The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-04-07


family the wedding was quiet The groom is
| employed by the Griffith & Turner Company
and is son of Mr.. Franklin P. Goodwin. The
bride is the daughter of Mr.. Clinton o. Dorsey.
THE DEATH RECORD.
Cooper--On Friday, March Both, within
| half an hour Mr.. Samuel H. Cooper and his
wife, Mrs. Charlotte Cooper, died at their home,
| in Reisterstown. Both had pneumonia. Mr..
Cooper was 70 years and months old, while
| Mrs Cooper was 10 years and mos. old Both
were natives of Ireland. They came to this
country and settled near Resterstown shortly
after their marriage. Surviving them is one
daughter, Mrs. Walter Worthington of Refs
| terstown. The double funeral took place at
| All Saints Chapel, Hannah More Academy,
at 2 P. NJ. Sunday, the rector, Rev. Joseph
Fletcher, conducting the services The pail
Naylor, J. t. French, f. H. Zouck, William
| Bushey, ]. G. Logsdon, D. w. Gray, John
Williams, s. S. YingliDg, William Shriver,
| w. c. Lockard and Edward Williams. MIR.
| Cooper had been member of the vestry of
All Saints Church many years.
Blair.-Mrs. Elizabeth j. Blair, widow of
| Alexander Blair, who was for many years
successful farmer in the old 18th district of Bal
| timore county, died at her home in Baltimore,
on the LIST inst:,in the 10th year of her age. She
had been sick three weeks. She is survived by
| three sons-Mr. William ]. Blair, superinten-
| dent of the U. S. bonded warehouses in Balti-
more; Mr.. Joseph Blair. principal of the pub
| lie school at Sparrow's Point, and Mr. James
| Blair, who is connected with large contract
ing company in Philadelphia. The funeral
| took place on Tuesday, Rev. D. T. Nealy, pas
tor of Aisquith Street Presbyterian Church,
conducting the services. Intermentin Loudon
Park Cemetery.
Cross.-Mr. David w. Cross, Jr., son of Mr..
David w. Cross, of Green Spring Valley. Bal
timore county, died suddenly of apoplexy at
| bis home, Marshall, Texas, on Tuesday, March
| 9th. Deceased leaves wife and two children.
| He is survived by two sisters Mrs John Smith,
| of Woodbrook avenue, Baltimore, and Mrs.
William H. Clagett, of Green Spring Valley.
and also by two brothers-Mr. R. e. Cross, of
Philadelphia, Iand Samuel I. Cross, OF Marshall,
| Texas.
Nice.-Mr. George NJ. D. Nice died on Satur-
| day last at his home in Highandtown, from
complication of diseases, aged 81 years For
number of years he was justice of the peace
in that section of the county. He was an
active member of Highland Avenue NJ. E.
| Church and had been superintendent of the
| Sunday school. He was also member of the
Masonic order, the Heptasophs and the Jr. o.
| u. A. NJ. Mr.. Nice leaves family.
Roberts.-Mr. William G. Roberts, we'll
known farmer near Clermont Mills, Hartford
county, died of pneumonia on Sunday night
| ldSt ageQ 10 years. I10lS survivor ny u WluOW,
who was a daughter of the late Col. Clement
Butler, and sister of the late Thomas Butler
| He is also survived by three sons and six
daughters. One of the sons is Mr.. Thomas H.
Roberts, president of the Miller Fertilizer Com
pany of Baltimore.
Brown.-Mr. John Brown died at his home
! at Butler on Sunday last, aged So years. Sew
! eral years ago be was injured by premature
blast in stone quarry, causing him to lose
L c.rIxk kharh sch oo had lod nd
the cause of his death was general debility
Mr.. Brown is survived by widow and eleven
! children. Deceased was member OF Black
Rock Baptist Church.
Gladman.-Mr. Christopher Gladman,
| florist died at his home in Govanstown, ON
Monday last, aged SO years. He had an opera
| ton performed at hospital in Baltimore some
| time ago and never recovered from the effects
oft. Deceased leaves widow but no children.
The funeral took place on Thursday morning
| and the interment was in Prospect Hill Gene
terry, Towson.
Pearce.--John E. Pearce, Sr., died suddenly
at his home on North Bond street, Baltimore,
on the LIST inst, aged about 60 years. He was
native of Baltimore county and the Oldest
| son of the late Edward and Pricilla M. Pearce,
of Sweet Air. He leaves family.
Improvement Association Elects On
| cers.-The Belair Road Permanent Protective
and improvement Association held its annual
meeting Tuesday night at the home of DR.. J.
B. Webster. The election for officers resulted
as follows: President, Nicholas Philippi;
vice president, ]. H. Richter; secretary, Mich
| olas H. Hope; assistant secretary, Richard
Madden treasurer, T. L. Borst; directors,
| Charles A. Selling, Henry F. Radecke, DR.. ].
B. Webster, E. Elliott and VIM. j. Blddison
committee, consisting of Messrs. William
| J. Biddison, w W. Elliott, Frederick G Kelch
| Henry F Radecke and DIR. J. B. Webster was
| appointed to see the County Commissioners
about appointing special officer to patrol the
| Beair road on Sundays.
The Decision Adverse to Mr. Riggs
| The Highways Commissioners, at their meet
| ing on Thursday, overruled the exceptions
filed by Mr.. T. Dudley Riggs to the report of
the examiners in favor of relocating the North
road, running through the farm of Mr.. Riggs
| in Green Spring Valley, and ratified the report.
| The examiners, who were Messrs. John Hub
| ner William H. Mathai and Henry g Shirley,
reported in favor of the opening of diagonal
road to replace the North road as now located.
| Mr.. Riggs promptly filed exceptions to the
| ratification of the report and, as stated, the
| Commissioners have rendered decision ad-
verse to him. Mr.. Riggs, it is said, will take
an appeal to the Circuit Court.
Rural Carriers and Their Hardships.-
| A letter from Washington says: Reports from
different sections of the country complaining of
hardships encountered by rural delivery car
| riers on account of the unprecedently heavy
travelling along the highways are reaching the
| Postoffice Department. Several reports re-
| ceived from postmasters today declared the
impossibility of rendering full service until
| the roads, now impossible, dry out. In ex-
treme cases carriers will be required to cover
as much of their routes as circumstances per-
| NIT, and in cases where emergency requires,
will be permitted to temporarily make deliv-
cries on horseback"
Successful Rattle for Charity -On We'd
nesday evening, April 4th. rattle for four fine
| chickens took place at Mr.. Charles H. Stewards
Smile House, Philadelphia road, for the bene-
fit of a widow and her seven small children
who are in needy circumstances. Owing to
the vast number of tickets sold the committee
changed the rattle to drawing. The lucky
| ones were Henry j. Hermann and August
Kahler ST., of Gardenville and Rosedale, res
pectively. Both winners donated the chickens
| to the widow. The amount of money cleared
was S105. The committee of arrangements
was Messrs. George Klein, G. j. LaDgenselder,
August Kahler. Jr. and Henry Eckmeyer.
Harris, the Sharper.-I the Circuit Court
| here on Tuesday John Harris colOred, admit
| ted his guilt in having secured money from
| Rev. Columbus w. Sides, colored, under false
| pretenses. The prisoner represented to the
minister that it would take $27 to get the lat
| ters trunk from q Baltimore express office
and the former advanced $40 for the purpose.
The trunk did not appear and Harris ar
rest followed. Rev. Sides, who lives in Tow
son, is star route carrier between this place
and Bosley and Dulany's Valley postoffices.
Harris, who is high roller, said be was valet
to a rich foreign banker. Judge Duncan re-
served his decision.
Mt. Washington Improvement Assoeia-
tion.-The annual report of the directors of the
Mount Washington Village Improvement As
ISOLATION shows that, while the receipts for the
| last year have been smaller, the expenditures
| for repairs have been unusually large, owing
| to damage by foods in July last, These great
| ly reduced the means at the command OF the
association for hetterments, but substantial
advances have been accomplished in permanent
improvements in both wards. The directors