The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-04-22

Personal Mention
Mr.. Thomas Peerce, of Springfield" Du-
lany's Valley, who has been indisposed for some
time, is improving slowly.
Mr. John NJ. Griffith and family removed
this week from Baltimore to their beautiful
farm at Mount Vista, 18th district.
Mr.. J. Goodman Boyd and family, who
spent the past winter in Baltimore, will reopen
their summer home in Lutherville early next
week.
Miss Lillian Todd. daughter of Mr.. William
H. Todd, of the Pot Spring road, is spending
some time with relatives and friends in Balti-
more.
Miss Mamie Green, who had been spend
ing some time with relatives and friends in
Baltimore, has returned to her home at
Kingsville.
Mr.. Charles R. Diffenderffer and family,
of Baltimore, have removed for the summer
to their pretty country place at the head OF
Charles street avenue.
Mr.. Stuart Kearney, secretary and treas
urer of the Canton Company, as has been his
custom for several years. will spend the COM
ing summer at TOwson.
Miss Nellie Zouck, daughter of Mr.. P. G.
Zouck of Glen Morris, w. NJ. r. R., has gone
to Philadelphia to spend some time with her
sister, Mrs. Marion Hall. :.
Mr.. William L. Kemp, of the 9th district,
who is member of the present petit jury, re-
turned to his duties on Tuesday after being con-
fined to his home two weeks by illness.
Miss Gertrude Wurzbacher. of Baltimore
is visiting relatives in Baltimore county, in
GLIDING her cousins, Miss Bertha Green, of
Hyde's. and Miss Mamie Green, OF KingsvilIe
Elsie Frances, youngest daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. G. Howard Amoss, of Fullerton, was
christened on Tuesday evening April 18th, at
her home, by Rev. Reuben Kolb, in the pres
ence of few friends.
Mrs. Charles G. Homer, of Sherwood, sailed
Dc1ks Gov orloxY hxyf ho
North German Lloyd liner ChemnitZ. Mr..
Homer expects to Join her later and they will
remain abroad until next fall.
Prof. John G.. Donaldson of Shrewsbury,
Pa, formerly a successful teacher in the 9th
district of this county, called on some of his
friends in Towson on Wednesday and was a
welcome visitor at THE UNION Office.
-Messrs Thomas j. Hunter and George w.
Seipp, delegates from John Eager Howard
Council, Jr. o. U. A. M, spent several days in
Hagerstown this week attending the annual
meeting of the State Council of that order.
Miss Angela West, who is student of the
Woman's College in Baltimore, has been
obliged to give up her work there on account
of impaired health. She is daughter of Rev.
T. M. West, pastor of the M. E. Church at
Hereford.
Mr.. James Nick. Merryman, of Baltimore
county, will again serve as judge in the hum
ter and jumping classes at the annual exhibit
ton of the Baltimore Horse Show Association,
which will begin at The Kennels, Charles
street avenue, May 18th.
Rev Francis Flanagan. for some time as
sistapt pastor of st. Joseph's Church, Putty
Hill, Belair road, has been appointed by the
Cardinal pastor of the Church of Our Lady, at
Mt Carmel, Middle River. He will occupy
the new rectory near the church as soon as it
is completed
Mr.. Johnzey B1rnham, OF Baltimore VINO
is nearly SO years of age, called on some of his
friends in Towson this week. Mr.. Burnham,
who is native of Baltimore county, was ac-
tivelv engaged in business here for more than
half century. He belongs to long lived
families on both sides, his father having lived
to be some months over 100 years of age.
Rev. Oscar Smithson, of Springfield, Hi
nois, accompanied by his daughter, paid
visit to friends in Towson this week. He
is a native of Hartford county, but has lived in
the West many years. Rev. Mr.. Smlthson
is schoolmate and friend of Rev. Thomas
Gorsuch, of Parkville, and also of Mr.. Joseph
Gorsuch of Baltimore, formerly of Towson.
!, Mr.. William Grason, of the Towson law
firm of Grason & Bacon, was elected on Tues
day night by the Maryland Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows, representative to the Sovereign
Grand Lodge which will meet in Philadelphia
next September. Mr.. William s. Keech, also
of the Towson bar, who placed Mr.. Grason in
nomination, was appointed Grand Conductor
of the Grand Lodge.
Rev. Thomas E. Copes, the new pastor of
Towson NJ. E. Church. was rendered recep-
ton in the church on Thursday night by the
members of the Epworth League. 1t was a
very successful and enjoyable affair, the at
tendance having been very large. Among the
other ministers present was Rev. John L.
Straughn, of the Methodist Protestant Church,
and Rev. B. B. Abbitt, pastor of Calvary Bap-
list Church.
Rev. Francis H. Stubs, who was for years
rector of st. Johns p. r. Church, Waverly,
and who is now rector of Christ Church, Eau
Claire, Wis, has been named by Bishop Nichol-
son as archdeacon of the La Crosse Convention,
to succeed Rev. Henry Harris. who is sick.
Rev. Mr. Stubs has been very successful as
chasing 81 500 lot for the church he has cleared
off a mortgage of 81 300 that had been running
twelve years.
MIR. Gilbert Rieman, son of Mr.. Howard
Rieman, of Towson, who, as guest of Mr..
Nelson Perrin, Jr., made tour around the
They left Baltimore, June 9th. 1904 and trav-
eled almost continuously during their absence.
Mr.. Perrin is son of the late Mr.. Nelson Perrin,
who was one of the originators of rapid transit
in Baltimore city and its suburbs. While the
line was being built on the York road TO Tow
son he was frequent visitor here.
Rev Peregrine Wroth, who has been rec
tor of the famous old Church of the Messiah,
corner of Gay and Fayette streets, Baltimore,
for many years, preached in Trinity Church,
Towson, on Thursday afternoon. 1t will be
remembered that his church was the only one
destroyed in the great fire of February, 1904,
and he at once set to work to raise money to
rebuild it. In this effort he has been wonder
fully successful and soon beautiful new edifice,
to cost many thousands of dollars, will occupy
the site of the old one.
Opinions Filed in Three Cases.-In the
Circuit Court here on Saturday last Judges
Fowler and Burke filed an opinion in the case
of E. Lynne Painter, assignee, against Cath
arine E. Bleakley and others, everything the
exceptions to the final ratification of the audi
tors account.
An opinion was also filed by Judge Fowler
in the case of Harry M. Norwood against j.
Marion Owings and M. Elma Owings, his wife,
in which bill was filed to enforce the pay
ment of a mechanics lien claim OF $734.7:
The court decided that Mr.. Norwoodis entitled
to $584.77, and that the costs of the case be
equally divided between the litigants.
On Thursday Judge Burke filed an opinion
in the case of George L. Mowen and Edward
L. Ward, receivers of the Arthur b. Nitsch
Brick Company, VS.. Josephine Nitsch, in which
il was sought to have declared void, as against
the creditors of the brick company, mortgage
given by the brick company to the defendant.
He decided that the plaintiffs have failed to
establish by proof the allegations in their bill,
and that the bill will be dismissed with costs
to the defendant. The plaintiffs were repre-
scented by Messrs. Jacob France, John 5. Bid
olson, Edward L. Ward John z. Poe, Clarence
w. Perkins and John p. O'Farrall, and the
defendant by Messrs. John II. Dumler, Francis
/. Mooney and Myer Rosenbush.
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