick for some time at her home here and
requires the constant attention of her daugh-
tiers. She is the widow of Samuel Feast, once
a well known fruit culturist and farmer near
Cockeysville.
Mr.. J. Clarence Francis, who has been
teaching the school at Oakland, 9Th district,
succeeds Miss Grace DeBruler as principal of
the school at Poplar, 14th district. Miss De-
Bruler became Mrs. g. H. Brendell Candles
last Saturday.
Mr.. c. Harris Ceilings, formerly chief clerk
and auditor in the office of the County Com
missioners, is very sick at the home of his sis
ter, MIS-. M. w. AIuOS, III lJulucINIlIC. 1uC
mother of Mr.. Ceilings, who is the widow of
Samuel Ceilings, is suffering from second
stroke of paralysis.
Mr.. William W. Chambers, who for several
years was conductor in the service of the
United Railways Company, lately on the pos
tai car running to Towson, has given up that
position and will engage in farming in the LIST
district, having taken the property of his
late fatherin law, Mr.. John A. Briscoe.
Mr.. William MeniDger. of Putty Hill, Bel
accidentally shot through her left leg about
two weeks ago, is also much better. The acct
dent happened while her son was cleaning a
pistol. DR.. L. l. Whiteford attended them.
Mr.. Edgar G. Mitchell, of Baltimore
county, stands at the head of the list of those
who passed the recent civil service examina-
ton for clerkships in the Baltimore postof6ce.
His average is 1910. Mr.. Mitchell, who is
principal of the public school at Gardenville,
is son of the late Joseph B. Mitchell, of
Towson.
Mr.. Randolph Mordecai, who has been
living abroad since his marriage, returned a
few days ago to look after some business inter
ests in Baltimore and has been visiting his
sister, Mrs. George Lane Harrison, of Steven
son, Green Spring Valley. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mordecai will spend the coming summer in
| Switzerland.
Mr.. Abraham Bell, of Baltimore city, who
will be 100 years old if he lives until the 18th
| of July next, was born in the old 18th district
| of Baltimore county at what is now known as
| Middle River. His father, John Bell, was
| soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mr.. Bell
has sons, % grandchildren and % great
| grandchildren. -,
| this week at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
| Keedy, in Hagerstown, his old trouble having
| again made its appearance. DR.. Stitt was OBJ
| liged to resign the pastorate of Govanstown
| M. L. Church some time ago on account of the
condition of his health. He is well known in
1 Dali
An Annapolis correspondent of The Balti
| more Ne,cs saws: cavalier Townsend said
Delegate today, lis very foxy this session, and
nobody knows where he stands on any ones
| ton. OF course, we all realize that Walter has
| irons in the fire somewhere but he is keeping
| his own counsel Incidentally, it can be re-
| marked that MIR. Townsend is always immacu-
lately attired and is one Of the best-dressed men
here"
Mr.. Alexander Dance, of Baltimore, for.
merly q we'll known miller and farmer OF Du-
| lany's Valley, called on some of his friends in
Towson last Thursday. He is just recovering
from an attack of grip and is in the enjoyment
of fairly good health. Mr.. Dance said the
past winter was the most severe he remember
ed since that of 1856, when he drove in
sleigh across the SusquehanDa river at Port
Deposit on ice that was over 30 inches thick.
Mr.. Henry Green, prosperous business
man OF Sweet Air, 10th district, was among the
callers al THE UNION Office this week: His
WISH recalled IdCJ tudb NC 10 vi tDC AoeO
Henry Green, highly respected German
farmer who died few years ago at the age OF
85 having spent the greater part Of bis life in
that district. He left several sons, all citizens
of Baltimore county, and they have proved
themselves worthy examples Of an industrious
and excellent father.
Mr.. John v. Wilson, who has rented bis
farm in Long Green Valley, will sell of lot OF
stock, implements &C.. at public sale, on Wed
nesday, March Both. This will be the first sale
to take place on this farm in period of fifty
seven years. The property descended to its
present owner from his grandfather, the late
Charles Wilson Mr.. John NJ. Prigel, who
conducts the Samuel M. Rankin farm, has
rented Mr. Wilson's farm also, the two places
adjoining each other.
The family of Mr.. Samuel ]. Ady. 6
prominent farmer who lives near Sharon sta
ton, Maryland & Pennsylvania r. r., ha:
been passing through a serious ordeal OF ty
phoid. Mr. and Mrs. Ady, their three Oldest
children and Mrs. Ady's mother, who lives
with them, have been critically ill with thu
fever. but are now thought to be out OF dan
ger. DR.. Smithson, of Forest Hill, has hat
Charge of all the cases. and three trained
nurses have been in attendance.
Circuit Court.-In the matter of the estate
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