The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-01-26

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Rev. J. A. Jones, who has been pastor Of
Hereford Baptist Church for the past four
years. has accepted call TO church In New
MFR. John r. Neidhart, we'll known resi-
dentof Hamilton, Hartford road, has announced
himself Democratic candidate for the House
lof Delegates.
Mr.. William O. Brooks, the widely known
funeral director of Philopolis, who was very
sick several days last week, was able to drive
to Towson on Wednesday.
Mr.. John T. Todd, who had been spend
ing some time with his brother, Mr.. Thomas
B. Todd, Of North Point, Baltimore county,
has returned to his home in Norfolk. Va.
DR. VIM. T. G. Whiteford, of Parkville,
who was under treatment last week for appen-
dicitis at the Maryland General Hospital is
now at his home. He has almost entirely re-
covered.
Miss Louise Given, of Harrisburg, Pa.
formerly of Worthington Valley. Baltimore
county, has gone to Los Angeles, CAL, to spend
several months with her sister, Mrs. ]. f.
Thompson.
Mr.. Charles Ellet Rieman, of Rogers Forge,
Baltimore county, president of the Western
National Bank of Baltimore. has been elected
a member of the board of directors of the
lEutaw Savings Bank.
Mr.. John w. II. Geiger, who two weeks
before resigned the position of cashier of the
Canton National Bank, has also retired from
the board Of directors of the bank, he having
resigned on Monday.
Mr.. w. s. g. Williams has been reelected
treasurer of the st. Georges Society, the annual
meeting of which was held in Baltimore on
Monday night. Mr.. Williams is also mem
Der of the executive committee.
Rev. w. H. Fl. Powers. rector of Trinity
Church, Towson, will conduct service at EN-
manuel Church. Belair, on Sunday next. at II
NJ This is the church that Rev. John /.
Yellott will become the rector of next month.
Mrs Rachel A. Staines who had been very
i'll for some time at the home OF her daughter,
She is an old resident of Baltimore county and
the wife Of Mr.. Caleb A. Staines, ST., OF the 9Th
district.
Mr.. w. w. Crosby, chief engineer Of the
Maryland Geological Survey. was among the
visitors to Towson on Tuesday. He expressed
much qualification at the interest now being
manifested in the road question in Baltimore
Nj. and Mrs. William L. Gusweiler, of
Aberdeen, Hartford county, and Miss Annie
Freeman, of Baltimore, spent last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Walter, OF Perry Hall.
Mr.. Gusweiler is a successful farmer and Gamer
in Hartford.
MIR. John s. Bull has resigned the position
of general freight agent of the Maryland q
Pennsylvania r. B.. and has been elected vice.
president of the Cabin Run Anthracite Coal
Company of Pennsylvania, with Offices in
Philadelphia.
Mr.. George w. Arnold. tunnel engineer
for the Tdewater Railway Company, has re-
signed to accept similar position with the
Western Pacific Railway Company in Califor-
MIA Mr. Arnold is son of Mr.. 7. Reese Ar
mold. of Glyndon.
position twenty-three years, declined a re-
election to the secretaryship of the Maryland
Sunday School Association. Failing health
is said to be the cause. No successor to Mr..
Mock has been chosen.
Mr.. William H Herzog has succeeded the
late Thomas McGuinniss as agent for the Man.
ders0n and Keyser estates. both Of which have
large property interests at Highlandtown, Bal
timore county. Mr.. Herzog is son OF Mr..
Chas. Herzog, of Govanstown, the well known
attorney.
attended the Confederate banquet at Hotel
Herman, in Baltimore last Saturday evening
were Col D. G.. Mcintosh, DIR. f. w. Patterson
and Messrs John Gephart, George II: Elder,
T. Alvah Merritt, James H. Linzey and James
e. Linzey.
Catholic Church, Pikesville, announced to his
congregation last Sunday that he would sail in
few days for pleasure trip to Europe, to be
absent about three months. He will accom-
pany Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Deupert, whose sum-
mer home is near Pikesville.
Mr. George Smith, well known business
man of Highlandtown, was in Towson on
Tuesday attending to some matters before the
Orphans Court in connection with the settle
ment of his fathers estate. Mr.: Smith owns
a fine tract of land on Seneca river, 10th dis
trict, that he is now advertising in The UNION
for sale.
z Mr.. and Mrs John Ridgely, of Hampton,
near Towson, were among the guests of Attor-
new General and Mrs. Charles j Bonaparte at
the dinner given by them in Washington on
Tuesday night in honor of President Roosevelt.
They remained in Washington over night and
launched with the President at the White
House at P. NJ. on Wednesday.
r Mr.. j. Wesley Lee, one of Towson's oldest
citizens and formerly superintendent OF the
postal station here, has been sick and confined
to his home for some time. In the days before
1.-THE horse-cars started running on the York
road Mr. Lee ran stage line between Balti-
more and Govanstown. Later he located at
Towson and for some years was engaged in
merchandising here.
Mrs. Webster, widow of William Webster,
is living at her home, near Sweet Air, at the
age of nearly SO years. She and her husband,
who was q native of England, removed from
about the close of the Civil War and she has
been living there ever since. They had no
children. Mrs. Webster is q native of the
Eastern Shore of Maryland,
Mr.. Thomas K. Hartley, a we'll known
farmer of the I'd district, was looking after
day and, incidentally. renewed his subscrip-
ton to THE UNION. He is among the few sur
vivors of the old families o! his immediate sec
ton of the county and was born and spent his
entire life on the farm where he still lives. Mr..
Hartley said the mercury at his home that
morning was above zero.
Mr. John Bond. well known retired far
mer of Western Run Valley. paid his respects
to THE UNION on Thursday. He has been a
subscriber to this paper fifty three years. Mr..
Bond, who was engaged in farming the greater
part of his life is still an active member of the
Senior Gunpowder Agricultural Club and takes
much interest in its meetings. He is de-
scendant of one of the Oldest families in that
section of Baltimore county, and was born
there 78 years ago.
Mr.. William B. Michael, who has been
resident of Long Green Valley twenty. eight
wears. having sold his farm, will dispose of all
his personal property thereon on Thursday,
February 18th. and remove to Hartford, OF
which county he is native. Mr.. Michael, at
the age of IS years, is still remarkably active
man in body and mind and speaks Of bis pro-
spective change of residence as cheerfully as
though he was thirty or forty years younger.
Baltimore county will regret to lose 80 good
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Green. Jr., of Sweet
Air, were among the callers at The UNION
office on Tuesday. Mr. Green, who was born
within three miles of his present place of resi-
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blacksmithing business at Sweet Air "a years,
having established himself there several years
before bis marriage. He is in all respects an
excellent citizen. Mrs. Green, who is a native
of Fallston Hartford county. thinks that Sweet
Air is one Of the most desirable places in the
country as q home and she would not live
elsewhere il she could.
Among those from Baltimore county who
attended the large meeting of the alumni OF
the University Of Maryland, held in Balti-
more on Tuesday night, were the following
DR.. B. f. Bussey, DR.. ]. F. 81. Gorsuch; DR..
E. NJ. Duncan, DR.. E. G. Darling, DR.. James
Gore, DIR. J. G. Monmonier, DR.. ]. L. Rathie.
DR.. G. v. Mace, DR.. James ii. Wilson, DR.. I.
Rowe Price, Dr. Fl. Louis Naylor, DIR. Clyde
v. Matthews, Mr.. VIM. H. Lawrence. Mr..
Randolph Barton, Jr. Mr.. John II. Grill, Mr..
Watson e. Sherwood, Mr.. Georges 8. Nj. Kieffer,
4 Mr.. Arthur P. Shanklin, Mr.. ]. Howard Fox
and Mr.. E. L. Bowles.
A Remarkable Family. The late Mr.
David Yingling. who lived near Westminster
married twice and had five children by his first
marriage all of whom are living. viz, Messrs
Samuel Yingling and Michael YingliDg. Mrs
Anna Utz, Mrs. Priscilla Lease and Mrs Ehza
Weimert. Their descendants number17 grand
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