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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1892
Page
3
Fragmentary report notes arrivals and tram movements with times and directions reference to north south routes and stage times. The legible details include a 12 00 a m time and references to tram lines or locations labeled North South and stage preparations.
Public notices show October 3 for Circuit Court session and a July 2 meeting for Levy Court, with a district court and school board scheduling at unspecified dates. The terse calendar lists public meetings and deadlines without clear locations or full dates.
Worcester tar rate and peach crops noted. Dying at 85, R Pp. Gillingham. steamers hauling grain from Denton. Camp meetings in Caroline with Oak land and Concord tents. Peach crop failure affecting plans. Public notices include bank dividend and court outlook. many local residents attending Ocean City convention.
The Governor named election supervisors for multiple counties. Kent with J F Pennington Stephen Lecates and James C Wier. Queen Annes with Wm H Newman Thomas H Dodd and Elwood Bb Pierce. Somerset with Southey F Miles Alfred Sadler and B F Lankford. Talbot with James H Walls C R K Wooters and W A Pratt. Wicomico with George Tilghman E M Walston and Thomas J Walter. Worcester with Robert H Powell. Severn with Murray and Alex Irwin.
Wheat prices in Baltimore range from 80 to 86 cents with current market activity. Corn trades at 55 to 60 cents as buyers and sellers quote ongoing interest and volume.
The Maryland building at the World’s Fair features a colonial style with a rear porch and a front portico supported by pillars. It measures two feet by sixteen feet, will be two stories, include a roof garden, an exhibition room, and reading and sitting rooms.
The article reports a felonious assault on Lomie Middleton by Corbett Smith near Kenton, his capture and flight, and a witness recounting the suspect's movements to Maryland. It covers Democratic organizing in the county, with club officers elected and plans to grow membership as Congress and campaign work loom.
Denton faces a lengthy October Court with six inmates in custody. Three await trials for murder indecent assault and other crimes. The next term is expected to be long with grave matters. Tyler and Allen face possible death sentences if convicted. St Peters Protestant Episcopal rectory in Salisbury was burned on Mon.
A government report updates the Choptank river project with no prior year operations, plans a July dredging contract with Chester St Caler of Norfolk to widen and deepen an eight mile reach to an eight foot low water depth, targeting completion by January next. Also reported are farm yields from lower Ichabohe Neck including Dukes, Wilson, Porter and others with bushels per acre figures. A Democratic mass meeting at Maston Lassox features Col Edward Lloyd and ex Secretary Thomas F Byrd with music by Liston band and remarks by A Leo Knott.
James Barnett Parrott drove a valuable mare to Clark's wharf on the Choptank Wednesday and pushed her into the river for relaxation. The horse slipped from shallow water to deeper depths and drowned, with Parrott narrowly escaping. Easton Ledger reports the incident amid subscription date notices in journals.
New York and Penn sylvan militia members attended W S Hobbs’s brother’s funeral. Local sermons, labor troubles at Home Stead, and broad social events are reported. Out of town merchants charge seven cents per quart, Miss Kittie Hobbs and Carne Hobbs visit Virginia, teachers’ association at Blue Mountain House, and the Todd family vacation in the Catskills. Several residents travel, visit relatives, and attend camp meetings. a railroad hold-up near New York ends with a suspect detained to testify. The Minnie Wheeler carries many Sunday passengers. Williston sends larger delegation to Concord encampment. a baby dies and is buried at Concord. Florence Worthington visits Baltimore. Rev. Chandler’s day blends funeral, wedding, and baptism duties. possible Epworth League organization discussed. Sunday school picnic at Danley’s woods. new dwelling planned on Lizzie Corkell land. singing school by Prof. Andrew. teachers attend Dover. Lizzie Carey visits Philadelphia. Arla Breeding returns from Seaford. Mayor Stokes undergoes polypus surgery. Chilton’s camp tents to be completed next week.
The District Conference of the East Baltimore District M. E. Church South met in Easton with Rev. Isaac W. Canter presiding. Most ministers attended, two sermons daily, reports showed gains in membership and favorable outlook. Rev. W. M. Sfayes spoke for Payne and Line Institutes for colored youth. Four lay delegates and four alternates elected for Front Royal Conference in March 1893. Conference adjourned sine die Tuesday evening.
Judge Robinson presided at the circuit court term in Queen Annes county where a judgment of 205082.66 was entered against the Queen Annes and Kent Railroad in favor of the Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company for funds paid to renew the road. The P W B owns 52 percent of the stock and earnings suggest the line may soon be fully owned by the larger railroad. George M. Russum, Esq. represented the P W B.
Local notices report a traction engine started a straw fire near Wm. F. E. Hubbard’s barn at Linchester. flames were quickly extinguished. Other items include sermons by Rev. Asbury Burke, visits by Lt. Carmine and Judge Travers, marriage and death notices, and local business ads in the Denton area.
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