The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-30
Personal Mention

Personal Mention
Mr. Frank Ehlen, Jr., issuffering from an
Miss Marion Chapman, daughter of Mr.. H
G. Chapman, of Mt Washington. is visiting
friends in Camden, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. e. Henderson, formerly
of Towson. registered at the Hotel MARI
borough, New York city, this week.
Miss Gertrude NJ. Lenhof, of Fullerton,
Baltimore county, and Miss Emma Vollmer,
of Baltimore, are spending few days at An
Mr.. J. Collin Vincent, of Luiherville, has
been elected a member of the executive com
mittee of the Baltimore Chamber of Com
merce.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Berlin Fridenwald daughter of Mr.. Joseph
FIiedenwald, to Mr.. Henry Dessauer, OF Not
tingham, England.
Mr. George W. Arnold, of the 4th district,
on Wednesday presented to the Governor his
application for the position OF roads engineer
for Baltimore county.
Miss Eliza Ridgely, of Hampton, has been
reappointed by Mayor McLane of Baltimore.
a member of the board of managers of the
Female House of Refuge.
Mr.. Howard Bond, who spent several
months with bis father, Mr.. Thomas Bond, of
Western Run Valley, has returned to Iowa and
has located in Des Moines.
Mr.. John Gephart, of Mt. Washington,
who was several weeks ago appointed assessor
of stocks and bonds in the Sd district, has de-
clined to accept that, position.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E; Corse, of Clair
mont" Belair road, gave dinner few even
ings ago in honor of Prof. Edward G. Wilson,
of Friends School in Baltimore.
Mrs. Hawkins, wife of DIR. Vallie Hawkins,
of York county, who had been visiting her
sister, Mrs Clarence W. McMaster, of Towson,
returned to her home on Tuesday.
MIR. Jacob M. Pearce, of Baltimore county,
was in Annapolis on Thursday and filed in
the Executive Office his application for fish
commissioner of the Western Shore.
Mr.. E. L. Gernand, the well known insur-
ance man, was amOug the visitors to Towson
on Wednesday. He is resident of Baltimore
county, his home being in Mt. Washington.
Mrs Fowler, wife of Chief Judge David
Fowler, of Baltimore county, assisted Mrs.
Warfield at the reception at the Executive
Mansion, Annapolis, on Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary L. Henderson. who had been
confined to her home in Towson several weeks
by sickness, is able to be out again. She was
under the professional care of DR.. Leila H..
Powers.
Rev John R. Edwards pastor of Towson
NJ. E. Church, had as his guest on Thursday
his friend and collegemate, Rev. =. 9; Rich
ardson, pastor of Fleet Street M. II. Church,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Major Clinton L. Riggs, who has been
appointed Adjutant- General of Maryland by
Governor Warfield, is a resident of Baltimore
county and a brother of Mr.. T. Dudley Riggs,
of Green Spring Valley.
Mr.. Joshua Wilhelm, an aged citizen of
the 9Th district, was stricken with paralysis
few days ago. He is the father of Mr.. Samuel
Wilhelm, agent for the Northern Central
Railway at Glencoe Station.
"A petition has been filed with the Governor
recommending Mr.. Henry M. Walker, of Bal
timore, for State game warden. Mr.: Walker
is a native of Baltimore county and a well
Lpourp ord oufhuaioefin nrnrfemQn
Mr.. George B. Dubbs, who has been rent
ing the Shawan Farm, in the 9Th district, for
some years, is about to retire from active bus
mess and will dispose of all his stock and i'm
plements on Monday, February 22d.
Miss Bessie TowsOn, of Smithsburg, Wash
ington county, Md, paid visit this week to
Mrs Gordon Blackwell, of Towson. She is
direct descendant of Gen. Nathan Towson. for
whom the town of Towson was named.
Capt. Gregory M. Mullen, of Towson. this
week filed with the Governor his application
for appointment as examiner of stationery en-
gines. Capt Mullen, who is Baltimore bust
ness man, has been an engineer for thirty-one
DIR. Frank r. Rich has temporarily given
up his practice at Towson and his position as
sanitary officer for the 9th district and gone to
New York State to spend several months for
the benefit of his health, which has not been
good for some time.
The engagement has been announced of
Miss Katharine Brown, daughter of Mr.. ].
Edward Brown, of Cockeysville, and Mr..
Joshua Bond, son of Mr.. John Bond, well
known farmer Of Western Run Valley. The
wedding will take place next month.
Among the Baltimore county people regis
tered this week at the new Hotel Belvedere in
Baltimore were Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r. Town
send and Mr.. Charles A. Councilman. Mr..
William P. Farrell, chief clerk of this beauti-
full hotel, is a native of Towson and has hosts
of acquaintance in Baltimore county.
DIR. A. H. Price, who lives with his son,
Mr.. Hugh P Price, on the Hillen road near
Towson, is in very serious condition of health
and cannot recover. For many years he was
an active practitioner in the the 9th and 10th
districts of this county, where his late father
was also successful physician.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Tarbert celebrated the
twenty fifth anniversary of their marriage at
their home near Towson,. on Friday evening,
fssSV., - -ns
friends. Their daughter. Mrs. Robert Gerst-
myer, assisted in receiving. They were the re-
cipients of number OF pretty presents IN
silver.
Cards have been issued by Mrs. Edward
A Rawlins of Baltimore, for the marriage of
her daughter. Miss Lillian Bradford Rawlins
to Mr.. Bruce Robinson. The ceremony will
take place at Christ Church, Wednesday. Feb
ruary 10th, at II. 80 A. M. The prospective
groom, who was formerly resident of Aig-
burth Park, has many friends in Baltimore
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Bosley, of Jerusalem,
Hartford county, with their son, Mr.. Leon
Bosley, of Bosley, Baltimore county, have re-
turned from a visit to their son, DR.. Harry
Bosley of Washington, D. @. DR.. Bosley is
demonstration of anatomy in the United States
College of Veterinary Surgeons in Washington.
He was formerly resident of the 10th district
of this county.
Mr.. George Selwyn Colburn is rapidly re.
- % kAa of
his father, Rev. Edward A. Colburn, in Wal
brook. 1t will be remembered that Mr.. Col
burn and Miss Mary Proctor Brady were mar
ried on the 21st of December last, at the bed
side of the groom, who was then very eick
with the fever. Mrs. Colburn is the eldest
daughter Of the late Samuel Brady, of Green
Spring Valley.
AT the meeting of the committee of the
National Good Roads Association, beld in
Washington this week, Baltimore county was
represented by Mr.. Samuel M. Shoemaker,
chairman of the Maryland Road League; Mr.:
Edwin A. Seidewitz. president OF the Maryland
Farmers League, and Mr.. Walter Z. Reckord,
member of the latter. Mr.. Walter W. Crosby,
general superintedent of the parks of Balti-
more, was also present
DIR. Abram s. Baldwin, of Long Green
Valley who had a severe attack of pneumo-
mia last month, has recovered and Is attending
to his practice as usual. DR.. Baldwin, who is
70 years of age, is one of the Oldest physicians
in Maryland in active practice and he is still
remarkably clear headed and vigorous man.
He graduated at Washington and Jefferson
College, in Pennsylvania, in 1S43, and after
wards took course at the University of Mary
land School of Medicine, finishing among the
top men of his class. He commenced practice
in York county fifty-seven years ago and has
since been actively engaged in the work in
that county and in Baltimore and Hartford
counties. II would be interesting to know
how many thousands of miles principally
on horseback) the DR.. has Travelled in that
time, his practice having always covered
wide scope of country.
Dwelling Burned.-The house of Mr.. Her.
man Arndt, on the Franklin road, near Dickey-
vile, was destroyed by fire about O'Clock on
Monday night last, together with most of its
contents. A defective fiue was probably the
cause. The estimated loss is 81, 500. which is
partially covered by insurance. The Cations
vile and Arlington engines arrived on the
scene too late to be of any service.
Sale of a Small Truck Farm.=Iames T..
Norwood, auctioneer, sold on the premises on
Monday, for Mr.. James J. Lindsay, trustee,
the truck farm of the late r. Joseph Bowers;
situated near Perry Hall, 18th district, and
containing about IL acres purchased by Mr..
Andrew 6. Bowers for $1,000. The place is
improved by frame dwelling, barn and other
buildings.
A MILK trust under the name of "The
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