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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1888
Page
3
Saturday morning edition invites notices from all parts of the county under this headline. Readers may submit community items, events, and brief notices for inclusion in the next issue. The paper encourages local news and timely updates from diverse townships.
The Local Department notes expect the love and orphans' courts to sit next Tuesday. Denton sees visitors from Baltimore and Cambridge as well as church and Sunday school reorganization plans. Maryland legislature actions include railroad bond taxation repeal and town measures, with deaths, music, and advertisements interspersed.
Grain quotes list Wheat Jultz at 93 for longberry 95 Corn White 58 for yellow 66 to 97 Oats 34 to 38 Rye 68 to Tl indicating varied movement across markets with several price ranges and bid-ask directions.
The Ida, a Maryland Steamboat Company vessel, collided while ascending the Choptank River last Tuesday morning. The ship sustained slight damage to its port bow.
A small barn on the farm of Stephen Baily near town was destroyed on Monday along with a corn crib stable and cow shed. About 100 bushels of corn and 1,500 bundles of blade fodder were lost. Insurance partially covers the damage.
Baltimore readers noted a weather change before the official alert as a flock of wild geese soared north at dawn on Sunday then returned in confusion two hours later seeking shelter along the Chesapeake and its tributaries amid a looming blizzard.
The issue marks Easter with Christ is Risen by C Wenham Smith and two Easter poems Easter Beside a Tomb by Myrta Harper Locket and Easter Flowers by Marin Agar. It includes a concluding His Banner Over Me and a new George Macdonald tale She Elect Lady. A Yale reminiscence by Rev George W Nichols recalls college life fifty years ago. Also illustrated pieces Railway Train and What It Costs by Arthur Vaughn Abbot and What our Modern Books Grew from by Ingersoll Lockwood. The Pope's Golden Jubilee is well illustrated and a portrait shows Rev Dr Patton, Princeton's new president.
Mr FB Armstrong left Tuesday to seek new work in Baltimore. J S Turpin visits west for three weeks visiting relatives in Thunnibal Kansas City St Louis Blue Mountain Chillicothe. A A Christian of Pulaski News met William C Satterfield. Miss Kate Whitby returns from Preston. N N Richards, a Maryland University medical student, is home. A Greensborough Cornet Band Easter Mozart Hall event announced.
In the Ellicott City Democrat Henry Irwin the seasoned Eastern Shore auctioneer advocates clear sale advertising and proper sale conduct. He warns owners should not crowd the bidding and notes deceased estate sales via administrator yield higher prices than owner led ones. He emphasizes newspaper advertising and well placed handbills.
The writer reports a week without mail due to last week's snow storm the first mail after Saturday the 10th arriving Friday. Elderly residents remark the event was unprecedented for March in this region. Pneumonia and bronchitis spread in the bad weather. Eugene Douglass graduates from Maryland College of Pharmacy, ranking third in his class. Imory R. Burnite, once of the county, now in Salt Lake City, has entered the real estate field.
The county commissioners held two sessions this week appointing John Y. Graham Dr. Alex Aardcastle and David T. Rickards as road examiners in the First district. Ludwig Meyer won a road contract in the Sixth district near the Delaware and Chesapeake Railway. A special session set road-work for 11 and abandoned the contract system in favor of day labor. Assignments detailed by district and area. Overseer pay set at $1.25 daily laborers $1.00. Court actions include conveyance of land to Miranda Saunders and approval of Sarah J. Cohee guardian. sale of real estate to cover debts and appraisals ordered.
Obituaries report Lemuel Wilkins of the Fourth district dying at his home near Fowling Creek from bilious dysentery. He was born in Illinois, moved to the state about twenty five years ago, married three times and leaves a widow and three children. Also noted is William Bradley of the Fourth district who died near Grove at age 72, with their eldest daughter Jane Bradley dying a week later after long illness. Additional death: D Clark of Trappe, aged about 60, who had been ill since November and held roles in local banking, state politics, and the orphans' court, with his funeral led by Rev. Mullikin and Rev. Prettyman and burial at the family cemetery west of town.
Sheriff William issues official notice to merchants traders hotel keepers and eating houses that all licenses must be taken out or renewed on or before May first. Public compliance expected to avoid penalties.
County readers in arrears are reminded that the upcoming court session provides a good opportunity to settle accounts. Some debts have stood for several years, and prompt settlement is encouraged.
Mrs M Edith Barker nee Prentice, who last year recovered 310000 damages from the P W and B Railroad Company, died Tuesday from paralysis caused by injuries after falling through a trap door in Chester Pennsylvania. The accident related to her lawsuit against the railroad.
At the request of many Fourth district citizens Senator G W Goldsborough and delegate Horsey move to amend the railroad bond bill to include endorsement of the Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad bonds totaling 16000 dollars. This raises the total amount to be voted for to 66000 dollars.
Beniah Fleming announces he has torn out his distillery and will no longer make brandy or intoxicating drinks. He seeks sympathy and support from temperance supporters and the community as he begins a new and better life.
A March 15 note from American Corner urges the white community to address the lack of a local schoolhouse while a colored school serves eight to ten children. It cites twenty-five to thirty local children staying home in winter and asks why petitions remain unaddressed.
Jacob Andrew describes his small scale canning setup using brick furnace and large kettles to process and seal tomatoes. He planted seven acres, invested about 40 dollars in equipment, and earned around 1,000 dollars from canned tomatoes plus peaches. He plans larger production next season aiming for 6,000 baskets with a corresponding cost estimate and advises selling at about ten cents per basket unless transport makes it impractical.
The bill expands the Baltimore & Cape Charles Railroad Company powers to include constructing and operating branch lines, leasing lands for leisure use, acquiring wharves and steamboats, and contracting with other lines for freight and passenger transport. It grants perpetual existence and a 30 year tax exemption from state and local authorities, with incorporators named Brattan, McCullough, Dennis, Touadvin, Johnson, Brown, Burehinal, Goldsborough, and Downes not needing to advertise the opening.
The act sets the board at nine including named individuals for the first year and authorizes opening subscription books for capital stock in money property labor or services with instalments and forfeiture on default. It allows consolidation with other railroads and creates broad powers to lease purchase operate and extend lines, issue bonds, mortgage roads and cross other lines, with penalties for obstructing the road and its works. The act takes effect upon passage.
March 4 near Fowling Creek Mrs. Sarah Lewis widow of Benjamin Lewis died after a brief illness aged 75.
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