The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23
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Mr.. Charles Hoffman is very i'll at his
home on Chestnut Ridge, 9Th district.
Mr.. William s. g. Williams has been re-
elected treasurer of the st. Georges Society of
Maryland.
A-Miss Blanche Baldwin, of Long Green
Valley, is visiting DR.. and Mrs. H. Hayward
Street, at their home in Baltimore.
Hon. A. A. Blakeney, formerly of Balti.
more county, has been reelected president OF
the Washington Savings Bank of Baltimore.
Mr. William A. Lee, the well known Tow
son business man, has been confined to his
home about week, suffering from severe
cold.
Mr.. Henry n. Hubner, of the law firm of
Hubner & Hubner, has been elected vice Dresi-
dent of the Central Trust Company of Balti-
more.
Mr.. Richard Vincent of White Marsh,
Baltimore county, has been reelected one Of
the vice presidents of the Maryland Hortlcul-
tural Society.
-Governor Warfield is being urged to APP
point Mr.. Charles J. Fox, of the 14th district
of Baltimore county to the Office of Land
Commissioner.
Miss Sophie L. Talbot, of Timonium, has
been confined to her room two weeks suffering
from a severe attack of bronchitis. DIR. B. K.
Benson is attending her.
Mr. Alex Y Dolfield, Baltimore banker
and Baltimore county farmer. has been elec-
ted vice president of the East Baltimore
Business Mems Association.
MIR. Charles R. Bussey, of the 9Th district,
has been appointed teacher of the public school
at Yeoho, 9th district. He is brother OF
States Attorney r. H. Bussey.
Mr.. Samuel E. Parks, a well known farmer
near Towson, who has been confined to bis
home seven weeks, is still unable to leave the
house, although somewhat improved.
Mrs. William L. Tomlinson and Mrs. N.
1. Bowen, of Baltimore county, are spending
non. of East Capitol Hill, Washington, D. q.
Mr.. Benjamin f. Jordan, well known
citizen of the 9TH district of this county, has
been elected member of the board OF dlrec-
tors of the First National Bank of Stewards
town.
Mr.. Charles G. Homer, of Sherwood, Bal
timore county, has been reelected president OF
the Baltimore Clearing House Association.
Mr.. Homer is president of the Second Nation
al Bank.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Matthews, o,
Henry county, Iowa, are visiting the formers
mother, Mrs. Sarah Ann Matthews, of Phi
lopolis, 9Th district. Mrs. Matthews, who is
critically i'll, is So years of age.
Mr.. Charles w. Sagle, Jr., and Mr.. Gin.
ton Slagle, who made an extended tour OF
Europe, have returned to their home in Balti-
more. They are sons of Mr.. Charles w.
Slagle, a well known retired merchant.
Among those from Baltimore county
who attended the Confederate banquet at the
Carrollton Hotel, Baltimore. on Tuesday night
were Messrs. T. Alvah Merritt George d.
Elder, James H. LinZey and Harry Groom.
Mrs. William Pierpoint, who was stricken
with paralysis at her home on the Windsor
Mill road, on the 18th inst, is improving. She
is the mother of Miss Bessie E. Pierpoint, a
teacher of one of the public schools in the LIST
district.
After having been engaged in farming
many years in the I'd district Mr.. Philip r..
Owings has rented his property there and re-
moved back to his old home in ReisterstoWn,
where he conducted successful business in
his younger days.
Mr.. James Warden, who for more than
seventy-fve years was resident OF Baltimore
county, and who is now living with daugh-
ter in Baltimore, has reached the age OF lO2
years. The greater part of his life was spent
in the 9th district, where he has son living
at this time. For some years before retiring
from active life he was engaged in the nursery
business at Gyndon.
DIR. and Mrs. E. NJ Duncan celebrated the
eighteenth anniversary Of their marriage at
last and entertained some of their relatives at
dinner. Dr. Duncan is a son of Mr.. John D..
G. Duncan, of the 9th district, and Mrs. Dun
can is daughter of the late Rev. r. w. Black,
who was well known minister of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church.
-Ex-Roads Engineer w. W. Crosby, who is
now general superintendent of parks OF Balti-
County Commissioners this week and this ends
his official connection with the county. Dur
ing his short residence here Mr.. Crosby made
many friends, both in his official capacity and
otherwise and we hazard nothing in saying
that the county has sustained loss by reason
of his departure.
County Commissioners Yellott, Slade and
Mann went to Annapolis ON Thursday to hear
the arguments before the Court of Appeals in
the case of the Consolidated Gas Company OF
Baltimore against the county. The case is an
appeal from an order enjoining the company
from tearing up the streets and roads in Balti-
more county in order to lay mains to conduct
gas. which it buys from the Maryland Steel
Company, to its refinery in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rein H. Armacost, who
live near Trenton, 9Th district, celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary OF their marriages last Sun
| day, upon which occasion there was family
reunion They have had six children and nine
grandchildren Mr.. Armacost was born and
has lived all his life at the old homestead. His
| father, the late John Armacost, and his wife,
| lived together over seventy years on the farm,
| and his only brother, Mr.. ]. W.. Armacost
and wife have been married ffty-four years,
Both are living and enjoying good health on
an adjoining farm.