The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-11-09
Personal Mention

| PERSONAL M90btOu.-
Mr.. Bayard Turnbull, son of Mr.. Lawrence
Turnbull, has gone to Paris to study archi-
| lecture.
lT-Mr. J. Alexis Shriver has been elected an
active member of the Hartford County Historic
l cal Society.
The Misses Longnecker, of Towson, have
| gone to Highland, Howard county, to spend
couple of weeks with their niece, Mrs. Hugh
| W. s. Powers.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Ekas. who had been
living in Baltimore several years, have returned
| to Towson and are again occupying their house
Mr. and Mrs M. E. Yost, of Hiawatha
Kansas, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Wag
ner, of West Joppa road, Towson. Mr.. Yost is
brother of Mrs Wagner.
Mr.. William P. Cooper, an active young
business man of Salt Lake City, Utah, spent
last Sunday with relatives in Towson. He is
/ a native of this place and a son of Mrs. J. q.
Cooper.
DIR. E. N. Brush, medical superintendent
of the Sheppard Pratt Hospital, near T0wson,
who had been abroad nearly three months, has
returned. He was accompanied by his SOD.
Mr.. Nathaniel H. Brush.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Jackson have closed
their country place at the head of Charles street
avenue and are now occupying their city resi-
dence on st. Paul street. Mr.. Jackson is presi'
dent of the Elkridge Club.
Mr.. Richard Vincent, Jr., and his son. Mr..
Thomas A. Vincent, OF White Marsh, baltl-
more county, registered at the Broadway Cen
trail Hotel. New York city. on Wednesday last.
They were on their way to Boston.
Mr.. Thomas G. Carter, who lives on Bel
Iona avenue Govanstown, Is very sick with q
complication of diseases. He formerly lived
at Gardenville and was once elected to the
II ouse of Delegates by the Democrats.
Police Marshal Abram 7. Street, cannot
be blamed if he feels very proud about this
time. He was elected on Tuesday by plu-
rality of over 3,000-the largest any candidate
has received in Baltimore county in years..
Mrs. Emanuel w. Herman, of Lutherville;
Mrs. Charles L. Macneal, of Baltimore, and
Mrs. J. Lindsay Clark, of Valley View, near
Towson. are guests of the latter's sister, Mrs.
Albert Steinbach. of Pelham Heights, New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ross Diffenderffer
have closed "Cassia," their country home near
Woodbrook, and returned to their town house,
1871 North Charles street. Mr.. Diffenderffer.
who has been sick with double pneumonia, is
much improved.
Mr.. Robert H. Bussey Is the only man who
bears the honor of having been re elected States
Attorney of Baltimore county, and his majority
at Tuesdays election was larger than it was
four years ago. That looks like very salts
factory endorsement.
Mr.. David q. Warfel and family, who
had been residents Of Dulany's Valley for the
past five years, have removed to the Burnslde
Spring Valley. They take with them the good
wishes of many friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nom. Orr, who spent
some time with relatives and friends on My
Lady's Manor the past summer, were due to
reach their home In Melbourne, Australia, on
the 9th instant. Before her marriage Mrs. Orr
was Miss Winifred Richardson, of Baltimore
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Frame who were mar
ried lately at Trinity Church, Towson, are
now at the Hotel Stafford in Baltimore. AS
ooov n 10 Nnrn rlnfad thew will 0qci1nv their
new cottage at Terracedale, South Towson.
Mrs. Frame was formerly Miss Gretchen
Rieman.
Rev. Philip 81. Sheridan, pastor of the
Church of the Immaculate, Towson, last Sun
day celebrated the tenth anniversary OF bis
ordination to the priesthood. Some special
exercises by the children in the school hall
was feature. Father Sheridan was presented
with purse.
Mr.. William G. spottswood, who holds .
responsible position in the War Department
in Washington, and Mrs. Spottewood, spent
several days this week with relatives in Tow
son. Mr.. Spottsweod, who is fond Of hunting,
spent q day or two tramping the fields and
woodlands, with rather Indifferent success. :.
Mr. Charles A. Hook, who was re elected
warden of the Baltimore city Jail on Wednes-
day, is native of Baltimore county and a son
of the late Richard w. Hook, who was once
sheriff OF the county. One of his brothers
the late R. Edwin Hook-was for many years
equity clerk in the Office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court at Towson.
county, who was until recently q resident Of
Towson, came here to vote on Tuesday and
paid his respects to some of bis friends. He is
very much pleased with his new home IN
Charles and says no more clever people exist
on the face of the earth. Mr.. Malcolm is en-
ioying excellent health.
Mrs. Rachel G. Bosley celebrated her SD
birthday at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
George Jessop of Cockeysville on Wednesday.
She is native OF that section of the county and
the widow Of John Bosley, Of VIM, who was
q prominent business man in his day. Mr..
William II. Bosley, of the Baltimore banking
house of John s. Cuttings & Co., is Mrs. Bos-
ley's Oldest son.
Among the Baltimore county people who
registered the past week at the Maryland Build
were the following: Mr.. P. O. Fleury, Of
Bradshaw; Mr.. Henry ] Raphel, OF Upper
town; Mr.. w. A. Watkins, Jr., Of Long
Green; Mr.. Edward Graefe, Jr., Of Owings'
Mills Mrs. A. Hoffman, of CatonsvilIe.
Mrs. John Lippincott, Of Baltimore has
issued cards for the marriage Of her grand
daughter Miss Anna Celeste Doyle, to Mr..
Hugh Keys Sands, son Of Judge William B:
Sands, of Lake Roland. The ceremony will
day evening, November 23d, at o'clock. The
prospective bride, who is we'll known in Bal.
timore county, is niece of Mr.. Edward s.
Peerce, of Dulany's Valley.
r Rev. Thomas Gorsuch, Of Parkville, Har-
II ford road, drove to TowsOn on Tuesday after
ton. he having voted the first time in Belair
sixty.five years ago. Mr.. Gorsuch, who is an
earnest Republican, took great pleasure in
voting for Mr.. Gather and the entire Republic
can ticket. He also took occasion to express
his opinion very freely about our present cleo.
II La nd kho MI
passed it.
Mr.. Charles H. Mann, door-keeper of the
Press Gallery of the House of Representatives,
came over from Washington on Tuesday and
voted at one of the Towson precincts of the 9th
district. He was accompanied by his two
sons, both of whom are now voters These
young men never lived in Baltimore county,
never expect to live here and have no interest
here whatever, and yet they are registered
voters in the county simply because their
father holds an office under the Government.
Makes q Good Showing The following
report from the Office ofthe Baltimore and Bel
air Electric Railway Company is interesting ::
During the month of October last this road, Of
only 81 miles in length, carried Il, 1852 passen-
gers, an increase in number OF 10s per cent.
over the corresponding month of last year.
The net cash receipts for the same month
showed an increase of 203 per cent. over the
month of October. 1906. These figures show
how population follows the electric railroad,
assuring in nearly every case continued in
crease of travel and the success OF the road.
The line extends from Hamilton to Carney, on
the Hartford road.
Purchase Of q Farm.-Mr. Charles 8.
Rich, executor of the estate of the late John
W. Burton, has sold at private sale to Mr.. f..
T. DeBaugh, 100 acres of what is known as the
Wolf farm, near the old copper factory, on the
Hartford road upon private terms. There are
ordinary improvements upon the property.
Mr.. DeBaugh, who 10 an energetic young
farmer, has been renting the farm Of Mrs. j..
]. Blandin, in the same neighborhood, for the
past fourteen years.
Interesting Facts About Trees.
Curious twists are observed in many tree
trunks, and the inquiry just begun in Europe
suggests the surprising conclusion that they
are produced by the earth's rotation, like the
twists of storms and the whirls seen in water.
Van den Brock, the Belgian geologist, points
out that if conditions Of growth were the cause
tho tors;on ahOuld follow the SUMS apparent