The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-04-15
Personal Mention

Hon. J. Fred. C. Talbot spent several day
in New York city this week on professions
business.
Miss Lizzie Russell, who spent the pas
winter in Pittsburg, has returned to her HON
in Reisterstown.
Miss Blanche Lee of Lakeview, Dulany'
Valley, has been visiting relatives at Fawl
| Grove, York county.
MIR. and Mrs w. s. G. Williams, VIII
went abroad last year, will spend the coming
summer in England.
Mr.. John G. Rose, of Baltimore county
has been elected counsel for the Canned Good
Exchange of Baltimore county.
Mrs. E. L. Gernand and her daughter, Mis-
Ella Gernand, of Dixon Park, Mt. Washington
are spending some time at Atlantic City, N. J
county, has rented the farm of Mr.. JohT
Snyder, near the Jarrettsville pike, In the 10th
-Messrs. Charles T. Cockey, Jr., and Henry
Clark have been elected members of the board
of directors of the Baltimore Lime and Cement
Mrs. w. J. Mitchell, of La Plata, Charles
county, Md, formerly Miss Florence Jenifer,
is visiting her brother, Mr.. Thomas r. Jenifer,
of Loeb Raven.
Mr.. Walter w. Preston has been appointed
counsel to the Board of County Commissioners
of Hartford county, succeeding Judge George
Y. Maynadier, deceased.
Miss Louise G. Merryman, who spent the
past winter in New York with her sister, Mrs.
Philip A. s. Franklin, has returned to her
home, near Cockeysville.
Miss Katharine NJ. Patterson, of Knoebel,
has returned to her home after pleasant visit
to her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. E. s. Patterson,
of Laurel Mount" Hartford county.
Miss Sophia M. Stansbury, of HANDLE
dune" near Lutherville, and Miss 8. Belle
Cockey. of 'Melrose," Cockeysville. are spend
ing couple of weeks at Atlantic City.
Mr.. Charles w. Halter, prominent Old
Town business man, has been critically i'll
this week at his home on North Caroline street.
He is we'll known in Baltimore county.
MIR. Herbert w. Ridgely, who spent fort
night with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
T. Ridgely, of 'Barretts Delight, 'near Warren,
has returned to his college in Delaware.
Mr.. Henry B. Chew, of Gloucester, N. j.,
some property interests here. He is the eldest
SON of the late Charles r. Chew, Of EPSON.
MIR. and Mrs. Chester B. Turnbull will
shortly open their country home, auburn
Cottage" near Towson. Mrs. Kimball, Mrs.
Turnbulps sister, will spend the summer with
them.
pastor of the M. K. Church at Gainesville by
the late conference, will remove his family
from Towson to that place on Monday, 18th
instant
Mr.. Edward Harris, who had been living
on Woodbourne avenue, Govanst0wn, has
rented and is now occupying one of Mr.. Charles
E. Thomas cottages at Terrace Dale, South
Towson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Caleb Peddicord, of Portland,
Oregon and Mr.. Evan Peddicord, of Spokane,
Washington, who had been visiting in this Sec
ton of Maryland since last fall, left for home
on Monday.
and Mr.. Rufus X. Wood, of the Maryland Steel
Company have been elected members of the
board of directors of the Union Trust Company
Capt. Alexander B. Miles. of the Towson
chemical engine company, who last week lost
the sight of an eye through an accident suf-
fered great pain for some days but he is now
slowly improving.
MIR. Charles A. Councilman and Mr.. E.
Cuttings Merryman, well-known Baltimore
county farmers, accompanied the Corn Spe-
cial' on its trip through Western Maryland on
Friday and Saturday of last week.
Mr.. James Akehurst, who sold his farm
near Oregon, 9Th district, few days ago, will
cell his personal property on the 24th instant
and soon thereafter remove to York, Pa. hav-
ing taken house on North Queen street, in
that city.
pr. Carville v. Mace, of the 18th district,
who had an operation performed on the LIST
instant at St. Joseph's Hospital in Baltimore
as reported in THE UNION last week, Is i'm
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sumo his practice.
DIR. Jesse G. Coggins who has been assis-
tant physician at the Maryland Hospital for the
Insane, near Gainesville, for the past nine
years, has resigned and will enter upon private
Institutional work at the Government Hospital
for the Insane, at Washington.
Mrs. C. Bohn Slingluff, who had her arm
broken and was otherwise painfully injured in
driving accident several weeks ago, is able to
be up again and is improving slowly: Her
husband was not with her at the time the &C.
cident occurred, as was at first stated.
Mr.. John L. Rodgers has resigned as treas
urer of the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce
and will go West to engage in the grain trade.
Mr.. Rodgers, who is brOther-in-law OF ex-
County Commissioner Robert Magruder, was
formerly well.known resident of the Sd dis
trict of this county.
Rev. Thomas +. Copes, the new pastor OF
Towson M. e. Church, preached his t1rst ser
mon here last Sunday morning and made
splendid impression upon those who had the
Measure of hearing him. He comes here from
Kensiiigkon, Montgomery county, where he
had served two years.
MIR. Philip s. Cross, a well-known farmer
of the 9Th district, was among the visitors to
sTnws6n on Thursday. He exhibited some
pictures, taken by himself. of snowdrifts IN
his section of the county during the past winter,
and it is doubtful if anything like them was
ever seen there before.
The engagement has been announced OF
Miss Annie Campbell Thomas, stepdaughter
of ex.Goy. William Pinkney Whyte, to DR..
]. Charles Macgill, of Gainesville. Miss Thomas
is a sister of Miss Raleigh Thomas. DR.. Mac
Gill is the only son of Dr.. and Mrs. Charles u.
w. Macgill, Of Catonsville.
Rev. Page Milburn, who was some years
ago pastor of Towson M. e. Church, and who
was sent by the late conference to Guilford
Avenue Church, Baltimore, will again become
a resident of this place, he having rented the
cottage of Justice Alfred W. Perrie, on ALE
oanv avenue west of the York road.
REV. Thomas E. Copes, the newly ap.
pointed pastor of Towson NJ. E. Church, will
move his family into the parsonage on Monday
afternoon next, at which time they will receive
a welcome by the members of the Ladies Aid
Society. On the following Thursday evening
a public reception will be held in the church
by the Epworth League.
Mr.. E. Clinton Tracey, for several years
the efficient superintendent of the Baltimore
county alms-house called on some of his friends
in Towson this week. He is now resident Of
the extreme northwest corner OF Baltimore
county, where he purchased tine farm
While here Mr.. Tracey, who is Democrat
announced himself candidate for County
Commissioner
Mr.. John w. Bull. highly esteemed citi
zen aud Justice of the peace at Warren, Sth dis
trict, who was stricken with paralysis last De
cember, was able to call on some OF his friend;
in Towson this week. Mr.. Bulls entire right
side was affected and he was helpless for SOME
time, but he has regained the use OF his Lee
and arm and can move about almost as well
as he could before he was stricken:
-Msjor John l. Yellott, of the Towson bar
responded to the toast, 1.-THE President of the
United States,' at the fourteenth annual re
union and banquet of the Union Veteran Asso
citation of Maryland that was held Monday
night at the Eutaw House, Baltimore. Among
the Baltimore county subscribers to the ban
ouet were DR.. James H. jarrett, Col. Benjamin
F. Taylor and DR.. Harry s. Jarrett.
Mrs. Zerhusen and Miss Dora Zerhusen
wife and daughter of Mr.. Henry Zerhusen
postmaster at Fullerton, Baltimore county
sailed on Saturday last from Baltimore fo
Europe on the North German Lloyd steamer
''Breslau." A large number Of friends were
at the wharf to see them off. Mrs. Zerhuser
goes to Germany to visit her mother. ate
which they will make an extended tour OF tina