The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-04-30
Personal Mention

abroad.
Mr. Robert Garrett, of Baltimore county,
registered at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New
York city, on Wednesday.
MIR. Edward c. Peter, of the Rockville
Montgomery county, bar paid professional
visit to Towson one day this week.
Mr.. William Mealey, of Dickeyville, has
rented and removed to the farm of Mr.. Daniel
Bawel, near Baldwin, Long Green Valley.
Mr.. r. Cursor Hoffman and family will
next week remove from Baltimore to their
country place at Ruxton, N. G. R. R., for the
summer.
Hon. d. Hopper Emory, who was sick and
confined to his home in Baltimore nearly the
entire winter, was able to be in Towson few
The family of Mr. John Ridgely, who
spent the past winter in Baltimore, have re-
turned to Hampton, near Towson, for the
| summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Barton, Jr.. will
spend the early summer at 'Vancluse," the
home of Mr.. Randolph Barton, Sr., near
| Pikesvile
MIR. Earle A. Kraft, of Cockeysville. Bal
timore county, was on Monday last admitted
to practice law before the Supreme Bench of
| Baltimore city.
Mr.. Joseph R. Foard, we'll known Balti-
more business man, has taken the house of Mr..
Gustav Stewart, in Green Spring Valley, for
| the summer months.
Mr.. John NJ. Bone, a well known justice
| of the peace of the LIST district is rapidly re-
covering from an operation for appendicitis at
hospital in Baltimore.
MIR. and Mrs. Chester B. Turnbull, who
! spent the past winter in Baltimore, have re-
opened Auburn Cottage their summer
home on the York road, south of Towson.
Mr.. Henry G. Shirley the new roads en-
| gineer for Baltimore county, is boarding at
Tracey's Towson Hotel. Like his predeces-
sor, Mr.. Crosby, Mr.. Shirley is bachelor.
Col. Sherlock Swami, president of the
| Burnt District Commission of Baltimore city,
was in Towson on Tuesday looking after some
matters before the County Commissioners.
Mr.. Oscar G. Parr, of the Govanstown
| drug firm of Parr Bros, has gone on trip to
New Mexico for the benefit of his health.
| He was accompanied by his wife and child.
| Mrs. Mary Butler, formerly of Towson,
| who has been living in Baltimore several years,
will return here and occupy her house on the
| corner Of Chesapeake and Delaware avenues.
Next week Mrs. Arthur Brogden will re-
open her country house on the Falls Dad,
| north of Brooklandville. Her father, Mr..
Robert s. Findlay, will spend the summer
| with her.
Miss Katharine l.. Hinder, of Long Green
Valley, who went to New York at Easter to
visit her sister, Miss Helen Hinder, of the
Notre Dame order, is now visiting friends in
| Brooklyn.
Mrs. Charles B. Taylor has closed her house
her mother, Mrs. Samuel Ceilings, who has
| been in precarious condition OF health for
| some time.
Mrs. Mary Robinson, of Admission, Ala,
with her children, who had been visiting her
cousin, Mrs. Edward G: Wheeler; of Shawan,;
has gone to My Lady's Manor, where she will
spend the summer.
Mr.. Frank G.. Scott, of the 9Th district, the
| new member of the School Board, will sit
with the Board for the fret time at its meeting
on Wednesday next May 4th. He succeeds
| Mr.. James B. Ensor.
Rev. ]. G. Phelps, of New York, who sew
eral weeks ago received call to the rectorship
| of Trinity P. e. Church, Long Green, has de-
| clined the same. He conducted services one
| Sunday at that church.
Mrs. John w. Burton, who had been very
| sick at her home at Greenwood for long time,
| is improving. Mr.. and Mrs. Burton are one of
| the Oldest couples in the 18th district and have
spent their entire lives there.
Mr.. s. S. Merritt, well known truck
farmer of Patapsco Neck, was in Towson on
| Thursday. He says the outlook for his bust
| ness is by no means encouraging on account OF
| the unfavorable weather conditions.
DIR. E. N. Brush, medical superintendent
of the Sheppard Pratt Hospital was elected
| president of the Medical and Chirurgical Facul-
| ~ of Maryland, the 106th annual meeting of
which was held in Baltimore this week.
Mr. Richard Merritt, son of Mr.. T. Alvah
Merritt, of Grange, 18th district. is recovering
| from an injury to his foot caused by nail
running into it. Mr.. Merritt is now at the
Mr.. w. H. Riddle of Fork, Baltimore
county, left this week for st. Louis and will
represent the Keystone Farm Machine Com
pany of York, Pa, at the Worlds Fair. He
| expects to remain in st. Louis throughout the
| Exposition.
Miss Alice NJ. Perry was married at her
| home in Chesapeake City, Md, on Thursday
| evening to Mr.. John E. Damerel, of New York
| The bride is a daughter of Rev. s. M. Perry,
| who was at one time pastor of the Presbyterian
| Church at Ashland, Baltimore county.
The congregation of Grace M. Il. Church
| South, Reisterstown, gave their new pastor,
| Rev. w. H. Best, reception at the church, on
EgdaX ggh. 9S lsst yssk Me- IShn F.
Rev. Jesse w. Norris, for several years
| pastor of Eutaw NJ. P. Church, on the Hartford
road, but who was sent by the late conference
to Bethany M. P. Church, Washington and
| Townsend streets, Baltimore, occupied the pull
| pit at his new appointment for the first time
last Sunday morning.
| Judges Fowler and Burke attended the
| ninth annual meeting of the Maryland State
| Bar Association which was held in Annapolis
| this week. Among the members OF the Balti-
| more county bar who also attended were Messrs.
| ID. g. Mcintosh, Harry e. Mann, Frank l.
Duncan and T. Scott Offutt.
Mr.. Richard G. Francis accompanied the
| B. & o. officials to Millersburg Ohio, to attend
| the funeral of Mr.. John X. CoweD, which took
| place there at 1890 on Friday morning. For
| Mr.. Governs Notchcliff stock farmHin lower
Long Green Valley, and was greatly attached
| to him.
"A birthday party was rendered Mr.. Will
| liam K. Straughn, at his home in Towson, on
| Saturday evening last and many of his young
| friends were present to congratulate him on at.
| tanning his 22d year. Mr.. StraughD, who is
| son of Rev. John L. Straughn, pastor of Balti-
more Circuit, M. P. Church, is student of the
| junior year at the Johns Hopkins University.
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broken toll in the ministry. settles down for
| life's evenings quiet at Reisterstown. May no
| clouds darken his skies and may good provi-
| dence deal gently with this honored man.
| Baltimore Methodist. For the past five years
| Mr.. Weeeler has been pastor of Reisterstown
M. e. Church but because of failing health
| he retired from the itinerancy and took a su..
| persnnuated relation at the recent session of
the Baltimore Annual Conference.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Cromwell will next
week remove from Baltimore to their farm on
| the Pot Spring road, north of Towson, for the
summer. There are few country places in Bal
| timore county that are more beautifully loca-
ted than that of Mr.. Cromwell. 1t is about
two miles east Of Timonium, N. G. K. r., and
| the location is so high and commanding that
beautiful and extended views may be had from
| it in almost every direction. Among the
farms close at hand are those of Col. Robert
| M. Denison and Messrs. r. Emory Warfield,
William H. Todd and Charles E. Rieman.
| A Tiny Building-Smallest in Baltimore.
The Baltimore News says: ION North Cal
vert street, near Lexington street. there is q
small pile of bricks, a small pile of sand and
small pile of mortar, while on the sidewalk is
a very small scaffoldiDg: All of these small
things combined are aiding the erection Of the
smallest building in Baltimore. This build
ing, the largest part of which is its street num-
ber which is 200 North Calvert street, and
/ when posted takes up large portion of the
front, is to be two stories high. The frontage
is only u feet, while the depth is about the
same as other buildings on the block. The
| work of building is being done by Builder I.
| s. Owing for Mr.. E. L. Gernand. While it is
acknowledged that the frontage of the struc-
| ture is little understood those at work on the
building point with pride to the first floor cell
| ing, which is 16 feet high"
Mr.. Gernand is q resident Of Mt. Washing
| ton, Baltimore county, and extensively known
| in insurance circles.
Perhaps the Biggest Goose In the Coun-
try.-Harry Pinkleton, of Patapsco Neck,
| has Toulouse goose which is a monstrosity
and has attracted great deal of attention be-
cause of its great size. The goose weighs IA
pounds stands over two feet high and lays an
egg as large around as an ordinary carafe. The
fowl has been exhibited at several poultry
shows and has attracted much attention. Mr..