The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-08

Work of the Orphans Court.-In the Bal
timore County Orphans Court this week let
tiers were granted on the following estates:
On the personal estate of Robert Culver 10
John X. Culver, executor.
On the personal estate of Jesse Tyson to
Edith Johns Tyson, executrix.
On the personal estate of George Leyshon to
John Johns and Albert Terrell, executors.
On the personal estate of Elizabeth A. Har-
Ian to William A. and David A. Harlan, ex-
ecutors.
On the personal estate of Irene Ritter to /
George n. Ritter, administrator.
On the personal estate of Clara G. Hook to
David Hook and G. Lyon Rogers, Jr., execu-
tors.
On the personal estate of George w. Hof-
man to VIM. L. Hoffman. administrator.
On the personal estate Of Charles D. Fisher
to Mamie 2. Fisher and the Mercantile Trust
and Deposit Company, executors.
The will of Robert Culver. Baltimore real
estate dealer, has been filed for probate. All
of his property is given to his son, John K.
Culver, and his two daughters Misses Eliza
beth K. and Mary Emily Culver His son isto
have onehalf of the property in consideration
of bis help in the testator's business and each
of his daughters is given one fourth share.
The will is very short and was written on one
of his letterheads.
The will of Jesse Tyson. who died last week
at Cylburn. his home on Green Spring avenue.
queaths his estate, of every description to his
widow, Mrs. Edith Johns Tyson, who is also
named as sole executrix, and it is requested
that no bond be required of her. There is
codicil attached to the will which declares that
it was the intention of the testator to bequeath
to his wife all of his estate. and also all prop
erty over which he had any power of appoint
ment or testamentary disposition, stating that
he had especial reference to the will OF his
father, Isaac Tyson, Jr. The will was execu-
ted on July Oath, 1902. The principal clause
of the will is as follows: II give, devise and
beQueath my entire estate, real, personal and
mixed and wheresoever the same may be stu
ated, unto my beloved wife, Edith Johns Ty-
son, her heirs, personal representatives and
assigns. absolutely, as her own property
The codicil was executed the day after the Will.
The will Of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Harlan, who
died from nervous shock caused by the death
of her son. Calvin s. Harlan, who was killed
while crossing the tracks of the Northern Gen.
trail Railroad near Ashland, was admitted to
probate on Tuesday. The estate is bequeathed
to the testator's sons. Calvin s., David A. and
William A. Harlan. The share of the estate
bequeathed to Calvin s. Harlan will be re.
ceived by his daughter Mrs. s. @. Allan, she
being bis only heir.
The will OF Mrs. Clara Cornelia Hook was
admitted to probate the same day. She gives
all the property to her husband, David Hook,
and her three children-Lilian E., David G.
and Mary G.. Hook-tO be held by them
equally. She excerpts the real property and
dwelling purchased from Julia Mccartney.
That, she directs, shall not be divided until her
youngest child shall arrive at the age of rs
years, or until the death of Julia Mccartney.
In the meantime the house is to be used as
home for her husband and children and Julia
Mccartney. David Hook, husband and Mr..
G. Ly on Rogers, Jr., are named as executors.
The Water Question and the Courts
A demurrer to the bill of complaint of the
Baltimore County Water and Electric Com
pany of Baltimore County has been filed by
the County Commissioners in the suit to re-
strain the Commissioner from interfering with
the company in the laying of its mains.
An order was signed by Judge Duncan requir
ing the County Commissioners to show cause
within five days why an injunction should
not issue against them, restraining them, as
prayed in the BILL The demurrer filed by Mr..
Osborne Is/Yellott, counsel to the Commits.
sioners, was in response to this order.
The action taken by the county in the suit
means that they admit the allegations contain
edfn the bill filed by the company, but they
do not consider these allegations sufficient to
entitle the company to the relief asked for. In
other words, the county rests upon its franchise
law and does not admit that this corporation
has the right to override its authority over the
public highways OF the county nor to question
its right to refuse or grant a permit as the
Commissioners see fit.
The case will be argued before Judge Dun
can at an early date and then taken to the
Court of Appeals for final decision.
Druid Hill Parks History.-Of all the
thousands of persons that annually visit Druid
Hill Park very few know anything of its his
tory, says the Baltimore Sun. Before the
ground was bought by the city, in the admin
istration of Mayor Swami, it had been in the
hands of but two owners-Lloyd Buchanan
aud Lloyd Nicholas Rogers-from whom it
was acquired.
The original grant of land was made by the
colony of Maryland to Lloyd Buchanan in
$780, In 1872 he left it at his death TO Lloyd
Nicholas Rogers, his grandson through the
marriage of bis daughter Eleanor and Nicholas
Rogers.
The property was called during the Buch-
anan ownership Auchentoroly-a fearsome
name that has been given to street in the
neighborhood of the park-and it was resur-
vey of two tracts of land, one OF them known
as the Level and the other as Hab a. Nab at. a.
Venture.
The purchase price OF the park was $3.50, 900
81 900 an acre for the $50 acres-and $3.50, 600
of the sum was paid in city bonds.