The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-07-09
Mention

Miss Elma Currier, of Champion, Pa, is
visiting her uncle, Mr.. g. T. Currier, q farmer
near Ashland, N. G. r. &.
Miss Anna Bacon, daughter of Mr.. Lewis
| M. Bacon, of Belfast, is visiting Miss Mary
Kemp, at her home, Cowart, Va.
| Mr.. Charles e. Thomas, the well known
| contractor and builder of South Towson, has
returned from a short stay at Atlantic City.
Rev Benjamin B. Abbitt the new pastor
| ofCalvary Baptist Church, Towson, will preach
his first sermon here next Sunday morning.
Prof. James L. Burgoyne, director Of Bur-
| Royne's Military Band Of Towson, has been
engaged as instructor of the Belair Cornet Band.
Rev. and Mrs. A. r. Kelley, of Baltimore,
| are spending the summer with their daughter,
| Mrs. John E. Slade, of Unionville, 18th dis
| trict.
Mrs. Jones and daughter of Chicago, are
visiting Mrs. Buck. wife of Mr.. William II.
Buck. Jr., cashier of the Cockeysville NationA
| Bank
Miss Elsie Justis and Mr.. Walter KrieI,
both of Baltimore, have been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. William T. Miles, of mount Luya," My
Lady's Manor.
-Messrs. T. Roland Slingluff and Philip
Slingluff are spending the summer with Mr..
and Mrs. Highland Burns, at Stevenson, Green
Spring Valley.
Rev. r. Heber Murphy, rector of st.
Johns Church, Western Run, accompanied by
his wife and daughter, is spending some time
at Ocean City, Md.
DIR. and Mrs. G. CarviIle Mccormick, of
Sparrow's Point, spent the Fourth with Mr..
and Mrs. John T. Ritter, Of Pleasant Plains
farm near Towson.
Miss Laura 8. Ritter who had been visiting
Mrs. Samuel Wilderson, of Glover Hill farm,
Finksburg, Carroll county, has returned to her
home near Towson.
Mrs. Rittenhouse, wife of Sheriff James
Rittenhouse. and her daughters. Misses
Blanche and Annie Rittenhouse, have return
ed from Atlantic City.
Mr.. Herbert w. ,Ridgely, son of Mr.. Ben
jamin 7. Ridgely, is spending the summer va
cation at the home of his parents, "Barrett's
Delight" near Warren.
Chief Judge David Fowler and Mrs. Fowler
have gone to Cobourg. Canada, where they will
spend the summer Their son, Mr.. Lawrence
Fowler, is still abroad.
Mr.. Ernest F. Buck, son of Mr.. William
H. Buck, Jr., cashier of the National Bank Of
Cockeysville, is a cadet in the U. s. Naval
Academy in Annapolis.
Mr.. BENJAMIN G. Reid has rented his coun.
try place on the Hillen road, southeast OF
Towson, and his family will travel during the
remainder of the summer.
Miss Julia Lee, daughter of Mr.. William
A. Lee, and Miss lima Massenburg daughter
of DIR. R. @. Massenburg, of Towson, are visit
ing friends in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va.
County Commissioner Yellott, who was
suffering from an injured leg that prevented
him from accompanying his colleagues to st.
Louis, was able to be in Towson on Tuesday.
firm of Offutt, Wright & Emmart, this week
removed from his temporary home in Towson
to his residence on South avenue, Mt. Wash
ington.
Mr.. John s. Ensor, of the Towson bar, has
returned from q visit to Media, Delaware
county, Pa, where he had gone to the bedside
of the mother of his wife, who has been ex-
tremely i'll.
-Messrs. Casper H. sippel, Edward J. vogts,
Henry ]. Reugert and Hartman Vogts, all Of
Al s~IL ,@,1 oe no1osr
left on Thursday, 7th instant, for st. Louis,
to spend ten days at the Exposition.
Rev Charles T. Weede. formerly pastor Of
Hereford Circuit, M. E. Church, who was
Confederate soldier, delivered the Decoration
Day address in the National sotS Cemetery at Win
Mrs. Harry G. MARITIME has been appointed
a member of the board of trustees of Roland
Park public school. The 9th district now has
two woman school trustees-Mrs. MARITIME and
Mrs. George M. Lamb. Of Govanstown:
Mr.. William III. Cockey, son OF the late
George B. Cockey, of Lutherville, aud anephew
of Hon. J. Fred. G. Talbot, has been appointed
to position in the record Office by Mr.. Will
liam P. Cole. Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Mrs. Adelaide Shealey, of Washington, ID.
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Henry J. Mckee,
Of Towson. Mrs. Shealey is a granddaughter
of the late Robert jenkins, of Locust Vale.
MIR. and Mrs. William Clayton, of Jenkin-
town, Pa. spent the Fourth with the latter's
sister, Mrs. A. G. McCurdy, Of Towson. Mr..
Clayton is the editor and proprietor of the
Times Chronicle, published in Jenkintown.
Mr.. John G. Nagengast has been appointed
q deputy game warden for Baltimore city. He
is a member of the bar and brother Of Rev.
Henry 8; Nagengast, pastor OF st. Antnonys
Mr.. and Mrs. William f. Cochran, Jr, OF
'sWoodbrook, !" Charles street avenue, left last
-tnU feIliuidtIuE Ui Ino' sulhtnel: ~m r. sSVcn1ad
took eight horses and number OF vehicles
with him.
-Messrs. John Arthur, Rester Russell and
Frank G. Scott, members of the School Board,
and Assistant Superintendent John 7. Hersh-
ner will attend the meeting of the State Teach
ers' Association at Ocean City, Nd, July 18th,
18th and 10Th.
Prof. A. s. Cook, superintendent Of Balti-
more county schools and Prof. G. f. Wisner,
principal Of the Towson High School, left on
Tuesday for Columbia University, New York,
where they will take special courses relating
to their work.
Mr.. H. w. Knoebel, merchant and post
master at Knoebel, Baltimore county, was
among the visitors to Towson on Thursday.
Mr.. Knoebel has twice represented this county
in the House Of Delegates and was postmaster
of the last House.
Mr.. s. Clarence Francis, principal Of the
public school at Poplar, 14th district, left last
Monday for st. Louis, and will spend about
two weeks at the Exposition. From thence he
will continue his trip to Kansas and other
points in the West.
Rev. DR.. ]. Houston Eccleston, accompan-
led by his nieces, Miss Augusta E. Murray,
Miss Ellen Shoemaker and Miss Blanche
Bruno, will start for the Yellowstone Park next
Monday and will stop at the Worlds Fair on
their return.
union of the United Amateur Press Associa-
ton, which was held in Baltimore this week,
was Mrs. Flora Stewart Emory, Of Govans-
town, and Mrs. Claudia p. Hutchins, OF Ny
Lady's Manor, both of whom are active mem
Mrs. Catharine A. Moore has been ex-
tremely i'll this week at her home, "Glenmore,"
near Rockland, Falls road, and her many
friends fear she will not recover. She is the
widow of Thomas II. Moore, who was one OF
Baltimore county's most popular citizens and
an active Democratic politician.
Rev. Frank Lea, son Of Mr.. Thomas J.
Lea, farm manager at the Sheppard Pratt Hos
pital, delivered an interesting address in the
NJ, e. Church here last Sunday night: his SUB
ject being the slums Of New York city; Mr..
Lea, who is an evangelist, was formerly en-
gagged in foreign missionary work:
The vestry of Trinity Church, Towson, has
granted leave of absence OF two months TO
the rector, Rev. W. II. 81. Powers, in order to
recuperate his health, which has become i'm
paired through too close application TO MS
ministerial duties. 1t is likely Rev. Mr.. Pow
ers will take foreign trip. It is not known
who viii serve in his place during his absence.
Mr.. James b. Plaskitt, of Baltimore, accom-.
panied by bis nephew, Master James Marshall
Plaskitt, son of the late Joshua Plaskitt, called
on some friends in Towson on the Fourth:
Mr. PIaskitt, who was formerly resident OF
baltimore county, is q son Of the late John
Plaskitt, an Engiishman who many years ago
owned farm in Lime Kiln Valley, near what
is now known IS Loeb Raven.
-Ex.Sheriff William ii. Todd, whose farm
is on the Pot Spring road, north Of Towson,
although busy with bis own harvest, finds time
to assist his neighboring farmers who are
poorly provided with help, and he says in con-
sequence of this his own work is somewhat de-
Iayed. Mr.. Todd has the reputation Of being
one of the best Of neighbors, and he was one
OF the most popular bheriffs Baltimore county
ever had.
Reaping Machine Accident.-Mr. Adam
R. Schmidt, farm manager for Mr.. w: 8. @.
Williams. OF Long Green Valley, and Charles
| Guyton, q hand employed on the place, met
with an accident on Monday last that might
| have proven much more serious in its results.
| They were repairing . brake in o binder to
which team of mules was attached, when
| the discharge of Q cannon cracker not far on
| Fr;ohfonad the team and caused them to run