The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-01-14

A Personal Mention
Mr.. Walter P. Reckord and family, who
: VI had been living near Ashland, removed this
8 week to COckeysville.
! \ Mr. James e. Ingram, Jr., of the law firm
) of Graham & Ingram, registered at the Waldorf
HOTEL New York city, on Thursday.
: Mr.. John A. Wright. of the Towson insur-
ance firm of Offutt, Wright & Emmart. has
, been sick and confined to bis home this week.
MIR. w. Hall Harris the new postmaster
of Baltimore city, was at the Court House in
Towson on Tuesday looking after some legal
lE-Mr. and Mrs. o. E. Weller, of Reisters-
. town, have gone on an extended trip through
| theS South and West They will visit California
Nbefore their return.
, Mr.. Charles r. Laurenson, son of Mr.. @.
Philip Laurenson, formerly of Towson, has
been elected assistant secretary of the Ameri-
can Bonding Company of Baltimore.
DIR. and Mrs. j. Royston Green, of T0ws0n,
gave dinner on Tuesday night to number
Of their friends, who were invited to help cele-
brate the anniversary of the doctors birth.
John s. Crowther, Jr., SON of Mr.. John 8.
CrOwther, well-known 9Th district farmer
who spent the holidays at his home. has re-
turned to his duties at Lehigh University, Pa.
Mrs. Frank H. Z0uck, of Reisterstown,
and her daughters. Misses Ada Margaret and
Dorothy, who had been visiting relatives at
Hopewell. N. j., for several weeks, have re-
turned.
Mr. George E. Waters, the well-known
lumber merchant of Baltimore, entertained q
number of his business friends at dinner at his
home in Mt. Washington, on Friday night Of
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas ]. Price, of Belfast.
Baltimore county, are spending some time
with the formers brother, Mr.. Beale Price, of
North Calhoun street, Baltimore. Mr.. Price
is retired farmer.
Mics Bertha M. Scarf daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Israel M. Scarf, of Long Green Valley,
and Mr.. William H. Gees, of Baltimore. were
quietly married at Camden, N. j., on Satur-
day, December 3lst, at noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel w. Storm have closed
their house in Reisterstown and will spend the
remainder of the winter in Baltimore. For
many years Mr.. Storm was chief clerk in the
sheriff's Office in Baltimore county.
Mr.. Peter Padian, wellknown New York
business man, who had been spending several
| weeks at his old homestead at Pad0nia Station.
N. G. r. R., left for his home on Wednesday.
His health was much improved by his stay in
Baltimore county.
If The engagement is announced of Mr.. A.
Elzey Waters, q Baltimore banker and one Of
the directors of the Cockeysville Bank, and
n Miss Helen Knight, of Concord N. H. The
marriage will take place next month.
The quarterly conference of Madison Ave-
nue. III. &. Church has unanimously passed
resolution asking the Annual Conference for
the return to that appointment of Rev. DIR. J.
st. Clair Neal. DR.. Neal, who is a very p0pu-
| lar clergyman, is well known in Baltimore
! county.
-Ex-Sheriff Charles J. Beckley paid his re-
| spects to THE UNION on Tuesday. He is back
in his old home district (the 4th) and is again
| filing the Office of constable, place he occu.
/ pied many years before he was elected sheriff
| Of the county. Mr.. Beckley is also an auc-
tioneer.
/. Mr. E. Winthrop Bosley. of the Towson
bar has gone to Duquesne Pa, where he has
accepted position with manufacturing estab-
| lishment. He is the eldest son of the late s.
| Parker Bosley and brother of Mr.. q. Stanton
Bosley, chief clerk and auditor in the Office of
| the County Commissioners.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Conkling quietly
celebrated the thirty third anniversary Of their
| marriage at their home, Dickson Park, Mt
| Washington, on Wednesday night last Mr..
| Conkling is a wellknown hnancier and presi-
dent of the Savings Bank of Baltimore, one of
the strongest institutions of the kind in the
| country.
Miss Mary Joseph Saxton, daughter Of Mr..
William H. Saxton, of Baltimore, was married
at noon on Wednesday, in Mother of Sorrows
Catholic Church, Centreville. Nd, to Mr.. Ed
| ward DeLargley White, of Baltimore. The
bride is a granddaughter of the late George
Jenkins, of Long Green Valley, and has many
| relatives in Baltimore county.
Among the Episcopalian clergymen from
| Baltimore county who attended the banquet
| rendered Bishop Paret ct Hotel Belvedere, Bal
timore. on Tuesday night were the following:
Rev. w. H. 81. Powers, of Towson; Rev. Ed.
ward T. Lawrence, of Pikesville; Rev. Hobart
Smith, of st. Thomas, Garrison Forest and
Rev. William Rollins Webb, of Arlington.
u Mr.. Benz. P. Butler of Towson. who has
been tax clerk in the Office of the State Comp
troller at Annapolis for several years, was last
4 week reappointed by Comptroller Atkinson for
\ two years. Mr.. Butler occupies an important |
\ position and the efficiency with which he fills |
\ it was his best recommendation for continu.
ance: He was first appointed by DR.. Herring,
of Westminster.
Capt. John G. Cockey, of Company A, Bat
talon of Cadets of the Maryland Agricultural
| College, was presented with handsome saber
| by his company at Christmas. He, with his |
brother, Edward A. Cockey, Jr, of the West
pany, Pittsburg, and Corporal Alexander D.
| Cockey, of the Mary land Agricultural College.
spent the holidays with their parents, Mr.. and |
Mrs. Edward A. Cockey, near Gwynnbrook,
| 4th district.
| Baltimore Countian in Virginia. Mr.. |
William A. Bennett, an active business man
| and extensive horse dealer of Brandy, Culpeper
county, Va, was in Towson on Thursday.
| He owns two farms ID that county and the |
| horses he handles come principally from the |
| West. He makes frequent trips 70 Wyoming |
and ships his purchases East by the carload. 70 |
| horses to the car, often bringing as many as
| four carloads at time. Mr.. Bennett travels |
with the horses and unloads them every 500
miles Of the journey for feeding and rest: They
are delivered at two or three points in Virginia
and are sold at private sale to farmers and
| others at remunerative prices.
| Mr.. Bennett says these horses stand the
climate of that section of Virginia very well
| and when they are turned out in the fields with
the earth covered with snow they will paw the
snow away and eat the grass under 1t, growing
| fat on it. Once he thought he would tempt
them with cornfodder, but they refused it, pre-
| ferring the snow-covered grass. The animals
are unbroken range horses, but they are trac-
| table and easily broken. Mr.. Bennett says
they possess great energy and remarkable stay
| ing qualities.
In addition to his Culpeper farms Mr.. Ben
nett owns one Of the finest farms II Green
Spring Valley, Baltimore county, where he
! was born. On one of his trips West he was
| accompanied by one of his daughters. She
| selected one of the wild horses for her own use
| and he brought him home for her. Returned
out to be fine saddle animal.
/ For and Against a Road.-Atth the meeting
Of the Highways Commissioners on Thursday
Messrs. Peter and Henry Zimmerman, of the
| 9Th district, presented petition containing the
| names of 81 taxpayers and residents ofthat dis
| trict. asking them to accept as public road
| private road three-quarters of mile long,
| which runs from the Middletown road to RuhPs |
postofice. The petition says the road in ques-
ton has been used as private thor0ughfare
| for about 35 years and is great convenience TO
| the residents as means of reaching church,
| mill and postofhce. 1t is represented as being |
in fairly good condition and as extending |
| through the lands of MessTs. Albert w. Wine
| holt, Samuel 8. Miller and Henry Zimmerman.
| 1t was stated that Mr.. Miller opposed its &C |
| ceptance by the Highways Commissioners.
| The board decided to let Roads Engineer Shir. |
ley make an investigation and report. This, |
| the delegate was informed would cost not less |
| than SIS, which the owners of the road would |
be expected to pay. The delegation stated 1t |
| had no authority to assume responsibility for |
| such an expenditure aud would have to con- |
| suit those interested.
Railroad Company Holds Annual Meet
| ing.-The annual meeting of the stockholders
| of the Stewartstown Railroad Company was |
| held ct Stewartstown on Monday when the re.
| port of the auditor showed that the business Of
the company was growing. The election for |
| officers resulted as follows: President, J. w.
| Anderson directors. NJ. w. Balm, w. 81: Full |
| ton, John Y. Keeney, A. T. Grove, William
| Hammill, A. q. Bowman. w. J. P. Gemmill,
| ]. G. Wiley, J. A. johnson, G. w. Shaw, F. P.
| Whitecraff and Jacob Yost. At the organiza- |
| ton of the board these officers were elected [:
| General manager NJ. W. Balm; superinten-
| dent, w. II. Fulton auditor, @. w: Shaw;
secretary, A. G. Bowman treasurer. Thomas