The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11
Personal Ment,on. :

Louise Emmel, OF Laurav1lle.
DIR. James 81 Jarrett, Towson's Oldest prac
ticiDg physician, who was somewhat indis
posed last week, is again in the enjoyment
| his usual health.
Mr.. George Prechtel, executor and trus.e
under the last will of John Frederick Wiessner
was transacting some business before the Or
| phans' Court in Towson on Tuesday.
Mr.. Harvey s. Wirtz, OF Glencoe, N. Q. X
R., wellknown farmer, has rented the Hay
fields Farm of Mr.. N. Bosley Merryman, nea
Cockeysville. and will take charge oft April LIST
Rev. w. 81. II. Powers rector of Trinity
P. E. Church. Towson, has been suffering thil
week from an attack of grip and sore throat
ments next Sunday.
Mr.. William II. Conkling, of Mt. Wash
ington, has been reelected president of the
Savings Bank of Baltimore. The fine new
building of this bank will be located on tbs
southeast corner of Baltimore and Charlie;
streets.
MIR. E. Cuttings Merryman, of "Gerar, y
near Cockeysville. drove through Towson on
Thursday afternoon with handsome fourth.
hand team and q large sleigh loaded with q
merry party of young folks, with Mrs. Merry
man as chaperOne.
Mr.. w. o. B. Wright, of Fork, 18th dis
trict, was among the visitors to Towson on
Wednesday. He thinks the outlook for the
electric railway on the Belair road is excellent,
and he believes that it will be completed before
the end of another year.
Rev. John r. Edwards, who is rounding
out his fifth year as pastor of Towson NJ. E.
Church, has received three calls to other
churches and it is likely that this will mean
the giving up of his work here. The Annual
Conference meets next month.
Mrs. s. D. Smith and son, of New York,
who had been spending some time with her
parents, Mr.. aud Mrs William Burton, of
Lutherville, has returned to her home. She
was accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. William p.
Burton, who will spend several weeks there:
Mr.. r. Baldwin Homer, of Sherwood, who
met with serious coasting accident early IN
the winter has almost entirely recovered. 1t
is likely that it was due to his presence of mind
at the time of the accident that he saved his
own and the lives of those on the sled with
him.
Miss Margaret Mann gave a card party a
few nights ago at her home at Fullerton, Belair
road. Finch. euchre and other games were
played. and there were also selections on the
piano, violin and graphaphone. Among the
guests were DIR. Walter LynecOtt, OF New York,
and several from Baltimore.
Mr.. William P. Woolston, who sold all his
personal effects on the I'd instant, having pre-
Viously disposed of his farm on Chestnut Ridge,
will remove with his family to Princess Anne,
Md, where he has purchased large farm.
Mr.. Woolston is son of the late Benjamin s..
Woolston, of Mt. Washington.
Among those from Baltimore county who
attolQeQ Il0 annual banquet Ol tu0 1IluCctOu
Alumni Association of Maryland, held in Bal
timore on Friday night of last week. were
Messrs. Robert Garrett. Elmer ]. Cook. Charles
e. Rieman, Alfred 8. Cook and I. Dudley
Riggs. Hon. Stevenson A. Williams, of Belair,
was also present.
more law offices were located in the Equitable
Building previous to the great fire of year
ago. and who have since then occupied tempo
rary quarters at IL Pleasant street, arranged
this week with the owners of the Equitable
Building to return to their former offices In
that building on April LIST.
Rev Matthew o. Keefe, pastor Of the Church
of the Immaculate, Towson, continues to i'm
prove and in all probability will soon be en-
tirely well. On Sunday last Rev. John E.
Graham, assistant pastor of st. AIMS Church,
oficiated at all the services here, and on Sun.
day next Rev. Cornelius F: Thomas, pastor Of
the same church, will officiate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles III. Nicolai, Of 1870
Linden avenue, Baltimore, have issued invita-.
lions for their golden wedding which they will
celebrate at their home, on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 22d, from to 10 P. M. Mr.. and Mrs.
county, and Mr.. Nicolai once represented the
county in the House of Delegates.
Lieut.. Upton 8. Brady, deputy Register OF
' Wills for Baltimore county, who has been con-
nected with Company A, Fifth Maryland Regi.
ment, for the past niue years, has been elected
captain Oh Coupauy n, routn Ase6..ene'
Capt. Brady takes much interest in military
affairs and his personal popularity will no
doubt serve to build up his present command.
Mr.. s. II. Anderson, of Falls Church, Va,
was in Towson few days ago. He is mana.
ger of large farm in Virginia and has several
times used the advertising columns OF The
UNION to supply his wants in the way OF horses,
chickens and dogs, and he says this medium
has never yet failed him. Mr.. Anderson is
son of Mr.. John I. Anderson, Of the Hillen
road.
The many Baltimore county friends of
Mr.. George w. Kirwan, the well-known Balti-
more haberdasher, will be glad to learn that he
is recovering from an attack of typhoid fever
that has confined him to the Union Protestant
Infirmary for the past six weeks. Mr.. Kirwan's
handsome new store, located on the east side or
Charles street, between Baltimore and Fayette
streets, will be ready for occupancy about March
LIST. Since the fire of February, 1904. Mr.. Kir-
vans business place has been located on West
Saratoga street.
Misses Eliza and Margaret Ridgely, of
Hampton, near Towson, accompanied BY Miss
Freeland, of Baltimore, who sailed from Liver
pool for Cape Mount, South Africa, on the 9Th
of December last arrived at their destination
ON the 23d of that month. Miss Margaret
Ridgely will remain there indefinitely to engage
in missionary work, while Miss Eliza Ridgely
and Miss Freeland will make an extended tour
of foreign countries before their return to
America. The Misses Ridgely are sisters of
Mr.. John Ridgely, present proprietor OF the
Hampton estate.
Mr.. Wilbur H. Riddle, of Fork, Baltimore
county, general agent for Maryland for the
Hallock cultivators. has also had the states OF
Delaware and Virginia added to his territory.
The representatives of the yanesville (Wiscon-
sin) Machine Company, which manufactures
country, has offered Mr.. Riddle the general
agency for their territory provided he will
locate in Wisconsin. Mr.. Riddle was in close
touch with the Janesville people at the St.
Louis Exposition and they were evidently well
pleased with the efficient work done by him
with Exposition visitors.
Another Powder Mill Explosion-Will
the People be Moving Away Soon ?-An-
other terrific explosion occurred at TO- 30 o'clock
on Wednesday last at the plant of the Rock
dale Powder Mill Company, located near Aofi-
No one was killed, but Moses Wineholt Allen
Krebs and Lloyd Kidd sustained painful in
iuries, the latter the most serious.
The explosion was terrific in its force and
was heard many miles away. 1t is stated that
it was caused by workman using hammer
in moving 1000 pounds of powder, which was
on plates, and which had to be transferred in
order to be dried. The powder was in the dry
ing house which was shattered, and the three
men were in there at the time. Mr.. Wineholt,
who lives about two miles from the mill, was
taken to his home. The other two injured
men were made as comfortable as possible at
the mill. Drs. Norris, Stone, Albaugh and
Drach were summoned and rendered medical
aid. The explosion caused great excitement
in the vicinity, as large quantities OF high ex-
plosives, including dynamite are manufac-
tured at the mill. The fact that there have
been four explosions at the mill in few
wears has caused considerable anxiety among
Residents of the neiRhbOrhOOd.
It is said the loss to the company by the ex.
plosion will reach about $1,000.
shoemaker Road Law" All Right.-A
letter from Annapolis dated February 9th says
1.-The Court of Appeals handed down per
curtain order today in the case OF Frank A.
Bonsal against the County Commissioners OF
Baltimore county, in which it affirmed the de.
cree of the lower court, and in so doing upheld
the validity of the Shoemaker Road Law, chap
ter 225 of the Acts of 1904, in which the ap-
preparation of $500, 900 was made to aid the
work of public road improvement in the sever
al counties. :.
"The act was attacked on the ground that II
was in conflict with the provision of the Con-
stitution which prohibits appropriations to
works of internal improvement. The Court
of Appeals in its order states that it does not
consider the act invalid, and that the reasons
will be given in an opinion to be filed later.
The present order was handed down on account
of the importance of prompt decision for the