The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-03-09

farmer of the 9Th district, is foreman of tht
4 present grand jury.
more real estate agent and broker, was among
/ the visitors to Towson on Wednesday.
Justice R. A. Bevan, Of Arlington. The
has been confined to his home several weeks
with an injured foot, is again able to be at his
| Office.
Dulany's Valley, who lately purchased a farm
near Scarf, Hartford county, has resold the
same.
Major John /. Yellott, member of the bar,
| has been suffering from the effects of a severe
| cold this week and has been confined to his
home in Towson.
Mr.. Emil Lang, who had been living near
| Catonsyille, on Thursday removed his family
| to the Glen Ellen Farm of Mr.. H. L. Brack,
northeast of Towson.
Mr.. James Rittenhouse, of the 18th dis
| trict, has been endorsed for the nomination
for County Commissioner by the Jackson DEM
ocratic Club of that district.
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Devries who spent
part of the past winter at the Stafford, in Balti
more, have returned to their home at Rogers
Station, Green Spring Valley.
Rev. NJ. j. Rlordan, pastor OF st. Charles
Catholic Church, Pikesville, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Dupert, was in Cairo,
\Egypt, on the 18th of February.
Mrs. Eugene Burke this week removed
from Loeb Raven to Towson and is occupying
lately vacated by the Misses Ady.
Miss Katharine Poorbaugh, organist of
Trinity Church, Towson, who had an opera
ton performed for appendicitis at the Church
Home in Baltimore several weeks ago, is rapid
ly improving and will soon be out.
Hon. John s. Biddison and Mr.. Walter r.
Townsend, of Baltimore county, are named
among the incorporators of the Democratic
Telegram Company, which has been organized
in Baltimore with q capital stock of $4,000.
MIR. Henry G. Shirley, roads engineer for
Baltimore county, has been appointed by Gov.
Warfield an additional delegate from Maryland
to the National Good Roads Convention that
n will meet in Pittsburg on Tuesday and We'd
nesday of next week.
MIR. Laurence Hall Fowler, architect, has
established an office at BAT North Charles street,
Baltimore. He is the son of exChief Judge
David Fowler and young man of marked
ability in his profession.
Mr.. and Mrs James Nick. Merryman, who
sailed for Europe on the 10Th of last Novem-
Der, reached their home, Grove Farm, on the
Falls road, on Wednesday evening They are
in the enjoyment of excellentshealth.
Mr.. Charles r. LaurensoE, assistant secre-
tary of the American Bonding Company of
Baltimore, has been appointed general agent OF
that company for Northern Ohio, with head
quarters at Cleveland. Mr.. Laurenson is a son
of Mr.. G. Philip Lanrenson, formerly of Towson.
Y Miss Eliza Ridgely, who has been travel.
ing abroad for nearly two years. is now IN
India. She is accompanied by Miss Eleanor
Freeland, and they will visit China and Japan
before returning to this country. Miss Ridgely
is the eldest sister of Mr.. John Ridgely, of
Hampton.
Mrs. Sarah E. Slade. mother of County
Commissioner John V. Slade celebrated her
85th birthday at her home at Corbett, N. G. r.
r., on Tuesday. Mrs. Slade was born on My
Lady's Manor and has spent her entire life in
that neighborhood. Her husband died over
thirty years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Boehm, who are
spending the winter in Baltimore, called on
some of their friends in Towson last Sunday
afternoon. They will rent their cottage in
Aigburth Park and spend the coming summer
at their new home on the Severn riverin Anne
Arundel county.
Mr.. Atwood J. Blunt, of the I'd district,
who was drawn as Juror for the March term
of court, was unable to appear last Monday
because he is suffering from painful injuries as
a result of being thrown from horse. He was
excused by the court and Mr. Eugene Gosnell
was drawn in his place.
Mrs. Eliza Wheat, well known resident
of Granite I'd district, celebrated her 68th birth
day last Monday when her family gave a sup
per in her honor. She is the widow of George
Wheat, who was well known farmer in that
section of the county. She has seven sons, two
daughters and twenty grandchildren.
MIR. John o. Cockey, son of Mr.. Edward
A. Cockey, of Worthington Valley, left few
days ago for California, where he has secured
a position with the engineering department of
the Western Pacific Railroad, of which Mr..
George W. Arnold, formerly of Baltimore
county, is the assistant engineer. Mr.. Arnold
is son of Mr.. I. Reese Arnold, of Glyndon.
The wedding of DIR. Purnell F. Sappington,
of Belair, and Miss Nellie .Slye, of Fallston, is
announced to take place on March 18th. The
groom is a well known local physician, and
the bride is one of the most highly esteemed
members of Harford's teachers corps. DR..
Sappington was formerly resident of this
county and at one time member of the Board
ofElection Supervisors.
The engagement is announced of Miss Hen
rietta Cowman George, daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. George, of Baltimore, to
Or. Marshall Langton Price, son of the late
Surgeon-G General Curtis Price, United States
Army. The marriage will take place next
December. DR.. Price, who is connected with
the MARYLAND State Board of Health, resides
with his mother in Aigburth Park, adjoining
Towson. The prospective bride is niece OF
Mrs. James Briscoe.
This week Mr.. Robert d. Mosner, princi-
nal of the public school at Govanstown, re-
ceived first grade teachers life certificate from
the State Board of Education. This is the
highest teachers certificate that is granted and
enables the holder to teach for life in any of
the schools of Maryland. This is an unusual
honor for a man so young as Mr.. Mosner. he
has resigned his position at Govanstown school,
where he taught for three and a-half years,
and has been appointed to clerkship in the
Internal Revenue Department under civil Ser
vice rules.