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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1889
Page
3
A Denton area column lists social notices and local interests. Mentions T Pliny Fisher in Philadelphia, Pieced items on revival services, marriages, business changes, a shooting match, a new creamery plan, bridge damage and repair, and local officials. Includes invitations, baptisms, and a court verdict stating John Murray’s 1884 murder case.
Revival services by Rev. T. L. Price in Greensborough report 70 to 80 conversions and daily inquirers meetings. Marydel Dramatic Association staged a varied program at Joslin Hall with local actors and a packed audience. next show planned. Goldsborough notes Moffet mills ready for business under miller W. W. Medford. wedding of John Craig and Fannie Dennison set for the 24th. Also, Maryland Steamboat Company issued 24x38 photo engravings of its fleet with officer names.
The latest wheat quotations show fultz at 1.00 to 1.06 and longberry at 1.00 to 1.07. White corn sells up to 43 cents and yellow corn around 40 cents. The Journal offers top quality office printing for magistrates, constables, merchants and other business needs with fast service.
Charles and Joseph J. Thomas were before Justice N. Alex Hutson on Thursday charged with fighting and disturbing the peace. After trial the judge found them guilty and sentenced both to sixty days in jail, with fines and costs, and to remain committed until paid.
County commissioners held a regular session Tuesday awarding road construction through the lands of William C. Satterfield and Wm. Hutson to W. S. Greenlee for $200. Routine business filled the meeting, with another session set for the 29th inst.
Representative Gibson visited the Postoffice Department on Wednesday and urged the Postmaster-General to restore six times weekly mail service between Baltimore Easton and Cambridge on the Choptank river. The route had daily service until one steamboat was removed, leaving only three weekly trips. Gibson also filed petitions for increased Eastern Shore mail facilities.
Rev John Warthman died in Philadelphia in the early century from yellow fever. He invested in wild woods of Pennsylvania now Centre county. The Warthman tract comprises thousands of acres of timber and coal land valued at several millions. Heirs seek to prove their claim to the fortune.
A writer notes a rising trend to require immediate responses to all invitations, formal or informal. He recalls that polite society has long favored prompt replies to even simple invites, but observes this may not be widely practiced this winter. The piece urges that courtesy warrants at least a swift acknowledgment of requests for gatherings.
In Tuckahoe Neck a dozen young men enjoy fox hunting on bright days, driving Reynard across fields while farmers complain of fox depredations on poultry. Local enthusiasts Edward Jarrell Solomon W Slaughter Harry Fleming and Joe Griffin maintain kennels of fine hounds and lead the sport.
The post office department unveiled a new postal card on January 1 offering privacy in correspondence. It resembles a double card with a diagonally split back fold that opens square. Four corners fold and join at the center with gum paper. it weighs under half an ounce and carries as much writing as current cards.
Mrs. Margaret B Porter a widow of Burrsville this county was found dead in bed Sunday morning. She was about 68 and leaves seven grown children including Frank A Porter T Wesley Porter Arlington T Porter J W Thawley Maggie Carter George Porter and Richard C Porter. Interment was at Wesley M E cemetery at 2 pm Tuesday.
The year 1889 calendar shows Epiphany on Sunday January 5th, St Valentine on Thursday February 14th, Washington's Birthday on Friday February 22nd, Shrove Tuesday March 5th, Ash Wednesday March 6th, Palm Sunday April 14th, Good Friday April 16th, Easter Sunday April 21st, Decoration Day May 30th, Pentecost June 9th, Independence Day July 4th, First Sunday in Advent December 1st, Christmas December 25th, with many related Holy Days and Sundays in between.
Mr. James H. Straughn resigns from Centreville and relocates to Denton to operate the Brick Hotel. A well known host, he ran a Centreville hotel for almost a decade and has lived there for about 25 years. Friends extend best wishes for his future success and travelers are promised agreeable hospitality.
In Dover Delaware on January 16 a joint session of the General Assembly convened to elect a United States Senator. Anthony Higgins led with 16 votes, James L Walcott 9, and Alfred P Robinson trailed. Speaker Lewis announced Higgins had majority and was elected to serve a six year term beginning March next.
Mr and Mrs John E Wilson of Tuckahoe Neck hosted a Friday evening gathering with friends including Mrs Ernest Downes, Miss Ella Saulsbury, Miss Lucy Richardson and others. Whist and bean bag tossing entertained guests, followed by a ten o'clock lunch. praised as a pleasant social event with Mr Towers and Mrs Towers lauded as gracious hosts.
Orphan's Court met January 8 1889 with Judges Downes Liden and Hobbs. Arbitrators Saulsbury Hobbs William Massey and Thomas Sparklin ruled on disputes between John H Horsey and heirs of William G Horsey. Appraisers Dukes and Elimanger valued the life estates of Mary and Lydia Carter. Bonds for R Kemp Williams were presented and approved. Administrators Morse and Long filed final accounts and notice to creditors. Executors Fleetwood and Harris filed accounts of sales and creditor notices. Appraisers' return for Sarah E Watkins estate approved. An allowance was ordered for Rhoda Bradley and Emiline Hubbard. Court to reconvene January 22.
A speaker declares that wealth fame beauty or praise matter little without the beloved man. She would willingly die rather than live without his affection and voice, cherishing his dear heart as a treasured portion she must keep forever.
The Denton chancery term was postponed to February 6 due to Elkton session. Plaintiffs sue William H. Thawley executor over a $2500 bequest tied to a life insurance policy. They claim he failed to cover premiums under an agreement to pay half, with the will bequeathing him $2500 while daughters receive the balance. Attorneys list J L Brown E H Brown Bryant Bryant Russum Lewis.
The Maryland Farmers Association met in Baltimore and elected Edward Stake as president with W B Sands reappointed secretary treasurer. The group adjourned for a year after honoring the late ex Governor Hamilton and endorsing a state board of agriculture with resolutions sent to county vice presidents.
Two weddings and a wedding tour are described. Miss Mabel L. Davis married Oscar W. Messick at her parents' Philadelphia home with friends and gifts noted. A Mt. Pleasant ceremony united Frederick Fountain and Henrietta Rice with a grand breakfast and a post ceremony trip.
Dated items list deaths of Alexander Seth in Windsor Heights and Michael J. O’Hara in Baltimore county, alongside political notes on the Maryland Rifle Club, Panama canal implications for Monroe doctrine, Dudley “floaters” letter, Pension Agent Wilson, the cruiser Vesuvius, yellow fever precautions on Galena, Mrs. Cleveland’s reception, Samuel Young’s acquittal in Elkton, an assault on Policeman Acre in Cambridge, Howard Pfeiffer’s death, and Mrs. Rebecca E. Murphy, mother of J. Creswell, with a Hillsborough marriage notice for Dulin and Callaway in Talbot and Queen Anne’s counties.
The verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters cure liver kidney and blood diseases. W D Ault of Rippuz Indiana testifies relief in every case after using six bottles for ten year rheumatism. Abraham Hare of Bellville Ohio also commends the remedy. Sold at George and Tedden's Drug Store for fifty cents a bottle.
A county woman credits Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption with a miraculous relief after seven years of illness and three months of coughing. Mrs. Luther Lutz reportedly slept through the night after taking the first dose and was cured with a single bottle. George and Redden's Drug Store offers trial bottles.
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