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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1890
Page
3
Caroline county proposes a sixty thousand dollar bond issue to aid the Delaware and Chesapeake Railway branch from Greensborough to Federalsburg. The measure requires a voter referendum in June with a two percent interest mortgage securing the loan.
Opinions of leading Maryland peach growers from Preston to Seaford indicate a near total crop failure for 1890 due to late cold snaps. Reports describe widespread bud kill, with only scattered live buds on older trees and better prospects only in a few locales. Local church notices and editorials accompany the crop distress report.
A gifted journalist describes a West Virginia trip along the Baltimore and Ohio Railway near Grafton. He praises twilight and bold mountain views, a massive cut stone wall spanning gorges, and a grand panorama from the Potomac to the Ohio, with historic interest throughout the line.
In a Preston diary era debate, the editor responds to a dreamer calling his slang filled vision offensive and unclear. The writer asks plain language on whether the dream favors city growth or ridicules the town and the railroad. Also included is planting guidance noting proper spacing for apple trees and other fruit trees with approximate tree counts per acre.
Linchester railroad bridge completed last Friday. Contractors have laid ties and rail on the Caroline side of the Choptank this week. The company expects trains to Preston around April 15.
Attorneys George M. Russum and Henry R. Lewis filed a bill in the circuit court seeking a divorce for Mrs. Sarah E. Walters from John S. Walters of the First district. Married in 1854 and residing in the county since 1870, they have grown children. Walters is accused of brutal conduct endangering Mrs. Walters, who left him. Judge Robinson ordered $5 weekly alimony pending litigation on February 13. Walters' counsel James N. Todd counters with a bill denying misconduct and claims $3 weekly alimony will exhaust his client’s assets. Efforts to compromise are under way. if not, testimony will be written and submitted to judges for final disposition.
The Senate elections committee, voting along party lines, pushes the Republican position in the Montana Senatorial contest. Critics call the decision unfair and cite broader GOP inaction on tariff and other disputes. The House contest crew shows one Democrat retained among four seats. The panel’s view on secret sessions exposes widely known issues.
A Sunday morning blaze at the Reformed Church in Ridgely was checked with minor damage after the stove-pipe heated flooring ignited near 8 o clock. Pastor David P. Lienvrr and local residents aided in extinguishing the fire before services continued at 9. The message thanks those who rushed to help.
Eliz abeth A Plummer 70 dies after long illness at son in law near Preston aged 70 4 11. Buried Greensborough with large turnout. Richard S Frampton dies near Fouling Creek in 76th year, survived by family. praised as honest plain citizen. Abraham L Griffin funeral held at Denton residence. Interments follow in Denton cemetery.
About fifty Potter's Landing residents petition Annapolis for a poll tax enabling act this session, with a likely ratification at polls. In Queen Anne's County hundreds request a one dollar per voter annual tax. A Templeville correspondent criticizes the medical practice bill favoring a Board of Examiners split by shore and medical school. The Senate approved $250,000 for a new Maryland penitentiary site. Mr Baughley proposes Hillsborough charter amendment.
A fragment from Potter's Landing dated March 1 presents a devotional sequence naming Faith Hope Christ Patience Love Truth Purity and Holiness as pearls on a spiritual string. The piece urges cherishing these virtues to endure life and reach victory in faith.
In Federalsburg the Nanti Lodge No. 172 A F and A M held a regular meeting Friday evening last week installing Silas Sparklin as W M with A W Sisk as S W Captain C W Wright J W and J T Elliott as treasurer Reuben Garey secretary J F Wheatley S D Dr J C Clark J D and R J Willoughby Tyler Other local notes include a peanut party at Miss Helen Chambers and chatter about a railroad bill’s potential popularity. visits by notables such as H Winter Davis and Walter Prouse. and local family movements with Miss Mollie Collins visiting Baltimore for a brother’s wedding.
A Wednesday evening program at the Methodist church featured recitations and singing, pleasing attendees and raising about seven dollars for the mission cause. Nearby, Selby Smith imported twenty five tons of northern ice for summer use. Smithville expects a spring building boom with E W Liden to erect a two story dwelling, Rudolph Anklam to build a large blacksmith shop to host Farmers' Alliance on its second floor, and Dr Meredith to replace his fire destroyed residence with a new home.
A large number of residents in Talbot and Caroline counties sign petitions urging a Tuckahoe river bridge near Horsey’s Landing in Tuckahoe Neck. Petitioners seek two thirds of the cost borne by Talbot County. A draw would be needed, adding several thousand dollars. the bridge would shorten routes between Caroline and Easton and ease river navigation for steamers and sailing vessels.
Rev. Riley S. Williamson of the Methodist Protestant Conference in Caroline county married Miss Laura Sleinkie at Mount Lebanon M BP Church Baltimore on a Wednesday evening. Rev. W. M. Strayer officiated with Rev. J. D. Kinzer assisting the Mount Lebanon pastor. After a bride’s reception the couple departed for Washington.
Professor James Willis Gleed predicts a rise in agricultural values in the March Western Mortgages form as no public free lands remain fit for cultivation. He cites Eastern lands’ competition with Western free arable lands as a mood-lowering factor for farmers. A Baltimore US court convicts mate John Urry of cruelty to crew, sentencing him to three months. Eastern Shore delegates urge Col Garey’s deputy inspector appointment. Centreville secretary P B Happer resigns from the Building and Loan Association. Mor mon colonists reportedly build a Newark church, not polygamists. Steamer Chowan resumes Nanticoke runs to Ennals Springs. Denton National Bank reports 37706671 in deposits.
Ratification notice of sale by mortgagee A. Murry Fisk appears in this issue. Ed Veillard of Federalsburg advertises valuable farm machinery. The paper also publishes the professional card of Dr. Alex Hardcastle. The Denton Bridge property once occupied by Willard H. Thawley is offered for sale.
The column surveys dress fabrics from Hanamaker's PuISA DELruta and Mureli 10, noting prices for American ginghams ten to twelve and a half cents, sateens twenty to twenty percent, and many cotton and wool blends. It praises ginghams for variety, tartan and heraldry motifs, and describes new additions like Jaconets and Organ dies, while asking how such thin cloth can carry cost and color impact.
A dense 19th century sale note highlights Nottingham sash curtains priced from 1.35 to 4.50 a pair and bed sets from 1 to 6, plus a broad 45 inch tricot fabric with self color stripes and nine inches of width per yard. It also advertises new Nottinghams, various book titles, and reduced prices on popular paper novels.
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