The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-12
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Personal Mention
Mr.. George Ostheim, of Fallston, Hartford
county, was among the visitors to Towson on
Wednesday.
Mrs. Grace Mattingly is now occupying
her pretty new cottage on North Baltimore
avenue, Towson.
Mr.. George o. Brown. formerly of Park.
VILE Baltimore county, judged the poultry al
the York fair this week.
Mr.. Elisha W. Parks, road supervisor fol
the 9th district, has been sick and confined to
his home near Towson this week.
Miss Augusta Patton, who spent several
months travelling in Europe, has returned to
Burnside" her home in Green Spring Valley.
Mrs. William s. Keech, of Towson, will
leave today to spend couple of weeks with her
aunt, Mrs. William Conant Church, OF New
York city.
Capt. G. Lyon Rogers and Mr.. Upton s.
Brady, of Baltimore county, will Judge the
hunters and jumpers at the Hagerstown far
next week.
MIR. Redmond G. Stewart, of Green Spring
Valley, who had a leg broken several weeks
ago by his horse falling upon him, is improv-
Mrs. William Denny, of Towson, who is
still at the Maryland University Hospital IN
Baltimore, is expected to be able to return to
her home in few days.
Mr.. Allen G. Girdwood, member of the bar,
WHO SDeQJ LQ6 az nlS OOuAbAy hOhAo
near Pleasant Hill, 4th district, has removed
his family to Baltimore for the winter.
Mr.. r. Baldwin Homer, of Sherwood, was
among those who attended the grand ball given
at the formal opening of Mr.. w. B. Dukes fine
new hotel at Leonardtown, Md, ON Wednes-
day night.
has removed to Baltimore and will hereafter
make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Chas.
B. Kenny.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry E. Wright, of Waverly,
are receiving congratulations upon the birth OF
a son. He has been named Thomas Gorsuch,
in honor of his great-grandfather, Kew. mos
Gorsuch, of Parkville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alpheus Hyatt Wight, for
merly of Cockeyville, who had been living sew
eral wears in New Orleans, have returned to
Maryland and taken house on st. Paul street.
Baltimore, for the winter.
Mr.. Stewart Jessop, of Ashland, N. q: X
r.. who is under treatment for fractured skull
sustained bv tree falling upon him, is i'm
proving rapidly at Baltimore hospital. Ii
was at first thought his injuries would prove
fatal
on some of his friends in Towson on Thurs
day. He owns pretty country home near st:
Thomas Church, Garrison Forest, and he and
Mrs. Smith spend the greater part OF the year
there.
Mr.. Albert W. Fuss, of the 4th district one
of the Republican nominees for County Com
missioner called on q number OF friends IN
Towson few days ago. He is making an &C.
tive canvass and is much pleased with the
outlook.
pr. William A. Montell, the well known
dentist of Hamilton Terrace, Baltimore, was
among the visitors to Towson on Wednesday:
He spent part of his boyhood days here and
has pleasant recollections of the town and sur
rounding country.
MIR. and Mrs John T. Ritter. of Loeb Raven.
have issued cards announcing the marriage OF
their daughter, Miss Florence May Ritter, and
Mr.. William Morris German. The ceremony
will take place at Towson M. E. Church, We'd
nesday October 23d, at P. M:
Mrs. Cook, wife of Mr.. Elmer j. Cook, the
we'll known Towson attorney, left on Tuesday
for Galveston, Texas, where she will spend
some time with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Lawson. She was accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. Clinton Foutz, OF Baltimore.
-Messrs. Gather, Urner and Parran, nomi-
nees on the Republican State ticket, were the
objects of much attention at the firemen's fair
at Hamilton on Wednesday evening and they
had fine time. Messrs. Mace and Miller, OF
the local ticket, were also present and saw that
their fences were kept in good shape.
Mr.. George W. Homan, of Missouri, who
is a native of Baltimore county, is visiting his
.
man, after the close of the Civil War-about
forty-two years ago-left the State. After visit
ing relatives here and renewing old acquain'
tances he will proceed to the jamestown Ex-
position.
Mr.. Charles Sterett Grason, formerly Of
Towson, has announced himself an indepen'
dent Democratic candidate for States Attorney
of st. Mary's county. He is farmer and has
once represented that county in the House oil
Delegates. 1t is said the Republican conven.
ton will endorse Mr.. Grason's candidacy, and
that he has an excellent chance of election.
Mr.. Thomas ]. Miller, Republican nomi'
nee for County Treasurer, was among the visi'
tors to Towson this week. He is making an
active canvass and is meeting with much
encouragement wherever he goes. Mr.. Miller
in addition to being an excellent business man
is a hustler in whatever he undertakes. II
work will win he does not propose to be beaten
because of any lack of it.
Mr.. William Bowen of Solomon. bailiff tC
the Orphans Court, celebrated his 18th birth
day on Friday, October 18th. He was born II
Towson and has spent his entire life here. Mr.
Bowen is charter member OF Towson Lodge
of Odd Fellows and the last survivor OF them
He is also member of Ridgely Encampmen
and of Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge. He is still
an active man and enjoys fairly good health.
Mr.. Frank H. Zouck, of Reisterstown, wa.
in Towson on Wednesday. He is now engaged
in securing rights of way for the Susquehanns
pole line, which will pass through the eastern
and southeastern section of this county IN
order to reach Baltimore. A strip of land loo
feet wide is required by the company, the OBJ
iect of which is to convey electrical power from
the great dam on the Susquehanna river the
CITY. For some months Mr.. Zouck was en-
gagged in securing rights of way for the exten
sive improvements made by the Western Mary
land Railroad Company on its line between
Arlington and Glyndon.
Among the Baltimore county people WHIT
registered the past week at the Maryland Build
ing on the jamestown Exposition grounds
were the following: Mrs. John Erwin, Mis-
Margaret Erwin and Miss Florence Arthur, o.
Fork; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. @. Stiff1er, of Partition
Mr.. Gus Fenneman, of Park Heights avenue
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Herzog and Miss Jose
phine Herzog, of Govanstown; Rev. Alex M
Rich Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. II. Best, of Reisters
town; Mrs. F. ]. Lamotte, Mrs. Eugene Blak'
and Mrs. Henry G. Constable. of Mt Wash
ington; Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Hearn and Mr.
and Mrs R. Lee Hearn, of Catonsville; MI
Watson E. Sherwood, of Owings' Mills; Mr.
and Mrs. Emil Funk, Of Govanstown; Mr.
George Little. of Catonsville; Mr.: @, Philil
Laurenson Mr.. and Mrs. Cabell Y. Peyton
of Kingsville; Mr.. and Mrs. w. Pinkney Craig
Govanstown.
Mr.. Henry N. Merryman, of Baltimore
Cdll6u Ou oOulO Va LIS AAOAOo a. -
Tuesday. He is half brother of the late Johl
Merryman. of Hayfields, and many years ag,
owned and conducted fine farm in the 1tl
district of this county, near Hereford. In hi
younger days MIR. Merryman was an athlet
whose extraordinary feats of strength. wer
the wonder and admiration OF his friends AM
it is said of him that he was never beaten in
lifting contest. At the Maryland State Fai
held on Charles street avenue, Baltimore, il
1858 Mr. Merryman gave an exhibition of Ri
strength by lifting 1 1000 pounds and the mai
who had the testing machine said he had neve
seen the feat done before. MIR. Merryman ais
possessed remarkable agility and it was Al
easy thing for him to spring upon the back o
horse by merely placing his hands upon tn
animals withers. Although 70 years of ag
Mr. Merryman still enjoys excellent healt
and is SO vigorous and sprightly that he coul
easily be taken for much younger man.
A Successful Firemen's Fair.-The fai
for the benefit of the Hamilton Volunteer Fir
Company, which was held several nights thi
week in Hamilton Hall, was very successful