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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1889
Page
3
DENTON JOURNAL reports from August editions with notices on a Marydel wedding, an interesting race, and other county items. Correspondents solicit items from all parts of the county for publication under this head.
Farmers thresh wheat, a new Cambridge bank ready by September, colored mail agent begins duties, and several church and social events are noted. Marriages at Marydel, a Knights Tournament planned for September, and road work on Main street and bridges announced. Eastern Shore railroad progress, harbor improvements, and local labor use highlighted.
Jake Kilrain was arrested this morning in Baltimore and jailed awaiting removal to Mississippi on Governor Lowry's requisition. He had been hiding at Hampton, Virginia for a week. Kilrain's wife wept at the arrest. the Chapel Democratic club meets this Saturday evening at Cordova.
Letters of administration issued for Dorcas Nichols estate to Frances Nichols and appraisers named J I Goslin and F P Covey. Administrators bills heard for Wm H Trice estate. Bond filed for James W Holt trustee sale of Dr Thomas S Holt estate. Executorship accounts for John J Freely and others passed. Gearhart renunciation filed. Mehr estate letters granted to George Mehr of Baltimore. Widow and children of W A Holbrook cited. guardian ad litem appointed. Sales report for Asbury Prouse real estate filed.
Governor orders State's Attorney Henry R. Lewis to sue the Nanticoke Musical Literary and Social Club and the Choptank Social Literary and Musical Club to determine misuse or non use of corporate powers and possible charter forfeiture under Maryland law. Clubs inactive. action aims to secure forfeiture and forestall reopening. Better train service on Cambridge and Seaford RR urged to provide earlier mail and passenger connections with Baltimore and Philadelphia express for same day trips.
The inquiry for Southern wheat remains good as the market holds steady and firm with moderate offerings. Damaged and inferior grades bring 66 to 76 cents, fair to good 84 to 86 cents, while corn stock in elevators stands at 74,188 bushels with a fair inquiry for good Southern corn and a light overall offering.
Edward Downes was captured Tuesday night in Townsend Delaware and jailed in Centreville after a failed assault on Miss Ida Booker near Church Hill Queen Anne's county. John Chapman, baggage master on the Queen Anne's and Kent Railroad, trapped Downes in a freight car and delivered him to Centreville jail.
The peach markets remain buoyant with light arrivals Monday in Baltimore and high prices. Yellow fruit sold from 31.60 to 2 per basket and 1.60 to 2.40 per box, while white fruit brought 1 to 1.40 per basket and up to 1.50 per box. A small NC grape shipment sold at 3 cents per pound.
A humorous exchange about flies fills a room as two speakers joke that many county flies have gathered for a funeral. The quip highlights the abundance and inevitability of the insects and ends with a wry moral about the pointless abundance of life in the scene.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad offers reduced rate excursion tickets today August 7 to Rehoboth or Ocean City. Tickets are good for outbound trains and return by the Monday morning train from Ocean City at 6 a.m. and Rehoboth at 6:25 a.m. Prominent visitors at Brick Hotel include C. N. Graff, F. A. Roop, W. S. Grammer, C. B. Pentz, W. Nicholson, J. Hackett and many others from Baltimore, Wilmington, Easton, New York, and Dover. Senator Wilson is at Ocean City and in good health.
The Judges of the Orphans Court publish ratification of the sale of the Prouse property in Hillsborough. T. Pliny Fisher, trustee, advertises a valuable carriage shop and a lot of carriage material. Byron C. Halbrook, trustee, advertises Henderson town property. Mr. Tilghman Harvey of Burrsville advertises his varied stock of hardware.
At the Laturor California depot hotel breakfast room a gunman killed ex judge David S. Terry. Deputy U S Marshal David Nagle shot him in a tumultuous scene that involved Supreme Justice Stephen J. Field.
A historical note urges care in fruit handling to avoid waste and losses in city markets. It condemns shipping overripe or carelessly packed produce, arguing time spent sorting and packing saves money and that blame should not fall on commission merchants for buyers’ losses. The article cites market conditions where prime fruit fetches good prices while inferior goods may lose money.
Clannmaker's in PultapELouza advertises Saturday closure at 1 PM and invites buyers to specify fabric type, use, and price. It claims the Wana maker stock of dress goods is the largest and best selected in the world and offers samples. The store also lists sporting tackle, furnishings, toiletries, millinery, books, and home decor items.
The local paper pours from 500 to 5000 dollars in free lines annually for the benefit of the community. The editor, proportional to means, does more for town than ten men. a local paper is the best investment a community can make financially.
Honorable Sunset Cox, the Democratic representative from New York, returns from a tour of four new states he helped create via the omnibus enabling act. He predicts Washington and Montana will lean Democratic, notes telegraph rate disputes with the Postmaster General, and mentions Garland's $25,000 yearly assignment for Northern Pacific. Indian traders' character is urged by Indian Commissioner Morgan, and Bar Harbor Maine hosts presidential appointment notices from Blaine’s department.
The Centreville Record notes Chester river as the angler's paradise. Five men are slated to be hanged in New York City next Friday.
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