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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1889
Page
3
Hon J Frank Turner visits town and a Mozart Hall hop is planned at Greensborough on the 23d. Local life includes new dwellings in Choptank, revival services in Denton, sermons at Christ Church, and a chancery term starting Monday. Marriages, travel, and notices fill the column alongside weather and commerce items.
The Maryland Steamboat Company announces in the Journal that its daily route will run through the winter. Bank Directors Elected: at a Denton National Bank stockholders meeting held Tuesday, directors for the coming year were re-elected, including Philip W. Downes, B. Gootee Stevens, R. T. Carter, R. C. Carter, Ernest Downes, John W. Clark, J. P. J. Hubbard, John F. Dawson, and T. C. West.
Price report shows wheat ranging 1.05 to 1.67 per bushel amid weekly gains. Oats at 32 cents and rye at 55 cents. Corn sold in Baltimore at 45 cents per bushel, marking a 3 to 4 cent advance this week.
The piece notes a stormy weekend with rain through Sunday, clearing by Monday for mild, springlike weather. It observes a bright cheery winter aside from Wednesday, compares it to autumn in skies and bracing air, and jokes about limited physician visits. A town rumor links George W. Massey’s Senate run to George M. Russum’s potential appointment, which Russum dismisses as “all stuff and buckram.”
Through the efforts of Hon Charles H Gibson Mr Clinton Cook of Denton has been appointed railway postal clerk between Philadelphia and Crisfield His friends are pleased at his appointment His salary will be 1000 a year He will enter upon his aes Monday.
The county commissioners met last Tuesday and settled the claim of J. O. and W. Brown for damages to their traction engine after it fell through a bridge at Smithville. The $20 settlement was split equally between the county and W. I. Hignatt, owner of the mill dam where the accident occurred. Elon S. Hobbs, counsel to the board, resigned. Several bills were passed and the board adjourned to meet next Tuesday.
The Atlantic Transport Line steamer Montana was struck while at anchor in Craighill channel Baltimore by the Worth German Lloyd steamship Main on Saturday afternoon. The Montana sunk quickly and its chief engineer was killed. No one else drowned though the cargo including cattle went to the bottom.
At a Denton Methodist Episcopal Sunday school meeting held Monday evening, officers were elected for the coming year. Superintendent James Swann, assistant superintendent A R Wright, lady assistant Mrs J W Stevens, secretary Lena Stewart, treasurer H R Lewis, librarian Jacob T Alburger, assistant librarian Clarence Emerson, organist May Fisher, assistant organist Mamie Evitts, chorister H E Ramsdell, cornetist H A Roc.
The personal property of Mr. Charles Messick, a young farmer near Ridgely, was sold at auction by Constable Thomas M. Cooper last Monday. Messick, who claimed the one hundred dollar legal exemption, contends the sale covered about one hundred dollars total value and has filed suit for two thousand dollars through his counsel M S Mutchler. Messick’s creditors secured Cooper with an indemnity bond.
Walter H Thompson presented to State's Attorney Lewis the affairs of the defunct Building and Loan Association. Assets total 9632.93 while liabilities reach 16011.31 with losses from compromised cases 2574. A wind up settlement will be based on available assets. There is a death poem amid reading.
Goldsborough reports John Y. Graham & Co will rebuild a large cannery, start next month, with two wings 100 and 60 feet long. Fire losses near $3,000. Ridgely notes St Pauls Reformed Church hosts a pastor Lefever and wife gathering with gifts for the pastor’s family. Burrsville wedding of Miss Partin and Charles Elwanger, with ceremony at East Church and a reception. Community health and crops praised at Eagleside. Various towns report marriages, visits, travel, student returns, a stolen horse recovered, and anniversary celebrations for Mr. and Mrs. Harris.
A Denton season closing hop at the Town Hall drew about two hundred guests with a grand promenade led by Col. Garey and Mrs. Gadd. Maxwell's Orchestra played twenty four dances, with many local leaders and guests from nearby towns attending a full evening of formal dress and a late supper.
Citizens are assured that Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption Dr King’s New Life Pills Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters sell well and satisfy customers. A guarantee is offered with refunds if results are unsatisfactory as George & Redden, local druggists, defend their merits.
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