Public business schedule for court meetings
The 7R Circuit Court will meet on April J Levy Court will convene on January 11. Orphans' Court will meet on January 31.
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1905
Page
4
The 7R Circuit Court will meet on April J Levy Court will convene on January 11. Orphans' Court will meet on January 31.
Public roads remain largely impassable this week amid snow and ice. The telephone office in Centreville will stay open all night going forward. Weather this winter favors fruit prospects next season as growers brace for continued travel disruptions.
At the Greensboro annual stockholders meeting in Greensboro the Caroline County Bank elected directors including William N. Deweese Nathaniel Horsey S H Daniel Zacharias Captain D S Brockway Clinton B Jarman Dr Fred Rt Malone J F Gibson George W Price Samuel J Bilbrugh P Seldon Boughley Robert Jarrell Jr Francis A Porter Addison A Christian Jonas Shaner Officers named William H Deweese president Nathaniel Horsey vice president T Clayton Horsey cashier Frederick L Masten teller Dr Fred R Malone secretary to Board of Directors Thomas L Day clerk of Caroline County Court declined re election and was succeeded by F A Porter.
Miss Belle Whiteley, long an invalid, died at her mother Mrs. M Whiteley s Preston area home on Wednesday afternoon. She leaves her mother two brothers Robert of New York and Harry at home and one sister Mrs A J Messick. Interment will be at Preston. Other items note visits by Edward Dixon of Portland and Ferdinand Dixon of Baltimore, convalescences, late Federalsburg mail, track repairs, local employment changes, club meeting, and Preston school session with small attendance.
Hillsboro Cemetery Company at A L Duffy's drug store elected H M Thompson as president E P Ringgold as vice president H Duffy as secretary and treasurer and T B Sparklin F T Barton W E Sylvester F E Jarrell and H S Fisher as directors The executive committee will improve the cemetery enclosure and care. Mr G Lawrence Wilson and John A McIntosh will start fertilizer and life insurance work in Hillsboro. Stewart and Jarrell report ice house readiness amid a local freeze. Dr Miller will move into W F Pennington property March 1 and Mrs W E Mason is ill.
Master Irvin fell through a deep pond in his father’s field while skating and was rescued by a school friend who heard his cries. Edna Nichols returned home after visiting cousin Gertge Noble in Federalsburg. Charles Ellwanger’s dwelling repairs near done. contractor W Nowell. Mrs. J L Nichols improving from lagrippe. Ellwang ers visited Dover. Skating season ends. fox hunters active. Teacher visited Ridgely. E C Wrights visited Denton.
Rev W H S Williams led a successful revival at Central Church with several conversions. The Epworth League met January 20 at the M E parsonage, and 49 members attended the social, sharing ice cream cake and fruit. Baskets held sweet potatoes Irish potatoes apples supplies and a piece of silverware. Several new members joined. Mrs Robert Wyatt of Burrsville is seriously ill.
Snow blockage halts business in Queen Anne as Dr. Hackett visits a patient and returns on horseback after leaving his carriage in Lloyd's lane. Local charitable citizens step in to aid the needy in the troubled area.
Goldsboro report says a relief train carrying about 80 workers struggled to reach the D. and C. tracks on Thursday to clear the line. Meantime Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jones are visiting at the home of Mr. Jones's father.
Some rural carriers report mail boxes erected in locations that make access difficult in certain cases. The issue centers on delivery efficiency and safety as carriers grapple with obstructed or distant posting points. Local authorities may review box placement standards to ease access for rural routes.
Judge Martin presided at chancery court last Monday as jurors for April term were selected. From the mixed district list, grand and petit jurors were drawn, with names such as Alex Knatt, R. M. Davis, Robert Jarrell, F. G. Slemmer, Wm. Jarman, H. W. Temple, Walter Sapp, John Quilion, and many others across eight districts.
In the Orphans' court last Tuesday several administrations filed reports and were approved. William H. Cheezum and Harvey L. Cooper presented distributions and dividends from deceased estates. J. Marion Emerson submitted a final release. Walter T. Carroll and others filed final accounts and listings of debts and sales. The Peoples National Bank building near completion is praised for Beaver Dam white marble and quality work, with an invitation to inspect.
A report states the state game warden will establish his headquarters in Baltimore, consolidating operations and supervision of wildlife enforcement from a central coastal city. The decision aligns with strategic oversight and transport access for field work.
A cold wave and heavy snowstorm arrived Tuesday night and grew into a blizzard Wednesday, blocking Delaware and Chesapeake lines. Eight passengers remained stranded near Ridgely until rescued Thursday morning. trains along the Delaware road were halted with no immediate service. Banks six to ten feet high, packed cuts, and widespread disruptions forced school closures and postponed exams. West bound service halted near Winchester. fords on the BGA line were washed out.
A Tuesday night and Wednesday storm halted trains, stopped schools and travel, and paused business across Greensboro. A man rode to town for medicine but left his horse miles out. Food and fuel remained available. Local social notes report Euchre Club prize winners Miss Mary Lobstein and Mr. Clayton Horsey, and visits from Cordova residents Alex Gadd, Misses Helen and Ada Naylor, Miss Mary House’s return from Philadelphia, and other town movements.
Mr. William H Camper urged construction of Richards road before County Commissioners. Engineer Uhler to inspect the route and report. Albert G Towers authorized to install gas pipes and fixtures in the courthouse and public offices to be lit by gas. Edwin Hall of American Road Roller Co offered a ten ton steam roller for trial next spring. The board favorable to a thorough test of the machine.
Mrs Sarah Su Bradley passed away at her home near Ridgely Caroline county on January 7 1905 aged 49 years and 7 days after a prolonged abscess of the lungs She was daughter of the late Benjamin Knotts Interment will be in Hillsborough cemetery.
The Cecil News hints that before the affair ends Mr. Jackson will learn much, including that throwing stones is unsafe when one’s own windows are terribly brittle.
Mr. William T. McCrea died at 65 at his Federalsburg home. Survived by wife Mrs McCrea and three sons J A T S and D B McCrea. Funeral Friday with interment in churchyard. Also notice of Mrs James T Payne funeral and Grove Cemetery interment. Mrs Elizabeth Cahall died near Burrsville after heart trouble. Zeb Horsey, 73, died Tuesday. husband and five children survive. funeral at Concord.
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