The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-10-03

MIR. J. Marsh Matthews, member of tn
bar, is recovering from painfully sprainet
ankle.
Mr.. Julian w. Ridgely, youngest son o.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ridgely, of Hampton, lef
for Harvard College last Monday.
MIR. ]. Wallace Bryan, of Baltimore, ha
been admitted to the Baltimore county bar, OF
motion of Mr.. Osborne l. Yellott
Miss Virginia M. Elliott, daughter of ex
/ Sheriff Jacob Elliott, is recovering from an at
tack of typhoid fever at her home in the 5tf
! district.
CHARLES Philip Kerr, of Gainesville, ha:
been appointed first lieutenant of Company
of the Institute of Technology Battalion al
| Boston, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. Matthews have
| closed their country place, near Cockeysville
and reopened their town house, 1902 st. Pau
street, Baltimore.
Mrs L. w. Ladd and her three children,
of Cleveland, O., are guests of Mrs. Ladd's
| parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Conkling,
of Mt. Washington.
Miss Agnes Snyder, of Fallston, who spent
the past summer in Philadelphia and at At
| lantic City, is now visiting her aunt, Mrs
| Edward Graefe, of Delight, Baltimore county.
Mr.. Charles M. Harris, of Warrenton, Va,
and Mr.. Charles Huff, of Alexandra, Va,
both experienced horsemen, will serve as judges
| at the Green Spring Valley Horse Show today.
Mr.. Arthur w. Penniman has returned to
his home in New York after spending several
weeks with his mother, Mrs. Edward J. Penni-
man, at her home in Dixon Park, Mt. Wash
ington.
Mr. Thomas J. Miller, a we'll known far
mer and business man, of Monkton, N. G. r.
R., was among the visitors to Towson on We'd
nesday and was warmly greeted by many
friends.
Miss Eliza Ridgely, formerly of Hampton,
who has been living abroad for some time,
will spend the coming winter in Egypt. Her
sister, Miss Margaret Ridgely, is missionary
in Africa.
Mr.. Alexander D. Cockey, who had been
sick nine weeks with typhoid fever at the
Union Protestant Infirmary in Baltimore, has
recovered sufficiently to return to his home,
near Pikesville.
Mrs Joseph Graham and her little son,
who spent the summer with Mrs. Graham g
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Stirling, of Mt.
Washington, have returned to their home in
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr.. Harry Malcolm, of La Plata, Charles
county, Md, came here on Tuesday to get
transfer to that county, where be will be voter
in the future. he met warm welcome from
many of his old friends.
Mr.. William Grason, of the Towson bar,
who had been in Denver, Co.. attending the
annual sessions of the Sovereign Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows, returned to his home in Tow
son on Wednesday night.
Rev. Hugh w. s. Powers, rector of High
land Parish, Howard county, accompanied by
his wife and little daughter, arrived in Towson
on Wednesday. Mrs. Powers will spend sew
eral weeks with relatives here.
Mrs. Richard Roberts, 2016 Maryland ave.
nue.. Baltimore, announces the engagement of
her daughter, Sallie Morselle, to Mr.. William
Denmead Croft. of Owings Mills. The mar
rage will take place in early November.
Mrs. W. w. Browne, of Woonsocket Conn.,,
who had been spending a month with her
mother, Mrs. Daniel Grace, of Loeb Raven, re-
turned to her home on Friday, accompanied
NV hor IN an10t
Baltimore county.
Mr.. William s. Norris, a well known bust
ness man of Govanstown, left on Tuesday for
Toledo. o., to attend the annual meeting of
the Executive Senate of the National Union,
he being president of the Baltimore county
Cabinet of the order.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ezey Waters who
spent part of the past summer in Vermont,
have returned. Mr.. Waters, who is well
known Baltimore banker, is director of the
National Bank of Cockeysville and is well
known in this county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas G. Bruff of Towson,
have sent out invitations to the marriage OF
their daughter, Miss Nora Kathleen BruH, to
Mr. Edward Plummer, of Baltimore. The
ceremony will take place in Trinity Church,
Towson, Saturday Oct. 10th, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
Mr.. Alfred ]. Cummings, son of Mrs.
Margaret j. Cummings, of Baltimore, formerly
of Long Green Valley, has gone to Macon, Ca,
to enter ST. Stanislaus Novitiate to study for the
Jesuit priesthood. Heisa graduate of st. Johns
College and lately completed two years course
at Loyola College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry M. Griffith, of 1909
McCulloh street, Baltimore, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss Alice Court
ney Griffith, to Mr.. Reverdy Benson Sparks,
son of Mrs. Susanna s. Sparks, of Sparks Sta
ton, Northern Central Railway. The mar
rage will take place next January.
Mr. Charles B. Roberts, who was shot and
seriously wounded several weeks 6go on the
boardwalk at Atlantic City. left the hospital
this week and is now at the Hotel Brighton IN
that place The summer home OF Mr.. Roberts
is near Lutherville and he is frequent atten-
dant at the Catholic Church of the lmmacu-
Mrs. Ella B. Scott, of Western Run Valley,
has issued invitations to the marriage OF her
daughter Miss Ella +. Scott, to Mr.. William
q. Bosley, Jr, on Saturday, October i G. at
late Edwin so6 SLAUGHTER q Ms scott ana .ns
William q. Bosley, of the Baltimore banking
firm of John s. Cuttings & Co.
Miss Marie Armstrong, director OF Kinder
garten work at Sparrows Point and Miss
Katharine Dinsmore, teacher in the public
school there, will sail today from Phlladel-
phia for six weeks stay abroad, during which
they will visit the educational institutions OF
England, Ireland and Scotland The trip is
being made with other teachers under the
auspices of the National Civic Federation.
Mr.. Charles E. Fendall, equity clerk in
the County Clerks Office, celebrated his 18th
birthday on Wednesday by making speech
at Democratic meeting at Hebbvllle. Mr..
Fendall is an old war horse of Democracy and
an ardent Bryan man. He claims-and no
doubt Justly sO-that he has made more politl-
cal speeches in Baltimore county than any
other man in it, and yet he has never held put
one elective ofice-tbat OF member OF tne
House of Delegates.
Mr.. J. Maurice Watkins, one of the ap-
praisers of the Orphans Court celebrated his
list birthday last Sunday. He is native OF
Port Deposit, Md, but has been resident OF
Towson fifty-four years. Mr.. watkins was
among the excursionists at Riders Switch,
Baltimore & Susquehanna Railroad, (now the
Northern Centra) on the 4th OF July, 1854,
when a collision occurred between two passen-
ger trains, about mile south of that place,
and seventy persons were killed or wounded:
Mr.. Watkins was not on either OF the lll-iateo
trains.
Mr.. John B. Foard, well known farmer
of the 18th district and an ex-member OF the
House of Delegates, was among the visitors TO
Towson on Wednesday. MIR. Foard, who owns
a beautiful and productive farm, was also en-
gagged in canning, but did nothing in that line
This season. He devotes his fertile acres largely
to trucking, and this year his ten acres OF pota'
toes produced a crop of nearly 200 bushels to
the acre. His other crops also turned out well
and prices generally have been very satlsfac-
tory, Mr.. FOarQ says ne dlWhyS has DcttcI AO-
suits with potatoes from Northern seed than
from home grown.
Among the delegates who attended the
| special convention of the Protestant Episcopal
| Diocese of Maryland, which was held in Balti-
more on Thursday were the following from
Baltimore county: Revs. ]. Worrall Lar
mour, Edward T. Lawrence, X. Heber Murphy
| A. T. Pindell, w. II. II. Powers, Albert Rhett
| Walker w. F. Watkins. Jr., William Rollins
| Webb and Messrs. Randolph Barton, George
| r. NOVEL;, J. Smith Orrick, George D. Penni'
man, Edward N. Rich, Francis T., Sparks,
| Charles W. Hoff, Armstead M. Webb, VIM.
Fell johnson, VIM. S. G. Williams and Dr.
William J. Todd, who were lay delegates
Queer Mixup in the Game Laws.-Sev,
eral queer things have already been pointed
| out In regard TO the game laws in Baltimore
| county, says the Baltimore Necs, but there are
| other queer things. In the acts of 1905. chap
| ter AGO. on page $751; section says: mo per
| son shall shoot upon any Sunday or election
| day, or when the ground is covered with snow
John G. Nagengast. 2ne Of the most ,, ener,
made the startling discovery that the acts OF
| 1908 contain very important difference. Inc
law referring to shooting game in Baltimore
county is found on page 531, chapter 68l, ano
| now reads: mo person shall shoot
or upon any Sunday or election day when the
| --1und 10 novarod with enOW.n