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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1897
Page
3
Mails depart by the D. and C. Railway stage line as authorities arrange a new schedule and routes. The move affects local residents and businesses awaiting dispatches and deliveries. Officials promise improved service, reduced delays, and clearer timetables for the coming weeks.
Delaware trout were sold here Tuesday and a summer hotel is planned on Sharp's Island. Postmasters named at Ridgely Hartley Federalsburg and Easton, with ice deliveries and a 400 gallon street sprinkler contract in Denton. Several weddings, church notices, and local business updates fill a lively community page.
A Friday evening dance in Bethlehem featured musicians from Easton with twelve o’clock refreshments. The event drew many locals including Miss Virgie Wright, Miss Daisy Barnes, Miss Georgie Stevens, Mrs. E. H. Benson, Captain and Mrs. Charles Carmine, and numerous others from surrounding towns.
Extracts recount Rev Edward R Rich lecture on Prison Life in Fort Delaware and visits by Judge Richard Carmichael and James E Higuatt during Civil War days. Major Burton hosts and aids access. Carmichael offers defense during martial law while Powell joins tours of the fort grounds. Also listed are April real estate transfers and April marriage licenses for local residents and couples.
Four indictments accuse B Palmer Keating of Centreville of obtaining money under false pretences and embezzlement. The trial before Judges Page Holland and Lloyd drew a packed courtroom. The first case, tied to a mortgage assignment, was dismissed on demurrer. In the Comegys bond matter, the state contends Keating misrepresented a loan need. Comegys testified she invested $500. Keating produced notes and claimed satisfaction. Keating testified he credited Comegys for stock, denied soliciting $500, and said she signed an interest credit. The defense challenged Weedon’s wealth and stock holdings. The State presented witnesses, then Keating took the stand, denying misrepresentation. The proceedings continued with closing arguments by the State and defense counsel.
The Queen Anne's Railroad area is described as a potential summer resort with plans for a new story on the mansion, surrounding porches, a manicured lawn for picnics, and amenities like a baseball ground and bicycle track to attract visitors from cities. The article notes rising earnings, ongoing construction, and proposals for a ferry link to connect with Baltimore trains, plus local dedications to Mr. Wilmer Emory for railroad advocacy and details about nearby farms, fires, and notable local families.
Ridgely residents chose Sylvester Smith I T Saulsbury T L Day T W Jones and J M Swing for the town commission. Swing replaces Dr Herr who did not run. Presiding Elder Corkran delivered his first sermon at the M E Church on Phy Kingdom Come. Dr H H Kuhn departed for Southern Florida to practice dentistry.
Goldsborough plans a new office building to house offices of Robert Jarrell and F G Slemmer with a future post office site. Growers report a likely fair yellow peach crop with little damage to white varieties. Strawberry crops are expected to be short.
Baltimore reports Mr. George W. Hughes of Bengies locating water with a peach tree twig. He found a stream about twenty feet wide a few yards from the house and struck water five feet deep after driving a well. The practice is said to be common locally. Also noted is the Improved Order Heptasophs supreme session to be held in Louisville, Kentucky on May 4 6 6 and 7.
On April 16 Preston defeated East New Market 19 to 16 with Ledman Wallace Noble in the winning battery. The next day Choptank fell 15 to 14 as Collins Wallace Noble again starred for the victors, Ledman and A Blades topping the vanquished. A third win came against a Hast New Market picked nine by 17 to 13 with the same battery as in game one. East New Market rematch set for this afternoon. Denton Central game produce a tight first half before play waned. Centreville met Hillsborough last night at the latter’s park.
The new Denton town commissioners, elected Monday, are Dr. Enoch George, Henry R. Lewis, William A. Stewart, Lawrence B. Towers, and Zeb T. Hutchinson. A rival ticket also features Lewis, George, Swann, Hutson and Fisher. Greensborough re elected Nathaniel Horsey, Clinton Jarman, Lawrence Satterfield, James Calvin Smith, and James Nichols. Federalsburg voters chose town commissioners H P Chambers, H I Stowell, H B Messenger, H M Baryroll, and D R Fluharty.
A Salisbury Advertiser note describes a large bone found in the sturgeon head near the ear, polished and painted with scenes. Mrs Garrison of Beadsville Virginia makes and sells these adorned operaments, gaining reputation and a growing business. Lucy aid reds Dewutios.
Dr Theodore Saulsbury took James Williams and Miss May Hurd, both about sixteen, to the Pasteur department after being bitten by a pet beaglehound near Burrsville. They were inoculated amid fear of hydrophobia. Specialists planned to examine the dog's medulla oblongata to confirm rabies.
The Poplar Neck school roll of honor lists Rosa Perry Mertie Baker Emeline Hubbard Effin Cheezum Hermie Perry Marie Perry Sallie Perry Williston Mary Garey Helen Hignutt May Gelletty Ula Todd Willard Cohee Mary Cochran and Pearl Callahan among its named students. The passage ends with unclear garbled text.
The condemned man Gordy in Georgetown jail passes days in moody silence, singing rarely and growing more haggard. He regrets the execution date, while Sheriff Johnson maintains round the clock guard on his call.
In a note to manufacturers Messrs Davis and Buzard of West Monterey Pennsylvania the writers claim Chamberlains Cough Remedy cured patients their physicians could not help and that they now recommend it The remedy sells at 25 and 50 cents per bottle via W E Copey Halls Worry Hed Geom Ridgely and others.
The Orphans' Court proceedings show Marcellus Pippin as administrator for Melvina Booker presenting distribution, which the court approved. Final receipts and releases were executed by the distributees. John W. Lord's will was admitted to probate with Daniel Wright and Bascomb Chambers named as executors and empowered to notify creditors.
W. W. Brewer, a Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania justice of the peace, praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as a personal staple and best for immediate relief. He recommends it to friends and notes its sale by W. E. Brown in Denton and other dealers in Hillsboro Ridgely and Colston.
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